Since you have the 6s Plus and Moto X Style, I would appreciate your thoughts on how they compare and contrast. If you've already done so, please point me to it.
Or begin another thread if you prefer. Even though I like my 6s and the Apple ecosystem, I'm still attracted to the Moto X Pure.
Thanks.
No bother.
I have the white & champagne gold Style. The gold is subtle, much more so than either Apple or Samsung's recent gold offerings. The device is a slightly narrower and a little shorter than the iPhone 6S Plus. It's also lighter albeit by a few grams.
The pure is thicker than recent flagships at its thickest curved part but surprisingly in an never ending race to make thinner devices the pronounced curved and the obligatory Moto X dimple actually offer a far greater ergonomic feel in the hand than either the Note 5, S6 Edge + and iPhone 6S Plus. It has a balance in your hand that the others often lack.
The QHD display has shifted from Amoled to LCD and whilst some may lament this, I actually do not mind as beyond a shadow of doubt it's the best screen Moto have used in a phone. Whilst black is not as black as on an amoled due to backlighting entire screen the fact remains this is the sharpest, most accurately colour balanced and still remains extra Amoled saturated colour wise (should you want that Amoled saturation).
I tune the saturation down a notch in the display settings and looking at the same image on all my phablets there is a consistency between it and the IPhone 6S and Samsung devices (who I always set to either Amoled Photo or Basic for greater colour accuracy).
I had read that the Style/Pure's screen had poorer viewing angles and whilst this is possibly true the difference in my experience has been very small and almost negligible.
Both it and the iPhone 6S and the Samsung's offer excellent viewing angles and importantly for me there is also a parity in outdoor visibility. The new style matches the others and I have no trouble using any of them outdoors. Whilst it doesn't compensate like Samsung's devices boosting contrast and saturation to achieve this, it boosts brightness like the iPhone 6S which given my penchant for more colour accuracy I prefer its approach. But the fact all can be seen in outdoor sunlight is great.
Camera wise Moto have stepped up enormously this year, the new camera is very good let down by Moto's software which is simply not as intuitive as Apple's or as advanced as Samsung's. I use the Moto's focus finder and use the volume button to snap photos rather than the tap anywhere on screen method Moto employs by default. Picture quality and colour accuracy between all these devices are similar and in any given scenario shooting the subjects I normally shoot, any one of them could shoot the better image. Low light may be different but I don't shoot photos in that situation. Personally and it can't be emphasised enough here, I would be happy to take any of these phablets out with me to snap photos.
Battery life, well the iPhone 6S Plus (even with the Samsung chip) is still the champ here. Without clear stats but based on enough experience comparing battery percentage doing same tasks the iPhone would routinely give me 6-7 hours SOT and it's consistent. That consistency I find is something always missing in my Android devices.
The Note 5 & S6 Edge generally mixed usage / lots of calls / cellular activity and wifi mixed - give me anything between 3-4 hours in a normal day, however I have seen that as low as 2.5 SOT and as high as 5 hours SOT on random days.
It's a similar situation with the Moto X style, I'm getting around 3-4 hours SOT on average but again it's not as consistent as iOS and have seen that stretch to just over 4 hours and to slightly less than 3 on other occasions.
All devices generally last me regardless but the iPhone is the better until it comes to charging.
Here the X Style with its turbo charger is faster than either the Note 5/Samsung devices charging my Style from 3% to full in just a fraction over an hour. The Note 5/S6 Edge would take 15-20 mins longer on their fast charging at 75-85 mins to fully charge from empty. The iPhone 6S plus with the faster iPad charger will do 100% in around 80-95 mins.
Software - I'm not going to compare Android to iOS. There's no point, everyone should know the differences and if not a Google search or YouTube search will better yield more info. That being said I've always enjoyed both approaches to OS and I see a lot of similarity to the end goals even if the approach is coming from different sides.
Essentially any of these flagships are great phones. The best part of the Moto X Style / Pure experience however has to be the entry fee which at nearly 50% of the iPhone 6S plus makes it very good value. It may be close to half the price but it certainly isn't half the phone.
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