Rockfest, Steve Jobs was convinced that large smartphones are not bought. However, through the big Android competition, Apple had to refine. For the iPhone 6, there is not the 4 inch display, but it measures 4.7 inches in the diagonal. Very sharp the screen with 1344 times 750 pixels on and it is very bright. In the optimal range is the white point and on a good IPS level lie color space and contrast. Compared to direct competition, the housing dimensions are somewhat large and especially the side frame can be narrower.The smartphone is eight millimeters high with the outstanding Kameralinse and the device is by 129 grams beautifully light. Thanks to the round design, the iPhone 6 is beautifully clean in the hand. The aluminum back feels great and the workmanship is at the top level. The Power-Button moves to the side, but it is easy to reach. Features include Bluetooth 4.0, LTE Cat4 and WLAN-ac. The lightning connector and the fingerprint scanner must not be missing. At Apple, the iPhone 6 is offered in three storage versions. At 16 GB is the entry model, the middle variant is the 64-Gbyte version and the mega version offers a whopping 128 GB. The three variants are available in the usual colors of space gray, silver and gold. Everyone has to decide for themselves how much the smartphone is worth. With the camera again 8 megapixels are offered and this with the new focus technology. With 1.13 seconds, the camera focuses on the iPhone 6 and compared to the competition is not very fast, but the focus is also kept with movements. A panorama and a slow-motion mode are offered and there is the serial image function. The iPhone 6 Plus remains the optical image stabilizer reserved. The camera always makes good shots in any case and sharp and bright pictures succeed in artificial light and in daylight. With 8.4 delta E, only color fidelity could be somewhat better. The photos rush noticeably in low light, but the subject remains very bright.  

The iPhone 6 offers iOS8 and A8

With the fresh dual-core A8 comes the new iPhone 6 therefore and Apple makes for this no exact details. According to benchmarks, it should be able to access roughly one GB of RAM and clock at about 1.4 GHz. The Motion coprocessor is available for monitoring the many sensors of the iPhone and this is the so-called M8. Even though the Android competition with four cores and at 2.7 GHz is on the road, the combination with iOS8 and iPhone dual core is invariably fast. The system runs without any jerks, fluid and fast. Compared to its predecessor with iOS 7, a significant increase is noted. The iPhone 5S took more than a second time to open messages, contacts and the browser. These things can do the iPhone 6 in well under a second.  

The operating system and the battery

On the modern surface optically with iOS8 little changes. In the mobile phone from Apple for it many new functions are packed. Apps can share data and network with one another. Widgets were introduced by Apple, which are found in the news center. Words are hit by the keyboard, and the user learns to write. The app developers can now also load the alternative keyboards into the store. Purchased content such as movies or apps can be lent to other iTunes users with the family release. The automatic forwarding from the web pages to the App Store is prevented by Safari advertising blocks. Health is a health app that collects data about nutrition and development at a central location. Siri is the Apple voice control and it can be activated with it. The activation also works where the display is off. It is often assumed with the iPhone 6 that the run times are longer, the battery is larger and the case is bigger. Not quite 6 hours surfs the smartphone at full display brightness and this is not a very good time. With just over 5 hours, the phone running time is among many other modern smartphones. The Ladderauer is also about 2.5 hours also a little long. The acoustics of the iPhone is quite different. Very successful are the voice quality with the telephone and the very good music player. The conversation partners are always very well understandable, loud and clear.  

Apple Pay and NFC

In the iPhone 6 Apple was added an NFC chip. Thus, there is the possibility that cashless payment will work. Unfortunately with other devices does not the fast data exchange. Apple Pay as payment service was initially started in the USA. With a payment terminal with NFC the smartphone is held and so can be paid very quickly.