Apple iPhone 6 Plus 64GB

If you’ve laid your eyes upon the iPhone 6, then you’d already know how the 6 Plus looks. The two are exactly the same in terms of design, except for the size of course. Gone is the blocky shape with chamfered edges seen on the iPhone 5 and 5s – the anodised aluminium body is now nicely curved on the sides and the corners. While this feels pretty good in terms of handling on the iPhone 6, it does make the larger 6 Plus prone to slippage.

When we say the iPhone 6 Plus offers the highest resolution screen even seen on Apple smartphones, you might think it rocks a 2K display much like many Android flagships these days. We hate to disappoint you, since the screen on the 6 Plus is just a full HD unit. And yes, it’s the highest resolution ever seen on an iPhone – the iPhone 6 offers a 1,334 x 750 pixel display in comparison. In terms of capabilities and performance, the 6 Plus’ screen is gorgeous – with sharp text and vivid visuals. The large screen makes everything pop out – be it games or videos, and it’s a pleasure to work with productivity-related stuff too. Web browsing and working with emails and documents get a boost thanks to the screen’s size and quality, and it’s great in terms of both viewing angles as well as sunlight legibility.

Apple’s mobile platform is one of the most fluid, and even if you’re a first-timer, a chinch to use. Granted, it doesn’t offer as many customisation options as Android, nor the same flexibility. However, it’s highly intuitive and doesn’t require any learning curve. With the latest iteration, iOS 8, Apple has made it slightly more open though. Support for third-party keyboards – hitherto the sole domain of Android, has now been added to the platform… so it’s now possible to use options like SwiftKey and Swype on the iPhone. There are tons of other new features too, and you can get a lowdown on the key ones from our iOS 8 overview. Our iPhone 6 review has more on the software side of things so we won’t go into the details here.

If you’re bothered by the fact that the iPhone 6 Plus only comes with an 8-megapixel camera and can’t match those monster cams on current-gen Android phones, then let us assure you that there’s no reason to let this hold you back. Apple has never been in the megapixel race (or the specs game for that matter), and rather than offering more megapixels, focusses on pure image quality instead. The iPhones have always been great shooters across generations and megapixels aren’t true indicators of camera quality anyway. With the 6 and the 6 Plus, Apple has added even more features to make sure you get pristine images, and as we can make out… it has succeeded for the most part. Features like phase detection autofocus and optical image stabilisation (the latter is exclusive to the iPhone 6 Plus), the ability to capture panoramas in 43MP resolution, 1080p video recording at 60fps and slow-mo recording at 240fps are yours for the taking, and improve the camera experience and the results quite a bit.

The pure hardware specs of the iPhone 6 Plus won’t boggle your mind when compared to other flagships, but the key here is user experience and the device excels when it comes to that. As usual, Apple is cagey when it comes to revealing the exact specs, but it does say that the horsepower is provided by a new-generation A8 chip that’s supposed to be 25 percent faster in terms of number crunching and 50 percent better in terms of graphics. According to teardowns, the processor is a dual-core chip clocked at 1.4GHz and it’s mated to 1GB of RAM – and these hardly look exciting on paper. Real-life usage is a different story though, and the device flies in terms of pure performance. We didn’t encounter any lags or freezes no matter what we threw at it – and it shines in most respects. From productivity-related tasks to heavy games – the iPhone 6 Plus handles everything with aplomb.