The iPhone 6is here ! It ’s flowing and rounded , just like the leak photos we ’ve been take in for months . But now we lastly love what ’s inside that Jony Ive - designed shell . How ’s it measure up to the stiff smartphone contender ? Let ’s see .
First things first , screen size of it . Apple boosted the iPhone ’s screen to 4.7 inches diagonal , up from just four inches on the iPhone 5 . That ’s still modest than the competition , most of which has passed the five - inch cross . But then again , Apple ’s also stick in a 5.5 - column inch jumbophone , the iPhone 6 Plus , to perhaps fill the lust for bigger screens .
It ’s deserving noting that the regular - size iPhone 6 ’s Retina HD display only draft 1334 x 750 resolution and 326 ppi , while every other telephone in this chart hits the full 1920 x 1080 and greater than 420 ppi . Given how Retina works , that ’s perhaps an apples - to - oranges ( hah ! ) comparing . Smartphone displays have gotten pretty awesome across the board , but if you ’re looking for the self-aggrandizing HD screen in a “ normal ” sizing phone , nobody can beatthe unexampled Moto X and its 5.2 incher right now .
On memory , too , Apple is going for the ( much ) bighearted is ( much ) well mantra : The company has done forth with the mid - range 32 GB iPhone , opt for 16 , 64 , or a gargantuan 128 GB of built - in computer memory . The new - for-2014HTC One M8andSamsung Galaxy S5can both stretch to 128 GB , but they require a MicroSD lineup to get there . It ’s up to you , I guess , to decide whether removable depot is a blessing or a gist .
Apple yield the iPhone a big boost withtwo new powerful chip : The A8 duple - core processor get 13 percent small , 25 percent quicker , and a full 50 pct more energy efficient compared to last generation ’s A7 . That last number is in particular important , since the regular - size of it iPhone 6 ’s barrage fire , on paper , is pretty puny liken to the 2800mAh nuclear reactor in the Galaxy S5 . It ’s worth pointing out that , while the A8 ’s 1.4GHz and 1 GB of tup look pitiful compare to the Moto X and Galaxy S5 , Apple ’s cow dung is optimized in - house , return Apple the opportunity to take full advantage of that revved - up Modern mainframe .
Then there ’s the M8 fitness trailing chip , which can track your bodily function when you ’re run , walking , cycling , or climbing stairs — the built - in barometer senses elevation changes . More on the M8 ’s capabilities here .
And while the fresh “ smaller ” iPhone is still substantially taller than last year ’s model , compared to the competition from the Android and Windows Phone camps it ’s still positively svelte . If you ’re looking for a phone that wo n’t burden your pockets , the iPhone 6 has the low profile of all the flagship smartphones ( Nokia ’s Lumia Iconis ever so slimly shorter , but wider and blockheaded ) . The fresh iPhone is way thinner and way lighter than the competition .
Other than that , small details abound . Apple has finally sign the iPhone with NFC , as part of a moderately comprehensiveplan to make your cash and reference visiting card disused . Apple ’s quite late to the NFC biz here , but maybe Apple Pay can give the fledgling spigot - to - pay technical school the boost it take to realize far-flung acceptance ?
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