Hi everyone, Aaron here for Zollotech and this is the iPhone 6s Plus
This has been in use for over 2 years and I wanted to talk about if it's still good in 2018.
Now the first thing is the design. The design has been around for a long time now
going all the way back to the iphone 6 and 6 Plus like we have here.
and all the way up to the 8 Plus that we have here.
They're very similar in size and design
and many people really love this design or it was their first iPhones' design.
and this has held up pretty well, this is better aluminum than we had in the previous generation
where we had some really easily bendable and weak aluminum
but in this one they strengthened it. It's a little bit heavier because of that, but it's strengthened.
and you won't just bend it by putting it in your pocket this time.
Also, the overall design has really good antennas because of these antenna lines
they kind of tried to get rid of that later on with glass and it still works well
but the signal strength is usually pretty good in these as well.
So of course you've got your power button here,
your SIM card slot, and then
this one still retains the headphone jack. In fact it's the last generation to retain the headphone jack.
and Apple just stopped selling it recently.
So we only have one speaker here, we have our little microphone here and lightning connector which we're all familiar with
and of course our volume and silent switch on the side.
and then on the front of course we have our home button with Touch ID.
that's very fast; te second generation Touch ID
forward facing camera that's upgraded from the previous generation of 1.2MP to 5MP
This is not dual stereo speakers though, this is just for making phone calls
but we do have a decent speaker here
Now also aside from that we have an upgraded 12MP camera in the back
from the previous generation of an 8MP camera
so this is a significant upgrade and it still works and looks good today.
everything is still fairly fast and we'll talk about that a little bit more in a moment, but
See I can snap a Live Photo...we have that
we can 3D Touch and that's available as well
Now this is a 1080P LCD so it still holds up pretty well
In fact YouTube videos are still only available on the iPhones in 1080P
even on the XS Max and the newer phones
So that's something that YouTube has not allowed any higher resolution so we're stuck to that
so you'll see those in full resolution on this display
and the display looks great and if you have an issue
such as I have actually with OLED displays
as much as they look great
they have some issues as far as people that are sensitive to light like myself
so this uses Pulse WIdth Modulation and has a flicker
that some people can sort of see
or if you can't see it, it gives you headaches
and that's actually something I get. Now I get it less with the newer one
but it's something that you notice between the two
and of course on the older phone you have the larger bezels
but this phone now is probably a third of the cost or less than this one
so right now it's a pretty good value
now of course we have a little bit faster processor in the newer phones, but this is using Apple's A9 processor
and also has 1GB more than the previous generation phones, the 6 and 6 Plus
so it has 2GB of RAM; the XS Max only has 4GB of RAM
so it still doesn't really feel slow because of that
Now lets take a look at some of the specs as well as far as how fast things run
because this is actually pretty good
it has a good battery in it too. Because you have a lower resolution display
you can actually get a little better battery life.
so this has all day battery life
and people never really complained about the plus models with the iPhone 6 and 6s having issues with battery
Now lets take a look at the Geekbench numbers
this is just synthetic benchmarks, it kind of gives you an idea of speed old vs new. So if I open it up here...
we'll see, these benchmarks are from today
you'll see it's significantly faster on the multi-core and...
not even double on the single-core. Close...but
considering this is the latest and greatest and very fast
this is also very fast
There's not really as many issues as you would think with this odler device.
Now if we do something like...let's compare games here quickly.
I'll make sure they're closed, we'll close everything here
We'll do the same over here
Everything is closed on both, you'll see here
Lets see if we can open...oh, we'll open Minecraft on both
and we'll see how they perform...just opening a simple game
and you'll see the colors of whites are different
and that's because this has True Tone on the XS Max
Whereas the 6S Plus does not
Now some people like that, some people don't
and of course here is where you see the biggest difference in the displays
that edge-to-edge display
So if we "Create New", "Create New World"
"Create"
This will give you an idea of speed difference, but this is just loading it
You'll see it is a little bit slower, but not as slow as you would think
In fact, if I set this one down, you'll see
generally framerates are pretty fast and steady in this
So we have no issues here. You can get yourself dizzy it moves so fast.
So you don't really have many issues as far as that goes
So I wanted to show something that was a little more processor intensive
such as compressing 4K video
Not everybody does it, but this will use the processor
quite a lot
So we'll go into iMovie
Now I've got a movie here that I've create...they're identical
and they're some shots from my Apple Watch 4 Review
So if I go all the way to the end
you'll see it's two minutes and twenty-nine seconds
So lets set these down and we'll hit "done" on both of them
We'll move these over
We'll hit "share"
Then "save video"
and then let me bring in a stopwatch here
and then we're going to hit "4K". Lets see if I can hit this at the same time.
and we'll wait for it to compress and we'll see how much of a difference there actually is.
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You'll see the XS Max and the 6S Plus finished at pretty much the exact same time.
So this one actually completed first, but this popped up the notice that it was completed first
So that's pretty impressive given that this is 3 to 4 generations newer as far as its processor is concerned.
Now after 2 years of use, this has held up pretty well. So it's still fairly fast
and no issues as far as speed really. It runs all of the modern app
You'll get Group Facetime (when it comes out)
You just don't have Face ID, but many people still prefer Touch ID. In fact I still prefer Touch ID
even though the new phones don't have it.
I would rather have the ability to do both
I like the Face ID just for unlocking passwords on different websites
otherwise, I actually prefer Touch ID
I think it's faster, or it is faster and it's just something I personally like better.
but there are gestures on the new phone that aren't here and those are things you get used to as well.
So there's pros and cons to either one of them.
However, this is going to be good for another couple of years at least
because Apple is still going all the way back to the 5s
so I would imagine iOS 13 will be on this one or whatever it's called will be on this one as well.
The other thing you get with this is it is a tried and tested device.
It works well and you'll see that ti really doesn't have much wear.
there are some color differences here, this is where there was a case,
and this is where the case wasn't, so there are some color differences between it
on the original finish versus maybe a worn out finish
There's that, but it's not too bad considering its age and the amount of use its had.
Most of its life it was in a case or at least probably at least a whole year and
that's some of the damage from a case, so
the aluminum is soft enough sometimes that it, it can get dinged up just being in a case, other times it holds up just fine
Now the battery over those 2 years, lets take a look
The actual battery health, its at 87%
and 80% after 2 years is really ideal.
So it's doing really well and no issues.
this is plugged in every night to charge and I know a lot of people say not to do that, but
It seems to hold up better in my experience
I've always done that on all my phones
and once it hits 100% it kind of goes back and forth between 99 and 100.
and Apple is very sensitive about heat so they'll actually cut the power or voltage down
to keep it from getting too hot.
So if you just plug it in, use and don't worry about it, I think you'll be really happy with this.
and you won't have to worry about a crazy expensive phone
If you shatter a display it's about $120 versus $350 for a XS Max display to replace it.
So...there's some advantages here and there.
of course you've got stereo speakers, a faster processor
but you can still do a lot of things on here including some AR as well
So...there's not really a reason to upgrade of feel bad about this if you have it and you're content with it.
It's a great phone still and you still retain that headphone jack that everybody still loves.
I still look forward to the day where maybe I can use one again
I doubt that's going to come, but
it's something I miss still even though I still have AirPods, I still prefer the headphone jack.
but hopefully that helps and let me know what you think about the 6 and the 6s and the 6s Plus in the comments below
the older phones...maybe you even have a 6, or a 5s, they're still good phones
Just because a newer one is out does not make them bad
This one feels plenty fast because of iOS 12.
but let me know what you think in the comments below
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as always, thanks for watching. This is Aaron, I'll see you next time.
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