I have now used the new iPhone 6 64 gb Space Grey for more than a month now and these are my thoughts about the phone.
Build Quality and Colour
One of the best aspects of the iPhone has to be the build quality. It feels premium and has a very good weight to it yet, it has a very slim design and very easy to use in one hand (not about the plus). The buttons are clicky/mechanical and no quality control problems such as dead pixel or anything alike. A minus of it could be the protruding camera module as well as the slightly slippery design. Without a case, I feel that it is prone to damages from extraneous variables. On the other hand, the phone with a case also rends its attractiveness.
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| Space Grey with Ozaki case |
I chose the Space Grey colour for its black front panel as the other colours come with a white front display. I wanted a black coloured phone and was forced to buy the Space Grey. However, I do wish that Apple continued with an all black and all white colour option similar to those of the 4 and 4s. Heck, even more colours for the black front would have been better. Funnily enough, from online polls (and speaking to the Apple specialist), Space Grey is the most popular colour. I really hope the next iteration of the will have more colour options or a darker back for the black coloured iPhones. Furthermore, the Space Grey colour makes the phone slimmer looking than the white, but finger prints/dust are highly visible!
Bigger Screen!
One of the major aspects and redesign of the new iPhones have been the increase in screen size (two in fact). The iPhone 6 has a 4.7 inch screen with a retina display. The screen size upgrade was a much needed improvement since Apple would have lost the smartphone race if they continued with smaller screen sizes. The iPhone 6 fits perfectly for one handed use, but at the same time big enough to watch videos and do daily tasks on the phone.
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| Typical iPhone screen |
While the screen does look nice, the resolution of the screen is only 750p which compared to my previous HTC phone does not look as clear. For everyday use the screen is good to use but when watching videos on Youtube, I feel the screen is somewhat...lacking. When you are used to 1080p screens and videos, going back to 720p/750p really has a big disparity. Luckily, the plus does have a 1080p screen resolution. I am hoping for the next iPhone, the screen resolution on the smaller iPhone will have at least full hd quality.
Battery Life
The battery life on the iPhone 6 may look on paper to be visibly poor due to the small battery capacity (About 1,810mAh and non-removable). It is larger than the previous model (iPhone 5s), but compared to the Samsung and LG, it is tiny!
However, I am happy to say that it holds up to the other phones with bigger batteries and in general, my battery lasts for the whole day and I usually have about 20-30% left at the end. In fact, it lasted much longer than my previous phone. The best aspect is the incredible standby time on iPhones. Typically it only drains 1-2% over night where as android would drain 10-15%. I have to say that I am satisfied with the battery but of course, it would be great if it could have a bigger battery. Everyone wants larger batteries.
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| Battery Life and incredible standby time |
Performance and IOS
Performance has been incredible. With the new A8 chip it is said to be about 25% faster than the A7 and coupled with Apple's iOS means it is very fast at what it needs to do. Everything feels really smooth and I think the iOS plays a part in this. There are times when it has to reload apps or tabs since the 6 only uses 1 gb ram which in my honest opinion, should have been upgraded to at least 2gb. Lets just say the iPhone 6 is fast, very fast! It's been a pleasure using this phone and forgot how simplistic and easy it is to use a phone again.
Verdict
It is a very very good phone and if you have the money or chance to buy, then you should go ahead. It is fast, aesthetically pleasing and now bigger!Rating: 9/10
