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The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus |
It's been a long time since Apple was under this much
pressure to impress with a new
iPhone. After last year's rather
straightforward upgrade, the Cupertino company needed something special,
and something to fight back against the moves being made by its rivals. The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus are Apple's counter-punches, but how do they stack up against each other? And which one should you be spending your cash on?
iPhone 6 vs iPhone 6 Plus: Design
The world's iPhones have got thinner and lighter since 2007 but this year Apple has really worked some iPad Air-style
magic on the dimensions of its latest handsets. The 4.7-inch iPhone 6
is just 6.9mm thick (shaving another 10% off the already slim 7.6mm iPhone 5S) while the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus has a thickness of just 7.1mm.The
differences over the 2013 batch of iPhones is noticeable, and Jony
Ive's team have rounded the corners of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus to
accentuate the slimness of these devices, as well as adding more premium
metal to the mix.
It's been a long time since Apple was under this much
pressure to impress with a new iPhone. After last year's rather
straightforward upgrade, the Cupertino company needed something special,
and something to fight back against the moves being made by its rivals. The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus are Apple's counter-punches, but how do they stack up against each other? And which one should you be spending your cash on?
iPhone 6 vs iPhone 6 Plus: Screen
The
screen is where we find the biggest gap between the iPhone 6 and the
iPhone 6 Plus - it's the main distinction between the models. The iPhone
6's display measures 4.7 inches corner-to-corner at a resolution of
1,334 x 750 pixels (or 326 pixels-per-inch). The 6 Plus
ups this to 5.5 inches and a resolution of 1,920 x 1080 pixels (401ppi).
These figures put the iPhone 5S firmly in the shade, with its 1,136 x
640 pixel, 326ppi display. All that means you get more
pixels on the 6 Plus spread across a larger area. Website text will be
bigger, movies can be viewed from further away, text will be sharper,
and so on. It also makes the device harder to hold in just one hand, but
the one-handed mode built into iOS 8 should be able to alleviate some
of those problems. The weight of either the iPhone 6 or the iPhone 6
Plus shouldn't be a problem, at least.
One extra benefit
you get from the additional screen space on the iPhone 6 Plus is the
ability to run apps in landscape mode, iPad-style - it's a bonus for
anyone who wants more room to work with on their handset. If you use any
serious productivity apps on the go then bear this in mind, though
compatibility varies between apps.
iPhone 6 vs iPhone 6 Plus: Camera
Both of the new iPhone models feature the same camera lens technology. That means an
8-megapixel shooter (as with the iPhone 5S) but an improved f/2.2
aperture and processing algorithms, so your pictures are going to look
better than ever in all conditions. Bear in mind that the iPhone 6 will
be easier to handle with one hand when framing shots, but the iPhone 6
Plus will give you more viewfinder screen space to get your image lined
up correctly.
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