Like the other poster above, the 6 plus was one of my worst iPhone purchases. It was the slowest iPhone out of the box compared to my prior iPhones which required another iOS revision or two before they really began to feel slow. My 6 plus felt more laggy than my 5s when brand new. My then brand new iPad Air 2 destroyed my also then new 6 plus in speed. Too much performance was sacrificed to cut down the power usage to make the phone thinner. The 6S plus corrects all of this and more!
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Has anyone moved from their iPhone 6 Plus to an iPhone 6s Plus and was it worth it?
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The fastest 5s experience was faster than the out the box experience of the 6 plus?
S to non-S historically has never seen the same performance boost that happens non-S to S. This, combined with the higher res, non-native screen that needed scaling, did the 6 Plus few favours in performance terms coming from the 5S.
That said, the lag wasn't the biggest issue for me, more the lack of ram. Performance was for the most part decent on my 6 Plus, but the constant refreshing apps really grated.
That said, the lag wasn't the biggest issue for me, more the lack of ram. Performance was for the most part decent on my 6 Plus, but the constant refreshing apps really grated.
The A8 was designed with the emphasis on power savings instead of all out speed. This was necessary so Apple could get away with a lower capacity battery to allow the 6 to be so thin. The A9 doesn't have as much as an issue with power usage as it is made on a much smaller 14/16nm process mode.
The 2gb of ram ALONE was almost worth the upgrade by itself!
I have to admit though, kinda of got used to the auto-refresh of the 1gb of ram
I have to admit though, kinda of got used to the auto-refresh of the 1gb of ram
Coming from a 6 plus to 6s plus.
After the first two days of initially using the new phone I thought it wasn't worth the upgrade and went back to my 6 plus. It wasn't until then that I noticed the subtle differences. The 6s plus is noticeably faster loading apps and webpages, it's almost instant/MacBook fast on wifi for me. I noticed my 6 plus felt clunky after using the new model. Also the ram and background management of refreshing apps makes the phone way better in my opinion. I noticed it wasn't on the list of what people are most looking forward to for a lot of iPhone users, but coming from android it was an important upgrade improvement from what I'm use to.
After the first two days of initially using the new phone I thought it wasn't worth the upgrade and went back to my 6 plus. It wasn't until then that I noticed the subtle differences. The 6s plus is noticeably faster loading apps and webpages, it's almost instant/MacBook fast on wifi for me. I noticed my 6 plus felt clunky after using the new model. Also the ram and background management of refreshing apps makes the phone way better in my opinion. I noticed it wasn't on the list of what people are most looking forward to for a lot of iPhone users, but coming from android it was an important upgrade improvement from what I'm use to.
Exactly, why give it away to Apple/Swappa etc. I sold my £699 6+ for £440 and then purchased a 6S+ for £699. The upgrade was still steep at £259 but my 6+ was woeful and I really couldn't stomach another 12 months with that thing.
Sold your 6plus for $670? That doesn't seem the norm. I've sold an iphoneon ebay before and there seemed to be a decent amount of tax and ebay fees.
I'll see what they're going for on Craigslist.
Upgrade for close to $300 sounds a lot more attractive.
Yes, I sold my 10 month old 64GB 6+, which was in utterly mint condition, for £440. I sold it privately on the Gumtree site and there were no advertisement or final value fees. I could possibly have got £480-500 on Ebay but there would have been fees and Paypal fees to come off that, plus the gamble of being scammed.
The 2gb of ram ALONE was almost worth the upgrade by itself!
I have to admit though, kinda of got used to the auto-refresh of the 1gb of ram
I guess I got used to not keeping more than a small handful of tabs open. The tabs refreshing have actually not been as frequent after the ios9 update
Ive noticed this. iOS 9.1 beta 5 is fast! I'm happy with Apple now!
I started this thread because earlier betas were terrible. Especially beta 4.
Beta 4 had me really thinking of upgrading to a 6s. Pb5 is pretty decent so far.
Same! I think the final release will be even better and be comparable to the 6s.
Yeah I think I did too. On the 6s Plus I would find myself waiting in anticipation of a page reload at times. But of course it doesn't happen. Trying to get back used to a device that functions like it's supposed to.The 2gb of ram ALONE was almost worth the upgrade by itself!
I have to admit though, kinda of got used to the auto-refresh of the 1gb of ram