I was on the 6 plus the longest. I think I had 4 of them. When one broke I just bought a used one online.
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iPhone 6 Plus Added to Apple's 'Vintage Product' List
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I had my 6 Plus for 7 years and never had any major issues with it. Was it the best phone I've ever had? No. But it wasn't the worst, either.
6 was the only iPhone I ever sold a month after purchasing because compared to my 5S I saw no real performance improvements. Used the 5S for another year until the 6S dropped and used that phone until the X was released. 6S was the phone the 6 should of been...
Preach, brother, preach. The 6 Plus was so goddamn bad I almost left the platform.
I have a bad tendency to hold onto phones longer than I should, but I straight ran to trade my 6 Plus in as soon as the contract ran up.
Still one of my favorite intro videos ever. I was so excited to have it officially confirmed there was a larger size when it peeled out at the end. I stood up and I was like “LET’S GO!!!”
Exactly. The 5 was a fine upgrade, the 5s was a leap. The 6 was an s update with bigger screens, the 6s was a new generation of iPhone.
7 was s, 8 was s, then came X, a whole new bread of iPhone. I had the 4, then 5s, then SE, then X. Perfect order IMO.
But, of course, Apple didn’t advertise how much ram is in the phone; they just advertise “this phone is the best”.
So of course only the knowledgeable and those paying attention were able to recognize the 1gb being low. The oblivious were just going to be razzle-dazzled by the bigger phone.
Oh well, at least Apple learns from their mistakes and makes an effort to correct them in the next iteration. (E.g. the new 7000 series aluminum for the 6s ?)
Yep, apple cheaped out in the specs of the 6. The 6s was a clean slate approach to the iPhone 6…now the 6s was apple quality. (You’re bending it wrong)
I ****ing loved the iPhone 7 gold I had. One year after release, it was perfect coming from 5s. Everything I wanted, nothing I didn’t. (Well, no, I need more battery life.)The iPhone 7 is the start of the "seriously powerful" iPhones, I'd expect it to last a little while yet.
Considering how well the iPhone 6s has held on, I'd be very surprised if it didn't see at least iOS 16.
Definitely, it's amazing how well the iPad Air 2 still runs (I have one in my kitchen for recipes and whatnot). It won't be long until WWDC and we'll find out what Apple's intentions are!
If they support the 6s with 16, then based on previous release patterns it'll likely get iOS 17 too, assuming Apple stick to their tick - tock upgrades.
Still rocking a 32GB iPhone 6 I bought nearly 4 years ago and finding it hard to justify an upgrade. Phone still works perfectly well or my needs. As others have mentioned, 1GB RAM is annoying though.
Going to wait and see what the SE3 looks like next month.
Going to wait and see what the SE3 looks like next month.
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I understand buying a replacement if you really like a phone, but 4? Dude.
iOS 12.5.3 was released on May 3 2021, iOS 12.5.4 was released on June 14 2021, iOS 12.5.5 was released on September 23 2021 and there has been no update since then which may have indicated that it is end of life and now we get a message regarding iPhone 6 Plus added to vintage list which is like a confirmation that there will be no more iOS 12.x updates available for devices that cannot upgrade to iOS 13.x and newer...
I still rock a 6S+ and I’m not even joking. I like my 3D Touch, no notch, and headphone Jack
My 6/6+ was the phone that finally made me switch to the iPhone full time. It worked flawlessly -- as has pretty much every iPhone I've had since then.
I'm on the 13 Pro Max now and will plan to stay with Apple products for awhile. Yes, it's a cliche, but "it just works." That's been my experience with Apple products (iPad/iPad Air/iPhones) so far anyway.
I'm on the 13 Pro Max now and will plan to stay with Apple products for awhile. Yes, it's a cliche, but "it just works." That's been my experience with Apple products (iPad/iPad Air/iPhones) so far anyway.
You must be joking.
A9>A8, performance leap
2gb (200%) RAM>1gb (100%) RAM
12mp>8mp, better sensors and computation, higher resolution, 4K video recording, life photos
3D Touch (rip)>regular multitouch
Taptic Engine>pre-Taptic Engine
Touch ID 2.gen>1.gen, incredibly reliable and fast, still used to this day
7000 series aluminium>6000 series, bye bye flex gate
The 6s introduced a lot of which we came to expect afterwards.
The 6 was just bigger and had NFC capabilities, the 6 Plus had OIS, that’s it.
The 6 was a 5s Plus and the 6 Plus a 5s Plus Plus. Nothing more to it.
6 Plus was the first larger iPhone. iPhone 6 had its share of issues, with low RAM being the main problem. Don’t think anyone will miss iPhone 6.
LOL you're jumping to conclusions. I only had 1 functional iPhone at a time. They would break from being dropped etc. and I would replace them with used ones off of Ebay.
That is not accurate. iOS 12 has had fourteen updates since iOS 13 was launched. The updates are almost exclusively security fixes, but iOS 12.5, released December 14, 2020, added COVID-19 Exposure Notifications. The last update came on September 23, last year.
I understood what you meant. After the 3rd time you bought the same phone, wouldn’t it be a better idea to just buy a $15 case?