Apple iPhone 6 review: Scaled to order

26 September 2014
This is Apple like we’ve never seen before. Apple like we never thought we’ll see. To begin with, there’s supposed to be no better iPhone than the iPhone 6. That’s the sort of thing you’d expect of Apple. Come September every year, the world grabs a bag of...

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  • AnonD-164032
  • Hkt
  • 29 Sep 2014

iPhone 6.. A phone whose key features list is shorter than the main disadvantages one! way to go gsmarena!

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    • AnonD-312753
    • U@b
    • 29 Sep 2014

    Anonymous, 29 Sep 2014Best mobile ever. The more android fanboys try to deny and ... moreHaha best joke of the century :D

    You just make my day

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      • Anonymous
      • PGX
      • 29 Sep 2014

      Best mobile ever. The more android fanboys try to deny and degrade, the more it shines.

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        • AnonD-313386
        • 0Cb
        • 28 Sep 2014

        the most suspect benchmarks are from BrowserMark 2.1, where Apple values are more than double than their closest competitors.
        BrowserMark 2.1 already retired all the values for iOS tests, because of that:
        "We have temporarily removed iOS device results while we investigate a Basemark X defect which negatively impacts iOS results"

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          • AnonD-270214
          • JGq
          • 28 Sep 2014

          AnonD-298939, 27 Sep 2014Ok I've never owned an iPhone but I really feel GSMArena wa... morewell, you can say that GSMarena didn't put those disadvantages on other phones reviews, but they're not 1000$ phones. Come on, I could buy a car for that money.

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            • AnonD-263596
            • X{X
            • 28 Sep 2014

            Do you know why i dn use iphone Any more? Only reason is freedom. I do agree that iphone excells other phone in many ways. But i dn habe time for itunes. Imagine u r a service holder. Do u have time to convert your download mkv movies or music videos through itunes? Hell no. We like on the go. Drag and drop service. My s5 worse than iphone i admit ok? But it saves my time. I drag and drop mp3, pdf, movies without any craptunes. Fingerprint sensor? Water res? snapdragon 801? Ohh come on, give me a break. LIke i care. I use mobile to listening to music when i go to office by lrt, browse net and facebook, watch movies or music videos on the go. Like all the time u can not open laptop, saved in pendrive and u r on the go? Np. usb otg will.save the day. Nowdays u will even find pen drive with otg function. Ever tried anyshare? Wow this music video is nice. Or this app is nice. Can u share? Yes open ur anyshare. I see all iphone user use a powerbank. No matter what i do, my s5 can go on till i come back to home. I can use my s5 like my laptop. Browse website. Download music. Download movies. Download pdf file. Edit powerpoint(this part can do with iphone too). My point is, iphone is better than my s5 in every department. Bit it does not give me freedom. When it will, i promise u i will use iphone again. I think many android user will change side that time. Until than, android will try to rule the world

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              • James
              • ii6
              • 28 Sep 2014

              Apple like other high end mobile manufactures such as Samsung, LG, Sony even the Chinese manufactures are in a specs race, which does not mean a productivity or efficiency race. Marketing is the key to the consumer. Without the support of carriers subsidising prices through deal packages, none of their devices would enter the market. They are too expensive for what they deliver with marketing hype over substance. If you want to play games, you can do so for half the price easily, and also take decent photos. Next is connectivity, signal, reception, clarity, security and privacy. In years to come carriers risk being sued for selling mobile devices that now pose security risks and are being used to collect personal information. Class actions here we come. Apple. WP, and Android in particular are guilty of this.

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                • jellybean
                • StU
                • 28 Sep 2014

                Why anyone would buy this over a Z3 Compact beats
                Me.

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                  • AnonD-312753
                  • U@b
                  • 28 Sep 2014

                  Anonymous, 28 Sep 2014Yea and all of a sudden all those clueless spec droidtrolls... morecough....benchmarks lies....cough

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                    • phong
                    • 2IL
                    • 28 Sep 2014

                    Anonymous, 28 Sep 2014We can hear out there,Galpha and Z3c fanboy "crying&qu... moreOnly gfxbench show that the iphone 6 has high score equal to nvidia sheild, nvidia sheild can play war thunder - a ps4 game and that score made me laugh a lot, have you try 3d mark and orther crossplatform benchmark software

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                      • P-chan
                      • uE5
                      • 28 Sep 2014

                      Anonymous, 28 Sep 2014You took all that time to explain why you hate apple wow so... moreSeriously? Do you really think apple make sure all things were saved before releasing it? Then let me ask you, who's the one who release ios 8.0 then 8.1 then 8.2 but still having problems with it? Who's the one releasing the bending phone? Not Samsung I guessed :)

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 0mq
                        • 28 Sep 2014

                        Anonymous, 28 Sep 2014Those iPhone 6 benchmarks were insane. Totally didn't expe... moreYea and all of a sudden all those clueless spec droidtrolls become so quiet.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • jQE
                          • 28 Sep 2014

                          X, 28 Sep 2014Lol! Interesting that those "disadvantages" are n... moreYou took all that time to explain why you hate apple wow some people. Apple takes time to open features to 3rd party developers like the fingerprint scanner they like to make sure it's safe before releasing it. Next year they will release it in iOS 9 if you hadn't notice Apple is slow cause they aren't like Samsung throw it together hope its safe and works . I like android but you don't see me bashing them. SMh haha

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                            • mSu
                            • 28 Sep 2014

                            AnonD-295521, 28 Sep 2014So many disadvantages.... and people reckon its the best de... moreLol! Interesting that those "disadvantages" are not mentioned for other phones.
                            -"Has unimpressive screen to body ratio" :Sony Z1, 2, 3;
                            -"We would take a bigger battery than a thinner phone any day": I'm sure that if ever a phone with Tegra K1 will be made, it will have a huge battery, as the TDP of the K1 is 11W (it will need active cooling), while the TDP of the A8 is 2W. The TDP of the Smapdragon 805 is 5W.
                            -"No microSD slot": Nexus, Lumia 920, Moto X, etc;
                            -"no user replaceable battery": give me a break. nexus, HTC One
                            -"Curved corners make it more slippery and easier to drop than the iPhone 5S" :- Nothig is more slippery than a M8.
                            -"No 32GB version, users forced to upgrade all the way to 64GB (which is cheaper this year, but a 32GB version should have been even cheaper or even standard)": -so 64 GB at the same price as 32 GB is a disadvantage?!?
                            -"Protruding camera lens makes the phone wobble if you don't have a case on":- Samsung Galaxy S5, Lumia 1020, LG G3, etc;
                            -"Camera is still merely 8MP four years in a row (granted, it's getting better with every new generation)": it's more than enough for Facebook, the guality is better than the photos taken with Z2/3.
                            -"No 4K video and video sound is still mono" : do you have a 4K TV or monitor yet?
                            -"Lacks the optical image stabilization of the iPhone 6 Plus", no problem, rent a van as Nokia did ;).
                            -"No enhanced resistance to liquids or dust"- Oh, my :p. I saw so many iPhone user complaining that dust entered their phones. lol!
                            -"Offers the same display pixel density fourth year in a row"- in the meantime our eyes are becoming better and our hands shorter :p.
                            -"NFC functionality limited to Apple Pay only": who used that before again?
                            -"No FM radio"- Ah, such a necessary feature! :p how can we live without it?
                            More crap follows, but I can't be bothered to care.

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                              • eenmavz
                              • Nv4
                              • 28 Sep 2014

                              Iphone is style. Samsung is efficiency.
                              Y do people bother complaining. These companies choose their hardware because of the OS they are running and what they are ment to do. Iphone fans should remain faithfull to their brand and android fans should stick to theirs.

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                                • AnonD-295521
                                • U@b
                                • 28 Sep 2014

                                So many disadvantages.... and people reckon its the best device on god's green earth. who'll spend their hard earned money on this piece of crap which even bends under pressure.

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                                  • joe
                                  • 61E
                                  • 28 Sep 2014

                                  I used to be apple's fans. But not anymore. Cause since steve job died, they lack of innovation.

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                                    • Gioise
                                    • 33h
                                    • 28 Sep 2014

                                    in teh end i really don`t like this one. I`ll stick with my 5S for the next year, nothing lost for me (or anyone else to be fair).

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                                      • NODOUBT
                                      • 2CF
                                      • 28 Sep 2014

                                      Let's be fair. Iphone always has the best video card and the smoothest OS by far. I love the SGS5 I own and lower series (and a lot of other Android phones) but people I don't think understand the term specs in its useful meaning. It's not like storage where you can just say "1 TB is better than 2TB". Ram, CPU and GPU all work together. It's actually a complex subject not a simple matter of biggest number - not at all. The sad thing is all the android phones gloating about ram or clock speed on a cpu makes them seem really silly. They are calling the apple fans dumb for buying old junk when really they don't understand tech.. please guys read first.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • IV$
                                        • 28 Sep 2014

                                        We can hear out there,Galpha and Z3c fanboy "crying" and ..."crying"...
                                        after look at GFXbench lagging behing the Iphone6.Iphone6 kick their beloved phone so bad. PowerVR GX6450 so awesome and beastly.

                                        Im sorry for your guy......try hard next time..OK!!dont be sad....