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Apple iPhone 6 [OT]
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Maninthemirror
Banned
look at each performance bump with every upgrade, then look at latest. its worse when you compare against other phones so I didn't even bother
Mammoth Jones
Member
The market has spoken.
I went with this one.
Branding isn't as bad, and I really like the utility of storing my cards in my phone case. Been doing that since 4S.
Cant decide between this and:
NoctisVsStar
Member
any good deals when it comes to sprint? I got a 4s and an upgrade option how much would I get?
Spectromixer
Member
Alright, guess I will just wait for the email then because I foolish didn't write down the confirmation number.
Interfectum
Member
Cant decide between this and:
That's the one I got. I'm using one of their cases on my iPhone 5 now and love it.
Were you charged yet?
everthustodeadbeats
Member
Hmmm, I ordered online via AT&T and my girlfriend has an iphone 4 as her current phone. I hope I can go to a retail store and get the credit of 200 for it. That is better than what Amazon is offering and far better than dealing with craigslist sales.
Maninthemirror
Banned
Looking at the geekbench leaked scores and this i think the performance will be the same as 5S bumped just enough to compensate for the larger screen size. It will interesting to see the scores for the 6+
It'll work eventually if you keep trying. 9.5 times out of 10 you'll get that error, though.
I'm using the same one probably! Is yours a 6 or 6+? I didn't see anywhere to order this.
Interfectum
Member
Sprint will offer $200 if you trade in a 4S for an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus.
Sprint is also offering an iPhone for Life plan, which is interesting for people who plan to stick with iPhones for the foreseeable future.
You're my new favorite person. Thank you!
haZethew0rld
Member
So I need to pay $295 upfront on T-Mo but my cred score is over 700? what.
It's not really safe to say unless we know the production numbers of both devices.
Considering all of the rumors of production problems; I think it's much safer to say there were far less iPhone 6+'s available than iPhone 6's personally.
I mean.. OUYA sold out in hours too
infiniteloop
Member
ATT have already taken my $$$ for my plus, but it's not shipping for 4 weeks?
You're sure it's not a hold?
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
A very small bump in gaming performance between 5S and 6. Relative to number of pixels to render, 5S would be a faster gaming machine according that. Not that it's a big deal IMO, and regular 5 still works amazingly well with any game I tried it with, so 2x that performance is fine. Also, it's not like other phones higher on the list offer any significant performance boost either. The best one is only 20% better than iPhone 6, and with probably even bigger resolution to render.
Mammoth Jones
Member
This is what's pissing me off. If they wanna take my money I'm ok w/ that if it means guaranteed one for launch. But Nov 11th? Ugh.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
So is that an official test? Did the site receive a device early?
NoctisVsStar
Member
Nice! I just found out that they got some unlimited plan for 50 dollars for the iphone 6
The 6 being a slightly overclocked 5S maybe.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Could be one of those guys in China who already reviewed the phone on youtube. I think anyone can run that benchmark, as long as you jailbreak. Or it could be faked result, as I'm not sure if latest iOS8 release is even jailbreakable yet.
6 Plus production numbers were likely lower. There were all those rumors reporting production issues on the larger phone. It was something of a surprise when they turned out to be shipping the same day.
Real reason for my post:
So I had a hard time figuring out how to get the plan I want. My wife has an Verizon iPhone 5, but I'm picking up my first this launch. So I want to add another single line plan ($60 for unlimited talk/text, +2GB data), because that's cheaper than going for the MORE Everything plan.
I could not do this via Apple's website or via Verizon's website, even though Verizon prominently displays this offer on their site.
So I finally called the nearest Verizon store and told them what I wanted. They had me signed up and pre-ordered for the iPhone 6 64GB in about 3 minutes. Very easy. It will ship to their store on 9/19.
Are they trying to hide this deal or something? It's a full-page promotion on Verizon's site, so it's not being hidden very well.
Real reason for my post:
So I had a hard time figuring out how to get the plan I want. My wife has an Verizon iPhone 5, but I'm picking up my first this launch. So I want to add another single line plan ($60 for unlimited talk/text, +2GB data), because that's cheaper than going for the MORE Everything plan.
I could not do this via Apple's website or via Verizon's website, even though Verizon prominently displays this offer on their site.
So I finally called the nearest Verizon store and told them what I wanted. They had me signed up and pre-ordered for the iPhone 6 64GB in about 3 minutes. Very easy. It will ship to their store on 9/19.
Are they trying to hide this deal or something? It's a full-page promotion on Verizon's site, so it's not being hidden very well.
I am, love me a shiny new phone.
my 5s has never had a hiccup so close benchmarks aren't really worrying me.
What's the name of that case? It looks really nice, I got the product red case from apple but might have to get one of these.
infiniteloop
Member
yeah could be
HUELEN10
Member
And did you own a 5 before a 5S? I really don't understand why people do this, even if you have the money on hand, it seems like an incredible waste.
I use 2 things in my life every single day: My phone and my computer. I always keep my phone up to date, because I like speed and iteration on something that I am very used to. Same with my PC. It's a personal choice. And I've found, like politics and sports, no one is ever going to convince the other that they're wrong on this, so it's best to just ignore it.
Interfectum
Member
Incipio Stowaway: http://www.incipio.com/cases/iphone...case-with-integrated-stand-iphone-6-plus.html
Amazon link (for black one): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MHV8HDC/?tag=neogaf0e-20
I want the bigger screen and better battery life of the 6 Plus. I've wanted the bigger screen for a long, long time.
Got my 128GB 6+ pre-ordered at a local Softbank shop today. Don't know how many they will get in on launch day though so i may have to wait.
Playing around with my cardboard cutout I realized it felt familiar. 10 years ago or so I had a Sidekick II. Length and width wise the 6+ is a bit bigger but its more than half as thin as that old Sidekick. I lived with that huge thing in my pocket just fine for two years so I'll be okay with the Plus. Still the Plus isn't the largest phone I've had... wish I kept my old 90's cell phones.
Playing around with my cardboard cutout I realized it felt familiar. 10 years ago or so I had a Sidekick II. Length and width wise the 6+ is a bit bigger but its more than half as thin as that old Sidekick. I lived with that huge thing in my pocket just fine for two years so I'll be okay with the Plus. Still the Plus isn't the largest phone I've had... wish I kept my old 90's cell phones.
Call your bank/card company.
I know when I have a hold on my Bank of America account, it shows up at the top of my transactions, but separated by a divider because the amount isn't factored into my approved and pending transactions.
It may show the full hold amount, but that doesn't mean it has taken your money.
Maninthemirror
Banned
my only concern is that this doesnt become the iPad 3 (which i owned) which in many instances performed worse than the iPad 2 (which I also owned) due to be an incremental bumped accompanied with a retina display.
If the A8 is just a slightly upped and smaller chip A7 then any iOS 8.x feature which requires even a hint of performance will suffer especially those who would have the phone for 2 years and it would take a phone like 6S to adjust to those features. I am just hoping the phone I ordered the 6S has better benchmarks
Yes, I had a 4, then a 5, 5s, now 6
I've gotten upgrade price every time it's not like im buying these off contract.
Yeah maybe a waste, but almost every single thing we buy isn't necessary.
All I got from Sprint was the initial order confirmation email and then an hour later I got an email saying they charged my card. Hoping that's a good sign that I will get my phone next Friday. Guess we will see.
Nothing about ship estimate yet though.
Interfectum
Member
I use 2 things in my life every single day: My phone and my computer. I always keep my phone up to date, because I like speed and iteration on something that I am very used to. Same with my PC. It's a personal choice. And I've found, like politics and sports, no one is ever going to convince the other that they're wrong on this, so it's best to just ignore it.
Yeah, while I don't upgrade every year I told someone else the same thing the other day. I never cheap out on my smartphone purchase. That is one device that I use every day for multiple reasons (work, web, email, games, music, ebooks, calendar, alarm clock, etc) so I will always buy the best version I can for my needs.