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iPhone 6s First Impressions: Touch ID is Super Fast, Live Photos Are a Gimmick and Rose Gold is Not Too Pink
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Live photos:
Needs an indicator for the 1.5 seconds after you click (so you know it's done).
It flashes if you take the photo with the front camera. It needs to be on the whole time or not at all, it loos weird lighting up the middle part of the "video"...
Gary
Needs an indicator for the 1.5 seconds after you click (so you know it's done).
It flashes if you take the photo with the front camera. It needs to be on the whole time or not at all, it loos weird lighting up the middle part of the "video"...
Gary
Mind telling us why you stepped down from the plus to the smaller 6. I am thinking of going on the opposite direction and do not want to regret it.
LOL. That is apple's way of tricking the user that it's a new "invention." It's essentially a short video/gif. What's next? Still Video. "It's not a picture, it's a still video"
It's different, because it's automatic, takes a full quality still picture, and doesn't require you to record for 3 seconds. Smartphones existed before Apple also, but it's the implementation that matters.
I just wanted it to have a black front and I would have bought it for sure. Went with Space Grey again. Was really really hoping the new color had a black screen, it just would make the button really pop.
I stopped by an Apple store tonight to see if I want to upgrade from my 5S. I want to like the 6S. The keyboard trackpad is super nice. 3D touch was a bit confusing just playing around in the store, but it definitely seems to have potential. I'm not sure I 'get' the haptic response part though - it feels disconnected from what your fingers are doing somehow. The live photo thing still seems clever, but it took several tries to figure out how to use it. The speed of the new TouchID button (at least in the demo mode) was VERY impressive.
But...
Like the 6, the 6S is just too stupidly big to be an acceptable replacement for the 5S. I tried, but I just can't get comfortable with it (and I have larger than average hands). Interestingly, the other folks around the table at the Apple store I went to were all saying exactly the same thing. Apple should take note that dislike of the phablet size phones is powerful enough to get friendly conversations started amongst strangers even in their own stores. (And I'm talking about just the 6 / 6S. The 6+ / 6S+ is just nonsense. It looks more like a clown phone or a prop from a Mel Brooks movie than a actual pocket size device.)
Apple - pull your heads out of your ..... -there is a vast market for cutting edge, top of the line smartphones in the 4S / 5S size that is getting frustrated.
So, I went in impressed by all the stuff being said about the 6S and I was really wanting to like it enough to do my usual every two year upgrade, but after trying the 6S, I'm going to skip it and hang on to my 5S. We (us folks in the Apple store tonight) all agreed that the 5S was the ideal form. Bring back the 3.5" to 4" screen size!
But...
Like the 6, the 6S is just too stupidly big to be an acceptable replacement for the 5S. I tried, but I just can't get comfortable with it (and I have larger than average hands). Interestingly, the other folks around the table at the Apple store I went to were all saying exactly the same thing. Apple should take note that dislike of the phablet size phones is powerful enough to get friendly conversations started amongst strangers even in their own stores. (And I'm talking about just the 6 / 6S. The 6+ / 6S+ is just nonsense. It looks more like a clown phone or a prop from a Mel Brooks movie than a actual pocket size device.)
Apple - pull your heads out of your ..... -there is a vast market for cutting edge, top of the line smartphones in the 4S / 5S size that is getting frustrated.
So, I went in impressed by all the stuff being said about the 6S and I was really wanting to like it enough to do my usual every two year upgrade, but after trying the 6S, I'm going to skip it and hang on to my 5S. We (us folks in the Apple store tonight) all agreed that the 5S was the ideal form. Bring back the 3.5" to 4" screen size!
Oh, that explains what I was doing wrong when I was trying to figure out how to make it work with a store demo model tonight. Not super obvious. Thanks.
We already have this. You know it's done when the yellow "LIVE" box on the screen disappears.
You're totally right on that, didn't even notice! Thanks!
I must have missed that page in the manual
Gary
Same here. I don't understand apples reasoning for having white faces on 3 out of their 4 iPhone models. The rose gold would have looked better and oils have popped with the black face. A rose gold ring around the Touch ID/ home button would have been gorgeous.
I use the end of my nose, actually when its -30 and i don't want to take my gloves off i use the end of my nose to type SMS anyway
Haha I must admit I've used the same technique in the past. The message didn't make sense and I went crosseyed for a few seconds lol
Thank god for siri dictation!
My Touch ID seems about 3 x as fast as on the 6 Plus. With respect to color, the rose gold does not seem pink at all.
I found a pretty good explanation and review of using 3D Touch in this article,
Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus – Review and First Look
I found a pretty good explanation and review of using 3D Touch in this article,
Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus – Review and First Look
Well my impressions are similar to what's been said. I am really blown away by the speed of this unit compared to my 6. I got a 6S+ this time - so upped the size - to make an 'S' year feel like a 'redesign' year for me.. LOL.. This thing is HUGE.. I have a 6S too that I'm going back and forth between. I'll return one. Jury's still out for me.
In addition to obvious and clear speed enhancements..
the TouchID: is crazy fast as others are pointing out. Like 3x as fast. I can't believe - that I can't even for a single nano second see my LockScreen when I use a Fingerprint finger clicking on the home button to open it. BAMM - Springboard in half a second. Unreal. I was a NO PASSCODE EVER guy since the beginning.. and as soon as I jailbreak I load up Exchange Policy Cleaner so my work emails don't force a passcode. Though TouchID in my 5S and 6 got me closer to being okay with it.. NAAAH. But THIS I can actually get used to. It's effortless! Amazing.
Live Photos: Cool.. More than a gimmick. I agree with the person that said - the moment after you take it.. no big.. But 10 years from now - it will be very cool to see that little movement. BUT-- gang-- You have to keep a STEADY arm taking the shot. The reason why your live photos don't look like the one in Apple's KEYNOTE ADDRESS - is that your moving the phone immediately after the photo is taken. Leave you hand immovable for 5 second before and after. You can't think 'SNAP - MOVE'.. Once I steadied my hand - I got my close up of my daughter to look exactly like the shot on Keynote Address. It's a different way to take a photo..
Force Touch: Great.. gotta have it.. Should have had this 'right clik' on an iPhone back at the 5S.. when other Androids had it.
But the most impressive thing for me (other than almost double the speed of my 6) - interestingly - is the...
HAPTIC FEEDBACK: I read about this with the Watch - and though I'm not a Watch wearer at all and never will be - I was sorta jealous to have this. I HATE the standard vibration on iPhones and it's the first thing I turn off on a new phone and after a full restore. But this little 'tap' it gives you, especially after using 3D touch is just so 'pro' feeling to me. A real 'innovation' by Apple and make the unit feel SO pro to me. I wish it had its own on off switch in Settings separate from the regular Vibration buttons for Ringer and Silent mode. Those buttons have to be on for Haptic to work. Uggh.. I hate the 'other vibrations'.. I wish I could get only the Haptic ones.
All in all quite a significant upgrade. Those of you who are saying it's not much of an upgrade - are just 'loopy'.. There's no comparison between a 6/6S and 6+/6S+ - there are totally different phones INSIDE.
In addition to obvious and clear speed enhancements..
the TouchID: is crazy fast as others are pointing out. Like 3x as fast. I can't believe - that I can't even for a single nano second see my LockScreen when I use a Fingerprint finger clicking on the home button to open it. BAMM - Springboard in half a second. Unreal. I was a NO PASSCODE EVER guy since the beginning.. and as soon as I jailbreak I load up Exchange Policy Cleaner so my work emails don't force a passcode. Though TouchID in my 5S and 6 got me closer to being okay with it.. NAAAH. But THIS I can actually get used to. It's effortless! Amazing.
Live Photos: Cool.. More than a gimmick. I agree with the person that said - the moment after you take it.. no big.. But 10 years from now - it will be very cool to see that little movement. BUT-- gang-- You have to keep a STEADY arm taking the shot. The reason why your live photos don't look like the one in Apple's KEYNOTE ADDRESS - is that your moving the phone immediately after the photo is taken. Leave you hand immovable for 5 second before and after. You can't think 'SNAP - MOVE'.. Once I steadied my hand - I got my close up of my daughter to look exactly like the shot on Keynote Address. It's a different way to take a photo..
Force Touch: Great.. gotta have it.. Should have had this 'right clik' on an iPhone back at the 5S.. when other Androids had it.
But the most impressive thing for me (other than almost double the speed of my 6) - interestingly - is the...
HAPTIC FEEDBACK: I read about this with the Watch - and though I'm not a Watch wearer at all and never will be - I was sorta jealous to have this. I HATE the standard vibration on iPhones and it's the first thing I turn off on a new phone and after a full restore. But this little 'tap' it gives you, especially after using 3D touch is just so 'pro' feeling to me. A real 'innovation' by Apple and make the unit feel SO pro to me. I wish it had its own on off switch in Settings separate from the regular Vibration buttons for Ringer and Silent mode. Those buttons have to be on for Haptic to work. Uggh.. I hate the 'other vibrations'.. I wish I could get only the Haptic ones.
All in all quite a significant upgrade. Those of you who are saying it's not much of an upgrade - are just 'loopy'.. There's no comparison between a 6/6S and 6+/6S+ - there are totally different phones INSIDE.
Exactly. That guy a few posts back that said 'no difference in speed' was obviously not doing a side by side comparison. I DID.. And TouchID is about 3X faster from 6 to 6S.. and 6+ to 6S+.