There is a huge difference between the 5 and the 5s. There isn't much of a difference between the 6 and the 5s at all really except slightly bigger screen, NFC payments, rounded edges, and a 6-8% performance difference. The regular 5 and 5c don't even have the A7 processor in them unlike the 5s.
Yeah but that's not your argument. You were trying to say there was no interest in a 6 plus, which I disagree with.
I will agree that for 5s owners, upgrading to a 6 doesn't make as much sense but a 5s to a 6 plus is still a decent upgrade if you are ok with the larger screen.
Battery is a 2900ma battery in the 6+ and 1800 in the 6. Battery life is comparable with the 5s, but slightly better than the 5 or 4 series. Some reports though showing the battery not nearly what is being hyped to be in the 6 especially with the bigger screen size. Most of the big android phones with 5.5 inch 1080p ips screens go with a 3200ma or bigger battery for a reason.
Comparing raw battery size between an Android phone and iPhone is not valid. The OS has a lot to do with battery life and we know Apple is extremely aggressive in optimizing iOS for battery life. Granted this is largely due to controlling how apps work but also what apps can run and when. Traditionally, Apple's iPhone gets top notch battery life and at the end of the day, it doesn't matter if your phone has half the battery size as the other guys if it does everything you need and gets comparable or better battery life.
Umm wtf is this statement? Apple isn't doing anything better or worse for the same features that have been present on Android phones for a long time. Apple is putting out a quality product with the 6 series I am sure. But to say that the features in the 6 are just "better" than Android equivalent is stupid.
Exactly what it says. Two companies can implement the same feature, but one has a better implementation. A lot of times, it's not the company with the new technology or feature that wins, it's the one with the better implementation. And by implementation, I'm not always talking technical implementation but from a marketing standpoint.
In this case, with NFC, I think Apple is hitting the perfect storm. Other companies have already done the hard work of getting NFC capable credit card terminals to merchants. Anyone who hasn't upgraded to an EMV compliant credit card terminal needs to do so soon. And the new PCI 3.0 compliance rules kick into effect which means merchants need credit card terminal or POS software upgrades.
Apple on occasion innovates and then sits on their laurels for a long time. The original iPhone with gorilla glass was HUGE. Until then, all smart phones used plastic screens and had pressure based touch interfaces. The screens got scratched easy and ere easily broken. It was because of Apple and Steve Jobs, as well as many chinese engineers, that figured out how to correctly cut gorilla glass small enough to use on a phone. Corning couldn't figure out how to do it with their product at all. That was a huge break through in smart phone technology. Massive innovation.
Agreed. That is Apple's biggest problem. They get something new or cool and they just sit on it until everyone catches up.
Later, having a nice camera on a smart phone that was equivalent to any pocket snap shot dedicated camera was huge. It put apps like Instagram on the map. Speaking of which the App store was an amazing innovation. I used to use windows 6.1 mobile for smart phones way back in the past. Finding application to install was a major PITA if you weren't a complete and total geek into this stuff.
But since then, Apple has rested on it's laurels. The upgrades since basically the 3GS have been only incremental in nature. Hey it happens. Truthfully, I don't think there is going to be much of a break through innovation wise needed for smart phones unless we get something super futuristic like we see in movies with holographic projection or something like that. Even that I doubt will be good.
Apple right now is just keeping up with Android in terms of upgrade changes. There isn't any doubt to that, but at least they are still putting out a good product. A bit over priced in my opinion, but good none the less. They are basically charging for brand name at this point similar to designer jeans.
To be fair, I think that Android phones have been largely iterative for a while now as well. Where Android has a leg up on iPhones is the more varied device sizes and form factors which covers practically anything anyone wants and the more customizable nature of Android. At this point, the iTunes ecosystem is probably the iPhone's biggest plus. But I'm invested in that iTunes ecosystem and iOS still has the best edutainment apps, especially for young children. And my mom likes Facetime and the iPhone is the only thing she knows how to use when talking to my kids or my brother's kids.