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The iPhone 6 Plus Is the Most Perfect Portable Computer Ever Made (IMHO)
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The larger screen is still great for watching movies and viewing photos/web pages. Multi-tasking would be nice but it's not like it's exclusion is preventing users from enjoying the increased screen real estate...
This, larger screen for content overall is just great. Dual windows on a 5 inch screen is useless and cumbersome, not to mention the lag it brings when you do it on a Note 4, controlling application windows on a 5 inch window=cumbersome and ridiculous
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I think it is the most perfect portable computer ever made aswell
no doubt about it
if i trade portability then i ask for more. definitely depends on personal preferences.
That's cool; you're entitled to your opinion. If anything needs multi-tasking, it's the iPad. The iPhone isn't marketed to replace a PC but the iPad is.
The perfect computer should be able to store just about any type of file I want regardless if I have the app to open it and also allow me to view and act on two things at once (aka split screen). The iPhone 6 Plus cannot do either.
If you were to say that it's the most perfect portable media and communication device ever made, sure.
Then again it's IYHO, so it's all good.
If you were to say that it's the most perfect portable media and communication device ever made, sure.
Then again it's IYHO, so it's all good.
Gave you an upvote because I understand what you mean, but with iOS 8 extensions and apps that allow offline saving to your iOS device (especially, oh the irony, the Chrome browser and Google Drive apps for iOS), this is now a non-issue.
Perfection will be achieved when they activate the charging port to read the USB and SD card adapters
I'm counting on Apple & Android to NEVER achieve perfection.
Otherwise I'd have no reason to buy an obscene number of new smartphones each year, for fun and to satisfy my thirst for continuing progress and change.
agreed, any iphone doesnt have a mission like replacing any kind of computer. not even a hormon-injected iphone
what makes it unique is it's enormous abilities compared to its size.
but when it comes to ipad, we can't say the same. after 6+, ipad may not be as popular as it was unless it gains new features.
This is purely from a hardware perspective. Software can use some work and if I wanted to get real work done I would still use my rMBP.
That being said I am coming off the Christmas spirit-influenced first impressions but it is a very nice smartphone.
That being said I am coming off the Christmas spirit-influenced first impressions but it is a very nice smartphone.
A very fair point. But as with a number of Apple's ideas, they plant the seeds well in advance. I'm sure split screen apps will be part of iOS 9, and the 6 plus will probably get it. ipad air 2 is the perfect example too; if apple believe iPhone 6 can handle iOS 8 perfectly well with 1GB of ram, why increase it on the iPad?
Ι replaced my i6 with 6+ and never looked back. I was a non-believer and hater of phablets but but but.... I just love the big screen while viewing videos,photos and playing games... its simply amazing, crystal clear and colors are more vivid than ever. I also have less yellow tint than the screen of my old iPhone 6. I think that people must understand that anything bigger than 5/5S form factor wont be easy to handle and specially in one hand mode.... so i suggest that anyone should at least try out the 6+. I also find more fun to type by holding the Plus with both of my hands....because of the bigger screen you see more stuff while capturing photos and it gives you more confidence. Its seems big but it fits without any problem in all of my jeans. If you don't have any issue while carrying the 6+ just go and buy it without regrets. I dont care if Apple will ever reduce the bezels... i only want less weight. My 6+ is almost perfect.... only issue i have is low volume during calls.... anyone else?
Or switch between them. Or run 2 or 3 of them at the same time.
No real multitasking and just 1GB of RAM in 2015...
I like Apple, but this is unacceptable...
I also always hated phablets but in the last weeks I started thinking about getting the Plus, just to test it. I now have the 6 and the 6+ at home and I have come to the following conclusion: If you want a phone, get the 6. If you want something that you can use more, as a mini laptop, then get the 6+.
The 6+ isn't really a phone, but I think I will keep it and sell the 6, because it matches my needs better, despite the fact that is not that easy to transport with me every time...
I picked up my daughter's 5S (my old phone) to set something up for her, and coming from my 6+ it honestly felt like an 'iPhone nano' - so small and so light!
The 6+ continues to delight every time I pick it up - but not so much when I put it in my pocket.
The 6+ continues to delight every time I pick it up - but not so much when I put it in my pocket.
For the majority of everyday tasks, iOS is more than adequate. Not having a full file system etc, doesn't mean that it's any less of a computer, at all.
Consider basic computing tasks: web browsing, basic email, casual gaming, consuming video, perusing photos, etc.
Before ultra-mobile devices became powerful enough, the average consumer basically had to use the truck(the desktop PC, using that analogy) just to go to the supermarket and complete the school run(everyday tasks)!
The average consumer doesn't need a file system, anymore than they need to know how the internal combustion engine works, in order to drive their car.
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wow, where to even start with this.. no accessible file structure is massive, cloud doesn't cut it.. no proper multi tasking, such a low ram amount, 3 tabs of safari has a dicky fit.., needs a 3rd party piece of bloatware just to get stuff on and off it.. no default apps, the emailing attachments Is a joke.. can only hook it up to a pre determined machine with iTunes, screen is OK at best among the quad HD screens doing the rounds.. in a nutshell, if it didn't have the poison fruit logo on the back, it would barely get a 2nd glance...Apple has created not only the most perfect smartphone to date, but what I believe might be the ideal portable computer. It is everything a consumer could need out of a computer enveloped in a gorgeous body that feels unbelievably thin and light enough to almost not be noticed in-hand. Frankly the 6 Plus features best-in-class hardware in every aspect. From the display that has pixels so dense and packed so close to the glass that it is a small contrast boost away from being an entirely seamless window into the digital world to the system on a chip that makes the interface seem instaneous, there has never been so much done right packed into such a svelte frame. The size is also as optimal as we are going to see, with a width perfect for one-handed use and usability features that make the height a non-issue. Not only that, but the photo capabilities rival many professional cameras not necessarily in specs but in end results. With minor multi-tasking features the 6 Plus could be a fantastic computer let alone smartphone.
What amazes me the most is that the 6 Plus seems to be the iPhone to accomplish all that the iPhone and even personal computers in general set out to do. In my hands it doesn't feel like an incremental upgrade like the 4 or the 5 but the culmination of what personal computing set out to do. While it could be argued that the iPad Air accomplished the same, for its form factor the iPhone 6 Plus has fixed almost every issue (durability aside -- although that's more of a roadblock than an issue) that the iPhone hardware has ever had. There doesn't seem to be much to do at this point but to add features. It's all already been improved to the point where if this was the final iPhone to be released, that wouldn't be absolutely devastating.
Or maybe that's just the first-day Christmas spirit talking.
As fantastic as the Retina MacBook Pro and iPad Air 2 are, for my usage at least if the device is not pocketable then I do not find it portable enough to constantly carry around which adds a major plus to the 6 Plus (no pun originally intended).
The way it distorts the minds of seemingly normal folk. Theres Deffo something dark going on... LolWell, certainly no bias there...
For iPhone 6 Plus to be a computer it needs to be without the limitations of 1GB DRAM, needs foreground multiwindow support, background multitasking capability so that SSH/RDP/etc. interactive sessions aren't killed after 3 minutes in the background, needs proper file manager and most importantly needs a charger dock (like a laptop dock) with video output to external monitor/TV, external keyboard/mouse support, USB ports for external storage/joystick, audio output, etc. like this Smart Dock:
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Apple has created not only the most perfect smartphone to date, but what I believe might be the ideal portable computer. It is everything a consumer could need out of a computer enveloped in a gorgeous body that feels unbelievably thin and light enough to almost not be noticed in-hand. Frankly the 6 Plus features best-in-class hardware in every aspect. From the display that has pixels so dense and packed so close to the glass that it is a small contrast boost away from being an entirely seamless window into the digital world to the system on a chip that makes the interface seem instaneous, there has never been so much done right packed into such a svelte frame. The size is also as optimal as we are going to see, with a width perfect for one-handed use and usability features that make the height a non-issue. Not only that, but the photo capabilities rival many professional cameras not necessarily in specs but in end results. With minor multi-tasking features the 6 Plus could be a fantastic computer let alone smartphone.
What amazes me the most is that the 6 Plus seems to be the iPhone to accomplish all that the iPhone and even personal computers in general set out to do. In my hands it doesn't feel like an incremental upgrade like the 4 or the 5 but the culmination of what personal computing set out to do. While it could be argued that the iPad Air accomplished the same, for its form factor the iPhone 6 Plus has fixed almost every issue (durability aside -- although that's more of a roadblock than an issue) that the iPhone hardware has ever had. There doesn't seem to be much to do at this point but to add features. It's all already been improved to the point where if this was the final iPhone to be released, that wouldn't be absolutely devastating.
Or maybe that's just the first-day Christmas spirit talking.
As fantastic as the Retina MacBook Pro and iPad Air 2 are, for my usage at least if the device is not pocketable then I do not find it portable enough to constantly carry around which adds a major plus to the 6 Plus (no pun originally intended).
I have to disagree, although I pre-ordered a 6 plus myself. The perfect portable computer has all the tools my full desktop computer has. We haven't had that, but soon we might when MS releases their phones with continuum, connect them to a monitor, keyboard and mouse and you have an instant desktop. Now THAT is a truly portable computer.