My Iphone 6 on Review - FASTER TECH NEWS AND REVIEWS

Design

Apple's design overhaul is much-needed and as much as many could have hoped for – taking a number of cues from the iPad Air to bring a metallic, almost ceramic, shell that feels simply brilliant in the hand.

Say what you like about Apple, it's a brand that's always put design at the forefront of its new handsets. Even the iPhone 5S, probably the most unimaginative of all of Cupertino's handsets, had a strong build that screamed quality in the hand, giving the user the instant feeling of something worth spending a lot on.
The iPhone 6 pushes that idea to the next level, losing the sharp edges in favour of sleek and rounded sides that make the device much more pleasing in the palm. It just feels so thin, but doesn't have the overly-lightweight feeling of the iPhone 5S.
It's one of those phones that I'm actually sad feels so nice in the hand - when reviewing phones, proving oneself agnostic to whichever brand is critical, but Apple consistently shows it knows how to make a well put-together handset, and it's done it again here.
It just feels premium the moment you pick it up, from the vibrant and clear screen to the subtle curve of the display into the rounded frame.

There is a worry that this is a slippier handset than before thanks to the more rounded nature of the design, but then again with Apple (apparently) upgrading the glass in the screen to something that can withstand many, many more bumps and bruises before shattering, that might not be the horrid experience it might once have been.
The larger screen is certainly an improvement on the previous models – while I think 4.7-inches is going to be a tiny bit small for those that have lusted after their friends' Galaxy S5 devices with the 5.2-inch screen, it's still a very good size for one hand.

If it wasn't, then why would Sony have launched the Xperia Z3 compact and Samsung the Galaxy Alpha, both within 0.1-inch of the iPhone 6's screen size? The issue with the iPhone 5S, with the cramped screen making it almost impossible to peck out the letters on the keyboard, has now definitely been alleviated.
It's not got a great resolution, at only 1334 x 750 it's essentially 720p, but the new Retina HD screen looks brilliant. So much so that I thought I was picking up a dummy model to play with. It's another point that Apple fans will leap upon in the interminable Android vs iOS debate: if the screen looks good enough, then it's good enough.

There's more here than resolution too: the iPhone 6 packs wider viewing angles, deeper colours and a richer colour reproduction than anything else before it in the iPantheon, and that instantly brings an impressive feel when you pick it up.
And if you're so desperate for the larger resolution, there's always the iPhone 6 Plus to be looking at, despite that being more of a phablet / Note 4 rival.

Having said all that, and while I do think the upgraded resolution is a good jump for Apple, its not quite enough really for the spec fans. While I think the brand had it right a few years ago when it launched the Retina display, times have moved on.
Some people say that the Full HD / QHD displays on offer today from Sony, Samsung and LG are overkill, but there's no way that you won't see the difference in sharpness if you put the iPhone 5S and LG G3 next to one another.
However, it's the same PPI as the iPhone 5S, so the iPhone 6 might not stand up to sharpness tests next to the best the Android world has to offer.

It must be tremendously frustrating to create a quality, well-selling app and then find the resolution you coded for is now old news. The good news is that while you're spending hours making an iPhone 6 version, the phone will properly scale old apps to still work.
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have been confirmed to pack upscalers within the device, and combined with the improved iOS 8 developer tools to play with, there's no chance of unsightly black bars showing up.
Everything rejigs itself to fit the screen - while there will be some apps that are dubbed 'iPhone 6 ready', they'll be because the developer chose to upgrade them to make use of the new designs, not because they were forced to.

It's not going to be a perfect experience, but it's another example of Apple's decent ecosystem - it can now manage to keep all apps in line without an effort from a developer while still managing to offer good abilities to devs to update when they want to.