The iPhone 6 is the better iPhone

[Bobby Corwen]

The whole notion of iPhone 6 Plus needing to push more pixels has been greatly exaggerated on these boards.

Yes it does push more pixels.

But its very capable of pushing those pixels. It does so every day for me.

As I said before I think people are confusing the larger surface area as "sluggishness" because if you have two screens performing the same animations, the one that is larger will take longer to animate and appear slower. They don't accelerate the animations if its larger, like a screen minimizing or sliding over.

So some people see this and in their brain think.. "welp hur dur i heard the 6Plus needs to push more pixels" that must be what is happening.

Its just a simple concept. A larger screen has more surface for an animation to travel upon.

I constantly can Airplay full on 3D rendered console-quality games on my projector from my phone and it looks perfectly smooth. How is that underpowered??? Im literally outputting double the resolution both on the phone screen, and the projector, and its running a full on racing simulator that looks like Gran Truismo with no lag. Are you guys saying it can do that, but it can't do simple menu animations? That makes no sense. The processor and RAM can handle double or more of what you see on screen.

BUT BUT BUT... it pushes more pixels and only has 1 Gig. Its underpowered...

... Not really

 

[Zaft]

The whole notion of iPhone 6 Plus needing to push more pixels has been greatly exaggerated on these boards.

Yes it does push more pixels.

But its very capable of pushing those pixels. It does so every day for me.

As I said before I think people are confusing the larger surface area as "sluggishness" because if you have two screens performing the same animations, the one that is larger will take longer to animate and appear slower. They don't accelerate the animations if its larger, like a screen minimizing or sliding over.

So some people see this and in their brain think.. "welp hur dur i heard the 6Plus needs to push more pixels" that must be what is happening.

Its just a simple concept. I constantly can Airplay full on 3D rendered console-quality games on my projector from my phone and it looks perfectly smooth. How is that underpowered??? Are you guys saying it can do that, but it can't do simple menu animations? That makes no sense.

BUT BUT BUT... it pushes more pixels and only has 1 Gig. Its underpowered...

... Not really

I have a 6 Plus and had a regular 6. The 6 was a tad smoother, the 6 plus uses the same cpu and gpu but has a higher resolution. For me its not a big difference, the extra screen and battery is worth it.

To say the 6 plus is not underpowered is incorrect. It is, but not to a degree that most people will care or notice.

 

[Bobby Corwen]

I have a 6 Plus and had a regular 6. The 6 was a tad smoother, the 6 plus uses the same cpu and gpu but has a higher resolution. For me its not a big difference, the extra screen and battery is worth it.

To say the 6 plus is not underpowered is incorrect. It is, but not to a degree that most people will care or notice.

The difference in resolution doesnt make it less smooth. Its got power to spare. Both the 6 and 6 Plus are perfectly smooth.

Just the bigger one takes longer because its a bigger surface area.

Most of these underpowered notions were from bugs, from early versions of then newly developed iOS 8.

If the phone was underpowered, it wouldnt have benchmarked so well and at the time. It was more powerful than any other phone brand on earth according to benchmarks, how is that underpowered?

There aren't many phones than can run the powerhouse games and music apps the 6 Plus can like Vainglory or Garagband with such low latency and input response.

Try to run those on some other 3Gig of Ram phone and it will downscale the game because it can't handle it like the 6 Plus can. Or if its a music app there will be a lag delay.

6 Plus is not underpowered. Its the best Apple iPhone ever made and works perfectly smooth and runs apps I never thought a phone could run so soon.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

iPhone 6? How can you use that teenie-tiny-lil thing?? lol I can't barely see the screen content.

Although the screen is barely visible with the naked eye I have found a magnifying glass and a sophisticated squint makes it all possible. When I think back to the old days when I was using an iPhone 5, it was a case of tapping the screen completely blind because it was so small and hoping for the best. Five years from now we'll be using television sized phablets and we'll all laugh at 2015. Bookmark this, you heard it here first.

 

[imanidiot]

What do you care how I spend my money? It's my hobby to buy and use gadgets that I like.

Anybody who buys and discards smart phones as a hobby is ridiculous. Get a life. Or a less stupid hobby.

 

[teknikal90]

Anybody who buys and discards smart phones as a hobby is ridiculous. Get a life. Or a less stupid hobby.

bro. youre in an internet forum talking about cellphones.
we both are. neither of us are in a position of telling anyone to 'get a life' lol

 

[petvas]

Anybody who buys and discards smart phones as a hobby is ridiculous. Get a life. Or a less stupid hobby.

Go away please. Next time when I want to buy something, remind me to ask you first..

 

[imaginex20]

Sigh. When will this end. You KNOW RED is BETTER than BLUE! It's been proven many times now! And Black is better then all the other colors.

If black is the better color then why did you get a Space Gray iPhone? Mr. I won't get another iPhone unless its black.

 

[eyoungren]

If black is the better color then why did you get a Space Gray iPhone? Mr. I won't get another iPhone unless its black.

Because I'm stuck on Sprint and I decided that as much as I hate Space Gray I was going to get a new iPhone out of Sprint.

If I had the $2-300 I'd swap out the casing with the black matte one that the firm in Los Angeles advertises.

 

[Hot12345]

I've had both iphone 6 and 6 +. I definitely prefer the iphone 6+. The screen is bigger and the battery is excellent. The size doesn't really bother me so since i always use two hands to use phones anyway.

Don't have to worry about it bending since it goes in my purse.

However I do agree that Apple could have done a better job optimizing the 6 + for apps and boosting the ram to 2gb.

Think that 2gb will not be enough for the 6+, it will maby have at least 3gb, why? 2gb is very late to come for this phone. What will happen is that apple is behind the facts.

 

[nia820]

Think that 2gb will not be enough for the 6+, it will maby have at least 3gb, why? 2gb is very late to come for this phone. What will happen is that apple is behind the facts.

Well since apple is always behind other phone manufacturers in terms of specs I'm expecting the 6s + to have 2gb ram. They'll probably save the 3 gb ram for iPhone 7s.

It would be sweet to get 3gb ram , but I'm not getting my hopes up.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Well since apple is always behind other phone manufacturers in terms of specs I'm expecting the 6s + to have 2gb ram. They'll probably save the 3 gb ram for iPhone 7s.

It would be sweet to get 3gb ram , but I'm not getting my hopes up.

Apple devices don't need as much ram as other android devices need. The 6/6 + perform just as well as the majority of android devices with 2-3GBs of ram.

 

[Hot12345]

Apple devices don't need as much ram as other android devices need. The 6/6 + perform just as well as the majority of android devices with 2-3GBs of ram.

But 1 gb of ramm is to low, but 2 gb ram needs it minimum and to be a future proof it need 3 gb RAM.

 

[C DM]

Apple devices don't need as much ram as other android devices need. The 6/6 + perform just as well as the majority of android devices with 2-3GBs of ram.

That doesn't mean they aren't overdue for a bump in RAM.

 

[petvas]

Yes, iOS doesn't need as much RAM as Android, but more RAM means better multitasking.

 

[Tthomas612]

iPhone 6? How can you use that teenie-tiny-lil thing?? lol I can't barely see the screen content.

This post is so Funny. Just last year people said Galaxy S4? Why would people want a phone that big. Then  comes out with a 5.5" and 4.7" model and then people say this.

4.7" is not too small. Just as 5.5" isn't too big if done right. However the 6+ to me is a very big phone. Which is why I have the iPhone 6 which BTW has a screen size that I find perfect.

Now had you said this about the 5s and the 4" screen I would've agreed 100%

 

[Tthomas612]

TBH, the pissing contests over phones being better is ridiculous and gets old.

The iPhone 6 and 6+ are both great for what they are. Different people have different wants and needs. Does it make either better? Nope! The 6+ has OIS the 6 does not, but by the comparisons that I have seen both of the cameras are about the same. The 6+ has a bigger battery because it is a MUCH bigger phone. The 6+ screen is absolutely beautiful. The 6's screen is too, but the 6+ screen is immaculate it really is... However I take the 6 over the 6+ for portability... Not because I think it's better

 

[petvas]

The reason I created this thread was not to make another my phone is better than yours thread. Maybe my English isn't that good and I didn't articulate what I wanted to say the right way.
I believe that the iPhone 6+ is a missed opportunity. It could be much much better. The screen is great, battery life too, but Apple could make a different device than the standard iPhone 6. It is obvious that the software isn't really optimized for the plus. Also, the bezels should be smaller, thus making the device easier to use with one hand. My main gripe though is that iOS on the plus should be able to run iPad apps, or at least have many more optimized apps for the bigger screen. Add to that the speed difference compared to the standard iPhone and then you might start seeing that Apple got too lazy with the Plus.
They just created a bigger iPhone without changing anything. This is for me disappointing.
Does that make the Plus a bad phone? Of course not. It's still great, but it could be so much better..

 

[perezr10]

I saw a an objective test done somewhere which compared the loudness of the 6 vs 6 Plus and the iPhone 6 indeed was the louder of the two phones. I'd post a link if I could remember which tech site posted the article.

 

[sunking101]

I saw a an objective test done somewhere which compared the loudness of the 6 vs 6 Plus and the iPhone 6 indeed was the louder of the two phones. I'd post a link if I could remember which tech site posted the article.

Volume doesn't equate to sound quality. My 6+ doesn't go anywhere near as loud as my iPhone 5, but it does sound *much* nicer. I should imagine that the only people who need ear-splitting volume from their phone's loudspeaker are kids who pump music out whilst riding the bus to school...

Without question the 6+ has the nicest tone of any mobile phone speaker I have ever heard. Heck, it even sounds better than my previous three laptops. Those who think it sounds poor, or that volume is all that matters, make me scratch my head in bemusement.

 

[cababah]

I would have got the 6 if it had a 1080p display and better battery life. I use a 6 for work and 6+ as my personal and whenever I use the 6, I can see pixels.

 

[petvas]

Here is a comparison of some of the best phones out there. The M9 is of course the clear winner in the quality department. You can hear how awful the iPhone 6 and the Samsung S6 sound. Awful but loud..

 

[petvas]

Volume doesn't equate to sound quality. My 6+ doesn't go anywhere near as loud as my iPhone 5, but it does sound *much* nicer. I should imagine that the only people who need ear-splitting volume from their phone's loudspeaker are kids who pump music out whilst riding the bus to school...

Without question the 6+ has the nicest tone of any mobile phone speaker I have ever heard. Heck, it even sounds better than my previous three laptops. Those who think it sounds poor, or that volume is all that matters, make me scratch my head in bemusement.

Kids might want to listen to their phones by using the speakers when on the road, but you forget so many other usage scenarios, where having a great speaker does make a difference. When I am at home and want to listen to a podcast, watch a YouTube video or even listen to music, many times I just do that on my phone. I can't be bothered with headphones most of the times, so the M9 does produce the best quality sound by far. I don't know how you think that the 6 plus has better sound, but I guess each to their own..

 

[sunking101]

Here is a comparison of some of the best phones out there. The M9 is of course the clear winner in the quality department. You can hear how awful the iPhone 6 and the Samsung S6 sound. Awful but loud..

Sorry, I'm not seeing how the M9 is "of course the clear winner in the quality department"?
It sounds tinny in the top end, and I *hate* that. From that video I determined that the Sony sounded best, then the iPhone, then the M9 and lastly the S6. However, the 6+ sounds better than them all. I rip the 6+ to bits and yet credit where credit's due, the loudspeaker sound quality is awesome.

Like I said, my partner has the M8 and we both think that the 6+ sounds better. The M9 has good 'bass' and a nice distance between the speakers to give a mild stereo effect. The sound quality is definitely above average for a phone but it appeals to the detailed (bright) treble crowd. As for volume, I don't care for how loud a speaker goes as I only ever listen in quiet environments. Tone matters to me and because the 6+ has a nice non-shrill treble it is by far the most pleasing sound. There is also some low-mid and upper bass there too. It's a great speaker! Put two in there and it would be perfect (for me) in the loudspeaker department.

 

[sunking101]

Kids might want to listen to their phones by using the speakers when on the road, but you forget so many other usage scenarios, where having a great speaker does make a difference. When I am at home and want to listen to a podcast, watch a YouTube video or even listen to music, many times I just do that on my phone. I can't be bothered with headphones most of the times, so the M9 does produce the best quality sound by far. I don't know how you think that the 6 plus has better sound, but I guess each to their own..

Me too, I'm always listening to YouTube and watching documentaries etc on my 6+. The loudspeaker gets a lot of use, far more than my iPhone 5 ever did because that was too tinny for my tastes.