My impressions of the iPhone 6 after 2 weeks of active use

September 26 the first day of Russian sales, I bought a new iPhone 6 64 GB. 2 weeks revealed numerous chances to use the machine, which I did not have time to notice and reflect large text review. In this post I will share experience in operating the new smartphone and tell at what points should pay special attention.

Housing and ergonomics

After 2 weeks of iPhone 6 has not lost in its appeal - I'm not talking about chips and scratches (which incidentally does not appear), and in the perception of appearance. Looks "six" is good, especially the front panel, thanks to the beautiful glass rounding at the edges. All my friends who were holding a smartphone in hand, spoke well about the quality of the build and appearance.

However, during the operation of an unpleasant moment, connected with the fact that the iPhone 6 uncertainly in the hand. Because of its phenomenal lightness and thinness, "six" want to pick up again and again. However, if you attach the phone to your ear during the conversation, or simply will hold it with one hand on the free distance from your body, you will constantly feel uncomfortable - the roundness of the body are felt and the phone tries sneak away.

Reachability mode is not a panacea, because in order to activate it, you have to go down with your finger to the Home button twice Tapan it and then make the appropriate action. Perhaps it would be necessary simply reducing the active area of ​​the screen to the resolution of the iPhone 5 / c / s?

Therefore, a week after the purchase, I bought a bumper, I advise you to do and you do. First, the phone will be in the hands of more confident, and secondly you solve a problem with the protruding camera, well and thirdly, protect it from external influences. What to buy a bumper or case - a personal matter, but I advise you to take an accessory of good-quality materials: aluminum (like me), the skin, or at least high-quality plastic.

Screen

No problems with the size of 4.7-inch screen is not. In principle, you can almost always use the iPhone 6 with one hand. However, situations where you need to intercept the device or use your other hand, there will be more, get ready.

In general, this feature is "conveniently operated with one hand" requires more detailed study. Everyone has different palms, someone to work comfortably with the iPhone 6 Plus or Galaxy Note 4, and someone still uses the iPhone 4 / S and earlier models, and he likes the compact screen. Suitability of the definition of "conveniently operated with one hand" interception device - also an open question.

lock button, located on the right side, is perceived as if it was always there. I have it falls exactly under the big toe, so lock / unlock without any problems. Get used to it you will not last long.

As for picture quality, the iPhone 6 is excellent. Be sure to make a note on the sheet of paper so as to better enjoyment of the design buy only Space Gray version. Since the screen and the front panel is black will be seen as a firm, without any visible frame. The silver and gold devices such a boundary is clearly visible, and the visible-light sensor on top of this does not add to the advantages of color.

The speed and stability

iPhone 6 is fast and almost stable, but there are problems associated exclusively with dampness iOS 8 itself. She is still full of all sorts of nasty bugs, but Apple is already working on iOS 8.1 update, which should solve most problems.

Touch ID does not always work the way we would like. It seems that Apple is said that to make a finger and unlock the screen - it's much faster and easier than typing a password or «slide-to-unlock». But quite often incorrectly scanner reads the information and does not allow access to the home screen. This occurs in the normal location of your finger to unlock, but most often it is the case with non-standard will suffice, for example when you are trying to unlock the screen "upside down." Remembering iPhone 5s, confident that the problem here rather soft-nature, so once again waiting for iOS 8.1.

All applications run fast, but a small minority of them are now adapted to the new screen resolution. For clarity, let's look at my first desktop - from 19 third-party applications for the iPhone 6 is adapted only 6: Pocket, Wunderlist, Flipboard, Telegram, Swarm, Tweetbot. Such applications are often used by me as the Mailbox, Reeder, the official client VKontakte, Instagram or CoinKeeper under the "six" is not yet adapted.

But looking at the tab "Updates" in the App Store, almost every 2 days see updated and adapted to the new permit application. Therefore, it remains only to wait, I think this thing the next few months.

Camera

It's all very well. No dearth of megapixels that could express a lack of detail and precision images, I do not feel. Aperture 2.2 allows you to take good pictures even in poor lighting conditions, in addition, the same aperture value and has a front-facing camera, so selfie obtained as necessary.

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Slo-mo at 240 frames / second looks much steeper than what was in the iPhone 5s. Normal video is removed in good quality and with a good sound.

Working hours

In the early days of using the battery life iPhone 6 I was depressed, I did not see almost no improvement compared to the iPhone 5, which barely kept 5 hours of active use and requests for charging twice on day.

I do not know what happened next - whether optimized applications have given such an effect, or the battery itself "raskochegarilsya", but now the iPhone 6 to work fairly full day. Usually, I take it from charging in 9-9: 30 am and is completely discharged it at my use of the model (email, social networks, internet, music, photo) Only 10 pm. It turned out that I generally can not carry the charger in the course of the day, which can not but rejoice.

Of course, all of us in his own phone use, so my positive experience can not be extended to the whole world. So, iPhone very quickly gets into the games (Asphalt Overdrive will last for 2-2.5 hours of play when fully charged, with Real Racing 3, Modern Combat 5 or Infinity Blade situation is at least no better). But as practice shows, it is the work with e-mail, social networks, internet and music is the most common way of using the iPhone in humans. So there you are likely in for a pleasant surprise.

Take only the version of 64 GB

I recently went to the "M.Video" and was surprised to find that the iPhone 5s 64 GB costs 35 thousand rubles, while the iPhone 6 64 GB costs only 2000 rubles more expensive - 37 000. This year was a unique situation, because of the fact that Apple has changed the lineup with 16-32-64 GB 16-64-128 GB. That is why the purchase of a 64-gigabyte version will be the best value for money.

Agree, in today's realities, when we do a ton of pictures, put hundreds of applications and games, 16 GB is enough. With 64 GB I worried about whether I should remove the extra photos, or application, for free are over 40 GB (!) Of memory. Believe me, this "calm" good value for money.

What else?

If you have any questions about the iPhone 6, I'm happy to answer them in the comments. It would be nice to hear the experiences of other owners of the "six" to compare their impressions with yours, and a more complete picture.