hey welcome back to the channel and today we're comparing an iPhone 6s plus
to a russet potato here we go
so full disclosure on this we're going to be comparing a 2015 iPhone 6s plus to
a 2018 potato now that might not seem very fair but honestly the potato hasn't
seen much of a hardware upgrade since it was released in about 8,000 BC so it's
still a pretty fair comparison so this review is broken down into a few
different categories we have specs the build the camera the connectivity apps
and games and price so we're going to compare both devices in each category
and then see who comes out a winner for each category and who's a winner at the
end so let's jump right into the specs all right so first let's talk about the
potato the potato comes with a pre-installed skin that adds some
texture and adds a little bit of grip and a little bit of protection but it's
not going to be any major drop protection or anything the internals are
very solid with no moving parts whatsoever the contours of the potato
are really nice and it feels really good in the hand it has a really solid feel
and the curved texture of the potato makes it fit right inside the palm of
your hand so moving on to the iPhone we have some more detailed specs the iPhone
has a 5.5 inch retina HD that's the IPS display with 3d touch it's a resolution
of 1920 by 1080 it's got the 64 bit a 9 processor with embedded m9 motion
coprocessor two gigs of ram and it's about 6.77 ounces so for this category
the pre-installed skin on the potato is a nice touch but the advanced specs of
the iPhone 6s plus really mashes the potato in this category so jumping into
the build of the devices looking at the potato first it has a very nice you know
buddy design there's absolutely no seams and it looks like it's made for one
solid piece on the top front and back there's absolutely nothing there's no
ports of any kind except for one spot that looks like it might be a camera
lens but we'll talk about that a little bit more in a little bit here for the
iPhone there's nothing on the top for that device either but along the left
side we have the mute button as well as the volume up and down on the right side
is the power button and the SIM tray the bottom is the 3.5 millimeter headphone
jack the microphone Thunderbolt port and speaker on the
front of the device is the 5-megapixel selfie camera as well as the physical
home button the bottom that has fingerprint reader
that supports touch ID in terms of aesthetics I got to give this one to the
potato it just peels ahead of the Apple the unibody design in the curvature of
the case it fits so nicely in the hand that it's just the clear winner in this
category so moving on to the camera the potato this was a glaring omission from
this device there's absolutely no camera capabilities now I mentioned earlier
that there's something that looks like it might be a camera lens on it but
that's actually just a spot on the case and it's I almost feel like they're
deceiving us by putting a fake lens on there when the device has absolutely no
camera capabilities whatsoever the iPhone on the other hand has that
front-facing selfie camera it shoots at 720p and has an aperture of f-22 it
shoots pretty good but nothing crazy good but it's enough for for selfies and
video chatting the rear camera is also f-22 aperture but it shoots in 4k at 30
frames per second and you can also shoot slow-motion at 1080p at 120 frames per
second or 720p at 240 frames per second the rear camera supports optical image
stabilization and the pictures and the video are still really good on this
camera but even by today's standards even in low-light the colors are very
crisp everything's very clear and sharp so I
got to give this one to the iPhone it completely fries the potato in this
category the fact that they have that spot on the potato that looks like a
camera really kind of bothers me I wish they had just left it off and started
instead of trying to trick us into thinking that it has actual camera
capabilities moving on to connectivity now for the potato there's absolutely no
ports like I mentioned before but it's a soft enough case that you can actually
insert any kind of cable that you want even headphones but there's really no
capability so you don't know if the device is charging and there's no way to
start your music or even load music on the device for the connectivity on the
iPhone we have 802 11 AC Wi-Fi bluetooth 4.2 NFC a lightning connector and that
3.5 millimeter headphone jack so the iPhone again is the clear winner in this
category it absolutely bakes the potato now the potato has the ability to use
any kind of cable which is nice but the fact that there's no indicators
or internal storage in this device kind of makes that useless so moving on to
the apps and games for the potato there's absolutely no way to load apps
or games onto this device and I haven't been able to find any that are
pre-loaded the device does come pre-configured for one game called hot
potato this is a high-intensity survival game but it's multiplayer but local
multiplayer only there's no single-player campaign and you can't
play a multiplayer online but if you have a bunch of friends in the same area
it's actually a pretty intense and fun game the iPhone on the other hand has
access to all the apps and games that are in the App Store
it supports even the new stuff because the operating system that's on this
device as of the time of this video it supports all the way up to 11.3 which is
the newest one and I've yet to find any app or game that didn't perform great on
this device for something like pub G you might have to set the graphics down to
medium instead of high but it still runs great and looks great and it's very
playable so although hot potato is a really fun game the limitations set on
it where it's only local multiplayer is a little too limiting for my taste so in
this category the iPhone really scallops the potato now moving on to the price
this is where there is a huge discrepancy the potato you can buy an
individual potato for about 39 cents or you can buy a whole five-pound bag for
about 2 bucks the iPhone on the other hand if you buy it new from Apple which
I do not recommend would cost you 550 us for the 32 gigabyte version or 650 us
for the 128 gigabyte version the reason why I say I wouldn't recommend that
buying it from Apple new is because you can buy it used or refurbished for about
200 to 400 dollars if you look on something like SWAPO or Craigslist or
Facebook marketplace you can find a really good condition used one for
significantly less than you would buy a new for from directly from Apple so for
price the clear winner is the potato really juices the Apple in this category
so the clear winner in this comparison is the iPhone the potato does win in
terms of aesthetics and price but the limitations of
not being able to get any feedback when you plug cables in no clear way to load
apps or games onto the device and the limitations around hot potato or a
little bit too much the unibody device is really nice and you can't beat the
price but the functionality of the iPhone 6s Plus, even in today's market with you
know the flagship phones that are out now it still does a really good job
takes great pictures it's still reasonably fast the battery life is
great and I think you can still get the battery replaced at Apple at a
discounted rate if you need to the new version of the OS removes the throttling
limitation so you can turn that off for your your older devices and I can still
recommend buying this again I would buy used I wouldn't buy it new from Apple
because that $550 or $650 price is a little too much if you just want
something that's a little easier to use feels good in the hand and you don't
care that it's that one game then you know for 39 cents a potato is something
you can't beat so thanks so much for watching guys please leave a comment
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