Poll: iPhone 6s & 6s Plus Thread

[Nitefly]

Lol @ people upgrading from the 6 to 6S. There hasn't been a meaningful change, has there?

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm let me take a selfie... duh nuh - nuh nuh nuh, nuh nuh, duh-nuh-nuh-nuh...?!

 

[Journey]

If more RAM was not required why did they add more to the Air 2?

Answer: It gives a better user experience and allows better apps.
Why defend Apple being cheap asses if it turns out to be 1GB?

 

[McBain]

So the iPad Mini 4 isn't the Air 2 internals at all, 1GB ram, A8 not A8X?

 

[Tunney]

RAM has a serious impact on battery life. There's a balancing act that needs to be done.

 

[squerble]

PLEEASSEEEE, GENTS. I need some MD5 hashes :'(

 

[peige]

Lol @ people upgrading from the 6 to 6S. There hasn't been a meaningful change, has there?

I like to get a new phone every year, other half gets my old one. Looking forward to getting one

 

[Alpherah]

If more RAM was not required why did they add more to the Air 2?

Answer: It gives a better user experience and allows better apps.
Why defend Apple being cheap asses if it turns out to be 1GB?

I suspect the reason the Air2 got more RAM had more to do with future iOS updates, and their features, being planned a long time in advance and Apple knowing they wished to implement the new video overlay and two app view into the iPad air 2 and less to do with usability issues from having 1GB Ram.

 

[OllyM]

Lol @ people upgrading from the 6 to 6S. There hasn't been a meaningful change, has there?

The only reason I'm considering going from the 6 to the 6S is because the 6S adds support for band 12 LTE which is important for in building coverage with T-Mobile. If it wasn't for that I definitely wouldn't bother.

 

[Alpherah]

So the iPad Mini 4 isn't the Air 2 internals at all, 1GB ram, A8 not A8X?

Should be 2GB RAM if apple are correct in 'all the internals from the iPad air 2 in a smaller enclosure' speak.

 

[Gux]

16Gb is fine for me, I don't store music or videos on it. If you need more than get the higher model?

The cost for me would be too high to switch to a higher model. I would feel I am being ripped off far too much.

ATM I am on android and will stay on it until iPhone get a bump in basic storage, RAM and battery capacity.

Pretty happy atm with my Z3 Compact anyway atm. Especially since it only cost me £280 brand new. And it meets all of the basic specs I talked about.

 

[McBain]

Should be 2GB RAM if apple are correct in 'all the internals from the iPad air 2 in a smaller enclosure' speak.

That's what I thought, but some sites are saying 1GB ram and an A8.

Maybe they've just got the wrong end of the stick.

Edit: Nope, A8, as per Apple's own site. http://www.apple.com/ipad-mini-4/specs/

 

[DIABLO]

So the iPad Mini 4 isn't the Air 2 internals at all, 1GB ram, A8 not A8X?

I've read that the SOC is not the "X" variant found in the Air 2 as well.

 

[Alpherah]

That's what I thought, but some sites are saying 1GB ram and an A8.

Maybe they've just got the wrong end of the stick.

Wont know for sure until it ships i guess.

 

[McBain]

Wont know for sure until it ships i guess.

From the horses mouth (Apples own site) it's an A8, wouldn't be surprised if it's 1GB ram as well. So the whole 'shrunk the Air 2' is utter garbage.

 

[ChrisD.]

Lol @ people upgrading from the 6 to 6S. There hasn't been a meaningful change, has there?

I want a Plus, and 3D touch looks pretty cool. Plus I'm a sucker for new tech.

Do apple still disallow the download of large apps over mobile data?

I think they do. You used to be able to get around it with Cydia apps, but I don't have the patience to keep up with that game any more.

 

[DIABLO]

Wont know for sure until it ships i guess.

The Apple website says the SOC is an 8 not an 8X

 

[pacegod]

Do apple still disallow the download of large apps over mobile data?

Yes, they like to control you as always.

 

[McBain]

My enthusiasm for the Mini 4 has been dampened somewhat, it's pretty obvious it's seen as the runt of the litter to Apple. Look at last years effort, the 3 was pretty much a disgrace.

 

[Journey]

RAM has a serious impact on battery life. There's a balancing act that needs to be done.

Since they'd hopefully be moving from older LPDDR3, to newer tech LPDDR4, not only would the package size be smaller, there is a voltage decrease and a power consumption decrease (between 35-40%).

If RAM was using as much power as you think, then a phone with 3/4GB would need a massive battery to make up just for that, therefore making it pointless.

 

[Duke]

Pretty happy atm with my Z3 Compact anyway atm. Especially since it only cost me £280 brand new. And it meets all of the basic specs I talked about.

I am considering the Z3 Compact, the camera looks decent on it too.