iPhone 6 review, hot off the press!
Read more at: http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/16/6154975/iphone-6-review
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Read more at: http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/16/6154975/iphone-6-review
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Quote:There is explosive demand for bigger smartphones. A 4-inch smartphone feels small now; somewhere around 5 inches is the new normal. Yet too many large-screen phones are cumbersome, awkward, and often just plain bad. And Apple has a long history of taking good ideas with obviously huge markets, and being the first manufacturer to really nail the execution.
Add those three things together, and this phone on my desk isn't at all surprising. It's the iPhone 6, a bigger, brighter, badder iPhone designed to appeal to the customers for whom the iPhone 5S and its 4-inch screen now seem adorably antiquated. (Which is basically everybody.) It starts at $199 on a two-year contract, and comes in silver, gold, and space gray. It's full of new technology and crafted from a new mold. Apple intends for it to be the new standard in a new type of smartphone, to be the big-screen phone that anyone can handle. Not the first big phone, but the best. The big phone for everyone.
Of course, Samsung, HTC, and others have been making big phones too, and they have years of iteration and millions of sales to show for it. This is Cupertino's steepest climb yet: can it leapfrog the entrenched competition and prove that Apple can do better?
The big iPhone has a big job to do.
Originally Posted by steelbom
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SourceThis brings us to the iPhone 6. This is now the eighth generation of the iPhone, and the fifth generation of the iPhone's industrial and material design. We should note right now that this review is specifically for the iPhone 6; we'll have the iPhone 6 Plus review up in the next day or two. At this point, it's not really possible to revolutionize the smartphone, and on the surface, the iPhone 6 seems to be directly inspired by the iPod Touch. However, instead of the chamfered edge where the display meets the metal unibody we see a continuous curve from the sloping glass to the metal unibody that looks and feels great. While the M8 was one of the best phones for in-hand feel, the iPhone 6 goes a step further due to the reduced weight and rounded side. I've always felt like the HTC 8X had one of the most compelling shapes for a phone, and the incredibly thin feel of the iPhone 6 definitely reminds me of that.
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SourceWhile we've also written about the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 Plus needs its own review in order to really understand the various features of the device that would otherwise be buried in the context of the iPhone 6. Without question, this device represents a significant departure from the way Apple has competed in the smartphone space. For as long as I can remember, Apple hasn't competed in the phablet space, and also avoided competing with Galaxy Note line that has been established as the dominant phablet for the past 3-4 generations. As a result, Apple occupies a fast-follower position at best.
Been waiting for these..