5 months in and I still am not a fan of the overall design of the device. I loved form factor of the 5/5s. I wish they have brought it forward into the 6/6 plus. I'm not a fan of the roundedness of the device personally. Maybe I'm boring but I like the squared body and chamfered edges on the 5/5s design.
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It's be 5 months now... what drawbacks are there for the iPhone 6/6+
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I bought the 6 and 6+ when they first came out. Went back and forth between the two and now only use the 6+. It is big but the screen is worth the trouble.
Both phones have worked well and am very happy. The 6 is what I had hoped the 5/5S would have been. RAM has not been an issue with me. The extra GB of RAM in my iPad Air 2 made no difference as far as I can tell.
Hope Apple increases to 2-4GB so the whiners will be happy!
Both phones have worked well and am very happy. The 6 is what I had hoped the 5/5S would have been. RAM has not been an issue with me. The extra GB of RAM in my iPad Air 2 made no difference as far as I can tell.
Hope Apple increases to 2-4GB so the whiners will be happy!
I agree I loved the slab look, and the squared edges however I believe Apple went more rounded because it makes the device appear EVEN more thin than it already is. Thin is in, apparently. Who knows what they'll do for the 7 in 2016. I have a water resistant case on my 6, so it squares off the edges anyway so the build doesn't even occur to me. Even though I loved the build on my 4S, the 6 takes the cake for me, in the design factor.
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I was hoping you would know since you're the one that has had it for a few months.
That might be the case.
On the flip side I hated the 5S design. Easy to scratch and seemed not properly symmetrical. I love the iPhone 6/6Plus design. Apple did this one right.
Absolutely agree. The RAM issue is blindingly obvious and I don't see how anyone can argue otherwise at this point. It's not a show stopper, but it's incredibly annoying at times when you're trying to cut and paste between apps and the original restarts.
You could sell your 6 plus, buy an iPhone 5 and I'm sure some of your accessories would be compatible with 5.
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The ram issue doesn't bother me because I don't have more than 1 tab open in safari. In fact I'm a bit OCD about closing tabs if I've accidentally left more than one open. I've also got an iPad air 2 which has 2GB of ram and I use it in the same way as my iPhone so I don't really benefit from the extra ram in terms of Safari usage.
It isn't just about the number of tabs you have open. It affects apps too, and switching between them. The fact is that if you use you iPhone in a certain manner, you will run into the lack of RAM on a daily basis. You don't and that's great.
Drawback to the 6 Plus: Needs 2GB of RAM, general stability improvements
Drawbacks to the 6: Needs landscape mode, a little longer battery life
Drawbacks to the 6: Needs landscape mode, a little longer battery life
Ram is adequate. Maybe its not for the iPhone user who operates the phone like the equivalent of a hummingbird.
I use mine to a full extent. I also take the time to periodically turn apps off and restart once in a while. I do the same with my Macbook Air.
I use mine to a full extent. I also take the time to periodically turn apps off and restart once in a while. I do the same with my Macbook Air.
I close apps and tabs several times per day, and I don't think wanting to switch between two browser tabs and one app without them reloading is too outlandish. Considering that the two generations older iPhone 5 could manage this with ease it says something about this latest batch of iPhones.
RAM is far from "adequate" if such a simple operation cannot be handled.
Seriously, nobody can defend it. Sure you might not use your phone in a manner which highlights the lack of RAM, but you should at least be disappointed to hear that the iPhone 6+ cannot accomplish things that the iPhone 5 could. That's not progress.
pros of owning my regular 6 since launch day: Display is excellent, camera is pretty nice, th finger print scanner is very useful coming from a 5, and the size is perfect for a phone. I have pretty good performance except for my cons....
cons of the 6 after 5 months: Although my phone is jailbroken, and i expect some battery drain, my battery is awful. way worse than my iP5. Also the phone is a bit too thin for my liking, although i have it in a case and i take care of it so it doesn't get bent
Also another con is that sometimes touch id is a bit finicky, but usually only when i have moisture or oil on my fingers.
Otherwise, it's a great upgrade from the 5 and a great phone overall.
cons of the 6 after 5 months: Although my phone is jailbroken, and i expect some battery drain, my battery is awful. way worse than my iP5. Also the phone is a bit too thin for my liking, although i have it in a case and i take care of it so it doesn't get bent
Also another con is that sometimes touch id is a bit finicky, but usually only when i have moisture or oil on my fingers.
Otherwise, it's a great upgrade from the 5 and a great phone overall.
I know very well still I can't find any
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Anecdotal evidences.
My iPhone 6 doesn't reload pages more than my previous iPhone 5, so based on your logic, your iPhone is defective and there isn't any ram issue.....
Speaking about the galaxy tab 3, wow one of the worst tablet you can find on the market, I don't understand what it has to do with the matter.... Again only anecdotal evidences.
I'm not sharing the same experience. I'm posting from my iPhone 6 with 4 tabs opened, mail in background and it doesn't reload tabs.
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You lost any credibility the moment you said the Galaxy tab 3 performs much better than an iPhone 6+....
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Your iPhone must be defective because with 4 tabs and two apps mine isn't reloading anything.
As usual every single time you raise up this argument you exaggerates.........
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My iPhone, just like my iPad, is doing its job flawlessly.
Considerably better than my nexus 7 with lollipop and your beloved 2 Gb of ram.
I lost all credibility because I said that an Android device with only 1.5GB of RAM reloads tabs way less than my 6+? How so?
As for your iPhone 6 not presenting the problem that my 6+ does, how does that in any way suggest that my 6+ is defective when they're different phones? My friend has a 6+ and I can get his to exhibit exactly the same behaviour. Plus I took it to the Apple store and the Genius showed me his 6+, which also does it.
It's not just your opinion, since you are repeating that for months.
I told you a million times: in my organization we are using 1 Gb devices to manage gears worthing hundreds millions dollars. With zero ram issue.
You are not an heavy user just because you use Safari and Amazon app, according to my standard.
So please stop pretending the rest of the world are using their iPhone just to make calls and texts.
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And iPad air is 64 bit and has a much higher resolution than any iPhone ..... Still no ram issues.
Listen, your opinion is different to mine. Fair enough.
My old and cheap Android tablet can keep tabs in memory when it's switched off for 24hs! I switch my tablet on, open the browser and nothing reloads. I find myself reading yesterday's news and have to manually reload the page! I'm so used to my 6+ doing it automatically.#
Plenty of people have commented on the reloading issue and yet you (and your entire organisation) seem to have RAM in abundance. I find that really strange and can only deduce that you don't swap around browsers and apps very often, or you don't have a 6+. The latter we know is true anyway, so why constantly defend a product you don't even own?
I was even banned a couple of times because he literally drove me crazy about this argument.
My bad.
But I can't understand why he doesn't sell his iPhone if he's so unsatisfied.
There are plenty of alternatives....
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Correct. Safari is by far the worst in memory management
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I repeated those concepts I don't remember how many times.....
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On a mobile device I usually keep no more than 3-4 tabs opened. And with that amount I can easily go to the mail, copy a text and paste it onto a webpage without any reloads.
That's actually what I'm doing a lot during a typical day of usage.
I'm always keeping safari, mail and itranslate opened and switching between them doesn't cause reloads in most of the cases.
And even if a sporadic reload happens, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH IT ??????
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BECAUSE my iPad and all the iPads we are using have 1 Gb of RAM and higher resolution than your iPhone 6+, and none of them are showing such a dramatic behavior you are describing here.
FACEPALM.
We've been over this before.
Lost/wasted typing in webforms and on forums
Lost search parameters in certain apps, ie we need to start from the beginning again
Wasted cellular data
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So anyone who runs into a lack of RAM on their 6+ has either a defective device, they're using it wrong, or they're talking BS?
Okies.
90% of the times I don't lose any typing....
As usual you seem to describe a totally different device
Did you realize they are using the same components ? IPads have an higher resolution than your iPhone....
They have no reasons to behave differently
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