iPhone 6 Plus Added to Apple's 'Vintage Product' List

[PossibleTurco]

The 6 Plus was the worst iPhone I ever had. 1gb ram and 64 bit never should have happened. Crashy, constantly refreshing apps, played a podcast-paused-looked at Safari-pressed play again-music started playing as the podcast app was flushed. Terrible.

Although it never bent and I used it caseless like all my iPhones.

My first iPhone, the 3G, was pretty ropey in hindsight but I LOVED it at the time so it doesn’t qualify.

I think the reason for this is that Apple only gave importance to design that year. iPhone 6 came with a brand new design. I'm sure that design takes up most of the iPhone 6's R&D. As a matter of fact, the guys forgot to take care of the hardware part of the iPhone 6. It had a lot of shortcomings like 1GB of RAM, A8 SoC, eMMC storage. The A8 promised almost nothing in terms of performance compared to its predecessor, the A7.

Yes, the number of transistors has increased, nanometers have shrunk, but we had almost the same SoC as the A7. It would not be wrong to say that the iPhone 6 is an oval iPhone 5S with a redesigned and enlarged case. The withdrawal of its support with the 5S at the same time proves this. The iPhone 6 is the poorest device in the history of the iPhone in terms of hardware.

 

[yegon]

I think the reason for this is that Apple only gave importance to design that year. iPhone 6 came with a brand new design. I'm sure that design takes up most of the iPhone 6's R&D. As a matter of fact, the guys forgot to take care of the hardware part of the iPhone 6. It had a lot of shortcomings like 1GB of RAM, A8 SoC, eMMC storage. The A8 promised almost nothing in terms of performance compared to its predecessor, the A7.

Yes, the number of transistors has increased, nanometers have shrunk, but we had almost the same SoC as the A7. It would not be wrong to say that the iPhone 6 is an oval iPhone 5S with a redesigned and enlarged case. The withdrawal of its support with the 5S at the same time proves this. The iPhone 6 is the poorest device in the history of the iPhone in terms of hardware.

Yes, I agree.

I think it was Apple at their most cynical. The pent up demand for a larger iPhone was so high they knew they could push anything out and it would sell inordinately well.

 

[Musocat]

I still use my 6 Plus as a work phone. It still works, and the battery still lasts a couple of days. I don't need anything fancy on a work phone - just calls, texts, emails - so I doubt I'll upgrade it until it croaks completely.

 

[Rafaelos]

I still rock a 6S+ and I’m not even joking. I like my 3D Touch, no notch, and headphone Jack

+1.

The best phone ever. I bought and have 5 of them for all my family.

Bring the headphone jack and Touch ID back please. I am pretty sure if they release a SE plus like that will cannibalise a lot of sales and they know it!

 

[yegon]

I still rock a 6S+ and I’m not even joking. I like my 3D Touch, no notch, and headphone Jack

I’ll grant you 3D Touch and headphone jack but “no notch”? 😅 Versus chin and forehead?!