Intro
Phones are getting bigger and bigger, surprisingly, iPhone has joined the game making the iPhone 6 big. I love big phones and I'm glad Apple made a phone that is big because it's difficult for me to type on phones like the iPhone 5S and I watch a lot of videos on my phone.
Design
The iPhone 6 is made of aluminum with two stripes, one at the top and one at the bottom for the NFC antennas; the phone is not squared up like the 5s which I like but rounded around the edges and thinner at 6.9mm. The power/look button is relocated from the top left to the right side while the nano sim card slot is in the middle. At the top left side is the silent switch and below is the volume rocker. The bottom you'll find the speaker, charging port, mic and the 3.5mm jack. On the front are the camera, speaker, proximity sensor, the display and the home button with touch ID. The back is where the camera is that protrudes up a little that makes the phone wobbles when placed on a flat surface on it's back while tapping on the screen , along with the flash; the apple logo, the NFC antennas (thoes are the stripes at the top and bottom). The iPhone 6 comes in three colors like the the 5s: silver, gold and space grey.
Display
The display is what makes the phone bigger. The screen is a 750x1334 pixels, 4.7 inches (326 ppi pixel density) LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors. Viewing the panel outside is decent, colors are accurate and viewing it at an angle is good. The is screen is curved around the sides along with the phone.
Camera
As for the camera, it is a 8MP, 3264x2448 pixels with dual LED flash. It takes great photos, colors look natural, it does a good job reducing noise and take good low light pictures. For shooting videos, it is 1080p@60fps,720p@240fps. Unfortunately it doesn't shoot in 4k, but it does take nice slow motion footage. Also is has a 1.2mp front facing camera that shoots at 720p@30fps.
Software
On the time of this blog post, it is currently running the latest version of iOS which is iOS 8. There's not much difference with the software between the previous version, so of your are familiar with iOS then you can find your way around the phone. It's pretty easy. You can tap the home button two times to make the screen scale down for one hand usability and in the notification bar you can add widgets. With the iPhone 6 Plus you can make the screen rotates on the home screen, the 6 can have it but it doesn't. Like how Androids usually can download third-party keywords, iOS 8 now supports that. You can now download different keyboards on to your iPhone which is really nice, oh, and the iPhone keyboard word prediction is enhanced and comes with speak to text. Also you get a recent menu in your multi-tasking window and with siri, you can just say "hi siri" without going into to siri to use it, but, it is only available when you have the device plugged in on charge. Apple is still apple, it's simple and easy to use, it's just a little refined.
Performance and battery life
Powering this phone is a Dual-core 1.4GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Power VR Gx6450(quad-core graphics), 1GB of RAM with internal storages from 16/64/128GB and Apple's own A8 chipset. This phone is a pretty snappy and responsive phone when it comes down to performance, also it is good when playing games. The battery is a 1810 mAh, it is a tad bit upgrade from the 5s which is not so much, but a little better. The 16GB cost $199, 64GB cost $299 and the 128GB cost $399 (USD).
Previous blogs,
iPhone 6 plus specifications: http://lionotech.blogspot.com/2014/12/iphone-6-plus-specifications.html?m=1
iPhone 6 specifications: http://lionotech.blogspot.com/2014/10/iphone-6-specifications.html?m=1
iPhone 6 and 6 plus first impression and thoughts: http://lionotech.blogspot.com/2014/09/iphone-6-and-iphone-6-plus-first.html?m=1
Nexus 6 review: http://lionotech.blogspot.com/2014/12/nexus-6.html?m=1
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Facebook page: JayyTech
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Phones are getting bigger and bigger, surprisingly, iPhone has joined the game making the iPhone 6 big. I love big phones and I'm glad Apple made a phone that is big because it's difficult for me to type on phones like the iPhone 5S and I watch a lot of videos on my phone.
Design
The iPhone 6 is made of aluminum with two stripes, one at the top and one at the bottom for the NFC antennas; the phone is not squared up like the 5s which I like but rounded around the edges and thinner at 6.9mm. The power/look button is relocated from the top left to the right side while the nano sim card slot is in the middle. At the top left side is the silent switch and below is the volume rocker. The bottom you'll find the speaker, charging port, mic and the 3.5mm jack. On the front are the camera, speaker, proximity sensor, the display and the home button with touch ID. The back is where the camera is that protrudes up a little that makes the phone wobbles when placed on a flat surface on it's back while tapping on the screen , along with the flash; the apple logo, the NFC antennas (thoes are the stripes at the top and bottom). The iPhone 6 comes in three colors like the the 5s: silver, gold and space grey.
Display
The display is what makes the phone bigger. The screen is a 750x1334 pixels, 4.7 inches (326 ppi pixel density) LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors. Viewing the panel outside is decent, colors are accurate and viewing it at an angle is good. The is screen is curved around the sides along with the phone.
Camera
As for the camera, it is a 8MP, 3264x2448 pixels with dual LED flash. It takes great photos, colors look natural, it does a good job reducing noise and take good low light pictures. For shooting videos, it is 1080p@60fps,720p@240fps. Unfortunately it doesn't shoot in 4k, but it does take nice slow motion footage. Also is has a 1.2mp front facing camera that shoots at 720p@30fps.
Software
On the time of this blog post, it is currently running the latest version of iOS which is iOS 8. There's not much difference with the software between the previous version, so of your are familiar with iOS then you can find your way around the phone. It's pretty easy. You can tap the home button two times to make the screen scale down for one hand usability and in the notification bar you can add widgets. With the iPhone 6 Plus you can make the screen rotates on the home screen, the 6 can have it but it doesn't. Like how Androids usually can download third-party keywords, iOS 8 now supports that. You can now download different keyboards on to your iPhone which is really nice, oh, and the iPhone keyboard word prediction is enhanced and comes with speak to text. Also you get a recent menu in your multi-tasking window and with siri, you can just say "hi siri" without going into to siri to use it, but, it is only available when you have the device plugged in on charge. Apple is still apple, it's simple and easy to use, it's just a little refined.
Performance and battery life
Powering this phone is a Dual-core 1.4GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Power VR Gx6450(quad-core graphics), 1GB of RAM with internal storages from 16/64/128GB and Apple's own A8 chipset. This phone is a pretty snappy and responsive phone when it comes down to performance, also it is good when playing games. The battery is a 1810 mAh, it is a tad bit upgrade from the 5s which is not so much, but a little better. The 16GB cost $199, 64GB cost $299 and the 128GB cost $399 (USD).
Previous blogs,
iPhone 6 plus specifications: http://lionotech.blogspot.com/2014/12/iphone-6-plus-specifications.html?m=1
iPhone 6 specifications: http://lionotech.blogspot.com/2014/10/iphone-6-specifications.html?m=1
iPhone 6 and 6 plus first impression and thoughts: http://lionotech.blogspot.com/2014/09/iphone-6-and-iphone-6-plus-first.html?m=1
Nexus 6 review: http://lionotech.blogspot.com/2014/12/nexus-6.html?m=1
Check me out on,
Twitter: Jordonlincoln
Tumblr: Jordonlincoln
Facebook page: JayyTech
Instagram: Jordonlincoln