Why I love my iPhone 6
As an ardent smartphone user, what I usually look for in smartphone is the perfect amalgamation of hardware and software to give me a seamless experience. As a General Physician, long working hours (read battery life), a decent size of the screen which I can view from a distance during my OPD hours and a healthy mixture of apps which I can integrate and stay up-to-date with general news and that from my profession, are my main objectives. Not to mention data security and cloud computing — something I cannot live without.
I have been an Apple 5S user since the day it was launched and not once has it failed me. I have yet to experience a time when the phone felt sluggish or when the apps froze while I was using them. Touch sensitivity in iPhones is arguably the best so far compared with other smartphones. While android has its own advantages, delayed response (touch sensitivity) is something Google has to yet work. Not to mention the excessive RAM (2/3/4 GB) heating up the phone making its continued use very uncomfortable.
The only hitch I always felt for was lack of a bigger screen, which would have made the experience much more enjoyable. So last September Apple did not disappoint when they announced bigger iPhones with 4.7” and 5.5” screens.
Come October 17, 2014 and I was the proud owner of a brand new iPhone 6. To be honest, the phone has replaced my personal secretary and how I function. The 4.7-inch display on the iPhone 6 is arguably its best feature. It remains usable with one hand (even for those with smaller hands thanks to ‘Reachability’).
The resolution (1334 x 750 pixels) might seem less compared to other smartphones with 2K and 1080p displays, but fear not. The resolution is Apple’s “Retina Display” Standard (326 pixels per inch). The human naked eyes cannot detect difference above this range.
Coming to performance, the dual core 1.4Ghz Apple A8 chipset and 1 GB RAM might sound negligible when comparing android releases of chipsets having ¾ GB RAM. But as I said earlier, IOS 8 runs incredibly smoothly and quickly on the iPhone 6.
The stock camera application on Apple phones are among the best in the market and 8 megapixel camera of the iPhone 6 takes consistently marvellous photos no matter what the light conditions. So now you can say goodbye to blurry images thanks to the phase-detection autofocus system. While the iPhone 6 Plus comes with optical image stabilisation, iPhone 6 does not disappoint with its advanced digital image stabilisation and I love every bit of it.
The 6’s iSight rear camera has the ability to record Full HD 1080 video at 60 frames per second (fps). Considering that the 5S sports a similar camera — although at 30 fps — the 6 produces a slightly sharper picture.
The author is member of RC Panvel RI District 3131
