FINALLY!!!! My iPhone 6 plus has arrived and I thought I would post my initial impressions and then post again in a week or so with an update of how things are going.
Every review I have read has talked about how big this phone is compared with their old phone. The iPhone 6 plus weighs 6.55 ounces with the cheap bumper case that I bought to hold me over. The iPhone 4s weighs 6 ounces in the LIfeproof case. The weight feels about the same to me.
I wear XL and sometime XXL gloves and I can just barely touch my thumb to ring finger when I wrap my hand around the iPhone 6+. As a result, it does worry me a bit that I may end up dropping it. To be honest, I have always been concerned with this, which is why I have always used cases. I did buy Applecare, so I guess I am covered for a couple of mistakes.
Every review I have read has talked about how big this phone is compared with their old phone. The iPhone 6 plus weighs 6.55 ounces with the cheap bumper case that I bought to hold me over. The iPhone 4s weighs 6 ounces in the LIfeproof case. The weight feels about the same to me.
I wear XL and sometime XXL gloves and I can just barely touch my thumb to ring finger when I wrap my hand around the iPhone 6+. As a result, it does worry me a bit that I may end up dropping it. To be honest, I have always been concerned with this, which is why I have always used cases. I did buy Applecare, so I guess I am covered for a couple of mistakes.
One other thing I was worried about was whether it would be "pocketable" with the pants I wear. I am about the size of your average NBA point guard, so I am not a small person. As a result, the plus fits in Bills Khakis, normal Ralph Lauren shorts, and Old Navy jeans without any problems at all. However, you can see a more prominent outline of the phone when compared to the 4s. When I get a more bulky case, the outline will increase, but I am not too worried about it.
For the times I need to reach the top of the screen while using the phone with one hand, Apple has provided their "Reachability" feature. You double tap the home button and it pulls the top portion of the screen down. I have heard a lot of people saying they won't use it, but I think it will come in handy for those times I am out with the pups in the backyard with a coffee cup in one hand and a phone in the other. It is a new feature, so it is something that you have to force yourself to use for it to become more natural.
Now that I have discussed all of the size issues, I am going to discuss other aspects of the iPhone 6 plus. On my 4s, I had 64GB of space and never got close to filling it up. However, I elected to get the 128GB version of the 6+. The main reason is that it will provide more space for transferring Eyefi photos to it when I am on vacation. With the larger screen, it makes it easier to review photos without my iPad or a computer. Also, I can store some music and video on it, which could come in handy for when I want to download a few albums before going to the mountains (where cell service is sparse).
The screen is absolutely beautiful on this phone, which is really where it pays off to have the larger size. I have a "desk job", which means I can have the phone out on my desk and I can have access to it with two hands most of the time. I plan to put it on some sort of stand and use it for music, checking email and other quick tasks that require internet access during the day. I am curious to see how battery life holds up while streaming music. I have a bluetooth receiver at work, so I usually stream from the 4s, but it has to be plugged in or it would die long before I left work. If I can leave the 6+ unplugged, it is just one step I can skip when I leave the desk with the phone during the day.
In addition to the screen, I also bought this phone over the 6 because of the camera. I will probably have a more thorough review of the camera, but here is a slow-mo video of a bee in flight to show how the video works:
The screen is absolutely beautiful on this phone, which is really where it pays off to have the larger size. I have a "desk job", which means I can have the phone out on my desk and I can have access to it with two hands most of the time. I plan to put it on some sort of stand and use it for music, checking email and other quick tasks that require internet access during the day. I am curious to see how battery life holds up while streaming music. I have a bluetooth receiver at work, so I usually stream from the 4s, but it has to be plugged in or it would die long before I left work. If I can leave the 6+ unplugged, it is just one step I can skip when I leave the desk with the phone during the day.
In addition to the screen, I also bought this phone over the 6 because of the camera. I will probably have a more thorough review of the camera, but here is a slow-mo video of a bee in flight to show how the video works:
Below is another bee video with a closer look at detail. This is the first time I have used the camera, so these videos are more for testing purposes than artistic impression.
All in all, I am really happy I went with the larger screen right now. I will post an update in the near future to discuss whether I have changed my mind after I have had to lug it around for a while.
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