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Razeus

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Jul 11, 2008
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My 6+ experience has been terrible. It's the lack of RAM. I'm convinced. As soon as I can confirm the 6S+ has 2GB of RAM or more, I'm upgrading. The 6+ was intended to be my first 2-3 year device since I don't feel the need to upgrade every year anymore. But the safari tab loads, random app crashing, spring boarding, and skipping of music/podcasts every time I switch between apps or process photos is driving me crazy.

I guess that move will be for the 6S+. Step up your RAM game Apple.
 
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Luis Mazza

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Jun 2, 2015
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My 6+ experience has been terrible. It's the lack of RAM. I'm convinced. As soon as I can confirm the 6S+ has 2GB of RAM or more, I'm upgrading. The 6+ was intended to be my first 2-3 year device since I don't feel the need to upgrade every year anymore. But the safari tab loads, random app crashing, spring boarding, and skipping of music/podcasts every time I switch between apps or process photos is driving me crazy.

I guess that move will be for the 6S+. Step up your RAM game Apple.

Yes, you're exactly what Apple wants from you. Then there'll be the iPhone 7 and you will want it as well due to the beautiful new design and features... Or the 7s, which will fix the annoyances of the 7. And so on...
 

AppleUser2

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Jun 10, 2009
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I'm surprised metal has seemingly done NOTHING to help these already hideously stuttery animations.

Asphalt 8 for me drops frames and when playing spotify and browsing the system can't seem to handle it. I'm hoping that ios9 fixes these things.
 

PhoneI

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Mar 7, 2008
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I'm not sure if mine has a hardware fault - I've been to the Genius Bar twice because my screen keeps becoming unresponsive but they say it's because backboardd is crashing which detects touch input among other things. I've tried a DFU restore but it hasn't helped, but they insist it's software. Compare the amount of Jetsam Events a 6 Plus creates versus a 5 or even a 6 and it's no surprise that lots of people have been having problems.

If they are right and it is software, the phone is hopelessly underpowered. I don't want octa-core processors and terabytes of RAM, I just want a phone which is easy to use and I don't have to lock and unlock constantly just so the touchscreen detects my touches.

I really am glad yours works fine as, when it does work, it's the best iPhone Apple have ever made. But those moments, for me and many others, are increasingly few and far between. I just hope this isn't another iPad 3 situation and iOS 9 improves performance.

Same exact thing happens to my 6+. Screen becomes unresponsive for about 10 seconds. Genius bar insists its a software problem. Hopefully iOS9 will fix this.
 
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cambookpro

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Feb 3, 2010
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Same exact thing happens to my 6+. Screen becomes unresponsive for about 10 seconds. Genius bas insists its a software problem. Hopefully iOS9 will fix this.

I've been twice but they insist it's software still. I set up new from a DFU restore and it still happens, so I've got an appointment tomorrow and won't be leaving until I have a replacement. It's irritating beyond belief, and not what I expect for the money.
 

cambookpro

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Feb 3, 2010
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Same exact thing happens to my 6+. Screen becomes unresponsive for about 10 seconds. Genius bar insists its a software problem. Hopefully iOS9 will fix this.

Just got back from the Genius Bar with a new phone. They said it was something like a processor problem which I'm not really sure about, but hey, it hasn't frozen in four hours so I'm happy.
 
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Ludatyk

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May 27, 2012
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I'm just disappointed by the fact that theirs no landscape view for the Music app.

With the hype and long over due of Apple Music.. Surprised not much effort has gone into the 6 Plus, especially with giving 6 Plus the ability to use landscape in nearly all of the stock apps.
 

Hot12345

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Mar 1, 2015
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I'm just disappointed by the fact that theirs no landscape view for the Music app.

With the hype and long over due of Apple Music.. Surprised not much effort has gone into the 6 Plus, especially with giving 6 Plus the ability to use landscape in nearly all of the stock apps.

How about the landscape bug? Is that being fixed that is unresponsive touch in landscape mode.
 
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