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hey guys this is Austin and today I'm here with my review of the iPhone 6 plus put it side-by-side with the 5s and the difference in size is almost ridiculous you're getting a much thinner foam with a 6 however you do lose the chamfered edges in favor of a seamless design between the glass and frame while it's nice in the hand I actually prefer the champers on the 5 and 5s it gives you something to grip it looked and felt premium instead of having the antenna built into the frame of the phone instead there are now plastic antenna lines which I should look very similar to what you'll find on the HTC One m8 now personally I don't think this is a terrible idea however it definitely looks much better in my opinion on the space grey version as opposed to silver or gold the sleep/wake button has been moved over to the side of the foam which is definitely a welcome change considering just how much bigger the 6 plus is and while I guess there is a protruding camera lens it ended up not being as big a deal as I was afraid of so yes when you set it down on a table it will wobble just a little bit if you touch the top however for the most part it's really not a big issue and the camera lens seems to be at least a little bit protected by that metal ring around it so I wouldn't really worry too much about it getting scratched up now don't get me wrong the 6 plus is still a very nice slab of aluminum and glass however it has lost a little bit of the specialness of the previous design just a little bit of a step backward in my opinion in return though you have a much much larger screen measuring in at 5.5 inches big enough to nearly fit the entire iPhone 5s in it because of this there's no way of getting around it the 6 plus is a huge phone Apple has included a new reachability mode which brings the top of the screen down by double tapping the home button and while I can see it might be useful for some people it's definitely not the most elegant solution put it side-by-side with the samsung galaxy note 3 and you'll see it's a bit taller while being both narrower and thinner and really use it feels about the same its pocketable and usable on a daily basis but this is definitely not a phone you want to use with one hand my friend gender from your average consumer did a great video getting people's reactions to the 6 plus which you guys can check out in the description but it does border on too big for a lot of people in return though you're getting one of the nicest screens on any phone period the 1080p resolution is just right for a screen of this size in my opinion and you're getting great viewing angles and excellent color reproduction paired with the iPhone 6 you're getting a bigger higher resolution screen that while it's not an enormous difference is definitely noticeable when you're doing things like browsing desktop sites just like when the Retina display first came out well basically all apps will work on the 6 plus those that haven't been updated yet or just being upscale which definitely looks a little fuzzy compared to an app that's actually meant to be running on this 1080p screen system apps like Safari are fully up and running with the new screen and they do give you a split landscape view kind of like an iPad in a few places however most of the apps that I use everyday Da'Ville use an update to support the new screen speaking of the iPad there's actually a new landscape mode for the home screen which while it's a nice option it can be a bit weird to pull your phone out of your pocket and have the screen upside down or sideways inside both the 6 and 6 plus you're looking at an Apple a8 which sports a 1.4 gigahertz dual-core processor 1 gigabyte of RAM and a quad core power VR GPU now this might not sound like much compared to quad-core Android phones clocked twice as high however don't let the specs fool you in Geekbench the 6 plus beats the note 3 significantly and single-threaded performance which is key for day-to-day use and even matches the multi-threaded score with only half as many cores it's no slouch in the graphics department either as it clears a solid lead over the new Moto X and the Manhattan GFX bench test put the 6 + & 6 side-by-side though and it's essentially a tie as both have identical internals when benchmarking your gaming after a while all phones will start to warm up now usually the phone will start to throttle back clock speeds slowing things down to keep the phone from being scalding hot and burning your fingers the Apple a8 is supposedly able to avoid throttling so I decided to put it to the test with the 6 and 6-plus alongside the 5s and the One m8 the iPhone 5s measured an it just under 37 degrees Celsius after 10 minutes very warm to the touch but not uncomfortably so the One m8 opt out just a bit higher still not unusable put definitely on the warmer side the iPhone 6 was a slight improvement however the 6 plus was basically cool to the touch except for a single warm spot on the side it's not a big deal but it's nice to see the 6 plus can stay nice and cool without having to give up any performance good job Apple and normal use the 6 plus is incredibly snappy well it's clear that iOS 8 still has some bugs to be worked out the you I almost always stays smooth and respond it's not noticeably faster than the already solid iPhone 5s in real-world use but it easily matches up to phones like the HTC One m8 one very disappointing part of the six plus however is the memory with a powerful 64-bit processor Apple bizarrely chose to go with just one gigabyte of RAM for the 5s and they've kept it the same this year on both the 6 and 6-plus now if you're just browsing Twitter or watching a few YouTube videos this isn't a big deal however all it takes is a couple tabs in Safari or a few apps open and multitasking you'll find yourself constantly having to refresh things now this is just silly I mean even the galaxy s3 back in 2012 had 2 gigs of RAM so why wouldn't the most powerful phones here 2014 only has one key it's just completely and totally beyond me like seriously this is just not cool now something that is cool is being able to unlock your phone with your fingerprint and while touch ID was a great feature on the 5s it's been improved here it's a bit faster and most importantly accurate where I would have to retry my print at least a couple times a week with the 5s the 6 plus is only missed my print once in the hundreds of times I've unlocked my phone in the last couple weeks while it's not out yet you'll also be able to use touch ID with Apple pay soon which looks seriously impressive another big upgrade on the iPhone 6 plus is the camera well it still delivers 8 megapixels like the last three generations the megapixel count devleague is the entire story side-by-side with the already excellent iPhone 5s there's less noise even in brightly lit shots which allows the 6 to hold on to more detail especially in extremely contrasting situations dynamic range is slightly improved and Apple's implementation of HDR still strikes a good balance between getting more out of the shadows and highlights without going completely overboard like on some other phones One m8 get a nice macro shot and you can pull off some decent depth of field one of my favorite ways to get nice looking images out of a smartphone there's also a temporary per second burst mode like on the 5s which you can get to by holding down the shutter button for essentially as long as you want in practice it can be helpful to make sure that you catch the exact moment when the action happens now phone 6 and 6-plus have identical cameras with one exception the 6 plus gets optical image stabilization other phones like the HTC One m7 have used this to great effect and so does the 6 plus by stabilizing the lens you can get longer exposures in low-light without making things too blurry or grainy it is a very solid job here allowing exposure to as long as a quarter of a second while still not losing detail even when you're shooting handheld an extremely low light even the stabilization can't solve everything but the camera does do a good job of holding on to detail even when pushed to ISO mm usually one of the biggest maker break features for me on a phone is the camera one of my favorite things is to go out and spend an afternoon instagramming now this is actually a big reason why I use the 5s for as long as I did just because that camera was so awesome and the 6 plus takes that up a notch on top of that the video is not too bad either as you guys can see the video is also impressive it's hard to tell how much the optical stabilization helps here as the preview window usually doesn't look too impressive but when you play the clip back there's definitely some very serious software stabilization going on it's hard to argue with for most video though even walking gets almost entirely smoothed out which is seriously impressive for a smartphone there's also now continuous autofocus and video it's a big step forward compared to before where you just didn't have any autofocus and video and while it does do a good job of tracking subjects it isn't quite as smooth at transitioning as I'd like noise also sometimes creeps into the video especially in extreme situations easily one of my favorite features is the new slow motion the 6 and 6-plus now shoot in either 120 or 240 frames per second and really allow you to capture some awesome stuff take something like stomping the ground boring at normal speed right slow it down though well the six bus won't be replacing my video gear anytime soon it actually is the best slow motion camera that I own and it's more than good enough for grab me a quick shot when I'm on the go one new feature on the 6 and 6-plus are new speakers interestingly it seems to be slightly different between devices the 6 gets louder but lacks bass where the 6 plus doesn't quite match the loudness but it does sound a bit more balanced the six-plus is a step up from the last gen but it's still no match for the excellent front-facing speakers on the HTC One m8 one of my favorite features of the 6 plus is the battery life our previous iPhones did pretty decent considering just how small the batteries were however with the 6 plus we're looking at at 2900 milliamp power battery giving it's a pretty impressive longevity for me this is absolutely a killer feature no matter how hard I use the phone I could never kill it a single day this alone is enough to make me go with the 6 plus over the 6 not having to stress about finding a charger at the end of a long day is such a big deal of course one major issue with the 6 plus is bendgate if somehow you missed it my friend Lou from unbox therapy was able to completely Bend the iPhone 6 plus by applying pressure behind the volume buttons several other people have found slight bends and normal daily use including Matt Honan from Wired in his review and while Apple is replacing these phones it's a bit worrying that your expensive new phone is so fragile I recently tested the 6 plus with a case over on TVs channel and while it wasn't able to completely protect the phone it should be more than good enough for daily use the Apple leather in silicone cases probably won't add too much rigidity although the silicone is surprisingly nice but investing in a spigen or Otterbox case probably isn't a bad idea while bendgate absolutely is a real issue it's also not severe enough for me to not want to recommend the iPhone 6 plus sure it won't be the most durable phone in the world but especially if you put a case on it it should be just fine if all things were equal I think the 4.7 inch iPhone 6 is a much more manageable phone for everyday use but there's more to it than that the 6 plus can absolutely replace a small tablet and the excellent battery life makes it the easy choice if you need a phone to last you all day and then some so what do you guys think is the iPhone 6 plus for you definitely be sure to let me know in the comments below also if you guys enjoyed this review definitely be sure to subscribe to the channel so you don't miss any more videos like this anyway guys thank you so much for watching and I will catch you in the next one