For my review, I chose the iPhone 6 Plus because I recently bought one myself after having an iPhone 5 for the last two years and it is quite a jump in size, but I love this phone! I'll go right down the line in order of what professor said should be included in this post.
1. Price
Unless you have some kind of cell phone service plan worked out with your provider (which I assume most people do, the 6 Plus has a scary retail price tag of $750, $850, or $950 for 16GB, 64GB or 128GB, respectively. That is clearly insane for a mobile phone being you could buy a whole laptop computer for that price, but cell phone service providers make it much easier; for example I got mine added to my monthly bill for only an additional $30 a month... much better than shelling out almost a thousand dollars for a phone. Here is a works cited screenshot from apple.com
2. What it does
Since it's launch in 2007, the world has become familiar with iPhones and they are more or less a household product; seems like everyone has one with the exception of the occasional android. That is because this product is easy to use and can do some incredible things. Speaking strictly about the 6 Plus now, it has Apple's newest "A8" processing chip and about 1GB of RAM. Some people are a bit disappointed with only 1GB of RAM being the comparable Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has 3GB of RAM, but unless you are constantly taxing your phone and running multiple web pages and apps all day long, 1GB is sufficient. I use my phone constantly, for both personal and class use and my 6 Plus has yet to show any signs that it can't handle the memory load.
Another great feature is the 2900+ milli amp hour battery, to put it in perspective, the iPhone 5S had about a 1500 milli amp hour battery, and even that battery was hard to kill in a day (according to friends of mine that have one). However, the battery in the 6 Plus is a monster and personally I have yet to kill it in a single day. Depending on usage, I charge my phone every other day, sometimes even being the night of the second day when I go to bed. To put it simply, if you have 25% or so battery, the chances of it dying before you get to a charger are remote.
3. Competitive Products
To be completely honest, as much as I like my iPhone 6 Plus, I will admit there are certainly (strictly speaking) "better" phones depending on what you are looking for, two possibilities being the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, and the LG G3. Both of these phones have 3GB of RAM compared to the iPhone's 1GB. Both competing phones also have the ability to capture video in full 4k resolution, which is state of the art today, and absolutely crystal clear. The 6 Plus can capture video in 1080p, meaning 1,080 pixels per inch, which is also incredible, but not as impressive as 4k (4,000 pixels per inch). A third hit the iPhone takes in this category is although the battery is huge, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4's battery is a little bit bigger, but also removable, unlike the iPhone, which I think is a game changer. If you were to buy a spare battery for a Galaxy Note 4 and for example, go camping, you would have about 4-5 DAYS of battery life available to you with no charger needed, because you can simply take out the empty battery and put in a charged spare... something you can't do with an iPhone.
Also, Apple boasts about the rear camera on the 6 Plus being 8 megapixels, and including image stabilization, which is basically a way that the phone keeps your picture stable and clear for when you take a picture, even if you are shaking. However, the LG G3 also has this same image stabilizing capability, but with a 13 megapixel camera, which is nearly double. The Galaxy Note 4 does not have this feature, but it's rear camera is an incredible 16 megapixels, which is just ridiculous... so basically if you can keep your hand steady, you have literally twice as good of a camera.
4. Personal Experience
Although it may sound like I am making the 6 Plus out to be the lesser of it's competition, I still think it wins at the end of the day simply because of how easy iOS software is to use. I tried to use a Samsung Galaxy phone once and there is just too much going on at one time when looking at it; there's a million and a half unnecessary features which may make it seem better, but I would rather have less features and have them be as useful as what Apple put into iOS 8 than just have more bells and whistles than I know how to use. Also in my experience, I use a Macintosh computer, which works so harmoniously with an iPhone it is incredible. I can send and receive texts and FaceTime both on my phone and computer, and if I start typing something on my phone, it will appear on my computer and I can pick up where I left off, and vice versa. But back to strictly talking about the iPhone 6 Plus, it's an awesome phone, and unless you are super tech-busy and need a phone that is basically more powerful than any phone we've seen before like the Galaxy Note 4, the 6 Plus stands its ground and I think it is the way to go.
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