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Upgrade from 6 not been worth it

pixel_junkie said:
I felt the same way so I actually went back to a 6 to keep the better battery life. No regrets. The 6S is indeed faster but the 6 was always fast enough so not much gained there.
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I haven't noticed any differences in battery life between 6 and 6s. I have a 6 on iOS 8 and a 6s on iOS 9 and have tested this out on multiple occasions (for fun), using the same app set up and battery tests. They are either very similar, or the 6s wins with battery saver mode of iOS 9. A very slightly larger battery in the 6 should not be enough for a discernible difference, and from my experience they are almost identical in battery life. The 6s uses more energy efficient components which should even out the small capacity differences. Apple's engineers aimed to have similar battery life between the two phones and I think they achieved that.

I can't speak for the Plus models, as I never owned either of those to test out the battery.

gadget123 said:
I never noticed much difference in the battery life but I await the iPhone 7. The s models are always heavier.
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Nitpicking (sorry) but 5s is the exact same weight as 5

3GS was more, yes but only 2 grams more and 4S was only 3 grams more. Very negligible weight differences in person. If you are able to discern a 2g or a 3g difference between two devices, I can understand how a 14g difference could be an issue.

The 6 to 6s is noticeable, I will give you that. As is the 6 plus to 6s plus. But not a problem unless 143g is significant weight for your wrist or a big enough difference from 129g (which could be a genuine problem if you have inflamed wrist joints or some kind of neuropathy along the wrist).

Further, if a lighter iPhone is one's priority, then the 5 or 5s are both sufficient and very functional on iOS 9 (I think they both run iOS 9 well especially the 5 given its age)
 
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All of you people that find 3D Touch messes up with deleting apps/opening links on new tabs etc must be used to pushing your screens really hard! I haven't experienced this once, it's called a touch screen not a push screen, you only push when you want to 3D Touch. Have any of you tried changing the 3D Touch sensitivity in the settings.
 
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Ternary said:
If you don't think it's worth it, why don't you return the 6s and stay with your 6 for another year?

I understand you want the latest and greatest, but from this viewpoint, you're better off getting your money back.
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Not possible for me I sold my 6 to buy the 6S. Plus I've had mine since launch day anyway.
 
gadget123 said:
True but some might argue next years will come with 2gb ram anyway but 3gb is more likely.
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Why would we want to limp along for another year with only 1GB of RAM? It was terrible 12 months ago! Apple will stick with 2GB for two or three years knowing them.
 
gadget123 said:
True but some might argue next years will come with 2gb ram anyway but 3gb is more likely.
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It took Apple 3 generations to increase RAM, and now you think they'll increase RAM in consecutive generations? Just no. We'll be lucky to get a RAM increase by iPhone 8.
 
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Things like 3D touch, live images seem like a gimmick to me. Maybe when more apps use 3D touch, I will change my mind. My favorite feature is the always on Siri and a better camera.
 
Those that complain the battery life of the 6S being worse than the 6, did you have Siri of the 6S set to always listening?
 
gadget123 said:
I upgraded from the 6 to the 6S and I like the latest and greatest so I will do so every year however in terms of upgrade its not been great.
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1. Everyone's experience with the new features may vary. For you, the features listed didn't make much difference; for others, they are huge.

2. Why did you need to purchase the phone to find this out? The keynote and all of the marketing materials made the new features, especially the ones you mentioned, extremely clear. Perhaps you aren't very versed in consumer research or simply lack self-control?
 
I agree that i do not "feel" the upgrade, but I upgrade every single year and buy the phone outright. If I skip a generation it saves me no money.
 
pixel_junkie said:
Same usage pattern, same way to set up my phone from day one which is turn everything unnecessary off and keep it all minimal... The 6 seems to "sip" from the battery, the 6S was noticeably eating the battery. With the 6, I am actually impressed with battery life, it's always lasted me just enough (even if I've come close to running out of juice at the end of the day its been justified). I travel all the time and use that little phone constantly for Uber, emails, sms, checking flight schedules, entertaining my self while I wait at airports, hotel reservations, and it always seems to get me through each day without a problem (often not fully depleted when I plug it in). I'm talking about 16-17 hr days. With the 6S, I was going through a 5th of the battery by the time I check all my emails in the morning. But the time my day was fully on, the phone is 2/3rds to half way through. Every look at the screen seemed to eat 2-3% which was way excessive in comparison.

It was obvious that the battery life is going to be vastly different from the first few hours I owned the 6S. Exchanged it, the second one was better than the first but still worse than the 6. Trust me, I wanted to keep the 6S for all the extra stuff it came with but battery life is high on my must have priority list so I had to "downgrade" which I personally don't mind one bit. None of the so called "upgrades" are worth it (to me).
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I noticed this problem as well... Turns out the problem was a bug using my backup from the 6 Plus... I also turned off Hey Siri and now it seems to have about the same battery life as the 6 Plus.
 
I honestly don't get why some people feel the need to upgrade EVERY time there is a new iPhone. Every other model is perfectly fine. It's not like the phone automatically becomes useless just because a new one is released. I've always gone for the S models, and it has worked perfectly fine for me. And frankly I've had zero issues with 3D Touch. Not sure if those of you who have simply lack any sort of finesse when it comes to how hard you press, but if it's a problem you can increase the pressure it takes for 3D Touch to activate.
 
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Sounds like I'm in the minority but I really dig live photos, it's a fun and different feature. When I want to take a picture that I want properly exposed I'll shut it off but other than that it's always on. Outside of this I admit that I don't use 3D touch for much else.
 
Applefan4 said:
It took Apple 3 generations to increase RAM, and now you think they'll increase RAM in consecutive generations? Just no. We'll be lucky to get a RAM increase by iPhone 8.
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I am thinking that the rate at which NAND has progressed in the 6S and 6S+, the segmented memory architecture will be a outdated in a couple of generations of iPhone and flat memory architecture will be the standard architecture. That will negate needing separate RAM and NAND storage.
At least then we wont quibble about RAM, but then there will something else to argue about, we don't need to grow up. ;)
 
Not every S
gadget123 said:
I upgraded from the 6 to the 6S and I like the latest and greatest so I will do so every year however in terms of upgrade its not been great.

Touch ID is faster so I now use that only 2 generations on as it never worked before.

3D Touch no need for this.

12mp and 4K not been on any holidays yet so never required yet.

Selfie flash never use this.

Live Photos used a few times but now turned it off as it messes my photos up.

Most of the S features are good to show off but you never use them much until a few generations later. E.g 4K may be popular once we all have 4K TVs and a larger entry model storage.

The 3D Touch is quite flawed as when you want to delete an app it thinks you are using force touch.

I never use Apple Pay either.

Processor wise the 6 was never that slow and I am sure it's still decent on ios9.

I feel this way with most S models. I've read 3D Touch is not poplar with everybody anyway.
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Not every S model has features that everyone will use, since I think Apple still treats it as S for Speed. But the 5S brought Touch ID which was huge.

My Thoughts:
3D Touch will only get better with developer support.
Camera is slightly improved.
I don't take many selfies either.
Live Photos shouldn't mess up your pictures, but I do find it a bit gimmicky. At least they fixed the camera drop being captured.
I use Apple Pay all the time, not sure if it's available in the UK.
Processor is faster, slightly, but the increase in ram is pretty significant.
For those that had 6+'s the new aluminium is much improved.
 
gadget123 said:
3D Touch no need for this.
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It's actually really useful. I use it all the time in Safari to peek in links. Much better than go to the link and then swipe back. No need for multiple page reloads. I also use it for App shortcuts and just to play around with live wallpapers which are cool. I also love using the keyboard trackpad feature. It's super useful when editing text.

gadget123 said:
The 3D Touch is quite flawed as when you want to delete an app it thinks you are using force touch.
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It's not flawed at all. You're just pressing too hard when trying to long press. This happened for me too at first till I learned not to press hard on the screen.

gadget123 said:
I've read 3D Touch is not poplar with everybody anyway.
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It will be once more developers come up with their implementations.
 
gadget123 said:
The 3D Touch is quite flawed as when you want to delete an app it thinks you are using force touch.
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I actually have the opposite problem. The phone thinks I'm trying to delete an app instead of activate force touch all the time. It's super annoying. I think it must be some sort of "feature" they have built in to protect against accidental force touches.
 
sunking101 said:
Why would we want to limp along for another year with only 1GB of RAM? It was terrible 12 months ago! Apple will stick with 2GB for two or three years knowing them.
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I agree with 1gb ram sentiment. It is amazing what 6s can do with 2gb or ram as far as not reloading apps anymore, it is a vastly superior device with 2 gb of ram than my note 5 with 4.
 
theshoehorn said:
Or you could turn the screen on with the power button and avoid that completely...
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Folks are always looking for the next ...gate. They crave the drama. TouchIDtoofastgate. Batterygate. Bendgate II. Bendgate I. Antennagate. Emailgate. Benghazigate. NoWMDsgate. 9/11wasaninsidejobgate. Hangingchadgate. Watergate. It'll never end.
 
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Considering how much my 6 plus had to reload web pages/apps much more frequently than my 32 bit 5, the 6s plus has been a much bigger upgrade for me.
 
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