what's up guys my name's Brandon and the iPhone 6s was released back in 2015 and
even though it's a great phone and it's held up very very well over time,
surprisingly, is it still worth the money in 2020? and if you have one now should
you continue to hold on to it, or is it time to upgrade? Let's talk about it.
so yes the iPhone 6s and 6s plus are now five years old in 2020 and to put that
into perspective Wiz Khalifa's see you again song was all over the radio star
wars the force awakens was showing in theaters and the first ever Apple watch
was unveiled by Apple when the iPhone 6s was released and while that may make the
technology inside the iPhone 6s seem old it's still a very capable device that's
at least worth considering in 2020 and here's why so inside we have Apple's a
nine ship which is the same chipset found in the iPhone se and also in the
2017 iPad fifth-generation and even though we only have two gigabytes of RAM
the RAM management is actually surprisingly good given the age of the
phone and that's of course thanks to iOS 13 and Apple's consistent optimization
for older devices which is still to this day just unprecedented you don't see
that on Android or any other operating system and of course this device is the
current oldest device supported by iOS 13 and we'll talk about the future of
the success and when it comes to iOS 14 and stuff like that later on down the
road but yeah apps still open up fairly quickly and stay open in the background
for a decent amount of time I mean games are surprisingly still fun to play
without any major lag and you know typing and doing your typical daily
tasks is manageable with minimal lag I noticed just some minor freezing on like
the keyboard when I'm typing fast and also when I'm like quickly going through
the app switcher and going from one app to another it does freeze up from time
to time but that's kind of expected for a 2015 device and again that's likely
due to of course the age and the chip but also that minimal two gigs of ram
now one thing I will say is that if you've used any iPhone newer than the
iPhone 6s then you're probably going to be disappointed in how slow apps open up
and the overall RAM management but if you still have like an iPhone 6s now or
are upgrading from an even older device maybe like the five or the six or the 5s
it still works fine plus using this phone will build up your patience so
look at that as a plus as well you know I played games like fortnight and Call
of Duty and things like that and there is some lag and the quality is not the
greatest I mean it has Auto settings - not very great graphics especially in
something like fortnight but games are still playable you know I would probably
buy an iPad you know the cheap iPad if you're wanting to game I probably would
not recommend gaming on the 6s I would definitely not buy it for that sole
reason not at all but it's still doable I mean you're better off playing games
though that are a lot less intensive a lot more relaxed games like non shooter
games something like subway surfers and games like that run just fine on the
iPhone 6s year now speaking of storage the iPhone 6s came in a huge variety of
configurations so we had multiple colors but we also had 16 32 64 and 128
gigabyte model so if you were to get one in 2020 I would definitely go for the 64
or the 128 gigabyte models since the pricing is going to be similar across
the board regardless of your storage size can be like $20 difference between
the models and of course I will be talking about the price and you at the
end of this video because that is one of the biggest factors for buying the
iPhone 6s in 2020 but one thing I did want to mention also is that no matter
what configuration you get they are all gonna have two gigabytes of RAM so now
let's go outside of the body and talk about the build of the iPhone 6s so of
course the overall design of this phone is very dated and definitely looks old I
mean on the front side we do have the bezels and they are quite ugly I mean
obviously if you're used to the newer phones they are gonna be quite ugly but
if you haven't used anything newer than like the iPhone 8 then this is not gonna
bother you whatsoever so we do have the home button down here as well we do also
have the headphone jack down at the bottom with our lightning port and our
speakers right there they're not stereo speakers and of course on the back side
we do have iPhone with the signature s right there to signify that this is
indeed an iPhone 6s we do have the antenna bands which are pretty ugly but
once again if you're used to it and you've used phones you know like the
iPhone 8 or older it's not going to be a huge huge deal to you I do like the
chrome Apple logo there as well now in terms of the overall durability
throughout the years I've never used the screen protector on this device and it
does have a few scratches but it's actually surprisingly durable I don't
have many like really deep scratches I have dropped the phone a few times as
well you can see a little bit of scuffs there on the
and that also up on the top right here but nothing major this phone is
surprisingly pretty durable for such an old and such a fragile and you know
light device it's actually held up pretty well over the years and of course
like I mentioned we do have the headphone jack down here which is gonna
be a big deal to some of you guys who use like studio headphones and things
like that and you need a headphone jack you know if you maybe record audio from
your iPhone you need to listen to it back the iPhone 6s can be a great you
know cheap field recorder for you so there are lots of reasons why people
would still want an iPhone with a headphone jack and then we do have the
single fire ring 12 megapixel F 2.2 lens right there which does protrude a little
bit but it is a 12 megapixel camera so it's not gonna be terrible and
surprisingly it does have the ability to shoot video in 4k xxx and 1080 60 so I
wouldn't recommend anybody shoot 4k on this phone because even the 4k quality
isn't like terrific is that gonna blow you away
plus you're likely not gonna have enough storage to be doing that especially if
you got like the 16 there's at 32 or even the 64 gigabyte model you're not
gonna have a ton of space to be doing that but it is a possibility to shoot 4k
30 on the iPhone 6s this is the first iphone able to shoot in 4k the overall
picture and video quality is just alright like I said it's not terrible
but it's definitely not instagram-worthy you're not gonna be taking like model
shoots you're not gonna be shooting models or anything with this phone and
you know showing up in magazines or anything like that you're not paying a
cheap price for an amazing camera you're just looking for a camera that gets the
job done and over time I've taken so many pictures with the success and it
does get the job done it's not great for lighting or anything like that but it
gets the job done you do also have dual tone flash and HDR but you don't have
portrait mode or anything like that and I also notice that videos on the iPhone
6s just the regular success not the 6s plus are very shaky since the digital
image stabilization isn't really great on this phone however the iPhone 6s plus
has both digital and optical image stabilization so if you're planning on
shooting video go with the iPhone 6s plus over the iPhone 6s since it has
both of those stabilization options but once again for the price you're paying
you can't really complain too much about the camera on this guy now on the flip
side the front-facing camera also isn't terrible I mean it's
better than one megapixel like we've seen on previous iPhones it's a five
megapixel camera and facetiming on it is fine I mean it's not going to blow you
away with the quality but then again FaceTime has a lot of times determined
by the actual connectivity like your Wi-Fi connectivity so not gonna be a
terrible experience I mean it's not gonna be great it's gonna be it's
definitely gonna be grainy and videos and selfies taken are gonna be grainy
but it gets the job done as for the display on this guy we do have a 4.7
inch LCD panel with a resolution of 750 by 13 34 at 326 pixels per inch so
obviously not great in 2020 but it's still a passable screen it's not gonna
you know blow you away and if you have anything newer then
you'll definitely notice a difference in the quality but again you're not paying
like 100 to 150 bucks for a great screen to begin with so this should not be a
huge deal to anybody I was still able to enjoy videos and you know games and
playing things like that perfectly fine on the iPhone 6s now as for the battery
life you do get a 1700 milliamp hour battery and while iOS 13 did improve the
battery life a little bit it's still not going to get you through a full day
unfortunately you're gonna have to charge multiple times throughout the day
which is a little bit annoying especially since I do use some newer
phones so if you have used newer phones you're definitely not going to enjoy the
battery life on this but if you haven't you're gonna be fine with the battery
life you're gonna know to always you know be around the charge or have a
portable battery around you to plug in throughout the day because you're
definitely not gonna make it through the day with one single charge and of course
since we don't have a glass backing we don't have wireless charging we also
don't have fast charging on this phone so it is gonna take a little bit to
charge this guy up fully and if you go into my settings and go down to the
battery right here and take a look at my battery health you can see my battery
health here after years of owning this phone is down to 89 percent which
honestly isn't too bad for a phone from 2015 and I would definitely recommend if
you have this phone now or if you're gonna get it to definitely use optimized
battery charging to you know further improve and you know keep your health at
a good health like in the 80% once it goes down past that you probably got to
get a new battery and speaking of getting a new battery you can get your
battery place by Apple for 50 bucks so you can have them do it and everything
for 50 bucks or you can order your own battery and install it yourself for like
10 bucks it's super easy I've done it you can look up tutorials on YouTube
it's super super simple or you just have Apple do
50 bucks which honestly isn't too bad if you plan on keeping this for a good
amount of time so now let's discuss the price and if you should buy the iPhone
6s or 6s plus in 2020 so obviously Apple doesn't sell the
iPhone 6s anymore they haven't sold it for a good while now so you're gonna
have to go to a site like eBay or swap ax or Facebook marketplace
I prefer Facebook marketplace and eBay and meeting up in person a lot of times
I'd like to do that to check for scratches and things like that and I can
also usually they go she ate better in person but I've used all three sites
with success over the years and definitely eBay a lot of people always
have concerns about eBay but I've been I've never gotten scammed on there or
anything and I actually made a video for buying a used iPhone and how to prevent
getting scammed so if you won't watch that videos down and the description
below I think it's vital for buying used iPhones but anyways you can pick up a
used but good condition iPhone 6s for around 100 to 125 bucks and that's
regardless of the storage size like I mentioned for that reason I tried to
target the 64 or the 128 gigabyte models since they go for just like $20 to $30
more than the 16 gigabyte models and you're gonna thank yourself later
because 16 or 32 gigs is just simply not enough in 2020 I don't care what you do
with your phone or how little you do that is not enough space so spend the
you know extra a couple dollars and get a 64 or 128 gig model and obviously for
that price there isn't a better smartphone on the market especially
given the current support with iOS 13 and even after it's not supported with
iOS 14 which by the way this phone is probably not gonna be supported with iOS
14 but you will probably get security updates and things after I use 14 gets
released you'll just be stuck on iOS 13 but you'll still get security updates so
yeah I think it's the best phone on the market for that super low price so if
you only have a 100 to a 150 dollar budget
I say yes the iPhone 6s and 6s plus are definitely worth it in 2020 but only if
you like the size of this phone if you prefer a smaller form factor then I
think something like the iPhone se will be a better buy for you and that's
because it has these same internals as the iPhone 6s and just a much smaller
and more compact body as you can see right here the comparison in size
between these two guys now if you currently use an iPhone 6s or 6s Plus
first of all let me know down in the comment below because you are a trooper
still using that phone in 2020 it's not bad
Get Set but it just takes a lot of will to keep using that phone and not give in
to paying for the better phones out there but anyways should you continue
holding on to the 6s or 6s Plus and I say yes at least until you see what
comes out this year in 2020 we could be seeing the new iPhone se 2 or the iPhone
9 whatever it's gonna be called early in 2020 like within a few months and if
that does happen it would be the perfect perfect phone to update to since it'll
be a budget-friendly phone with fast internals and a better screen than what
you're used to but of course it's not going to be a better screen than like
the higher-end models like the iPhone 10s or the iPhone 11 or 11 pro but it's
gonna be a better screen than what you're used to I think it's gonna be the
perfect perfect option to upgrade from like a 6s to the iPhone 9 or iPhone se 2
so definitely wait until that gets released before you even consider
getting rid of your 6s or 6s plus so yeah guys that's pretty much it for the
iPhone 6s in 2020 let me know what you guys think about this phone do you still
have it did you have it let me know all your thoughts if you agree with me
disagree anything at all let me know down in the comment section below and if
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that's pretty much it thanks to you for watching and I'll see you soon