Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:14 pm
First off, I'll say I went from a Droid MAXX to an iPhone 6 because work is covering my phone now and we standardized. The iPhone doesn't match my previous Droid (I'll explain in a bit), but I did test the 6 and 6 Plus before switching.
I have fairly big hands with really long fingers, and in testing, I found out very quickly that the 6 plus is a "two-hand" phone. Some people are good with always using their smartphone with two hands, or they're using the smart part a lot more than the phone. For those people, maybe that's a good option. For me, a phone has to be usable both as a phone and a smart device, with one hand. The 6 Plus, IMO, just doesn't cut it for that; I couldn't comfortably reach the right side of the phone with my thumb when the phone was cupped in my left hand, nor could I get to the top of the screen. So the 6 Plus was out, and I'm not unhappy with that decision.
I can see why you might have been disappointed with a Samsung phone vs. Apple. Take Android and load it with TouchWiz and IMO, it is a cluttered, slower, and less updated experience. In comparison, the Moto X, Droid MAXX, and Droid Turbo have near-stock Android, which just works nicer --and they have Touchless Control. After comparing Siri to Touchless Control with Google Now, I have to say Siri doesn't even come close. And there's no car/driving mode on the iPhone. The past 12-16 months of Moto phones have been phones that automatically know when you're driving, and will listen for you to command them hands-free, or offer to read text messages aloud and then let you voice dictate replies. It was so good it makes my iPhone feel like a huge leap backwards. It's not because I'm a slave to Android --it's because I'm a slave to good engineering. Both phones (iPhone and Moto) have great hardware --it's the software that brings it home for me.
I don't think the iPhone 6 is a bad phone; I just think it's a slightly faster iPhone 5S with a larger display. I don't see any new revolutions, just mild improvements. And for similar pricing, I can get a 2014 Moto X that just does more, or a Droid Turbo if I'm on Verizon.
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