I Think I've Been Brainwashed

[Julien]

I consider myself very knowledgable not just about Apple but the tech industry as a whole at the hardware level...I think the 6 Plus is having trouble now because of the gigantic bug we call iOS 8....

Having trouble? With 74,000,000 iPhones sold last quarter every compony in the world wishes they had that kind of "trouble".

 

[iamMacPerson]

Having trouble? With 74,000,000 iPhones sold last quarter every compony in the world wishes they had that kind of "trouble".

Not trouble for Apple, trouble for the end user. Its a cash cow for Apple, but I am constantly running into bugs with iOS 8.

 

[technosix]

I consider myself very knowledgable not just about Apple but the tech industry as a whole at the hardware level and I still went with the 6 Plus knowing before I bought it that it was down sampling the image. The "s" models are typically more powerful then the models they replaced, but the numbered upgrades are still more powerful then the ones they replaced. The numbered upgrades also seem to have more changes not only internally but externally as well.

I think the 6 Plus is having trouble now because of the gigantic bug we call iOS 8. If iOS 9 is as good as everyone is hyping it up to be, I think that is the OS the 6 Plus will really shine on.

If this year's refresh will be dubbed the 6s, I'll be getting the 7 Plus in a year and a half. The 6 Plus is an amazing phone that has had it short comings exposed by iOS 8.



That's a tuff one to figure out at this point. Personally, I don't think it will have the worst resell value. My guess is it will follow in the footsteps of the first gen iPhone and iPad. In 7 years or so it will reach a low point then skyrocket in value. Look at the first gen iPhone. They hit a low of about $50 a phone and just recently started going back up. Last I check, for one in good condition, they are going for around $120.

You have some very good points that I agree with.

In retrospect, regarding resale I should clarify : I meant to say I believe the iPhone 6 / 6+ will be_ proportionately_ the lowest resale percentage wise, not in total dollars.

But as we know only time will tell, who knows how the market will react. Especially since Apple tends to get so much positive media coverage no matter what. That's part of the legacy Jobs left behind.

 

[BvizioN]

Not trouble for Apple, trouble for the end user. Its a cash cow for Apple, but I am constantly running into bugs with iOS 8.

Is that effecting only iPhone 6 plus? Because I been using the regular 6 and I have had not e single issue (except with third party keyboards) and I have many time wondered what do people find so buggy about iOS 8!!!

 

[matrix07]

Do I need one? No.
Do I want one? Oh hell yes.

Is it something that you must have? No.
But you sill going to buy it? Of course.

Sums me up perfectly. lol.

 

[iamMacPerson]

Is that effecting only iPhone 6 plus? Because I been using the regular 6 and I have had not e single issue (except with third party keyboards) and I have many time wondered what do people find so buggy about iOS 8!!!

No I've had some issues with my Air 2 as well. One that is constantly happening is I'll be listening to a song and then all of a sudden (maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of the way through) it skips to the next track. And it'll keep doing this until I quit the Music app and reboot the device. Then there are other small issues with my phone where the display will become unresponsive for 1-2 mins. At first I thought it was a hardware probkem until my brother (regular 6) complained about the same thing.

This is in addition to the slight lag on the 6 Plus that I blame on the down sampling. I think if iOS 9 frees up some resources it will do better at rendering the display.

 

[QCassidy352]

Yeah, people asking for GPS confuses me a bit. I'd want it only for one purpose - to track down the watch if it is stolen or lost.

For running. Pedometers are not accurate and carrying the iPhone too defeats the point of wearing the watch.

 

[8CoreWhore]

It's wrong to think of the Watch's dependence on the iPhone as a negative.

Let's say Apple said, OK, we are only going to put in it what it can achieve by itself. Well, it would be missing a ton of features because you can't fit a cell radio and GPS in there, and it would not work with apps on the iPhone.

It's not so much that it's weakened by its dependence, it is strengthened by its ability to leverage the power of the iPhone, and all your favorite apps.

This is no more a "watch" than the iPhone is a "phone".

The iPhone is a computer in your pocket that happens to also make phone calls. And Apple is redefining what exactly it is that we are watching on our wrists.

If you think of the battery life in the context of time pieces, it's terrible, but if you think of it in the context of this whole new category that does all that it can do, the battery life is acceptable.

You have to weigh the convenience that having this device provides you with the inconvenience of having to charge it once a day, and possibly topping it off for 15 minutes once a day.

To me, it is totally worth it.

I rather have an Apple Watch with "poor" battery life than not have an Apple Watch at all.

The other value-add this Watch provides me, aside from all the other advertised features, is - I plan on keeping my iPhone 5S another 2 or 3 years - (I am that happy with it) - and this Watch enhances the iPhone, saves some iPhone battery life (I'll turn the screen on way less), and adds Apple Pay to my life without needing an iPhone 6.

I've been wanting a SUUNTO watch for ever but kept balking due to its $300+ price. The Apple Watch does what it does, and way more and I'll be buying it the day it comes out.