QUOTE(v1n0d @ Dec 23 2014, 08:42 PM)
Hello all, first timer here.
I'm a long time Android user, looking to switch to an iPhone. I was planning on getting a 6+ from the Apple store, but after reading through some of the threads in this section and I seeing that there are some complaints (especially about the signal quality and some slight lag on the 6+), I'm a little worried. Any 6+ users here who can share their experience with expected problems? I'd like to know if it's worth switching yet, or if I should hold on until a software patch is released.
P.S. Would it be worth considering the 5s instead of the 6/6+? The only major issues I see people complaining about for the 5s is battery life and bugs from the latest iteration of iOS.
Ignoring all the troll/fangirl comments about lag Android lag and whatnot, here's my 2 cents as an Android
and iOS user.
I've used the iPhone 4, Iphone 5, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7 (2012), Nexus 5, and iPad 2, and am currently waiting for my iPhone 6 (from Australia) to arrive.
From what I've read and tested personally, there is a very slight difference in performance between the 6 and 6+. Some of it is simply perceived performance, simply due to how our eyes need to track the pixel over the 6+'s bigger 5.5" screen vs the 4.7" on the regular 6. Some of it is actual performance difference, which can be due to apps or the OS lacking optimization, or the need to render a lot more pixels. It's not huge, though. One thing I've noticed about Apple is that it's always better to perform big version updates (eg: iOS 7 to iOS 8) updates via iTunes compared to OTA. No idea what the reason is, but a LOT of performance issues after upgrades tend to affect the OTA updated phones more often. It seems Apple haven't quite got their PC-free upgrades spot-on yet, despite promising us that more than 3 years ago.
With regards to the iPhone 5s. I think its still a very decent phone, provided you can deal with the small screen and slightly lower battery life compared to the 6. Usually, the "s" models tend to be better polished, since Apple has had a year to work out the little niggles from the non s models. The 5s still has a great camera (still better than almost any Android phone) and performance wise, isn't that far behind the 6. Remember it's pushing less pixels for the 4" screen, so the slower processor isn't taxed that much for all but the most demanding games.
Regarding the Android lag thing that some twat was talking about in another post, depends on phone. I've mostly owned Nexus devices, and lag is minimal to non-existant on my Nexus 5 running Android 5.0. Can't say the same for handsets with bloated skins like Samsung's touchwizz which will be janky even if you have a liquid-cooled 64 core phone, me thinks.
It's always a gamble future-proofing mobile systems. We never know what sort of optimizations or bugs the next version of iOS will bring. Apple might have learned some lessons and double-downed on stability (I personally never like Steve Jobs' Apple) for the next iOS, or they might be influenced too much by that crap headphone company they bought and produce something totally bloated and useless. Same story with Android - sometimes they take one step forwards and two steps back.