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iPhone 6 Plus review (theverge.com)
12 points by Doubleguitars on Sept 17, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 11 comments



"The iPhone has long had a better camera than just about any Android phone, and it’s always had a better ecosystem of editing and sharing apps than any other platform."

I'm in neither camp, but after reading this I can't really take this review that seriously...


Why not? I'm not in a phone 'camp' either, but I have had both the flagship phones (currently (until Friday anyway), iPhone 5s and Nexus 5) for a long time, and the statement seems very accurate.

The camera and app ecosystem are, and have always been, better on the iOS end. OTOH, Android does manual data entry and voice dictation much much better.

They have different strengths and weaknesses.


Nexus 5 is hardly a flagship phone and it probably has one of the worst cameras in its price range.


Can't agree more! I'm so disappointed by Nexus 5, bad camera, bad display, worst ever speakerphone, terrible battery life (even with Android L, which is supposedly more energy efficient), and so on, but at this price, how can one complain?!


I'm switching from Android to iPhone largely because of the camera.


Since iPhone 4, iPhone design seems going downhill. With the same display size, iPhone 6+ is much bigger and heavier than LG G3. Its quality is so much better than others, especially on camera and battery life.


Here's a size comparison I posted in another thread, but still relevant:

http://www.phonearena.com/phones/size#/phones/size/LG-G3,App...

Having now used my LG G3 for only a couple of days, I can't imagine using a phone much larger than this.

Dear LG: Please make a slightly smaller version of the G3 with a lower resolution display (for battery life and app compatibility) and you have the perfect android phone.


Not to mention the downsampling they are doing on iPhone 6 Plus - this is such a big compromise, Steve Jobs would have never allowed it, I believe! Not to mention that they are now going against their own campaign that bigger phones are impractical!


Am I the only one finding iPhone 6 to be the ugliest model so far? Just compare it to Moto 360, for example.


The Moto 360 is a watch.

Why are you comparing it to a phone?


Duh! I meant to say "Moto X", sorry!




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