“Look, the iPhone 6 Plus has a lot going for it. Its battery is like, so much better than the iPhone 5s. The camera is even better than the iPhone 6! And the screen! Holy screen!” Jonathan S. Geller writes for BGR. “But there is one big problem here… most of you just picked it because it was the ‘better’ and more expensive option.”
Geller writes, “I think there’s a good chance that over half of you that ordered the iPhone 6 Plus are going to end up returning it for the iPhone 6, which is already substantially larger than the iPhone 5s.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Did you order an iPhone 6 or an iPhone 6 Plus? If so, why did you choose the iPhone you chose and do you think you made a mistake?
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No mistake here, I did my research & I know I’ll be happy! Yeah, I’ll have an “iFablet”©™ or “BAP” Big @$$ Phone but I don’t care! 😉
I even created a cutout with cardboard backing and tried it in various pants pockets, held it in landscape and portrait modes. The fact that it is full HD and 64GB of memory will be great.
The author is confused and I am an idiot reading that shit and responding to it in the first place.
One factor not a lot of folks discussed is weight. 6+ is approx 1.5oz heavier than 6. One is going to feel it if uses for long periods of time.
+1
I ordered the gold 128GB iPhone 6+. No second thoughts. No hesitation. Going after the big diff compared to my 64GB dark gray iPhone 5S. Even if I do end up paying over the next 20 months a premium price near that of a lap top. Yow!!
I’ll have to hide it from my family and my more moderate colleagues and friends. They’ll think I’ve lost my mind, as I struggle to pull it out of my pants pocket.
This article is pure worthless click bait crap. What drives someone to write such an offensively negative article that has no basis in fact whatsoever? Not only is it personal opinion but it’s personal opinion on something that can’t be judged yet! And writing an article with no value, and no point other than to tell people they made a mistake? Total crap.
I haven’t upgraded my iPhone 4 yet, but I’m going to the iPhone 5s. I’ve liked how easy it is to slip the 4 into my pocket all these years… I have a calculator the size of the 6 Plus and no way can I see carrying that thing around comfortably. I never did like the bigger Samsung phones I saw in the past either. TOO BIG!
So basically, when people order things sight unseen they might not have made the best decision? What insight.
Optical stabilization!
Stabilical Opticization!
Stacazical Optibilation!
Stalagmites!
Popsicle tantalization
Stalactites. Did you know, an effective mnemonic for distinguishing them from stalagmites is to place the two words in alphabetical order, which will indicate the spatial order as determined by gravity?
Tites go down. Need I say more?
I always remembered it because stalacTites are on Top.
G for ground
C for ceiling
No confusion.
That’s the way I was taught to remember the difference.
I just remember them as one gives you bugs from sleeping on the ground in a POW camp, the other, dripping calcium “still lactates.”
It took me a whole day before I fully understood your wonderful puns
Seriously, I hope you dint spend a whole day on it. I drank 7 beers and thumbed for about 37 seconds.
Do not leave, stay. I appreciate your essence — i am beginning to sense it
K, but I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about breadsticks, and if you’re a widow, sorry about that unless you hated being married.
Seriously, you need to consider posting more often. If something happened to me, the World Wide Web would be gasping for philosophical relevance. Yes, I am claiming Socrates’ breadstick (no scepter for a sorry widow)
Um, are you slapping me down? I can’t tell coz I don’t reed good. Fer real: if you want me to go away, get me 40 one-star votes and I’ll disappear from MDN forever.
I like you baldheadedjohn
I feel like I just got knighted. That’s important, right?
‘T’ shape shows it hanging down.
‘M’ shape shows it building from the ground.
Stalactites hold tight.
Stalagmites might reach the ceiling.
Stalactites hold “tight” to the ceiling, stalagmites, “might” reach the ceiling one day! 🙂
I recommend changing their names to Pointy Ups and Pointy Downs. Does anybody know how to work petitions?
A stalagmite trip you over. That’s how I remember it.
I am going to order a iPhone6. I don’t need a phablet sized screen. If i need a bigger screen ill use my iPad. Also i worry about a larger phone not fitting into my pocket.
I think the REAL surprise will be that Apple keeps selling the “small” iPhone 5S at a brisk pace. It’s still better than any smartphone that does not have an Apple logo, and it’s now $100 less expensive, $150 less for the 32GB model. Available immediately. And the iPhone 5C will become MORE popular than before, now that it is the “free” option.
By the end of this iPhone model year, Apple will start working on a “new” small iPhone to replace the iPhone 5S in 2016, even while the larger iPhones enjoys their own success.
That’s what I’m expecting for, because, if for updating my iPhone I have buy such these new size I’ll keep my 5s till I find something that fits my needs. 4 inch is maximum of a mobile ‘PHONE’ for me.
Yeah, I expect the 5S will become the 5… T, or something, where it will get Pay and the other goodies.
I got the space grey 64gb 6+. I just felt like I needed to pay more than others.. Actually I wanted something drastically different than what I have, with the option to return it and grab the smaller one. My friends with S5’s always say they wish they had the note 3 for its screen size so that’s kind of what I’m building off of. Also I did a pocket test with the note 3 and it fit just fine, so the thinner 6+ seems like it will work for me
That’s exactly why I went with the 6+. I’ve had an iPhone since Day One (I stood in line), and I figured, why not change it up? I also have huge hands. My 5S doesn’t even cover the space between the inside base of my thumb and the web of my fingers, so I imagine I’ll be able to manage the 6+ just fine.
And then there’s the optical image stabilization…
I got the 4.7″ iPhone 6.
After using the Note 3 for a month earlier this year, I knew I wanted a larger iPhone. For the 30 days using the larger phone, I rarely grabbed my iPad for anything other than specific work-related things, which were minimal
No regrets on the +!
No mistake here either. I ordered the 128GB model. The selling point for me between the two models was the optical image stabilization and battery. I did research, printed out a cardboard mockup to see how it fits. Will be just fine with me.
I did the same thing with cardboard, even layered it to get roughly the right thickness to it as well. Even my 14 yr old daughter said she’s take the 6+ … which is good, because that’s what she’s getting in a year!
This is a dumb article. The author should provide his/her rationale in the article! Maybe they want us to buy 6(es) so they can purchase more 6 a Plus (es).
I think the rationale is that he had to write something people would click on. I bought the 6+, but only after “testing” it with a cardboard model.
I got the 6+ larger screen better camera in that it has image stabilization. I pay extra for camera lens with that IS and a lot more than the iPhone 6+ costs. So I know what I am getting and I’m happy with it.
Lol. I need a bigger screen to have more real estate to be able to see it better. Period. The 6 isn’t a large (no pun intended) enough difference over my current 5s. Thus, I want the 6+.
Why is this hard for some people to get? Some people (myself and others) need the larger screen because of our crappy vision! 😉 We want to not have to use our reading glasses all the time with our phone.
If you don’t, cool. Stop bitchin’ about what *we* need and want! We will love it and have been waiting for it since 2007.
(Oh, yeah: ordered 6+ 128 Gray this AM 🙂 )
Interface elements are actually a little smaller on the 6+ display due to the higher pixel density.
There is a zoom feature to actually make use of the real estate as an expanded larger screen, not just as a place to show more stuff: http://www.apple.com/iphone-6/display/
I do get your point, however. But Apple lets us have it either way depending on use case.
I have to use glasses even with the iPhone iPad iPad mini
Or desktop so size makes no difference. I suspect I might need a magnifying glass to use an apple watch. I was able to navigate ios6 things like podcasts without glasses. Now with ios7 not a chance!
I ordered an iPhone 6 16GB Space Gray. It specs at almost the same size as my Nexus 4 (LG made unlocked Android) with about an extra half inch of height and it is far from a Phablet.
iPhone 6, 64Gb Space Grey.
Incidentally, had no problem here logging into Apple.ca and placing my order at 7:00AM
(Ottawa, Canada)
By about 3AM Pacific there was no problem getting in. But the first few hours were impossible. I know, I tried (and tried).
“a very huge mistake”
“Let’s see, hmmmm, how can I earn my paycheck this week? There must be some utterly trivial or non-existent problem I can blow WAY out of proportion, and then get all bombastic and doom-‘n-gloom about. Yehhhh, the new iPhone, that’s the ticket.”
“over half” are going to return it. Ohhh, just piss off. Idiot.
Ordered iPhone 6+ so I could eliminate the share plan for my iPad mini.
i agree. was strongly considering the 6 plus but ultimately went with the Gold 6 @ 128 gb.
the plus will be nice for games, browsing etc, but not when you have to carry it around in your back pocket
iPhone 6 -128GB
Was I was sure I just wanted the 6, but I made a wooden mockup of the 6 plus and carried it in my front pants pocket for three days. I would pull it out and hold my 5S on top of it. Turns out I likde it, not so big as I imagined. Of course I am 6′ 3″ and have pretty large hands. My wife went for the 4.7 however. She gets hers on the 17, mine Oct 13 to 24. Damn.
You had wood in your pants for 3 days?
You should see his wife…
Not just any wood… plus size wood!
I pre-ordered the Space Gray 6. If I find myself wanting a bigger iPhone then I’ll just get the iPhone 6s Plus next year. No big deal.
6 Plus 128MB Space G – optical image stabilization for the video camera a BIG deal.
many of the things I do on the iPad 3 will now be done on the phone… it may even go to the GF.
I ordered the iPhone 6+ 128GB, I got it because it’s like an iPhone/iPad with its screen so I’m happy, the only mistake I made was not ordering it earlier. Month and a half wait time ugh.
I’m waiting to see and feel them before making a decision.
That’s what she said! 😜
Apparently you can feel CupertioJoe’s wooden one if you’d like.
I preordered the 6 plus and no I don’t feel like I made a mistake. I ordered it because I wanted a large screen like the galaxy note and I also got it because I feel the optical stabilization is going to help all of the blurry pictures I currently take on my 4s
I ordered the 128GB iPhone 6 Plus in Gold. (Was debating about the color up until the last second.)
I didn’t make a mistake. I put a lot of thought into whether I should get the 6 or 6 Plus. After looking at some “actual size” pictures I decided the 6 Plus was big enough that I can cancel my iPad mini’s data plan and sell it…the 6 Plus will be the one device I need. It will simplify my life. Lots of my friends have ginormous 5.5″ androids and have for a while and they love them and they get along just fine. I will too. Very soon, it’s not going to look weird to pull a 5.5″ phone out of your pocket in public…it’ll just look normal. Apple sets the standard.
Real fanboys don’t let their friends drive androids. Help them come to the light, or else shun them. They are not clean!
I’m getting one since I’ll save money from getting an iPad also. The size will “alleviate” my need for iPad (hopefully :P)
I chose the iPhone Plus 64GB, cause 16GB isn’t enough for me, but the main reason I chose the Plus is because of the resolution, battery life (much better than my old iPhone 5) and the camera features. Only downside is that I might not be able to fit it in my pocket and I do a lot of walking/running with my dog while listening to music on my JayBird bluebuds wireless headphones. I’m perfectly fine with a larger screen.
I thought about the gym thing too but I decided if it really bothers me having a phablet at the gym I’ll just get an iPod nano like it’s 5 years ago.
I didn’t even realize that the 4.7″ was cheaper. I ordered the 5.5″ because I’ve played with other phones that are the same size. An iPhone 5s with a Mophie batter case is about the same size (thicker, but slightly smaller in width and height). I did a cardboard cutout and checked all of my pockets. I also checked on other phones whether or not I could use it one-handed (I can, by shift-gripping the phone).
The only downside to the iPhone 5.5″ is that it will stick out of my back pockets presenting a slight risk, and slight awkwardness when sitting with the phone in my pocket.
The optical image stabilization, longer battery life, and larger screen make it worth while.
Cost wasn’t a factor.
I never realized until all this hullabaloo that people actually put their phones in their back pockets and sit on them. I’ve never done that, and I don’t think I’ve noticed anyone else did it either. It’s always the front pants pocket for me. I never thought it would be “ok” to sit on your glass phone like it’s a leather wallet.
Yep, up until I got the Mophie battery case, the iPhone 4, 4S, 5, and 5S all made an outline in my jeans due to the bumper cases (the original iPhone, 3G and 3GS never had this issue).
I suppose it’s possible to damage the phone if you just dropped down on your behind on a hard surface, but that would be hard on your body as well.
6+ Gold 128GB
OS
1080p
Battery
Price
Listen, I took a Casio scientific calculator and it has the same measurements. Actually it’s a little bit bigger. I put it in my pocket. For Levi’s slim fit, it’s right at the maximum size before discfort. Any bigger, is too big. Apple has a solution for one handed usability, until I actually have it in my hands and I use it for an extended period of time, I won’t cast judgement. I believe I have enough justification to avoid buyers remorse.
I almost went with the Plus, but the screen was too big! Going from a 4 to a 6, I,m sure I’ll be happy with the increased scene size, but also happy with the slimmer fit.
What an idiot. I do not need some bottom-feeding ‘expert’ on the Internet telling ME what I should or should not buy. I’m probably twice this ass-wipe’s age, and perfectly capable of deciding what’s best for me based on experience gathered using my three consecutive iPhones and an iPad.
I don’t give a toss about colour, it’ll be in a case; spec is everything, so 6+, 128Gb. I need space, streaming is useless with the networks I have available, plus I take LOTS of photos, (image stabilisation is important here), I read lots of books, so screen size becomes important, and I use my phone for navigation, both car and on foot, a large screen makes reading Ordnance Survey 1:50 and 1:25k contour maps much, much easier.
The 6+ is pretty much everything I could want in a phone.
And I don’t need this jackass to tell me otherwise.
Carrying also isn’t an issue; I don’t wear my sister’s or girlfriend’s jeans, I wear combats and skate shorts for comfort.
I purchased the iPhone 6 Plus 128gb option witch finally enough screen and memory to keep me from needing an iPad. It serves a dual purpose for me and there justifies my purchase
Got the 6 Plus 128 GB. I was considering an iPad mini for my photography with WiFi DSLR. But the bigger phone with more pixel density is highly anticipated. I like to upload photos from DSLR. Need memory for video and songs. I do play music off the cloud, but it’s frustrating losing connection or not having it hiking. I just tell Siri “Shuffle Songs” and I like to have a lot.
I ordered the 6 as the 6+ would not fit into the front pocket of my work shirts.
My dress shirt pockets measure 5″ wide, 6 inches deep. You sure you didn’t measure your wife’s blouse?
BGR gets it wrong again?
No! Say it ain’t so!
What’s really hypocritical is, before the release everyone bitched how they like there 4 they like the 5, it’s to big, my hand is to small. Holly shit, yet the monster phablet sold out in seconds. Maybe You’s have penis envy and should’ve gotten an android to start with but, thought the iphone made u look smart. I’ll tell at I got the 6 not the plus. I got the the big hand amongst other things you wish u had. I know when enough is enough!!!!!!!!!
What the fuck is that word salad supposed to mean?
Well, maybe I should give the kid some credit: At least he spelled “should’ve” correctly. So there’s that.
That there was some linguastics, I liked it. When peninsula rubs against isthmus you get such pidgins and ya got to love this planet with its Van Allen belts that give rise to genetic mutations and various ways of thinking
The link between your typing finger and your little grey cells seems to have an intermittent connection. Does your Android ‘smart’ phone have spell check? Are you angry because your mom chewed you out for not cleaning your room?
I ordered the iPhone 6 Plus because of screen size, resolution, battery and since I’m getting old, something shrinks so I have more room in my pants for the phone! Glad I bought it. I now won’t buy the iPad mini but will buy the new Apple Pad & Apple Watch & Apple Shoes, Apple Hearing-Aide with Bluetooth, Apple Coffee Maker using K-Cups.
I have an iPad mini Retina. It dwarfs the screen on the iP6+. So, whatever you do, don’t go into an Apple store and start playing with a mini. You’ll end up wanting one, even if you do have an iP6+.
Ordered 4 for the family. A 128 GB space grey 6, a 64 GB space grey 6, and two 64 GB silver 6s. No one wanted the iPhablet, all but me wished there were a 4 inch or smaller version. My 20 something sons want the 5S size display not larger.
I preordered the iPhone 6 Plus 128gb. I made the absolute correct decision. I use to love my iPad but stopped using it because I had many tasks that kept me on my laptop anyway, but have been thinking about getting an iPad mini. I love the idea of something in between that has full call and cellular capability. I never hold my phone to my head anyway, I always always use my headset, so that part doesn’t matter. I would have been fine making calls from an actual iPad mini, but this thing is more portable than an iPad mini and it’s not as ridiculously huge as people say. I have big hands and can grip even an iPad mini in one hand. I went with the size because for the first time we can now get 8 times (!!!) the storage space instead of just 4 times. I already used a 64gb iPhone before, but now I will be able to store all the things I use to enjoy always having on my iPad, not to mention all the iPad quality apps that will be coming to this new phone.
Basically, the main disagreement for most people seem to be huge and too much space, but I got those covered and am fully aware of the size and space.
To long winded. Shut up!!!!
You should talk. At least he made sense.
When you get to grade 4, you will learn the difference between ‘to’, ‘too’ and ‘two’. For now, leave the posting to the grown ups.
I ordered a 6+. I cut out a piece of foam core to that size and is very close to the same thickness and tried it in the pockets I normally use for my 5s. No problem. As far as holding it up to my ear, I rarely do that anymore anyway … 90% of the time I’m using bluetooth to my car or earpiece or speaker phone.
How was the sound when you held it up to your ear? My old 4S was too quiet. Did you get good reception on your iFoam 6+?
I had a Note 2 for a while. Sold it and went back to iPhone 5–not because it was too big but because I just prefer iOS over Android. So a large screen running iOS is ideal.
I think he’s talking through his ass hole.
Does anyone know the exact dimensions of the screens for these phones? The diagonal measures don’t help; I need the height and width dimensions. I would like to compare their areas. Tx.
When I bought my MBP 17″ years ago, it was just 2″ more than the MBP 15″, which does not seem like much. But the 17″ screen had a surface area that was about 40% larger than the 15′, as I recall. Since then, I calculate and compare screen areas, not diagonals.
Does anyone know the screen areas of the 5S, 6, and 6+ ?
It cracks me up. Before all the haters of a bigger phone bitched. Now, that’s what everyone’s getting. The phablet. Next everyone will just mess up iOS and iphone will become android. Thanks enjoy
I will buy the iPhone 6S if they come out with. 4.7″ version. But of course people will make fun and call it iPhone 6 Small.
I’ll go for the Plus, given that it isn’t too big compare with the 6, it’s is huge compare to 5S. Even if I chose the 6, I’ll need to use both hands, and for the Plus for sure both hands too, so my thought is why don’t just get a bigger one? Given that the Plus packed more cool features e.g: Optical Image Stabilization, 2 million pixel screen, and better battery life (a lot better). I doubt that it might even sound louder. Cause the scenario for iPad mini and iPad Air is exactly what I’m talking. iPad Air much more louder.
I think there’s a good chance that Jonathan S. Geller is just fucking stupid.
Sorry, I meant to put quotes around part of that.
iPhone 6 – just the right size. I’ll use my mini or full size iPad for surfing, games, etc. most of the time.
Sadly, I made the choice based almost entirely on battery life. If the iPhone 6 had just a slightly better battery, it would have been no contest.
I’m not at all worried about using the iPhone 6 Plus. I’m just worried about how it’ll feel in my pocket or when making phone calls. But I’ll deal with it. I’ll give it a try, and if it doesn’t work out, I’ll return it in exchange for the 4.7″.
F@ck you! This article is totally worthless. What a non-issue. Waste of time, move along.
F@cking useless link bait BS.
I ordererd an iPhone 6 yesterday because already that iPhone is larger than I would really like it to be. The 6 Plus is way too big! I think his feeling that many just ordered the 6 Plus because it was the best/the most expensive is right and people actually will return to iPhone 6 sooner rather than later
iPad like UI was the selling point for me ^^
That’s an overlooked feature that will be huge 🙂
The writer ignores the pent-up demand for a large screened iPhone that i evident in sales of large Android devices and in evidence from Apple’s internal discussions released in the patent dispute with Samsung. It would be more reasonable to say that the majority of 6+ pre-purchases were made by people who had been waiting for this product. Of course some purchasers may decide it is just too unwieldy but I doubt that the return rate will be high. The dedicated “fanboys” amongst us will probably buy both.
As for me, I am going to have a look in the store when they are available. The 6+ may be useful for film-making and for GPS in the car – I have a 4S which I may keep for everyday use but which is too small and fiddly for web browsing.
There is no rush – ApplePay won’t be available outside the US for some time and I am not sure about the Watch – I haven’t worn my super-thin Longines analogue watch for years because having anything on my wrist annoys me.
iPhone 6. The 6 Plus was too big. I am sad I don’t get some of the features as the 6 Plus and I didn’t need a bigger phone. But I am really looking forward to the speed and hopefully longer battery life.
I’m keeping my iPhone 5S. It’s the perfect size for me. I’m kind of amazed actually at how small text and images can be—way smaller than postage stamp size— and still be perfectly readable to me. We are all individuals aren’t we. I think John Lennon got it wrong when he said “I am you and you are me and we are all together.” (love using that shift/alt/K).
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are altogether
Pointless article?
I hate people like Geller that think we are all idiots that are incapable of reason and that we need him to enlighten us.
Ordered the iPhone 6 plus.. Then After ordering it I cut, I made a mock up just to be sure.. It’s big.. I have my doubts. But the the iPad mini almost never lease my side, so in some way it’s smaller also..
I just pre-ordered the iPhone 6+ 64gb silver. I can’t wait. I’ve been waiting for a large iPhone for a while now.
6 plus. I bought original iPhone & research apple closely. 6plus is star of this show. There is always someone Bad Mouthing apple & it’s products, either from stupidity or monetary reasons
No Plus for me. I’m not a phone gamer and I don’t want to spend the extra cash. But, upgrading from a 5, I am looking forward to the TouchID.
Ordered the 6 because I need a new phone andit fits in my pocket, barely.
Ordered the 6+. Didn’t think I would until I read the parts about full HD and optical stabilization and better battery life. I’m a professional television news cameraman and video editor and one client has me regularly shooting their CEO with the iPhone. It was a no-brainer for me to get the 6+.
I ordered the iPhone 6 because of size. I think that the Plus is way to big for a mobile phone.
iphone 6 64gb Space grey for me. Money no issue but it is just the right size
I ordered exactly what I wanted. The writer of this article must think we’re all morons who don’t know how to pick products that we want.
Why would anyone pay any attention to the aimless thoughts of the clowns at BGR? Except to laugh at them??
I have to hold both before making a decision. The 4.7 inch is pushing it as too big!
I went 6+ because of battery, first. Then, the horizontal orientation advances, then optical stabilization, then screen size, for the extra real estate. Older eyes need larger text. This screen size should facilitate that better.
I have held a friend’s Note to see what it will be like (yes, I shivered holding a Samesung), and, it really wasn’t THAT much bigger to hold, than my 5S.
We’ll see.
IPhone 6 for me. I don’t want a bigger phone. I have a current iPad Air and mini. It’s possible that after holding the 6 I may bail back to the 5s, although unlikely
I got the 64GB 6+ because I’m hoping I find I don’t need my iPad Mini anymore. The full size iPad has always been too heavy for reading in my opinion while I prefer it for other things so I’m thinking the 6+ can do more and let me get the full sized iPad. I REALLY don’t want all 3! I almost never use the iPhone held up as a traditional phone anyway. Speakerphone or earbuds so thats not a consideration either.