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So is the iPhone 6 this model's iPhone 5C and the 6+ the Flagship?
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So is the iPhone 6 this model's iPhone 5C and the 6+ the Flagship?
I read what you wrote.Your simile, directly comparing iPhone models, didn't match the subsequent explanation comparing supply/demand of models at launch. With that being said, I agree with your point.
Without rehashing ad nauseum: the real-world difference is better resolution, better pictures, and longer time before the battery dies. If the 4.7 was branded as an android, these points would be amplified tenfold.
I read what you wrote.Your simile, directly comparing iPhone models, didn't match the subsequent explanation comparing supply/demand of models at launch. With that being said, I agree with your point.
Without rehashing ad nauseum: the real-world difference is better resolution, better pictures, and longer time before the battery dies. If the 4.7 was branded as an android, these points would be amplified tenfold.
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Fair enough I can agree with you on that. Its just some people are making the 4.7" out to be a failure already when the phones haven't even gone on sale in stores yet.
Yes, Apple now provides meaningful iPhone differentiation based on subjective consumer preference rather than disparate spec sheets.
Yeah thats pretty nice. I mean, the 5s is still one of the fastest phones out there so if you get a 6 there is really no wrong way to go.
I would like to point out Apple has never cared about a spec sheet. An amazing example of this is the iMac G3. A 233MHz iMac was faster then a 400MHz Pentium of the time.
A Honda Accord has won more awards than a Bentley. It's not the better car. More people pick a McDonalds burger than any other burger, are we to believe they have the best burgers?
Inferior. That's what the 6 is to the 6 Plus. It's called Plus for a reason, plus means "in addition too" it has what the 6 has and then some. You went with the budget phone this round. These are the facts of the matter and the size of your weiner won't change it. There is nothing the 6 has that the 6+ doesn't, the opposite cannot be said. More feature, better specs, higher price tag, harder to find. In a word, superior.
I wouldn't think of it that way; and the answer is simple. The iPhone 6 is still called the "iPhone 6". That makes it the "standard" phone in the lineup. I would consider the iPhone 6 to be the direct successor to the 5S. The 5S and 5C have simply been relegated to the "budget" category among Apple's offerings.
I feel the 6 Plus is in a category of its own, especially given that it's a phablet both in terms of size and functionality (iPad-inspired apps and rotatable home screen).
The 5c is a redesigned 5. It was an experiment. And frankly, as time goes by, I like the look of those phones more.
But they are meant to fit in the lower tier / old phones, which typically used to be 1 or 2 year old models.
This year, they kept the 5c, to replace the 4s as the free phone on contract. They went back to the old way, and bumped the 5s to the 5c slot of last year.
So the iPhone 6, is in the same flag ship spot that the 5s was last year.
The iPhone 6 Plus is a new tier, hence the PLUS designation. It's more than would otherwise be.
My theory, like they dummied down the 5c to something less than the 5, it replaced. They dummied down the 6 just a hair so that the 6 Plus has more room to shine. If there was no 6 Plus, this year, the iPhone 6 would have had the better camera, for sure, and a slightly bigger battery.
But they are meant to fit in the lower tier / old phones, which typically used to be 1 or 2 year old models.
This year, they kept the 5c, to replace the 4s as the free phone on contract. They went back to the old way, and bumped the 5s to the 5c slot of last year.
So the iPhone 6, is in the same flag ship spot that the 5s was last year.
The iPhone 6 Plus is a new tier, hence the PLUS designation. It's more than would otherwise be.
My theory, like they dummied down the 5c to something less than the 5, it replaced. They dummied down the 6 just a hair so that the 6 Plus has more room to shine. If there was no 6 Plus, this year, the iPhone 6 would have had the better camera, for sure, and a slightly bigger battery.
A Honda Accord has won more awards than a Bentley. It's not the better car. More people pick a McDonalds burger than any other burger, are we to believe they have the best burgers?
Inferior. That's what the 6 is to the 6 Plus. It's called Plus for a reason, plus means "in addition too" it has what the 6 has and then some. You went with the budget phone this round. These are the facts of the matter and the size of your weiner won't change it. There is nothing the 6 has that the 6+ doesn't, the opposite cannot be said. More feature, better specs, higher price tag, harder to find. In a word, superior.
To be fair, the 6 has a higher contrast ratio over the 6 plus. 1400:1 vs 1300:1
I don't think Apple has intended to be one device superior over another. It is just catered to people who has different needs and what they want out of a phone.
No its not and I can't see how that conclusion was even entertained in the first place?
Both phones are pretty much equal because what one has the other lacks in equal measure.
Bigger phone = bigger battery. You'd be hard pressed to try to squeeze a 6+ battery into the iPhone 6 case.
Better camera is also said to be a space constraint, achievable in the bigger 6+ case but likely not the 6 case. Unless there's a different reason we're not made aware of like a limited supply of the OIS component.
Many, many people would spring for the 6+ just for the larger size even at $100 more.
If the smaller screen size 6 was $100 more I'd glad pay it. But screen size is not the only consideration.
How so? It was consistently the second best selling smartphone on the market for the past year behind the 5S.