{"id":3453,"date":"2014-09-10T13:53:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T03:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2014-09-10T14:48:39","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T04:48:39","slug":"apples-new-iphone-6-iphone-6-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/features\/apples-new-iphone-6-iphone-6-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple’s New iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overnight, Apple introduced two new iPhones to the world, the 4.7″ iPhone 6 and the 5.5″ iPhone 6 Plus. <\/p>\n

Apple fans that woke up at 3am were treated to a constantly crashing video feed that was being live translated into, and this is just a guess, Mandarin or Cantonese. Whatever, it wasn’t Apple’s finest hour. By the time the feed was sorted, Tim, Phil and some dude in a scarf had burned through most of the details of the new iPhones, but here’s a few talking points for you all.<\/p>\n

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If you’ve fallen in love with the sleek lines of the HTC One, but prefer iOS, you’re in luck. While I’ve not see the iPhone 6 in person, the photos from the event suggest a phone design that pays homage <\/em>to the HTC flagship. I wonder if it’ll be as slippery in the hand?<\/p>\n

There is little difference between the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. The big iPhone has a big battery, up to 14hrs talk time, while the giant iPhone has a whopping 24hr talk time battery. It’s too early to test these numbers, but most large Android phones I’ve tested this year have survived a full day off the charger, and I’d be surprised if the iPhone couldn’t match that.<\/p>\n

Beyond the bigger battery, the iPhone 6 plus has a better camera, with physical motion stabilisers, and a remarkable 240fps super slow motion recording.<\/p>\n

iOS 8 handles the bigger phone dimensions by adding better landscape support to Apple’s built in apps, and tools for iOS developers to do the same. iOS Apps are now design to be “responsive”, they’ll\u00a0resize to the size of the device, much like modern websites. There’s a new feature called Reachability, which shrinks apps for one handed use. It looks absolutely naff.<\/p>\n

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An iPhone 5 beside a 4.7″ HTC Phone and a 5.5″ Oppo Phone.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

While the camera looks impressive on the iPhone 6 Plus, I’ll be looking for a 4.7″ iPhone 6. I’ve used a tonne of giant Android phones this year, and breaking point for me was the 5.1″ Samsung Galaxy S5. I could just get by rocking that Samsung back and forth in my hand, but the 5.5″ Oppo was just too damn big. I couldn’t stand it. Meanwhile, the Moto X and HTC Desire, both 4.7″ phones, were just the right size for me.<\/p>\n

Still, some people dig big-arse phones, and if you’re one of them, you may just love the iPhone 6 Plus. I’d suggest waiting to test one in your hands before purchasing. Perhaps Reachability and the new landscape modes will make the phone usable, but until you’ve spent a few hours with one, it’ll be hard to tell.<\/p>\n

The Unknown Known during\u00a0all iPhone launches is how much RAM Apple have stuffed in the phone. I’m hoping to see 2GB to match other flagships, and to give the iPhone a longer lifespan, but we’ll need to wait for the early reviews to find out.<\/p>\n