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iPhone 6s and 6s Plus Weigh More Primarily Due to 3D Touch Display
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No I like waking up to podcasts and downloaded radio shows. The alarm function on the phone often doesn't start where I left off but from the beginning... I also listen to the same shows to go to sleep... I'm a creature of odd habits.
Also I would need to reprogram the alarm every day to play a new radio show. It's much easier to have the clock turn "on" and play the thing I just left off on.
I 100% agree. I think yours is one of the best posts I've read on Macrumors.
I'll tell you more:
work for me!
Ps: The more I would pay you, the more you would spend to compensate the extra money. I think a 1000€ pay would just lead to whining about why the pay is not 2000€. I'll give you 500 instead
Ps: just kidding
All that is true. But here is the thing... that's how employment works... that's how business negotiations works. You go start a new job they want to pay you as little as possible... the difference is Apple improves on the the tech in other areas. They give us lower power usage on their processors, new ways to interact with your phone (3D Touch), fingerprint sensor, etc all in typically smaller packages than the previous year.
I know you think you're "joking" but your example is off.
It's more like this:
You can Pay me 500 the first year... but next year you pay me 500 and give me a company car. The next year you give me a new company car and a condo, Then a new company car, a new condo and a yacht... and the use of the company Jet... my own private company jet... and so on. I'd be ok with taking the 500 a year if the incentives around it increase the value.
See where I'm going with this?
I completely agree with you! And I'm not complaining about battery. I was just having a little fun with the original work-related analogy because the original post was way off in my opinion, at least the way it was first proposed.
("I'll give you less money because if i give you more you are still going to finish it by spending more" vs "more battery would be useless because people would use their phone more and burn it faster).
If we talk about tradeoffs between money/battery and other benefits (company jet/touch 3d) I'm in. I think 3d touch is exciting and worth the weight and even an eventual slighyly shorter battery life. I think Apple is betting on the technology and has big plans for it.
Most importantly, that is the worst set of pie charts that's ever existed.
I completely agree with you! And I'm not complaining about battery. I was just having a little fun with the original work-related analogy because the original post was way off in my opinion, at least the way it was first proposed.
("I'll give you less money because if i give you more you are still going to finish it by spending more" vs "more battery would be useless because people would use their phone more and burn it faster).
If we talk about tradeoffs between money/battery and other benefits (company jet/touch 3d) I'm in. I think 3d touch is exciting and worth the weight and even an eventual slighyly shorter battery life. I think Apple is betting on the technology and has big plans for it.
I disagree that it is "way off" if you have more battery you will use the phone more. People get more conservative with their phone when they see it is running low. Which is why I had said, ...assuming you're using your phone conservatively now when the battery power is low
Just as you tend to use more data if you have higher speed data because you've consumed the same amount of data in less time so you've moved on to consume more data rather than waiting for a web page or video to load.
Huh? Were will they put the battery, other tech that's under this bezel you removed... Good grief!!
The weight comes from the components, there is no magic, if you remove the bezel the phone will just get thicker by a few mm for the same functionality.
Did I actually read the words "wrist burden"?! Give us all a break and get some excercise for your arms besides lifting your latte.
"Wrist burden" - ppphhhhtttt!
Actually a latte will usually weigh in at 250g excluding the cup or glass, so anyone who drinks lattes should be just fine.
Wow, I am really surprised at these results and I'm also kinda shocked that Apple allowed the iPhone 6s & 6s+ to be heavier than last yrs model. It's no wonder why they shaved the battery, can you imagine if the battery had actually increased in size and weight and with the taptic feedback there and then the new heavier materials, it would have been a brick. LOL
Different devices have different usage requirements. But I'm sure you already knew that
Since I purchased my Apple Watch my iPhone battery is around 80% at the end of the day.
That was really the only comment I had about this article: the graphics are crap!
I'm not sure that aluminum and stainless steel are really high contrast colors, but at the very least if you want me to compare the 6 to the 6s use the same freaking chart type. This is a classic example of how to obscure information...
Funny how when the 5 came out everyone raved about the weight being so low, now this ;-)
So? Its still bigger then all other 5.5" phones . Howx is apple not able to fit eveything in a smaller package as everyone else is able to do so?
0.5mm thinner doesnt matter to anyone but 17mm/7mm smaller does make a difference to some as they find the 5.5 too big and the 4.7 too small.
Totally!! All that screen real-estate could be *really* heavy. Though, that might change by next year.
Yes, but this should also correlate with real-life experiences. As in, if you're getting 6-8 hours on your iPhone 6, than you should be getting at least 6.5-9 hours off of it.
I also want it heavier. And if they could move to a design that makes it un-necessary to put the iPhone in a big ass case, just to keep it from slipping in my hands...
I don't use cases, never had a problem with slipping.
You do realize that a heavier phone isn't going to help with your slipping issue right?