Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
If you wanted a bigger iPhone, today's your lucky day. Apple's released a 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and an even larger 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus. The newest iPhones are thinner than ever and now have a seamless metal casing with some lines for the internal antennas. The iPhone 6, which is 4.7-inches feels good and is quite useful for one handed use.
The iPhone 6's design is reminiscent of the iPad mini and also the iPad Air, gone are the chamfered edges that were introduced with the iPhone 5. The look is functional and the feel is nice and rounded, very ergonomic and extremely well balanced with the only noticeable protrusions being the extended camera lens on the iPhone 6 Plus.
One thing that I noticed right away was how crisp and bright the new Retina HD displays are and how responsive the iPhones are when opening apps and multitasking. The iPhone 6 Plus is interesting as it is somewhere in between iPhone and iPad territory, it might feel too large for iPhone 4s or iPhone 5 users but anyone coming from a Phablet or larger device will find themselves at home.
What is interesting about the iPhone 6 Plus is that it makes good use of the extra screen real estate when you run apps in landscape mode.
The apps adjust to fit the screen and add more information, not just scaling to fit. For business users or anyone who wants an iPhone but who also needs to work on mobile apps, the iPhone 6 Plus is a good option. The size, the availability of a 128GB variant (the first on any smartphone), makest it the ultimate device for iOS users who just want to carry one thing in their bag or pocket.
The new batch of iPhone 6 devices, which join the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s now give users the widest choice in devices, sizes and capacities. Stay tuned for an in depth review of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus as well as their accessories once we've had more hands on time with the devices.
iPhone 6 comes in gold, silver or space grey, and will be available in Canada for a suggested retail price of $749 (CAD) for the 16GB model, $859 (CAD) for the 64GB model and, for the first time, a new 128GB model for $969 (CAD). iPhone 6 Plus comes in gold, silver or space grey, and will be available in the Canada for a suggested retail price of $859 (CAD) for the 16GB model, $969 (CAD) for the 64GB model and $1079 (CAD) for the new 128GB model. Both models will be available from the Apple Online Store (www.apple.ca), Apple’s retail stores, and through Rogers, Bell, Telus, MTS and Sasktel, additional carriers and select Apple Authorized Resellers.