The Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus Review

Post by dreamfactory2 » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 2:02 AM UTC

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I would have to disagree. I love the large form factor of the 6 Plus. Now that I have been using it for a year, I have learned to hardly notice the big footprint that it has. I am probably on the extreme side as to how often I use the device, so for me I can't immagine going back to a teeny screen. I am also a tall guy with long fingers so usually I do not have to re-position the phone to reach everything. When I do,…

You're also a self-admitted tall user with long fingers, and the device is pretty much at the size limit of what you would find usable. That means that for the average person, it's definitely too big, and surpassed the size of what they find usable. Also, being able to reposition the phone to do day-to-day activities being easy for you after a year isn't an upside to me, that's a downside. That's you saying, "After a…

Post by sghodas » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 2:05 AM UTC

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I have the 6s+, and yeah I can't use it with one hand, but I'm okay with that because I love having the bigger screen so much more. I can see a lot more while typing, watching videos is a better experience, and I've noticed myself using the bigger phone (I used to have a 5s) in new ways a lot more. Before, I would avoid doing some tasks on my phone like taking more than a few lines of notes. The bigger screen feels l…

I think it probably has to do with the kind of lifestyle you have. For me, I have to commute by bus, and most of the time it's packed so I have to stand. While on the bus I'd like to use my phone to avoid boredom, which means using it with one hand because I need the other to hold onto something. I can totally see how having a bigger screen and bigger battery are great. But unfortunately for some of us, we have times…

Post by chillacy » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 2:08 AM UTC

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Customer goodwill? Consider it this way: the actual evidence we have disagrees with your conclusion. Apple has seemingly gone out of their way to ensure that new releases continue to run on increasingly-older generations of hardware. Look at calvin_c's comment[1] for a complete breakdown of this. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10502753

It makes a big difference that Apple won't let you downgrade to a previous OS. Only sheer stubbornness kept me from upgrading my iPhone 4 (iOS 7) to an iPhone 6 when all I really wanted was a phone that didn't take half a second to respond to input. Downgrading to iOS 6 would have accomplished the same thing. It's hard not to believe that planned obsolesence isn't at least part of that strategy. It's certainly incide…

Post by davnicwil » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 2:19 AM UTC

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Almost certainly. I try really hard to be as un-cynical as possible about this, but there's a great quote I heard from someone smart whose name I can't recall right now - economics is incentives all the way down - and it applies perfectly here I think. What possible incentive could any phone manufacturer have to build a phone that significantly over-lasts the rough 2 year cycle that their bulk buyers, i.e the network…

Emphatically yes. The incentive is called actually giving a fuck about quality, and doing the best job you can . This is thoroughly ingrained in Apple's culture, and NOT ingrained in competitors' culture. 2 year cycle? Nope. Apple's mobile products have a very solid 4-year cycle. Far superior to competitors.

Post by MBCook » Wed, Nov 04, 2015, 3:40 AM UTC

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How big of a difference is the camera on the 6s without OIS versus the 6s plus with OIS? I can't really notice a difference in the low light pictures on the site. I take a lot of pictures, but I'm not someone who dives into the details (jpg is fine for me... never even considered RAW). I prefer the 6s form factor, but don't want to end up with a bunch of blurry pictures that would be clear if I would have gotten a 6s…

Unless you're taking video very often, there's no difference. I take a lot of photos, and I found the smaller form factor of the 6S outweighed any small improvements on the larger handset.