The Apple iPhone Thread (4 Viewers)

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the performance on this phone should be less than half of what the Note 4 will do.

Cool. Do you run around doing benchmarks on your phone all day to impress the ladies? Cmon man. Who cares if you have a 8Ghz pentacore processor with 64GB of RAM? Next to nobody is doing anything on the phone that will even begin to use that horsepower. Somehow the "slow" Apple chips manage to still have fewer hangs/crashes during normal use than many "superpowered" android handsets. It's a miracle!

If you're a hardcore gamer, perhaps you will see benefits in framerate in some games, I don't know. Reviews of the new gaming architecture are pretty good with the latest iPhones. Otherwise... if the phone does everything I want, lag free, who gives a #### if it's "only" a dual core instead of a quad core...aside from techgeeks?

Seriously....

You would care if your phone could do more than two things at once

I frequently use FTP software to transfer files in the background while on the phone / browsing / etc. Help me understand this glorious featureset I'm missing out on...give me an example of some of these scenarios where my phone is holding me back.

 

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What the hell?! The iPhone doesn't have widgets?!?! Game changer.

You guys said the same thing about notifications, screen size etc., but cream yourself when Apple comes out with it years later. You'll do the same for widgets in a year it two when Apple figures out how to do that. Predictable and hilarious.

1) Link to folks creaming themselves over notifications and screen size?

2) how is it that your life is at the point that tracking and ranting about this behavior is even remotely relevant?

I'm just curious about the motivation and/or end game for you guys in here. Just trolling for the lulz? I can get that. Do it all the time. Anything other than that?

I'll hang up and listen.

 

[joffer]

What's a widget?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Android guys really love their widgets.

I don't know what they are, so I guess I don't know what I'm missing out on. They must be truly amazing.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

is there a comprehensive list of the new specs on the 6/6+? skimmed the last few pages and didn't see it, but could've missed it.

Specs

is there a comprehensive list of the new specs on the 6/6+? skimmed the last few pages and didn't see it, but could've missed it.

http://store.apple.com/us/iphone/family/iphone/compare

thanks, fellas!

 

[culdeus]

What the hell?! The iPhone doesn't have widgets?!?! Game changer.

You guys said the same thing about notifications, screen size etc., but cream yourself when Apple comes out with it years later. You'll do the same for widgets in a year it two when Apple figures out how to do that. Predictable and hilarious.

You forgot folders

 

[culdeus]

What the hell?! The iPhone doesn't have widgets?!?! Game changer.

You guys said the same thing about notifications, screen size etc., but cream yourself when Apple comes out with it years later. You'll do the same for widgets in a year it two when Apple figures out how to do that. Predictable and hilarious.

You forgot folders

 

[TheIronSheik]

What's a widget?

I feel like I'm totally lost on this one. It sounds fake.

 

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What's a widget?

I feel like I'm totally lost on this one. It sounds fake.

They apparently free up more time to talk trash about iOS and Apple on internet message boards.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

I'm still waiting to see all the Apple guys creaming themselves over anything. Been in this thread with every new release and I don't really think anyone ever got that excited over anything.

It's a phone that does some neat stuff. Big whoop.

 

[B-Deep]

i want to take all the phone snobs on both sides and punch them in their gonads

your phone does not have to be the best, you just have to like it

if you do not like apple phones good for you, you do not get into heaven for trying to missionary to apple heathens about the wonderful world of widgets

and you applenuts who wait in line for 3 days for a phone are crazed religious zealots, i hope your apple watches turn your wrists green and your masturbation hand falls off

 

[TheIronSheik]

I'm still waiting to see all the Apple guys creaming themselves over anything. Been in this thread with every new release and I don't really think anyone ever got that excited over anything.

It's a phone that does some neat stuff. Big whoop.

Does neat stuff? I just wet the washcloth.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

so the waterproof rumor was just rumor I assume? damned Chinese leaks!

 

[Thunderlips]

LOL! Phone nerds!......Keep up the comedy, Boys.

 

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and you applenuts who wait in line for 3 days for a phone are crazed religious zealots, i hope your apple watches turn your wrists green and your masturbation hand falls off

I THINK this is down to professional line-sitters looking to make a few hundred bucks for sitting in line for a couple says... I hope so anyway.

Me. I'll preorder and get it day one and sleep at home.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

so the waterproof rumor was just rumor I assume? damned Chinese leaks!

Android has had waterproof widgets for decades.

 

[The Commish]

I'm still waiting to see all the Apple guys creaming themselves over anything. Been in this thread with every new release and I don't really think anyone ever got that excited over anything.

It's a phone that does some neat stuff. Big whoop.

I'm really hoping this is hyperbole...."anything"? Go back to page 1 of this thread and start reading.

 

[Thunderlips]

I'm still waiting to see all the Apple guys creaming themselves over anything. Been in this thread with every new release and I don't really think anyone ever got that excited over anything.

It's a phone that does some neat stuff. Big whoop.

Well...thats because iPhones don't have widgets. If they did....well, then bring out the kleenex.

What's a widget? :norespect:

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

I'm still waiting to see all the Apple guys creaming themselves over anything. Been in this thread with every new release and I don't really think anyone ever got that excited over anything.

It's a phone that does some neat stuff. Big whoop.

I'm really hoping this is hyperbole...."anything"? Go back to page 1 of this thread and start reading.

2007?

Android guys are upset that Apple people were excited about something 7 years ago!!!?

Apple guy: "Cool, looks like you can pay with your credit card and we're getting a bigger screen. Seems nice."

Android guy: "Dude, Android had that technology 5 years ago and has a screen as big as your face! You are so brainwashed and cream over anything Apple does!!"

Apple guy: "WTF dude?"

 

[jhib]

Android guys really love their widgets.

I don't know what they are, so I guess I don't know what I'm missing out on. They must be truly amazing.

What's a widget?

I feel like I'm totally lost on this one. It sounds fake.

No, they aren't the be-all and end-all of capabilities, but they are one of those things that you can end up using enough that you don't want to go back to not having them.

You know how the calendar app icon on the iPhone actually shows today's date (something that android's inexplicably doesn't do)? It would be really annoying once you're used to it if all of a sudden it didn't do that anymore.

Widgets take that idea a step forward. They are just icons that do something more than just sit there waiting for you to touch them to open the app. Some show info on your home screen, some act like macros where they don't just open the app, but do something particular using the app.

For example, my Note 3 has a fitness app by Samsung called S Health. Basic fitness tracker in a lot of ways, with one function being a pedometer/step counter thingy. I ignored that for a long time, but recently gave it a shot after talking to some friends who have fallen in love with their FitBits. So I've been trying it out for the last few days. I can open the S Health app and look at the info, but there's also a widget for the app that you can put on your home screen (or one of the secondary screens) that only shows the # of steps taken so far, changing as you walk.

Another one I mentioned earlier is a direct dial widget. You can basically just add an icon to your home screen for any of your contacts' phone numbers. If you want to call that person, you just touch that one icon. Phone app opens up, call starts automatically - great for people like me who mainly only call one or two people anyway.

There are tons of different uses for them. Again, not usually a huge deal, but cool enough that it surprises most Android users that iOS doesn't have them. I've heard effects on battery life is a potential issue, but haven't really looked into other reasons why they might not be ideal for iPhones.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

so the waterproof rumor was just rumor I assume? damned Chinese leaks!

Android has had waterproof widgets for decades.

that would be impressive, if widgets weren't inherently waterproof already

 

[One]

Android friends,

In your opinion, I'm coming from the iphone 5s. ...should I go 4.7" iPhone 6 or shoot straight for the 5.5" iPhone 6+?

How big are your hands? If you have Otis hands, go with the plus... Otherwise the 6

Android friends,

In your opinion, I'm coming from the iphone 5s. ...should I go 4.7" iPhone 6 or shoot straight for the 5.5" iPhone 6+?

As someone who switched from the iPhone 4 to the Note 3 (5.7"), I can't even tell you how much I prefer the bigger display. I personally would choose the 6+.

I got used to the feel in my pocket within about a day or two. You'll probably end up doing some more things with two hands as opposed to one, but I've never found that to be a bad thing, and I'm guessing it would be the case anyway when moving from the 5s to the 6.

Like others have said, when I pick up an iPhone now, it feels like a toy because of the smaller size, and I'd never want to go back to that kind of size. The overwhelming majority of people I know who have given the bigger size a chance for more than a day seem to have that same opinion.

Either way, you're going to have to get used to a bigger phone. I think you're more likely to later regret not going with the larger one than the other way around.

Good luck!

Android friends,

In your opinion, I'm coming from the iphone 5s. ...should I go 4.7" iPhone 6 or shoot straight for the 5.5" iPhone 6+?

Bigger screen.

5.5 and don't look back.

Awesome. Thank you for all the feedback. Just placed my order with our business rep.

Went 64G iPhone 6+ in Space Gray.

 

[B-Deep]

and you applenuts who wait in line for 3 days for a phone are crazed religious zealots, i hope your apple watches turn your wrists green and your masturbation hand falls off

I THINK this is down to professional line-sitters looking to make a few hundred bucks for sitting in line for a couple says... I hope so anyway.

Me. I'll preorder and get it day one and sleep at home.

ok

if you pay someone a couple of hundred bucks to sit in line i still hope your masturbation hand falls off, and i'd complain about what a stupid job that is, but they are gainfully employed so no matter how stupid their job is, i guess that is something

 

[B-Deep]

see

the 5.5 seems too big, but my wife is getting one. I ferar I'll see hers and wish I had one as well

 

[RUSF18]

I use the direct dial widget as my wife is pretty much the only person I speak to on the phone.

The "directions" widget is awesome too. It's from Google Maps and lets you program in a destination and a method of transportation, and a quick press of the icon will pull up directions automatically. Living in NYC, I have one set to "home/public transportation" and it's a one button press for directions to the nearest subway and any transfers I'll need to make, from wherever I am in the city. Have one set for work/public transportation, and another for home/driving for whenever I'm outside the city.

 

[No. 16]

I'm still waiting to see all the Apple guys creaming themselves over anything. Been in this thread with every new release and I don't really think anyone ever got that excited over anything.

It's a phone that does some neat stuff. Big whoop.

I think that's what HULK is a little over zealously trying to get people to understand, but he's preaching to wrong crowd because most iPhone FBG already acknowledge: the iPhone isn't the clear cut best phone out there anymore. Spec wise (aside from camera) and os feature wise there is no question the flagship Android phones are one generation ahead of Apple. A big feature this iPhone is missing is water and dust resistance.

Now it really just boils down to a matter of preference. If you've never tried Android give it a try: you'll be getting the most technologically advanced phone which finally has a fully matured OS that can do everything and more compared to ios. If you're sticking with iPhone you'll be getting a phone behind technologically wise, but one that has a familiar os with a reputation and customer service second none.

The craziest thing is just how many options there are now. Apple may not be the leading innovator now, but it's presence has forced other companies to and we as consumers are benefiting in end. We have the choice and isn't that what America is all about?

 

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the performance on this phone should be less than half of what the Note 4 will do.

Cool. Do you run around doing benchmarks on your phone all day to impress the ladies? Cmon man. Who cares if you have a 8Ghz pentacore processor with 64GB of RAM? Next to nobody is doing anything on the phone that will even begin to use that horsepower. Somehow the "slow" Apple chips manage to still have fewer hangs/crashes during normal use than many "superpowered" android handsets. It's a miracle!

If you're a hardcore gamer, perhaps you will see benefits in framerate in some games, I don't know. Reviews of the new gaming architecture are pretty good with the latest iPhones. Otherwise... if the phone does everything I want, lag free, who gives a #### if it's "only" a dual core instead of a quad core...aside from techgeeks?

Seriously....

You would care if your phone could do more than two things at once

I frequently use FTP software to transfer files in the background while on the phone / browsing / etc. Help me understand this glorious featureset I'm missing out on...give me an example of some of these scenarios where my phone is holding me back.

Nip on this one... I'm seriously curious how I'm being held back here

 

[One]

and you applenuts who wait in line for 3 days for a phone are crazed religious zealots, i hope your apple watches turn your wrists green and your masturbation hand falls off

I THINK this is down to professional line-sitters looking to make a few hundred bucks for sitting in line for a couple says... I hope so anyway.

Me. I'll preorder and get it day one and sleep at home.

This.. My cousin works at the local Apple Store. Says the first 30 people are always Russian or Asian, being paid to camp out.

 

[rick6668]

Am I the only one who thought of this:?

What's a widget?

It's a fictional product. It doesn't matter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlVDGmjz7eM

 

[(HULK)]

the performance on this phone should be less than half of what the Note 4 will do.

Cool. Do you run around doing benchmarks on your phone all day to impress the ladies? Cmon man. Who cares if you have a 8Ghz pentacore processor with 64GB of RAM? Next to nobody is doing anything on the phone that will even begin to use that horsepower. Somehow the "slow" Apple chips manage to still have fewer hangs/crashes during normal use than many "superpowered" android handsets. It's a miracle!

If you're a hardcore gamer, perhaps you will see benefits in framerate in some games, I don't know. Reviews of the new gaming architecture are pretty good with the latest iPhones. Otherwise... if the phone does everything I want, lag free, who gives a #### if it's "only" a dual core instead of a quad core...aside from techgeeks?

Seriously....

Maybe its your lack of understanding that is coloring your opinion. I've used 1 GB RAM Android phones and then upgraded to a 2GB one. The difference was very noticible in terms of how fast the phone does things.

Now, because of the Apple integration, 1GB on an Apple phone goes farther than 1GB on an Android phone. But, if Apple upped it to 2GB, you'd notice a sizable difference in how fast the phone was. And, in terms of manufacturing costs, it would only be a couple of bucks for Apple to up that spec. They'll probably do it next year and you'll be in here commenting on how amazingly fast the new processor is.

You don't need to be a tech geek to notice the difference.

 

[(HULK)]

the performance on this phone should be less than half of what the Note 4 will do.

Cool. Do you run around doing benchmarks on your phone all day to impress the ladies? Cmon man. Who cares if you have a 8Ghz pentacore processor with 64GB of RAM? Next to nobody is doing anything on the phone that will even begin to use that horsepower. Somehow the "slow" Apple chips manage to still have fewer hangs/crashes during normal use than many "superpowered" android handsets. It's a miracle!

If you're a hardcore gamer, perhaps you will see benefits in framerate in some games, I don't know. Reviews of the new gaming architecture are pretty good with the latest iPhones. Otherwise... if the phone does everything I want, lag free, who gives a #### if it's "only" a dual core instead of a quad core...aside from techgeeks?

Seriously....

You would care if your phone could do more than two things at once

I frequently use FTP software to transfer files in the background while on the phone / browsing / etc. Help me understand this glorious featureset I'm missing out on...give me an example of some of these scenarios where my phone is holding me back.

You press a button and an app loads. Picture that happening twice as fast.

 

[B-Deep]

i want to take all the phone snobs on both sides and punch them in their gonads

your phone does not have to be the best, you just have to like it

if you do not like apple phones good for you, you do not get into heaven for trying to missionary to apple heathens about the wonderful world of widgets

and you applenuts who wait in line for 3 days for a phone are crazed religious zealots, i hope your apple watches turn your wrists green and your masturbation hand falls off

TOO FAR.

:reported:

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

the performance on this phone should be less than half of what the Note 4 will do.

Cool. Do you run around doing benchmarks on your phone all day to impress the ladies? Cmon man. Who cares if you have a 8Ghz pentacore processor with 64GB of RAM? Next to nobody is doing anything on the phone that will even begin to use that horsepower. Somehow the "slow" Apple chips manage to still have fewer hangs/crashes during normal use than many "superpowered" android handsets. It's a miracle!

If you're a hardcore gamer, perhaps you will see benefits in framerate in some games, I don't know. Reviews of the new gaming architecture are pretty good with the latest iPhones. Otherwise... if the phone does everything I want, lag free, who gives a #### if it's "only" a dual core instead of a quad core...aside from techgeeks?

Seriously....

You would care if your phone could do more than two things at once

I frequently use FTP software to transfer files in the background while on the phone / browsing / etc. Help me understand this glorious featureset I'm missing out on...give me an example of some of these scenarios where my phone is holding me back.

Nip on this one... I'm seriously curious how I'm being held back here

Sorry I didnt think this was a serious question. I figured you were aware of how RAM worked.

 

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the performance on this phone should be less than half of what the Note 4 will do.

Cool. Do you run around doing benchmarks on your phone all day to impress the ladies? Cmon man. Who cares if you have a 8Ghz pentacore processor with 64GB of RAM? Next to nobody is doing anything on the phone that will even begin to use that horsepower. Somehow the "slow" Apple chips manage to still have fewer hangs/crashes during normal use than many "superpowered" android handsets. It's a miracle!

If you're a hardcore gamer, perhaps you will see benefits in framerate in some games, I don't know. Reviews of the new gaming architecture are pretty good with the latest iPhones. Otherwise... if the phone does everything I want, lag free, who gives a #### if it's "only" a dual core instead of a quad core...aside from techgeeks?

Seriously....

You would care if your phone could do more than two things at once

I frequently use FTP software to transfer files in the background while on the phone / browsing / etc. Help me understand this glorious featureset I'm missing out on...give me an example of some of these scenarios where my phone is holding me back.

You press a button and an app loads. Picture that happening twice as fast.

Link?

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

the performance on this phone should be less than half of what the Note 4 will do.

Cool. Do you run around doing benchmarks on your phone all day to impress the ladies? Cmon man. Who cares if you have a 8Ghz pentacore processor with 64GB of RAM? Next to nobody is doing anything on the phone that will even begin to use that horsepower. Somehow the "slow" Apple chips manage to still have fewer hangs/crashes during normal use than many "superpowered" android handsets. It's a miracle!

If you're a hardcore gamer, perhaps you will see benefits in framerate in some games, I don't know. Reviews of the new gaming architecture are pretty good with the latest iPhones. Otherwise... if the phone does everything I want, lag free, who gives a #### if it's "only" a dual core instead of a quad core...aside from techgeeks?

Seriously....

You would care if your phone could do more than two things at once

I frequently use FTP software to transfer files in the background while on the phone / browsing / etc. Help me understand this glorious featureset I'm missing out on...give me an example of some of these scenarios where my phone is holding me back.

You press a button and an app loads. Picture that happening twice as fast.

Link?

Terms you should be able to understand

 

[jhib]

i just think 5.5 is too much phone for me

Same here. Happy with the 4.7, anything more and it will be too big IMO. And this review adds something else to the Plus, he felt like he was going to drop it using one hand.

http://m.ign.com/articles/2014/09/09/apple-iphone-6-and-iphone-6-plus-hands-on-impressions

(Video says same thing article reads)

One thing to think about when you read/hear these kinds of reviews questioning the larger phone and the inability to reach with one hand is that you may simply end up holding the phone in a slightly different way in your hand to compensate. I know that with mine, I hold the phone more on my fingers and less on my palm, with the bottom resting mostly on my little finger. That's different from the way I held my iPhone, but I got used to it quickly and it allows my thumb to reach further. I rarely can't reach something on the screen (I have relatively long fingers, but this is on a 5.7" phone). It might not be as easy to reach the upper right corner, but IMO the larger display is worth it.

Anyway, people who take five minutes with the 6+ and try to hold it exactly the same way as they're used to might not be thrilled.

 

[humpback]

Alright I'm going to tap out of the back and forth... I'll let this die down and let the fandroid-bois relocate back to the android thread. Will check back in later in the week.

Starting NOW!!

 

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the performance on this phone should be less than half of what the Note 4 will do.

Cool. Do you run around doing benchmarks on your phone all day to impress the ladies? Cmon man. Who cares if you have a 8Ghz pentacore processor with 64GB of RAM? Next to nobody is doing anything on the phone that will even begin to use that horsepower. Somehow the "slow" Apple chips manage to still have fewer hangs/crashes during normal use than many "superpowered" android handsets. It's a miracle!

If you're a hardcore gamer, perhaps you will see benefits in framerate in some games, I don't know. Reviews of the new gaming architecture are pretty good with the latest iPhones. Otherwise... if the phone does everything I want, lag free, who gives a #### if it's "only" a dual core instead of a quad core...aside from techgeeks?

Seriously....

You would care if your phone could do more than two things at once

I frequently use FTP software to transfer files in the background while on the phone / browsing / etc. Help me understand this glorious featureset I'm missing out on...give me an example of some of these scenarios where my phone is holding me back.

You press a button and an app loads. Picture that happening twice as fast.

Huh... even on my lowly iPhone 5 apps load instantly...

Link detailing this happens twice as fast on these quad core phones? And, I was curious about the "more than 2 things at once" limitation. I'm more interested in how my phone is holding me back in real world scenarios in that regard.

 

[Billy Bats]

i just think 5.5 is too much phone for me

Same here. Happy with the 4.7, anything more and it will be too big IMO. And this review adds something else to the Plus, he felt like he was going to drop it using one hand.http://m.ign.com/articles/2014/09/09/apple-iphone-6-and-iphone-6-plus-hands-on-impressions

(Video says same thing article reads)

One thing to think about when you read/hear these kinds of reviews questioning the larger phone and the inability to reach with one hand is that you may simply end up holding the phone in a slightly different way in your hand to compensate. I know that with mine, I hold the phone more on my fingers and less on my palm, with the bottom resting mostly on my little finger. That's different from the way I held my iPhone, but I got used to it quickly and it allows my thumb to reach further. I rarely can't reach something on the screen (I have relatively long fingers, but this is on a 5.7" phone). It might not be as easy to reach the upper right corner, but IMO the larger display is worth it.

Anyway, people who take five minutes with the 6+ and try to hold it exactly the same way as they're used to might not be thrilled.

I hear what you're saying, but I've been benched for fumbling before, not sure ill last a season with a 5.5.

And this thread went to hell real fast. Hey Rud, is it possible to ban people from individual threads??

 

[[icon]]

Alright I'm going to tap out of the back and forth... I'll let this die down and let the fandroid-bois relocate back to the android thread. Will check back in later in the week.

Starting NOW!!

Lunch slowdown at the office... I'm amused at these mythical limitations imposed on the dual-core A8 processor when held next to the the quadcore snapdragon processors.

Are these uber-processors 64 bit architecture like the A7/A8 processors? (honest question, I don't know)

 

[Courtjester]

Verizon offers free iPhone 6 program

Yep!

My iPhone 5 is worn (scratches/ wear marks from sliding in/out of a snug battery case, etc) and an off model (CSpire) so the $200 gift card for no hassle is worth it. I'd be lucky to get $250 for it via ebay, and have to deal with fees/hassle.

Turn in my old phone.

Get iPhone 64 GB iPhone 6 for $100-200 (6 or 6+)

Sign up for $60/mo for 2GB data and unlimited everything else.

Done.

I don't particularly care about a 2 year contract. Hulk, I believe even you said in the Phone Plan thread that you'd be hard pressed to beat that plan with any of the fringe carriers (while still maintaining best-in-class coverage) even off contract, right?

If you insist on having an iPhone, this is probably the way to do it. Basically the price difference for a similar prepaid option is about $10 to $20 a month depending on a few variables w/ a person's usage, which ends up about the same as the subsidy, or potentially better. So yeah, if you must have that phone, this is definitely the right way to go about it... especially considering the $200 hassel free trade in.

I am not sure they are going to let you do the trade in for anything but the 16gb 6. I am trying to clarify that as well.

I have a 4s and it is time to trade up because whether Verizon wants to admit it, they are purposefully throttling their 3G customers so you have to upgrade. There are places that I used to get full bars and now I can barely get one or two and the phone reads 1g. I asked a Verizon guy about it and he gave me some line about the new IOS versions require better hardware to function correctly and that is why my phone is slowing down. I am not believing it as that should have nothing to do with reception, but it is getting so bad that my wife and I HAVE TO upgrade. I will send a string of texts and she will get them when she walks in our front door and the phone kicks into WiFi mode. This sort of sucks because both of us have grandfathered unlimited data plans but we barely touch the limits of any of the data plans they offer so I guess it won't hurt that much.

 

[One]

i just think 5.5 is too much phone for me

Same here. Happy with the 4.7, anything more and it will be too big IMO. And this review adds something else to the Plus, he felt like he was going to drop it using one hand.http://m.ign.com/articles/2014/09/09/apple-iphone-6-and-iphone-6-plus-hands-on-impressions

(Video says same thing article reads)

I have much larger hands than that small Asian man.

 

[zDragon]

How do they miss a holiday launch for the iWatch? That was stupid. There will be 5 android knockoffs that look just as nice by then.

These already exist and are just as ugly as the Apple version except seem to have better interface and functionality. Then there are the actual good looking Android watches.

 

[[icon]]

Hold on... just did a little legwork and it seems most (all?) of these android devices are still on 32bit architecture?

The A7 from a year ago was even 64 bit... wasn't it? I must be missing something...

 

[shader]

I bought the best Android phone on the market last year. It was buggy and no faster than an Iphone. That being said, I almost stuck with it because I loved the 5.7. Now that Apple has (long overdue) finally gone to the 5.5, the competition is over, in my mind.

The tech specs are 100% irrelevant. People that don't even understand how this stuff works are talking about tech specs. It's hilarious.

The point is, both phones are plenty fast enough and plenty big enough. They all play the same games, browse the same web, get on twitter and facebook and take pictures.

Which one you get is now basically decided by which OS you like better. For me, iOS absolutely annihilates the buggy Android OS. Some disagree.

 

[Slapdash]

Cool. Do you run around doing benchmarks on your phone all day to impress the ladies? Cmon man. Who cares if you have a 8Ghz pentacore processor with 64GB of RAM? Next to nobody is doing anything on the phone that will even begin to use that horsepower. Somehow the "slow" Apple chips manage to still have fewer hangs/crashes during normal use than many "superpowered" android handsets. It's a miracle!

If you're a hardcore gamer, perhaps you will see benefits in framerate in some games, I don't know. Reviews of the new gaming architecture are pretty good with the latest iPhones. Otherwise... if the phone does everything I want, lag free, who gives a #### if it's "only" a dual core instead of a quad core...aside from techgeeks?

Seriously....

 

[Slapdash]

Haven't had anything on my phone considered "buggy" since I upgraded from the original droid 2.5 years ago. Not sure what you people are talking about.

 

[Shutout]

see

the 5.5 seems too big, but my wife is getting one. I ferar I'll see hers and wish I had one as well

LOL. Lot's of juvenile jokes to be made in this comment.

 

[joffer]

I'm actually pissed at Apple for making the damn things too big.

 

[No. 16]

I'm actually pissed at Apple for making the damn things too big.

4.7 should be fine for you. The 6+ is waaay too big for me. Major reason why I prefer the Galaxy S5 over the Note.