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iPhone 6s Plus Opens Apps Slightly Faster Than iPhone 6 Plus

maflynn said:
So the new phone opens apps slightly faster - really. Only slightly. Given the hype over the A9, I think anything with the wording of slightly would be a disappointment.
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There was hype over the A8 and A7 also .... All of them wonderful 64 bit SOC.

akm3 said:
How does it compare to 5S or 5 that many people would be upgrading from?
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Compared to the 5S, slightly faster. Compared to the 5, faster.
That's the normal evolution of good designed SoC....
agsystems said:
Just got the Iphone 6s+ (upgrading from 6) - I am hoping I will get used to the size before the return period. I am having a hard time operating the phone one handed which I had expected but every time I get the phone out my pocket I feel I am going to drop it (even with a case)

For the folks on 6+, how long did it take you to get adjusted?
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One handed with a phablet ? Wrong choice dude...

donth8 said:
Seems plenty fast to me! The results below are from my iPhone 6s plus and the ones for the S6 are from anandtech

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That's the way to measure computational power.
Real world usage is another story, but the A9 really is a great SoC.
 
This comparison is meaningless.

We have been using the iPhone 6 / 6+ on 8 for the past year. That is the software that the 6s Plus needs to be tested against, because iOS 9 slows down an iPhone 6 / 6 Plus. I want to know whether we're seeing speed improvements compared to the software we've been using our devices on, or if we're simply staying on par with Apple's bloated yearly software updates. What's the point of having all this fancy new hardware, if the software prevents it from gaining real world improvements to performance?

Mind you, iOS 9 will speed up with future releases. So realistically, we'll only be able to tell if there are actual speed gains once iOS 9 matures.
 
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I had to mute the video after hearing him say "guy" the Nth time.
 
Brien said:
I had to mute the video after hearing him say "guy" the Nth time.
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He's from Melbourne, mate lol. Your lucky he didn't say, G'day, its bloody cold here, mate.... LOL

The question you should be asking him is, Who is going to win the Aussie Rules Football Grand Final (SuperBowl) lol
cheers.
 
What I'd like to see is the 6s against not only the 6 but the 5s and maybe 5 as in the real world most are not gonna update every year and with contracts most will be every 2 or even 3 years.
 
It's the LPDDR4 RAM. Apps are able to load into RAM faster. The faster CPU also helps perform initial operations for the app launch faster as well. Speaking as a developer, you'd be amazed how much stuff happens in that first second or two.

Surprisingly Apple didn't cheap out on the RAM this year like it did last year, looks like they just cheaped out on the storage capacity.
 
You don't really need a lot of processor power to load an app, especially a mobile one optimised for fast opening times anyways.

I think a more meaningful test would be how fast the processor is in sustained loads, like processing a movie in imovie or Vee, which should see more benefits.
 
ItsGavinC said:
Ha. Both have the same specs, do they not (425 HP)? That's a terrible example.
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Not. I have the previous M3, it's only 414HP. And remember HP alone doesn't mean anything, weight plays a role. Same HP but different weights yield different results. Terrible assumption.
 
nouveau-apple said:
The A9 isn't that much of an update from the A8
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Unless you get sucked into Apple's reality distortion field and suddenly think it can compute the mass of the universe in half a second while figuring out Pi to the billionth digit :p

Seriously, the A9 is an improvement, but wasn't the A8 over the A7, etc ,etc. Apple is about small measured improvements Why should the 6s be any different.

The difference between the 5s and the 6s are minor, the differences between the 6 and the 6s are minor. That's the apple way.
 
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HenryDJP said:
You sure didn't watch the video did you. The 6S Plus DIDN'T open apps MUCH MORE QUICKLY. It was nominal at best and to be honest it was only microseconds ahead of the 6 Plus. The Geek Bench numbers certainly don't match the real world performance, perhaps because some apps need tweaking but Apple's own apps weren't any different than the 3 party developer's apps in speed. Not worth the upgrade unless you want the gimmicks. iPhone 7 will be the killer phone. The "S" models are getting to be service packs with gimmicks.
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I don't need the video. I have the phone.
 
tremlock said:
I don't need the video. I have the phone.
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And??? The video compares two iPhones. One previous gen and one current gen. That's all I need to see that the 6S Plus is just a nominal upgrade filled with silly gimmicks. I'll be getting the iPhone 7. These "S" models are becoming as gimmicky as Samsung's junk.
 
HenryDJP said:
And??? The video compares two iPhones. One previous gen and one current gen. That's all I need to see that the 6S Plus is just a nominal upgrade filled with silly gimmicks. I'll be getting the iPhone 7. These "S" models are becoming as gimmicky as Samsung's junk.
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That's awesome for you. I had the 6 plus, now I have a 6S Plus. I have noticed an improved experience.
 
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As i'm playing around with my new 6s, going in and out of apps, I notice that it take longer to update or refresh the data in side the app. For example, I have a notification on my facebook app. When I open facebook, it takes about 5 seconds to refresh the app and pull new updates.

Is anyone else noticing this? or has this always been the case. I am coming from an Android system but dont remember this before when I was on iphone 5s years ago.
 
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