Reviews are out!

[Gooberton]

So what happened to your "it has 2GB RAM!"??

I'll wait fir the tear down

 

[packgolfdude]

These phones scream

These aren’t just the best iPhones ever made—they might be the best phones ever made. Period.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-16/iphone-6-and-6-plus-review-which-one-should-you-get

Ouch...from the article with respect to the 6s...

and I fear that a lot of people are going to rush into buying one without having a sense of the scale of the thing.
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The iPhone 6 Plus is only slightly smaller than an iPad Mini, which means one-handed use is messy even with Reachability, and holding it up to a normal-size head looks slightly absurd​

Sweet...can't wait till Friday...

On the other hand, the iPhone 6 feels like the perfect phone in my hand. Not too big and not too small

 

[Gooberton]

... Great for those who wants one computing device.

And speed. 6+ clocked 1.39
As opposed to 1.2 for the 6

 

[ZBoater]

Ouch...from the article....

The iPhone 6 Plus is only slightly smaller than an iPad Mini, which means one-handed use is messy even with Reachability, and holding it up to a normal-size head looks slightly absurd​

Define "slightly".

 

[phobic99]

These phones scream

These aren’t just the best iPhones ever made—they might be the best phones ever made. Period.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-16/iphone-6-and-6-plus-review-which-one-should-you-get

This review isn't bad, but if you're familiar with the author then you shouldn't be all that suprised he wrote something like this.

 

[iOz]

So glad I buy my iPhone's based on what I like them to do and need them to do. Not based on some internet reviewers and bloggers opinion of what they think I should need it to do and want.

 

[Bobby Corwen]

I think its silly to lower the score for a known tradeoff.

You can't review two phones as if they need to hold to a one size fits all standard anymore.

Essentially giving the 6 plus a lower score than the 6 due to size is being biased.

The idea is that the screen size to comfort tradeoff is an inherent choice already made up when deciding that form factor. Before you start the review.

So you can't take points off because the product is just doing what its intended to do in its product range. You can't punish it for that.

Most of the reviews are giving all these positive benefits and saying its like looking into an iPad mini and is beautiful...

But then docking it on points for essentially being what it is.

Lol most of the reviewers (especially Verge who got the vibe right) love the Plus in words but then most rated the regular 6 higher on a point scale. --Which I guess is in an effort to not make anyone feel bad in particular and have readers of both sides feel satisfied.

But the reviewers like Verge who had two separate reviews had it right.

You wouldn't review a Galaxy and a Note in the same review and then dock the Note points for being bigger would you?

Endgadget just did that lol.

 

[urkel]

Didn't the reviewers get the phone after the keynote? If so then is 3 days really enough time to give a solid opinion on something? Especially a phone that is so drastically different than its predecessors?

 

[brent1977]

And speed. 6+ clocked 1.39
As opposed to 1.2 for the 6

I wonder how the clock difference will translate into real-world performance given the higher pixel count on the Plus.

 

[ZBoater]

?.You wouldn't review a Galaxy and a Note in the same review and then dock the Note points for being bigger would you?

Endgadget just did that lol.

OMG. Somebody gets it.

Thanks for pointing this out. It's obvious but many miss it.

 

[pish6969]

Keep reading. You forgot the faster speed and sharper screen of the 6+. You must have missed that part. It's ok, read them again.

You are one jealous dude. Every review is basically saying the same things and you keep commenting like it didn't happen. The 6 is scoring higher. Get over it. In another thread you said you weren't getting the phone if it had less than 1.5 gbs of ram anyway so I guess you can get the note 4.

I have to imagine many 6+ users may be concerned with the comments on how it looks while using it as phone. One reviewer called it absurd or something to that affect.

 

[mdlooker]

I already use two hands on my IP5 so the 6 plus shouldn't be an issue. Every time I try to use one hand now, I touch another part of the screen causing me to eventually using two hands anyway.

 

[Starfyre]

I think its silly to lower the score for a known tradeoff.

You can't review two phones as if they need to hold to a one size fits all standard anymore.

Essentially giving the 6 plus a lower score than the 6 due to size is being biased.

The idea is that the screen size to comfort tradeoff is an inherent choice already made up when deciding that form factor.

So you can't take points off because the product is just doing what its intended to do in its product range. You can't punish it for that.

Most of the reviews are giving all these positive benefits and saying its like looking into an iPad mini and is beautiful...

But then docking it on points for essentially being what it is.

Lol most of the reviewers (especially Verge who got the vibe right) love the Plus in words but then most rated the regular 6 higher on a point scale. --Which I guess is in an effort to not make anyone feel bad in particular and have readers of both sides feel satisfied.

But the reviewers like Verge who had two separate reviews had it right.

You wouldn't review a Galaxy and a Note in the same review and then dock the Note points for being bigger would you?

Endgadget just did that lol.

Unless Plus was being reviewed against the Note, which it gets scored lower because of who knows, maybe the One Plus One?

It seems based on reviews, the Plus is headed in the right direction, but is not really doing much else that is truly defining the class its trying to compete with.

 

[ZBoater]

You are one jealous dude. Every review is basically saying the same things and you keep commenting like it didn't happen. The 6 is scoring higher. Get over it. In another thread you said you weren't getting the phone if it had less than 1.5 gbs of ram anyway so I guess you can get the note 4.

I have to imagine many 6+ users may be concerned with the comments on how it looks while using it as phone. One reviewer called it absurd or something to that affect.

Are you sure that was me? I don't remember that. And if I said that I was being absurd. I'm not in the 2GB of a RAM loony wagon....

 

[indecision]

Apparently the 6 plus runs faster then the 6

So I'm staying with the 6 plus..

 

[andyACEcandy]

OMG. Somebody gets it.

Thanks for pointing this out. It's obvious but many miss it.

Perhaps this is why there were rumors that Apple would release the 6+ at a later date... to avoid the constant comparison. Back and forth back and forth we go.

To be fair though, the differences between Galaxy S and Galaxy Note devices are pretty substantial. Not as much between the 6 and 6+

 

[ZBoater]

Apparently the 6 plus runs faster then the 6

So I'm staying with the 6 plus..

Dude, you have an awesome screen name for this topic....

 

[jkun]

The fact that the 6 is scoring higher (albeit just by a slight margin) than the Plus is blowing my mind. Sure, the Plus is huge, but it's a much better overall device based on battery life, camera, and screen alone. The Note 3 never scored less than the S5, and it's also a huge phone, so I don't get it lol.

Side note, still super excited for my Plus. The Note 3 was my favorite device ever based on the screen size, battery life, and versatility. I feel the Plus will even surpass that love for me.

That's because the note 3 has the pen and actual features that help to take advantage of its gigantic screen. Apple's use of landscape mode to utilize the larger screen is very underwhelming.

 

[smokechaser]

Apple
iPhone 6 Plus

PROS

Large, beautiful display
Great camera with optical image stabilization
Long battery life
Fast performance


CONS

One-handed use is frustrating and uncomfortable
NFC can only be used for mobile payments

 

[bibigon]

I personally think with iOS 9 we might see some added benefits of the 6plus vs the 6. Maybe next year there will be a bigger difference between the two devices.

I would not expect much in the way of additional differentiation so quickly. Apple has made it very clear they want to avoid fragmentation. Their biggest advantage over Android phones is that in spite of inferior specifications on paper, everything works smoothly.

It's possible to maintain quality control (and app support) over multiple devices, but adding additional points of differentiation makes that harder. Apps that work smoothly on a 6S+ but not a 6S would threaten to undermine Apple's key edge.

 

[dgree03]

I think its silly to lower the score for a known tradeoff.

You can't review two phones as if they need to hold to a one size fits all standard anymore.

Essentially giving the 6 plus a lower score than the 6 due to size is being biased.

The idea is that the screen size to comfort tradeoff is an inherent choice already made up when deciding that form factor. Before you start the review.

So you can't take points off because the product is just doing what its intended to do in its product range. You can't punish it for that.

Most of the reviews are giving all these positive benefits and saying its like looking into an iPad mini and is beautiful...

But then docking it on points for essentially being what it is.

Lol most of the reviewers (especially Verge who got the vibe right) love the Plus in words but then most rated the regular 6 higher on a point scale. --Which I guess is in an effort to not make anyone feel bad in particular and have readers of both sides feel satisfied.

But the reviewers like Verge who had two separate reviews had it right.

You wouldn't review a Galaxy and a Note in the same review and then dock the Note points for being bigger would you?

Endgadget just did that lol.

Note 3 should be reviewed separately from S5. Note 3 offer far more functionality than a S4 or S5.

Iphone plus vs iPhone 6 are essentially the same phone.

 

[jkun]

I think its silly to lower the score for a known tradeoff.

You can't review two phones as if they need to hold to a one size fits all standard anymore.

Essentially giving the 6 plus a lower score than the 6 due to size is being biased.

The idea is that the screen size to comfort tradeoff is an inherent choice already made up when deciding that form factor. Before you start the review.

So you can't take points off because the product is just doing what its intended to do in its product range. You can't punish it for that.

Most of the reviews are giving all these positive benefits and saying its like looking into an iPad mini and is beautiful...

But then docking it on points for essentially being what it is.

Lol most of the reviewers (especially Verge who got the vibe right) love the Plus in words but then most rated the regular 6 higher on a point scale. --Which I guess is in an effort to not make anyone feel bad in particular and have readers of both sides feel satisfied.

But the reviewers like Verge who had two separate reviews had it right.

You wouldn't review a Galaxy and a Note in the same review and then dock the Note points for being bigger would you?

Endgadget just did that lol.

I think they were reviewed in their respective places. The 6 as a phone like the S5, and the 6 plus as phablet which has much more potential like the Galaxy note. I believe the issues on the plus are mostly software and interface related ones that will be refined in time.

 

[brent1977]

Apparently the 6 plus runs faster then the 6

So I'm staying with the 6 plus..

I saw the part in one of the reviews about the Plus running cooler, but didn't see where it was said to run faster. Was it in one specifically? Or do you just mean about it possibly being clocked higher?

 

[mdlooker]

Note 3 should be reviewed separately from S5. Note 3 offer far more functionality than a S4 or S5.

Iphone plus vs iPhone 6 are essentially the same phone.

I didn't get that Apple was trying to vary the two much differently than size.

 

[brent1977]

That's because the note 3 has the pen and actual features that help to take advantage of its gigantic screen. Apple's use of landscape mode to utilize the larger screen is very underwhelming.

Also can't imagine them wanting to add anything like an active digitizer or anything that isn't on the iPads.