Will the 6 be faster?

[Ryan1524]

I was just thinking...

Since the 6 is driving far less pixels than the 6+, will it be faster/more responsive than the 6+? Especially as apps get more and more demanding.

The 6+ supposedly renders over-resolution, and then scales back down to fit the display. This seems like a waste.

Or does Apple throttle down the A8 to save battery on the 6?

 

[Traverse]

It's seems that way.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/0...-and-6-plus-apples-first-crack-at-big-phones/

The 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus looks and feels much bigger, and it's harder to hold one-handed. It has a 1080p display, though sleuthing from developer Steve Troughton-Smith has already discovered that these images are actually being rendered at 2208×1242 and downscaled to 1080p. The phone uses a new “3x” graphics mode that calls for assets three times the resolution they would have been on a standard iPhone. Apple used the same method to avoid scaling problems when moving from standard displays to “Retina” displays (2x mode).

We didn’t see any visible blurriness as a result of this scaling, though some UI animations and transitions seemed to be a little choppier than they are on the iPhone 6 or our iPhone 5S—we’ll need to wait for our full review to see just how the A8 chip handles the resolution change. On-screen buttons and other elements on the 6 Plus are a little larger than they are on the 6.

 

[maflynn]

The A8 alone means its going to be faster then the iPhone 5.

 

[SMIDG3T]

It'll be interesting to see how the A8 chip handles the resolution downscaling on the 6 Plus.

I'm pleased I went with the 6!

 

[xmichaelp]

It's seems that way.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/0...-and-6-plus-apples-first-crack-at-big-phones/

Ugh. They should've just made the resolution 2208×1242 and put that same res in the 4.7 while they're at it.

 

[Traverse]

Ugh. They should've just made the resolution 2208×1242 and put that same res in the 4.7 while they're at it.

I'm a little surprised they didn't. I mean, if any company was going to use a non-standard resolution it would be Apple but I suppose a 2208 x 1242 display at 401+ PPI would be considerable more expensive than a 1920 x 1080...