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Hands-On First Impressions of the New iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

The 5.5-inch iPhone "plus" is a good screen 1920x1080, but it is a big phone, and that hand is huge.

*face-palms*
 
swy05 said:
Just in case people forgot.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY4c2mh15Yk

I'm still waiting for my thumb to grow.
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Awesome...somebody should shoot the same "common sense" video
with the Iphone 6+. At the end they should zoom out and reveal that it's
Shaquille O’Neal who's holding the Iphone...;)

l.jpg
 
Keirasplace said:
The A8 probably has a 20 times advantage on this computer's chip in single core speed (the most important one), not even speaking about the GPU. The NFC with at that time had use cases (and barely more now). It had a 8MP camera that was much much worse than this the Iphone (if you think MP is a gauge of quality, then I can't help you). I got a G16 Canon standalone camera at only 12MP and it obliterated every cellphone's camera by a mile).
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Well, I don't know how I would need 20x the performance of my GNote. Ok, it would be welcome, but it wouldn't be a sufficient point for upgrading. I'm running the current 4.4.4 Android version with a custom firmware. I have more functionality today with this phone than I had in 2011. There are tons of barometer and NFC-payment apps. Maybe Apple will push the "smart wallet" market and our old NFC-capable devices will do the payment stuff as well as a brand new iPhone.

About the camera point: I doubt the 8MP iPhone 6 camera will beat the GNote camera by a large margin. The short answer is: the new sensors will be about as small as the ones found in older iPhone models. I'm waiting for GSMArena and DPReview Connect reviews. I bet I'll see the original GNote matching iPhone 6 Plus on studio tests.

I know, you'll argue about real life pictures, phase detection autofocus, OIS and the dual-tinted flash. This will make some difference, but anyway it's fun a 2011 phone camera being able to match the iPhone 6 camera quality in a lot, if not most, daily uses.

It's even funnier when my father is doing great pictures with an even older Nokia N8 (12MP, 1/1.8" sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, really low CA for the class). I bet this Nokia phone will beat the new high-end iPhone in still pictures no matter what condition. Its high ISO performance compensates the lack of an OIS. Correct me if the new iPhone has a sensor as big as this 2010 Nokia smartphone.

Regarding your G16, I wouldn't be surprised if a Nokia 808 Pureview (1/1.2" sensor, 38MP, f/2.4 max aperture) gave better results than your compact camera in various daily situations. Ok, it lacks a digital zoom, manual controls and so on, but it would do a great job in daylight situations. Your standalone camera will certainly beat a Lumia 1020 in most situations, though.

Lastly, I doubt the new iPhone camera will be a major upgrade. Microsoft, Sony and Samsung will stay in a comfortable position in respect to their phone cameras for one more year.
 
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kaellar said:
The Touch ID is shipping with 5s for year now, so that's not an upgrade.
Single core performance has to be best in class since Apple's chips have just two cores!
As for display and camera, it seems you're way too sensitive for what Apple PR guys tell to you. None of us have seen those in real life. But from characteristics POV there's absolutely nothing stellar about them.
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I'm in tech for a 25 years and I'll you, 2 cores are used 90% of the time. That's why intel dominates AMD. Per core performance is the key.. The A8 outperforms in real use all others by far, that'S the fact. There's not even any decent 64 chips out yet from the competition.
 
rMini vs 6+

Yes, the 6+ will cannibalize some rMini sales, but it's twice as expensive, so maybe not too much.
Also it is way better to cannibalize your own product lines than having the competition do it...

I will upgrade my 5 to a 6, but keep my rMini and iPad Air.
 
Yo Apple !!

THIS !!!

"I can't help but wish Apple would ease up on its relentless pursuit of thinness in favor of a slightly thicker phone with longer battery life, "

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
 
i think i'll be going with the 4.7'' because other than the video stabilisation feature and the screen they are the same, even though the design still is not as great as the 5s i just cant be on android anymore, i much prefer iOS, that's what really does it for me
 
Not quite the same, battery life is much longer in the bigger iPhone. I think that is a great selling point too, especially for people that travel a lot.

davidalxndr said:
i think i'll be going with the 4.7'' because other than the video stabilisation feature and the screen they are the same, even though the design still is not as great as the 5s i just cant be on android anymore, i much prefer iOS, that's what really does it for me
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GDF said:
Not quite the same, battery life is much longer in the bigger iPhone. I think that is a great selling point too, especially for people that travel a lot.
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i know but for me that's not a big problem since i don't travel that' much, i would like the better battery and all but i have a gs4 now and the screen size is good enough, but the 5.5 is way to big for me
 
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