Used the plus for 2 hours and then returned it for a 6. The plus is a great couch phone but out it the wild its a nuisance. It's huge and too big for a pocket. I see people carrying them and it looks silly. Love the 6 and have zero regrets about the return. If the plus was the one and only new iPhone for the year I would get the new moto x. Apple made a mistake like the 5c and I think sales and issues such as bendgate will make the plus a one year wonder just like the 5c.
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iPhone 6 Plus to iPhone 6 back to iPhone 6 Plus
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You used 6 plus for 2 hours and you call it a mistake?
Finding a 6 plus now is like hunting for a treasure. I wouldn't call that a mistake. Maybe it is a mistake for your situation.
I think you overestimate these forum users. People here represent less than 1% of iphone users. Normal users don't come here to talk about iPhone. They are busy with other important things than iPhone.
The 6 plus is much to big to carry in the pocket,the size of the display is amazing but is not comfortable to have all day long .
its great that we have the choice of the two different sizes...grateful for that so now everyone can be "happy"....it's funny to me that we have android people talking smack about iPhone users and now there is the 6plus vs 6 talking smack to each other...at the end of the day you have to choice to get the device that fits your daily life and that's all that matters. enjoy! I'm enjoying my 6 gold 64gb...coming from the 5/16gb white Verizon....my only thing is kinda wished I had gotten the 128gb.
Okay all those fights actually remind me of the last iPad release.
A gigantic mass of iPad mini users felt the need to bash iPad Air owners and justify the purchase of a miniature iPad. Just like many do with iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus right now.
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Great. Generalize your experience for everyone. Sure, nobody would see things not like you.
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Feel the same. Don't really see a big difference anymore. Unless I actually look at a 5s I start wondering if the screen really got that much bigger.
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So nobody would ever want a big phone that is what you're saying?
A gigantic mass of iPad mini users felt the need to bash iPad Air owners and justify the purchase of a miniature iPad. Just like many do with iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus right now.
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Great. Generalize your experience for everyone. Sure, nobody would see things not like you.
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Feel the same. Don't really see a big difference anymore. Unless I actually look at a 5s I start wondering if the screen really got that much bigger.
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So nobody would ever want a big phone that is what you're saying?
That's an understatement. People here are enthusiasts, for the most part, and in terms of numbers represent more like .0001% of iPhone users.
The 6 is this years 5c, only way to expensive. Lower specs and cheaper than the flagship i6p.
Just finished going through the exact scenario described in the thread title.
I bought an iPhone 6 Plus 128 GB. Had it for a day, and decided it was too big. Sold it to a friend and picked up the 6. Used it happily for a day, when I discovered that the battery died before the day was done. Started missing the Plus something fierce, and finally decided to put the 6 up for sale. Sold it in 5 minutes for a nice profit as well! Got the Plus back from my friend (who bought one for himself), and am now finally happy. I've gotten to terms with the drawbacks of the Plus, and the positives outweigh the negatives for me. Putting a case on the Plus totally transformed it for me. It's slightly bigger, but I no longer fear dropping it.
I bought an iPhone 6 Plus 128 GB. Had it for a day, and decided it was too big. Sold it to a friend and picked up the 6. Used it happily for a day, when I discovered that the battery died before the day was done. Started missing the Plus something fierce, and finally decided to put the 6 up for sale. Sold it in 5 minutes for a nice profit as well! Got the Plus back from my friend (who bought one for himself), and am now finally happy. I've gotten to terms with the drawbacks of the Plus, and the positives outweigh the negatives for me. Putting a case on the Plus totally transformed it for me. It's slightly bigger, but I no longer fear dropping it.
Yet The 5c had A6 vs A7 in the 5s, and a plastic design, also with nearly all the same hardware of the 5. Both 6's, share most of the same hardware. Not much of a valid comparison.
If either phone was "universally" inferior, you wouldn't see all the switching around.
720p vs 1080p, way better battery, OIS vs no OIS, and added function to take advantage of larger screen. The i6p is the flagship this year. The spec difference and not the screen size is way I chose the flagship phone this year and every year.
Sure, there are those features, but each device comes with trade offs.
Ergonomically, and size dimensions especially that many aren't willing to accept for handling. You have to stomach a device in the ball park of a Samsung Note to take the Plus. I found it confusing for that reason alone.
Also, they are both seen by Apple as "flagship" devices in their responses to people even asking. Computer World calls the regular iPhone 6 a flagship against the Samsung Galaxy S5, in their comparison but these are all word semantics anyway.
The few reviewer's articles I've read still preferred the 6 (Computer World, Forbes, etc), so it really all boils down to personal preference.
Funny enough, I had a space grey 6 plus on launch day........kept it for 4 days then returned it, loved it but found it to cumbersome when outside......used a friends 6 for a day........
Decided to order the 6 plus again! for the money I feel the 6 plus is worth it. For the 6 I just don't feel it's worth the cash.
Decided to order the 6 plus again! for the money I feel the 6 plus is worth it. For the 6 I just don't feel it's worth the cash.
Have both the 6 and 6+, and I've used them both. The 6 just seems like an annual iPhone update. The 6+ gives it a whole new experience. needless to say the 6 is going back and going with the 6+. I'm used to the larger screen, so it's hard to go back to a smaller screen. I think the sweet spot would of been 5". Oh well, maybe in a few years.
Like others have said, you can't make this decision properly by just holding the phone in the store. You have 2 weeks to use it everyday and then you can truly be in a position to make an educated choice.
Same here got the 6+ then I checked out my friends iPhone 6 man it was not that much bigger than my iPhone 5S, nothing was special about it, just another iPhone, but the 6+ feels like a whole new iPhone...glad I'm keeping the 6+
If you worked hard and earned enough to pay for these devices, I would expect that your mind is clear enough not to let other's opinion deceive your own.
This thread just proved you are one paranoid individual, you are the friend everyone likes to keep in a friend circle in order to make fun of; Get out of the circle.
This thread just proved you are one paranoid individual, you are the friend everyone likes to keep in a friend circle in order to make fun of; Get out of the circle.
Okay, I bought 2 iPhone 6+ phones and got them on 9/25. One I bought for my mother, it is perfect for her. I set her phone up first and in the course of setting her phone up, I realized that the 6+ is FREAKING HUGE!
So before I opened the iPhone 6+ that was for me, I spent a few days using her 6+ and doing things on the phone that I normally would do and wondering if I can stand having the monster phone in my front pocket all the time. I was also having some difficulty texting 1-handed so I thought maybe I should look at the iPhone 6 to see if that works better for me. So, I then went to the apple store and saw the 6 sitting there and looked at it for only a quick minute and said, "wow, that is big too!" and I can easily text on it 1-handed so I kind of decided to return my 6+ and get a 6 but wasn't completely firm on that decision....so now I was thoroughly confused. I then read a bunch of posts on macrumors last night and decided more firmly that the 6+, while great, wasn't for me.
So, I decided to return the 6+ in the morning. But before I did, I spent another hour last night texting on the 6+ and, you know, I started to adapt to the monster keyboard and was able to better tap the other side of the keyboard 1-handed. But I still told myself I need the iPhone 6 because the 1-handed texting will still be easier. I needed one more moment with an iPhone 6 to make the final decision. So this morning, I went to best buy to see if I can hold the iPhone 6 without it being tethered down with a wire like it is in the Apple Store. I brought my iPhone 5 to compare and I put the iPhone 5 on top of the iPhone 6 and, wow, the iPhone 6 is not as big as I thought. In fact, to me, it would be barely an upgrade. Reminded me of when I went from an iPhone 4 to a 5 and felt like it only added an extra row of icons. Right then and there I realized that the freaking huge screen on the 6+ is freaking awesome. I mean it is just suhhhhweeeeet!!!
And I am certain that after a week of using the iPhone 6+, I will adapt even more to the 1-handed texting, but even if I don't, I am okay with it. I have already adapted to the phone in my front pocket using my mother's phone so that is good. I am even thinking that I can get rid of my iPad mini and Kindle and consolidate it all on to my 6+, which I wouldn't think of doing with the 6.
So, the decision is made, time to open up my brand spanking new freaking awesome screened iPhone 6+ Monster and hook that bad boy up!
So before I opened the iPhone 6+ that was for me, I spent a few days using her 6+ and doing things on the phone that I normally would do and wondering if I can stand having the monster phone in my front pocket all the time. I was also having some difficulty texting 1-handed so I thought maybe I should look at the iPhone 6 to see if that works better for me. So, I then went to the apple store and saw the 6 sitting there and looked at it for only a quick minute and said, "wow, that is big too!" and I can easily text on it 1-handed so I kind of decided to return my 6+ and get a 6 but wasn't completely firm on that decision....so now I was thoroughly confused. I then read a bunch of posts on macrumors last night and decided more firmly that the 6+, while great, wasn't for me.
So, I decided to return the 6+ in the morning. But before I did, I spent another hour last night texting on the 6+ and, you know, I started to adapt to the monster keyboard and was able to better tap the other side of the keyboard 1-handed. But I still told myself I need the iPhone 6 because the 1-handed texting will still be easier. I needed one more moment with an iPhone 6 to make the final decision. So this morning, I went to best buy to see if I can hold the iPhone 6 without it being tethered down with a wire like it is in the Apple Store. I brought my iPhone 5 to compare and I put the iPhone 5 on top of the iPhone 6 and, wow, the iPhone 6 is not as big as I thought. In fact, to me, it would be barely an upgrade. Reminded me of when I went from an iPhone 4 to a 5 and felt like it only added an extra row of icons. Right then and there I realized that the freaking huge screen on the 6+ is freaking awesome. I mean it is just suhhhhweeeeet!!!
And I am certain that after a week of using the iPhone 6+, I will adapt even more to the 1-handed texting, but even if I don't, I am okay with it. I have already adapted to the phone in my front pocket using my mother's phone so that is good. I am even thinking that I can get rid of my iPad mini and Kindle and consolidate it all on to my 6+, which I wouldn't think of doing with the 6.
So, the decision is made, time to open up my brand spanking new freaking awesome screened iPhone 6+ Monster and hook that bad boy up!
Picked up the 6 at launch. After a week I needed to satisfy my curiosity and got a Plus on Friday. After the last few days, I knew the 6 was a goner. It will be returned shortly. Glad I decided to try the Plus and not just in the store. Less chance I would upgrade it next year than the 6 is how I feel currently about it.
just like me. been using the 6 since launch. a 6+ since last Friday. The 6 is going back tomorrow to apple store. I even had bought applecare+ for the 6. Tomorrow ill swap it to the 6+