Pros and cons of iPhone 6 Plus iPhone 6 owner's eyes
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
The creator of Tumblr and Instapaper Marco ArmentWhich enjoyed 6 iPhone since its release last year, visited recently on a journey to the British Isles. He took with him the iPhone 6 Plus, which previously neglected and discovered many new things. Its experience is interesting for those who are disillusioned with the usual "six" and thinks of her replacement, as well as for those who are still walking around with the iPhone 5 / 5s and undecided on what model to be updated.
Arment enjoyed the iPhone 6, but he needs a trip was a phone Unlocked for use with local sim-card, so I had to choose between the old iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 Plus is, bought for testing applications. He did not want to stay with a worse camera and a smaller battery, so he chose the iPhone 6 Plus. Next story on behalf of Marco.
What is the iPhone 6 Plus is good
- autonomy. When my usage scenarios, I received an increase in battery life by about 50-75%, compared to the iPhone 6 which had charged at around noon, then enough charge until the end of the day, even with vigorous use.
- Camera. optical image stabilization effect iPhone 6 Plus is almost imperceptible when shooting outdoors, but makes itself felt indoors, allowing lower ISO and, as a consequence, reduce the noise.
- Entering text. size keyboard in portrait orientation allows typing faster and with far fewer errors than on the iPhone 6.
- Screen size. larger screen excels reading books, browsing web pages and photos. Not such a big benefit for me, given the poor at the moment optimization applications such screens.
Together, all these factors make the iPhone 6 Plus is surprisingly good Smartphone Travel. Capacity battery allows the use of GPS and mobile internet as much as you want. Active use also contributes to a good camera, motivating you to take more pictures and send them to friends.
All For travel, I have never regretted that he did not take a iPad, despite the fact that it had no effect on my productivity - all arising tasks I have successfully solved using the iPhone 6 Plus.
What is the iPhone 6 Plus is neutral
After using the usual "six» iPhone 6 Plus does not seem so great as immediately after the transition from the 4-inch iPhone 5 / 5s. Within a few hours he ceased to seem to me great.
He really worse iPhone 6 using one handBut not as much as I expected - both smartphones are not very convenient to use with one hand.
The iPhone 6 Plus is, as in the iPhone 6, rather unsuccessfully Power button is located - just in front of the volume control buttons. It seems to have been dictated by thirst symmetry and very bad for usability. In just a few months, I have the same approach and are not used to, and continues to accidentally press both buttons.
The grip of both models is almost the same: no cover smartphone and tries to slip out of his hands. Despite the fact that all of its previous iPhone I was using without any covers and cases, a few weeks after purchase iPhone 6 I had to purchase an Apple leather case and only after that to hold the smartphone with one hand was conveniently.
I believe misleading opinion obzorschikov, called the iPhone 6 Plus «another type of device," inspiring a different usage scenario. They believe it is not a "big iPhone», a «small iPad», which involves the use in landscape orientation and hold with two hands. Maybe I'm just not a fan of iPad, but I do not see in the iPhone 6 Plus is a new type of device or iPad. This is just a big iPhone.
In fact, the iPad-functionality even annoys me, and whether such an opportunity, I would have turned it off. Splitting the screen in landscape mode, random rotations of the home screen - all this makes me include blocking orientation. To compare with the iPad, iPhone 6 Plus screen is small and it is still just a big iPhone.
What is the iPhone 6 Plus is bad
Considering almost similar experience with as in the case with the iPhone 6 (awkward grip and the impossibility of comfortable use with one hand), iPhone 6 Plus benefits accrue almost "free." His only significant drawback are the physical dimensions.
For me the biggest problem was the size of "plus", it is banal not always fit in your pocket and take too much space. It was inconvenient to put and take out of his pocket. I thought at first that this was not a problem, but later I began to notice how constantly to get it and put in front of him on the table, which he had never done. In addition, if you need a lot of walking or moving, iPhone 6 Plus in a pocket will bring some inconvenience.
Two compromise smartphone
Capacity battery iPhone 6 Plus - the biggest advantage for me. It is strange that it is not used for marketing purposes. The obsession with Apple design and constantly decreasing thickness of the device, negate all the progress that could improve battery life. Instead, we get minus one millimeter of thickness.
Uncomfortable grip and the "one-hand" use mode put the two smartphone in almost identical terms. They both have weaknesses, but the iPhone 6 Plus with the more advantages. iPhone 6 is large enough to accommodate more capacious battery, and a couple of millimeters in thickness would make it even more comfortable to hold with one hand, and perhaps would have saved from the serving cell. He became a little harder, but I do not think that someone from the iPhone 6 owners would not go on such a victim.
However, Apple did not build such a device, therefore, before us today is a choice:
- iPhone 6 Plus: The only option if you need enhanced autonomy and a good camera, however, have to put up with not quite pocket size.
- iPhone 6: Mediocre battery mediocre use of one hand, the non-ideal pocket size.
- iPhone 5S: The only option for easy use with one hand and a pocket-size, if you are satisfied with outdated hardware and the highest battery life.
I would like to do such a difficult choice, but given the options that we have, it becomes clear why many of us choose the iPhone 6 Plus.
The relative mediocrity of the usual "six" is the reason why many are looking for alternatives to it and try the iPhone 6 Plus is, having the same flaws, but at the same time providing substantial and advantages. Big screen and the camera spoiled me so much that I do not want to go back to the iPhone 5s, but it seems to me that a couple of years, few will remember the "six" with a love like 5s. Anyway, I hope the next generation iPhone will be devoid of usability and design flaws that we have in the current.
In the meantime, I remain on the iPhone 6 Plus. Easier to buy pants with large pockets than Apple's convincing, more capacious battery in the next iPhone users need a medium-sized more than reduce even one millimeter thick.
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