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Insoxicated
Not currently using any protection at all :soakthewalls:
Just being cautious with it and keeping an eye out for battery cases. Never had an issue with the glass on my 5 getting scratched though... and it wasn't cautious about pocketing it with keys and the like. I'll be trying to avoid that with this phone.
Ned
Footballguy
Yup, not a fan of the glass protectors (and cases too) - they ruin the feel, IMO. Aside from never putting anything in my pocket when my phone is in it, I haven't been careful with my phone at all. The aluminum has taken a beating, but the glass is still flawless.
shader
Footballguy
ok, I have the 6+
For those that have always been Iphone users, the size is going to be rather hard to get used to. I made the transition to a Galaxy a year ago, and got used to the size very fast (although I traded the galaxy in for a 5S after a week because I hated the OS).
But for the first few days it will be a bit awkward. Bottom line, on your old iphone, you used to be able to reach the entire screen with your thumb. You can't with this one.
As for the 6+. It's awesome. But really, it's just an iphone, bigger. Which is all I've ever wanted from the Iphone. A bigger screen. I've got it, so now I doubt I'll upgrade for a long, long time.
For those that have always been Iphone users, the size is going to be rather hard to get used to. I made the transition to a Galaxy a year ago, and got used to the size very fast (although I traded the galaxy in for a 5S after a week because I hated the OS).
But for the first few days it will be a bit awkward. Bottom line, on your old iphone, you used to be able to reach the entire screen with your thumb. You can't with this one.
As for the 6+. It's awesome. But really, it's just an iphone, bigger. Which is all I've ever wanted from the Iphone. A bigger screen. I've got it, so now I doubt I'll upgrade for a long, long time.
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Why?
My phone is lying on it's back on my desk right now. The "rocking" is pretty overstated as an issue. Yes, if you try to push down on one corner the phone will rock a bit. Who cares?
Unless you're dicking with it, the phone sits just fine.I'm curious as to why this "problem" is such a big deal for some.
shader
Footballguy
Keerock
Footballguy
TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
A case for a phone reminds me of a bra for a sports car.
Billy Bats
Footballguy
Even on the regular 6 the double tap on the home button to bring down the screen is helpful.
John Bender
Footballguy
Minor gripe here.
The innovation they've done with these phones is incredible.
I'd love to have seen an ounce of new innovation go into the headphones they give you (which can be useful for talking on the phone while walking).
Took mine on a walk while I made some business calls. The headphones are immediately spindling themselves into a double helix all the way up.
The aux connection crackled when I moved the headphones to stretch to around their limit and broke up and crackled more as I played with the end of the headphones and the connection point.
I suppose they're just a bonus and they don't need to include them, but these, I'm sorry, are pure dung.
The innovation they've done with these phones is incredible.
I'd love to have seen an ounce of new innovation go into the headphones they give you (which can be useful for talking on the phone while walking).
Took mine on a walk while I made some business calls. The headphones are immediately spindling themselves into a double helix all the way up.
The aux connection crackled when I moved the headphones to stretch to around their limit and broke up and crackled more as I played with the end of the headphones and the connection point.
I suppose they're just a bonus and they don't need to include them, but these, I'm sorry, are pure dung.
The Noid
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Ah, tap! I was clicking and just getting the normal close out apps thing, so thought it was only on the 6+! Yes, this is a help for the 6, too.
Bob Loblaw
Footballguy
TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
That's odd, because the headphones I got for the 5 are fairly awesome for a free bonus thing. I haven't bought a pair of headphones since the early 90's. I use them for everything. Work great for doing chores outside. Maybe you got a bad pair?
John Bender
Footballguy
DEfinitely a possibility.
Probably will work better when I break them in a bit.
Twisting up right out of the box was a touch annoying.
Ned
Footballguy
The bolded is me to a T. The OS and ecosystem are perfect for me/family. I've been so sick of the tiny screen, but was patiently waiting for the 6+ to happen. 10/2 can't get here soon enough.
Billy Bats
Footballguy
Billy Bats
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Insoxicated
I prefer standard to get the extra row of [icon]s
Yeah these aren't bad headphones at all. I still prefer my sennheiser earbuds, but the Apple one's aren't bad. Of course, the tangling of headphone cords is an ongoing issue for pretty much any sets with the thin rubber lining, unfortunately.
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DISCLAIMER: No idea if these reports are legit... that said you might want to be aware that despite the phone being made of aluminum, exerting substantial leverage on a thin device like this may cause it to bend.
Again.. no idea if this is legit, but it makes sense and is something to consider when wedging the larger phones into snug pockets.
Again.. no idea if this is legit, but it makes sense and is something to consider when wedging the larger phones into snug pockets.
Mr. Ected
Footballguy
This is part of the reason why I got stronger cases for the 3 iPod Touch 5 that I got for my kids. The case is similar in depth to the iPhone 6. They just felt like they were going to get snapped. Especially when being used by pre-teens. My kids are good with their iPods (last ones lasted 3+ years), but they are still kids.
pollardsvision
Footballguy
The whole sitting on the phone thing has always amazed me. Not so much that people do it...well, that did at first, but then I noticed they aren't all destroying their phones by doing it.
Then again, I'm just an Android schmuck, so I guess I'm not accustomed to fine craftsmanship.
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Assuming you're not a blimp, you're sitting on a flat surface, and you're not flopping down.... the smaller phones usually hold up pretty well. That said, most people's asses don't have enough flat surface to conform to a phablet... so as these things get bigger, the leverage you're going to see along the outer edges is going to be pretty extreme.pollardsvision said:
I've never been a "sit on my phone" guy. Front pocket.. and I usually pull it out to set on the table/bar/desk in front of me when I sit down anyway. When driving it goes on my dash or console.
Emerson Biggens
Footballguy
Since I preordered, my ship date has been October 2nd to 13th, but it came in today!
I got the plus 128gb and think I'm going to like the size. I carry in my front pocket but hardly ever sit down with it still in there. Already using swype which I've really missed over the past three years since moving to iPhones. Camera seems awesome, can't wait to get off work and play with this thing!
I got the plus 128gb and think I'm going to like the size. I carry in my front pocket but hardly ever sit down with it still in there. Already using swype which I've really missed over the past three years since moving to iPhones. Camera seems awesome, can't wait to get off work and play with this thing!
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Insoxicated
Tell me about these sturdier metals that are used in the construction of other phones.
I'm in agreement that AL is a rather pliable metal. The point is despite apple's use of metal frame/case phones over plastic of some other manufacturers doesn't make them indestructible.
culdeus
Footballguy
There are plenty of other materials that make far more sense than metal for a internal antenna communications application. I can't tell if you are serious here so not really worth responding.
Billy Bats
Footballguy
I once went into an Apple store with my five for a problem, and when the genius took my phone she checked it for level like I would a 2 x 4.I asked her why she did that and she replied that phones were being bent with people putting them in their back pocket and sitting on them. And this was the five she was talking about, I thought that was the sturdiest phone they' made.
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Insoxicated
Who's talking about internal antenna communications here?
Cmon man... dial down the techie for juuuuust a second, and dial up the common sense. Do I really need to spell this out for you?
• Aluminum is more sturdy than plastic, however it's a notoriously weak metal.
• Many people perceive aluminum cased phones as super strong / somewhat indestructible because they're "metal".
• Despite the added strength/rigidity over plastic, this "super strong" perception is a fallacy
Therefore my statement "Despite being made of aluminum" the phones can be damaged by substantial force.
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culdeus
Footballguy
Not sure what you are driving at here. AL is a questionable material to be used for a phone back plate. There are many plastics which have far, far better strength in any metric you want to throw on it than AL. AL's main weakness is it's deformity, obviously. Lets not pretend AL was picked for the back plate for it's mechanical properties for a second.Who's talking about internal antenna communications here?
Cmon man... dial down the techie for juuuuust a second, and dial up the common sense. Do I really need to spell this out for you?
• Aluminum is more sturdy than plastic, however it's a notoriously weak metal.
• Many people perceive aluminum cased phones as super strong / somewhat indestructible because they're "metal".
• Despite the added strength/rigidity over plastic, this "super strong" perception is a fallacy
Therefore my statement "Despite being made of aluminum" the phones can be damaged by substantial force.
I really thought at some point they'd start looking at carbon fiber. The only other metal I'd think would make sense might be TI, but that's a little spendy.
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Insoxicated
Dude. I was addressing consumer perception, not material specs.Not sure what you are driving at here. AL is a questionable material to be used for a phone back plate. There are many plastics which have far, far better strength in any metric you want to throw on it than AL. AL's main weakness is it's deformity, obviously. Lets not pretend AL was picked for the back plate for it's mechanical properties for a second.Who's talking about internal antenna communications here?
Cmon man... dial down the techie for juuuuust a second, and dial up the common sense. Do I really need to spell this out for you?
• Aluminum is more sturdy than plastic, however it's a notoriously weak metal.
• Many people perceive aluminum cased phones as super strong / somewhat indestructible because they're "metal".
• Despite the added strength/rigidity over plastic, this "super strong" perception is a fallacy
Therefore my statement "Despite being made of aluminum" the phones can be damaged by substantial force.
I really thought at some point they'd start looking at carbon fiber. The only other metal I'd think would make sense might be TI, but that's a little spendy.
I give up... i don't know how much more clearly I can spell it out for you.
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culdeus
Footballguy
Ok got it.Dude. I was addressing consumer perception, not material specs.Not sure what you are driving at here. AL is a questionable material to be used for a phone back plate. There are many plastics which have far, far better strength in any metric you want to throw on it than AL. AL's main weakness is it's deformity, obviously. Lets not pretend AL was picked for the back plate for it's mechanical properties for a second.Who's talking about internal antenna communications here?
Cmon man... dial down the techie for juuuuust a second, and dial up the common sense. Do I really need to spell this out for you?
• Aluminum is more sturdy than plastic, however it's a notoriously weak metal.
• Many people perceive aluminum cased phones as super strong / somewhat indestructible because they're "metal".
• Despite the added strength/rigidity over plastic, this "super strong" perception is a fallacy
Therefore my statement "Despite being made of aluminum" the phones can be damaged by substantial force.
I really thought at some point they'd start looking at carbon fiber. The only other metal I'd think would make sense might be TI, but that's a little spendy.
I give up... i don't know how much more clearly I can spell it out for you.
I do see a ton of women running around with phones in their back pocket. I guess their jeans can't handle a phone in the front pocket?
Any skinny jeans wearers here?
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Insoxicated
Ok got it.Dude. I was addressing consumer perception, not material specs.Not sure what you are driving at here. AL is a questionable material to be used for a phone back plate. There are many plastics which have far, far better strength in any metric you want to throw on it than AL. AL's main weakness is it's deformity, obviously. Lets not pretend AL was picked for the back plate for it's mechanical properties for a second.Who's talking about internal antenna communications here?
Cmon man... dial down the techie for juuuuust a second, and dial up the common sense. Do I really need to spell this out for you?
• Aluminum is more sturdy than plastic, however it's a notoriously weak metal.
• Many people perceive aluminum cased phones as super strong / somewhat indestructible because they're "metal".
• Despite the added strength/rigidity over plastic, this "super strong" perception is a fallacy
Therefore my statement "Despite being made of aluminum" the phones can be damaged by substantial force.
I really thought at some point they'd start looking at carbon fiber. The only other metal I'd think would make sense might be TI, but that's a little spendy.
I give up... i don't know how much more clearly I can spell it out for you.
I do see a ton of women running around with phones in their back pocket. I guess their jeans can't handle a phone in the front pocket?
Any skinny jeans wearers here?
My GF isn't much of a sprayed-on jeans wearer but she keeps her phone in her back pocket and takes it out when she sits down. She's not a big purse-carrier either though. Most women I know who carry purses tend to carry phones in there I guess?
Guys wearing skinny jeans deserve to have their phones bent IMO.
I keep my phone in my back pocket.
Ned
Footballguy
My wife carries her 5 in her back pocket when she doesn't carry her purse, which is pretty common. I've seen her sit on it a number of times and question how the heck she can handle that (insert hard objects in her butt jokes here). Phone isn't bent. It is in a life proof case, so maybe that extra sturdiness from the plastic shell is saving the phone.Ok got it.Dude. I was addressing consumer perception, not material specs.Not sure what you are driving at here. AL is a questionable material to be used for a phone back plate. There are many plastics which have far, far better strength in any metric you want to throw on it than AL. AL's main weakness is it's deformity, obviously. Lets not pretend AL was picked for the back plate for it's mechanical properties for a second.Who's talking about internal antenna communications here?
Cmon man... dial down the techie for juuuuust a second, and dial up the common sense. Do I really need to spell this out for you?
Aluminum is more sturdy than plastic, however it's a notoriously weak metal.
Many people perceive aluminum cased phones as super strong / somewhat indestructible because they're "metal".
Despite the added strength/rigidity over plastic, this "super strong" perception is a fallacy
Therefore my statement "Despite being made of aluminum" the phones can be damaged by substantial force.
I really thought at some point they'd start looking at carbon fiber. The only other metal I'd think would make sense might be TI, but that's a little spendy.
I give up... i don't know how much more clearly I can spell it out for you.
I do see a ton of women running around with phones in their back pocket. I guess their jeans can't handle a phone in the front pocket?
Any skinny jeans wearers here?
My GF isn't much of a sprayed-on jeans wearer but she keeps her phone in her back pocket and takes it out when she sits down. She's not a big purse-carrier either though. Most women I know who carry purses tend to carry phones in there I guess?
Guys wearing skinny jeans deserve to have their phones bent IMO.
Man In The Box
Footballguy
I like being able to unlock with my thumb print. Pretty cool.
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Insoxicated
Awesome interactive series of photos from every generation of iPhone...
Great way to see the subtle (and not so subtle) improvements Apple has made in their cameras over the years.
Great way to see the subtle (and not so subtle) improvements Apple has made in their cameras over the years.
John Bender
Footballguy
So Fox's suggestion of turning off suggested contacts works temporarily but I go back to check my contacts a few hours later and they've all been added right back to my contact list.
This is really frustrating. I may return the phone and wait for the note. I never had these problems on Android. I guess I'm more OCD than I even gave myself credit for because it bothers me this much.
Next question. Is there no option when I'm creating a new contact from a phone call or text to check off to back up that contact either Outlook or GMail?
Used to be able to do this on the Note. No such luck on the iPhone. There was a why to add a contact and then immediately check off whether or not you wanted it backed up to Outlook or Gmail.
I see no such option with iOS
I hate to sound like a complainer. Maybe it's just about not being used to iOS and I need to tough it out.
This is really frustrating. I may return the phone and wait for the note. I never had these problems on Android. I guess I'm more OCD than I even gave myself credit for because it bothers me this much.
Next question. Is there no option when I'm creating a new contact from a phone call or text to check off to back up that contact either Outlook or GMail?
Used to be able to do this on the Note. No such luck on the iPhone. There was a why to add a contact and then immediately check off whether or not you wanted it backed up to Outlook or Gmail.
I see no such option with iOS
I hate to sound like a complainer. Maybe it's just about not being used to iOS and I need to tough it out.
Billy Bats
Footballguy
One thing they haven't gotten right and it bothers me. Particularly on this forum when editing a post, you select the word but you want to highlight more text above or below, it still doesn't let you drag/scroll down into the sentences that you can't see while highlighting(blue dot) the text in order to delete it. 
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Insoxicated
I believe that is an IPBoard coding/functionality issue, not an iOS/iPhone issue.One thing they haven't gotten right and it bothers me. Particularly on this forum when editing a post, you select the word but you want to highlight more text above or below, it still doesn't let you drag/scroll down into the sentences that you can't see while highlighting(blue dot) the text in order to delete it.
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Anandtech with a wide array of benchmarks showing how the iPhone 6 holds up against the competition:
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John Bender
Footballguy
Just left the Apple Store and they pretty much confirmed iOS does not do what I need it to do as far as contacts.
One thing I loved on the Android since I'm in marketing and always meeting new clients out and my phone is a hybrid work/personal was that as you were saving a new contact you could choose to auto back it up to exchange or to gmail or to the phone itself.
You cannot do that on the iPhone. While it will constantly update and search for any new contacts you add on your work laptop (exchange). It only works in the reverse to back up to the iCloud.
I can't pick and choose on the fly which new contacts Im entering go where. They just go to the cloud and I can do with them what I like from there.
Huge advantage to Android in that arena of things if it's important to you....and it's pretty much priority one for me.
Love this phone but will be throwing it on eBay tonight, making a profit and waiting for the Note 4. :/
One thing I loved on the Android since I'm in marketing and always meeting new clients out and my phone is a hybrid work/personal was that as you were saving a new contact you could choose to auto back it up to exchange or to gmail or to the phone itself.
You cannot do that on the iPhone. While it will constantly update and search for any new contacts you add on your work laptop (exchange). It only works in the reverse to back up to the iCloud.
I can't pick and choose on the fly which new contacts Im entering go where. They just go to the cloud and I can do with them what I like from there.
Huge advantage to Android in that arena of things if it's important to you....and it's pretty much priority one for me.
Love this phone but will be throwing it on eBay tonight, making a profit and waiting for the Note 4. :/
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