Yep! I ordered mine in-store on the evening of 9/18 and it got into Honolulu last night. Picked it up on my lunch break today. The Rose Gold is BEAUTIFUL!!
Honolulu was actually the first plane/destination to arrive yesterday with iPhones from Louisville.
REVIEW THUSFAR:
I haven't used my phone much today but it's pretty much better in every area except two, so I'll start with the Cons followed by the Pros. Using it, I could have held out for the iPhone 7. It wouldn't have been that much of a big deal, but I always like to have the newest model. I recommend people compare for themselves to see if the upgrades are worth it to them before spending more money. If you don't have a 6+ and want 128GB now, you have to get the 6S+ since they dropped that size on the 6 series.
Cons vs. the 6+:
• Weight: It is noticeably heavier on the 6S+ than the 6+. If you drop this you have a much greater chance of cracking the glass. You don't think 20 grams is a lot (4 nickels) but it's almost 3/4 of an ounce, and is 12% heavier than the 6+, going from 172g to 192g. I certainly feel the extra strain in my hand.
• Battery: Seems to drop 10-20% faster (depending on what you're doing) than the 6+. Battery decreased in size by 5%, along with the faster processor, 3D Touch, and Taptic Engine will obviously result in more power being used.
Pros over the 6+:
• Much better glass. The 6+ had the worst glass ever on an iPhone and always got spotted and full of fingerprints which I've never had on any other iPhone. Also, I was wearing a black shirt, and both screens were clean and phones off and the glass on the 6S+ had a much sharper reflection and my shirt looked black whereas with the 6+ it looked gray. So far 0 fingerprints or spots on the 6S+. I guess the new Ion strengthened glass really makes a difference, and it even feels smoother. My 6+ had five areas missing the oleophobic coating, too, which you could see when cleaning it with liquid.
• Faster processor: everything is snappy and nothing lags or drags. Menus move quick, app switcher moves quick, apps open faster, phone shuts down much faster and restarts faster, etc.
• Touch ID: greatly improved, even during set-up. Super fast response to unlocking. Nice work here.
• 3D Touch: it will have more benefits in the future but even now it works fairly nicely. The only issue is the deep press — whether set on light or firm it makes no difference, it's a matter of holding the press down longer before doing a deep press, otherwise it requires really pushing hard.
• Siri: Hey Siri finally works without being plugged in.
• Enhanced LTE: Whereas I used to get 1-2 bars inside (even though I'm only 0.4 miles from my tower and my parents live 1.3 miles from theirs and they get 4-5 bars on the 6+), now I get 2-3 bars inside. Outside, like I posted a pic the other night, when I get 5 bars at -80dB I get 96Mb/s down and 28Mb/s up, so hopefully the 6S+ will pull equally fast LTE speeds.
• Finally MIMO Wi-Fi: for me this used to be an issue whereas my (former) iPad Air 2 (before I sold it) would get twice the WiFi speed, but then I fixed the issue so the iPad only was a tiny bit faster. I have 200/20 internet so it pulls the full speed, same as before. I have the newest AirPort Extreme router though so it's not an issue for me but other people will see improvements especially if using WiFi for networking and not internet where speeds can theoretically achieve 866Mbps with MIMO and 802.11ac.
• iSight Camera: Enhanced detail, more natural color balance, still grainy in low light areas but with less noise, better overall, but only 50% improvement....
• FaceTime/Selfie camera: This, to me is a bigger improvement because the quality is 4x greater than before and the recipient of your FaceTime call sees you much clearer. My mother couldn't believe the difference when we tried it. She was terribly grainy with the 1.2MP, and said I looked fantastic with the 5MP.
• Accessories: I always use a clear case and I was disappointed when Spigen told me for the thin fit clear case I needed their new, bigger one, when I still had 2 unopened ones for the 6+ left. Well, they both fit, (the newer one just protrudes ever so slightly more but the hole around the power button is huge and ugly) and it's a good thing because the new Spigen clear polycarbonate case is as slippery as the phone itself, but the older model case for the 6+ which they no longer make is crystal clear but with some type of slip-free additive which gives it a much better grip. I also keep it in a custom made (from Germany) very fine quality leather pouch sized to fit this case, then inside a neoprene pouch for total protection. I have a Suede pouch as well from the same company but that only fits the phone naked.
Further reviews to follow with more use. Even though I hate how Apple Music replaced most of the proper album art, I do like how it still has a copy of almost all my music in there for online streaming, of course the sound quality is much less at 256kbps MP3 vs. lossless decoded to CD quality at 1,411kbps.
