Yahoo Tech names Apple iPhone 6s ‘Smartphone of the Year’

“Smartphone makers released a slew of new handsets this year with big screens and high-quality cameras,” Dan Howley writes for Yahoo News. “And more than a few were up for the top spot in this list. But when it came time to pick the absolute best handset of the year, I kept coming back to Apple’s iPhone 6s.”

“The iPhone 6s is not only faster than its predecessor, it also gets Apple’s new 3D Touch, which fundamentally changes the way you interact with apps, by letting you press harder on the screen to access more features and options,” Howley writes. “There’s also a new 12-megapixel camera, though photos taken with the iPhone 6s look about the same as those shot on the iPhone 6, which is to say they’re beautiful.”

Howley writes, “Before you get yourself all worked into a tizzy about me being an Apple fanboy, you should know I use a Samsung Galaxy S6 as my personal phone.”

Read more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: Why would you “choose” inferior, derivative, patent infringing crap when you clearly know the identity of the world’s best smartphone? On a tight budget? Sell that piece of Samsung junk to the next sucker and apply the proceeds towards a real iPhone. The cost differential will be nominal.

And, BTW, the iPhone 6s Plus is the “Smartphone of the Year.” iPhone 6s is a close second.

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The Verge reviews iPhone 6s/Plus: ‘You should buy an iPhone 6S Plus’ – September 22, 2015
Financial Times reviews Apple’s iPhone 6s/Plus: The ‘s’ stands for speed – October 1, 2015
Ars Technica reviews iPhone 6s/Plus: 3D Touch and the A9 chip are the stars of the show – September 28, 2015
John Gruber reviews Apple’s iPhone 6s/Plus: Everything is new – September 23, 2015
Insanely Great: iPhone 6s benchmarks as powerful as the Retina MacBook – September 22, 2015
TechCrunch reviews iPhone 6s/Plus: ‘The camera alone is worth the price of admission’ – September 22, 2015
Mossberg reviews iPhone 6s/Plus: ‘The best smartphone, period.’ – September 22, 2015
The Verge reviews iPhone 6s/Plus: ‘You should buy an iPhone 6S Plus’ – September 22, 2015
USA Today’s Baig reviews iPhone 6s/Plus: 3D Touch, great camera add up to tempting upgrade – September 22, 2015