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Which phone are you getting after reading reviews?
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I actually thought it was the other way around. It would be hard to use the 6 Plus at first because iPhone users are used to a much smaller form factor that's really easy to use with one hand. But after a few weeks or months of usage, it'll just become second nature because you're using it every day.
I use my phone a lot for viewing webpages, so I think the larger display will be a godsend.
Don't you folks think Apple had focus groups trying these things out, like every other company does with new products? If they didn't think they'd be selling lots of 5.5" they wouldn't be making them. And other companies making android phones in that size are also selling quite nicely. From some of the comments here you'd think the Plus was so big to be desirable. The market says otherwise.
Which phone are you getting after reading reviews?
You're right. It's a horrible phone.
You're right. It's a horrible phone.
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I don't need a 5.5in screen. I have an iPad mini.
A marginally better battery (that will have no effect because I do all the actual heavy duty stuff on my iPad or MacBook) and OIS (I have a DSLR if I really care) and 1080p (which I personally cannot tell the difference between on a mobile screen and I speak from experience) are not worth not having a phone I can easily use in one hand (and Reachability is not what I mean).
A marginally better battery (that will have no effect because I do all the actual heavy duty stuff on my iPad or MacBook) and OIS (I have a DSLR if I really care) and 1080p (which I personally cannot tell the difference between on a mobile screen and I speak from experience) are not worth not having a phone I can easily use in one hand (and Reachability is not what I mean).
Its tough not having been fortunate to have hands on time or pocket time with any of them. I am leaning towards the 6 now thanks to the Disneyland review, after looking at the sample lowlight photos with and without the OIS, it looks practically negligible. Though the plus does still have that screen and 2 day and a little more battery life... need... hands... on... time...
I tried a note out in store and it is OKAY, but the iPhone has a bigger bezel and is expected to be taller than it...
I felt like the note was too wide. I owned one for a few weeks and I have sort of average sized male hands, around 8 inches using the football method of outer thumb to outer pinky.
You must have poor eyes. Many reviews I watched that said looking at the side by side, the text on the 6 was more soft and not as crisp as the 6S. I can concur having owned and used many 720p and 1080p phones. Battery life is also more than marginally better, you're talking several more hours of use from looking at video playback and usage tests.
Really? Because all I see are smart @$$ comments from 6 fans bashing the 6+
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You just made laugh way too hard for it to be 6:48am! Thank you for that haha
lol read the comments. i'm a 6 fan myself, but the 6+ would be my second choice as a phone right now. its not a bad phone, just a bit too big for my day to day use.
My eyesight is perfectly fine.
The difference between 720p and 1080p is so marginal that it will make almost no difference in daily use. The difference of 720p and 1080p on smartphones is exaggerated. Most applications of a smartphone aren't going to benefit from it, but the battery will suffer more.
The battery life increase is not justifiable for me because like I said if I'm going to do something that is going to use a lot of battery, chances are I'd rather just use the app on my iPad instead.
The differences between the 6 and 6+ are not enough to justify the massive increase in screen size. If this was a situation like the S5 vs the S5 mini, with the smaller device being heavily crippled compared to its larger version, then I would go for the bigger one. That's not the case here, and the iPhone 6 is the best choice (for me).
If you look at text a lot on your phone, you will notice if going back and forth between the two. Don't worry, once apple upgrades the 6 to 1080p next year everyone will say how much better it looks.
Next gen wifi is a big upgrade for me (i'll finally be able to pick up work wifi like my macbook can!) --and in my case, bigger hard drive and the jump in screen size is bigger than it seems. Pumped.
Like I said, it doesn't bother me at all. The difference is so small. I only ever notice it when I specifically try to see a difference.
750p vs. 1080p is not at all what I care about in a smartphone. As long as the resolution and PPI isn't crop (750p/326ppi is great in my opinion) I don't care.