preface:
iPhone In recent years, we have always carried a backpack with poor innovation. After all, after the iPhone 4, we have really seen a bright future. There has never been an iPhone that wants to live or die, and we have never forgotten to eat or sleep. There has been a call for a large screen iPhone since the release of the 5S. As a result, we are really looking forward to another 4 inches. However, by 2014, the large screen iPhone finally came. This time, we have worked hard, After all the difficulties and obstacles, I finally got the 16GB retail version of the iPhone 6 in Hong Kong. With the lightweight iPhone in my hand, for the big screen Android, is it a wolf or is it really a wolf?
Main parameters:
Exterior drawing appreciation:
Apple has changed the design style of the iPhone 6 series packaging box. There is no full-color photo of the model on the front. Instead, a layer of phone contour similar to relief is used to echo the curved glass screen of the iPhone 6. The word "iPhone" on the side is divided into gray, silver and gold according to the color of the iPhone body in the package.
The front of the iPhone 6 is finally not a family face. After the curved glass screen is replaced, the hand feel of the iPhone 6 has improved several levels. Although the screen is larger, the comfortable feeling in the hand is not provided by the right angle design of the iPhone 4 and 5.
There are mute switches and volume keys on the left side of the fuselage.
There are power keys and NanoSIM card slots on the right side of the fuselage.
The back is the camera, noise reduction microphone, fill light, Apple logo, and model information.
At the bottom of the fuselage, there are still headphone connectors, lightning connectors and speakers.
Since the power button is moved to the right side of the fuselage, the top of the fuselage is empty. From this perspective, you can also see the prominence of the iPhone 6 camera. It is up to you to see whether you can accept it.
One of the biggest changes of the iPhone after the use of the large screen is that the power button is placed on the side of the body, which is easy to operate. After a long time of baptism, the design that Samsung has used since the early generation of Galaxy S has finally been adopted by Apple, which pays attention to user experience. Regardless of what reference or not, it can at least make users more comfortable with the design of the phone, I would like to praise without reservation.
The Home key on the front of the 6 is still integrated with the pressing fingerprint identification function, and the surrounding metal decorative ring is the same as the 5S. However, the Home key on the 6 is finally no longer loose, and the stronger hand feel can bring better feelings to users (of course, not surprisingly, many people will continue to use the disabled ball and squint manually).
The thickness of the iPhone 6 body is only 6.9 mm, which is very thin. However, the prominent camera makes the iPhone 6 unable to lie on the desktop completely, and it is also easy to be worn in daily use. For users, a protective sleeve is essential.
Close up of front arc glass screen:
This is the design I most admire on the iPhone 6. There is no one. In addition to the excellent hand feel, the new design is very beautiful in the light.
Full LOGO.
Screen performance:
The iPhone 6 has a 4.7 inch IPS LCD screen with a resolution of 1334 × 750, and the pixel density is still 326ppi. This parameter has started in the current Android flagship FHD. Thinking of the era of 2K screen, it can be said that it is outdated. In actual viewing, it is obvious that the edge of the font is not sharp enough, and you can see obvious pixels closer.
Fortunately, the screen of iPhone 6 still has high brightness and contrast, very full colors and excellent visual angle. There is no problem in daily use, but if you like watching high-definition movies, you'd better spend more money to buy an iPhone 6 Plus.
Hair color and visual angle:
The iPhone 6 screen maintains Apple's always excellent tradition of bright hair, full color, natural transition, and accurate color restoration. It can be said that except for PPI, it is the current top level.
The screen viewing angle of iPhone 6 is very good. There is no whitening phenomenon at large angles, and the brightness attenuation is less than that of the machine we tested before. When viewed at 45 ° angle, the brightness is full, and there is no whitening phenomenon.
The screen of iPhone 6 (below) works well when it displays black, but the white panel on the front of the body will cause the light emitted by the screen to scatter to a certain extent, making the periphery of the screen light up in a circle, which has something to do with the use of a thick glass screen with curved edges.
The backlight of the iPhone 6 (right) screen is even and there is no obvious light leakage. However, the HTC M8S used for comparison performs better in this respect. After all, the maximum brightness of the iPhone 6 screen is much larger than that of the M8S, so it is not surprising that the M8S effect is better when displaying pure black.
Display picture effect comparison:
Camera:
The camera, noise reduction microphone and dual color temperature fill light of iPhone 6 are decorated with a ring of polished bright edges, which is very delicate and beautiful. The shape of the fill light has changed from 5S capsule to round, so that many people questioned the authenticity of spy photos when they first appeared.
The number of camera pixels of iPhone 6 is still 8 million, but Apple claims that the new sensor can make the focusing speed faster. In actual use, the auto focusing speed of iPhone 6 is indeed improved compared with that of iPhone 5S, especially under the condition of ordinary light.
In addition, the camera adopts F/2.2 aperture, and the sensor pixel size is 1.5 μ.
In iOS 8 released by Apple, camera functions have been improved, The iPhone 6 can click any point on the screen to focus and measure light, and it can directly adjust exposure compensation by sliding your fingers up and down while clicking. The operation is simple and intuitive. On the 4.7 inch iPhone 6, this function is very easy to use, but on the 5.5 inch iPhone 6 Plus, you have to be careful, because the curved aluminum shell of the iPhone is slippery, and it will fall down if you are careless.
The biggest improvement in the camera of iPhone 6 this time is that the 240FPS slow motion video recording function is added. When the 240FPS slow motion is enabled, the video resolution will be reduced to 720p, which is naturally to reduce the amount of data processed.
The HDR function of iPhone 6 will automatically turn on when a large contrast environment is detected, and the screen will prompt the user to press the shutter key at this time to record HDR photos.
Photo proof:
The proofs under sufficient light have very good detail expression, and the white balance is slightly warmer.
In this sample, iPhone 6's color restoration is cooler than the actual situation.
A sample of flashing lights in full black.
The actual ambient light of the sample under general indoor light is yellow, and the white balance correction is relatively strong.
Indoor HDR sample
Under the same conditions, when the flash is turned on, the white balance turns seriously red, and science cannot explain it for the time being.
This picture was taken in the corridor of the previous group of samples. The color in the picture is close to the real light condition (but it is not that yellow in fact).
When HDR is turned on, the image purity is acceptable, but the details are lost seriously. Although the high sensitivity of ISO2000 ensures the brightness of the image, the image quality is really not flattering. I believe that the iPhone 6 Plus equipped with optical anti shake will perform much better than the iPhone 6 under the same conditions.
Daytime proof (compare with Samsung Note 3):
In this group of samples, both of them turned on HDR mode. The white balance of iPhone 6 slightly deviated, Note 3 was restored accurately, and the details of the sky were also fully preserved in Note 3. This comparison result has something to do with Apple's conservative HDR training.
In the above sample, the white balance of iPhone 6 is obviously red (pay attention to the ground), and the color of Note 3 is cooler.
In this group of samples, the performance of both is relatively normal, which can clearly see the difference between the two white balance adjustment. The iPhone white balance is warm, and the Note 3 white balance is cold.
In this set of HDR samples, iPhone retains better details of the sky far to the left, while Samsung's white balance is closer to the real situation.
In this group of samples, the white balance of Note 3 has seriously deviated, and the apple has been restored relatively accurately.
Both play normally and have different styles.
In this group of samples, there is a clear purple edge at the edge of the leaf of Note 3, and the details of the picture are not as good as that of the iPhone, which is the winner.
Apple's hair color is bright and the picture is warm, while Samsung's white balance continues to deviate, and the cold color of the image does not match the actual environment.
In this group of samples, Samsung's white balance is restored accurately, but the overall picture tends to be overexposed. Although the iPhone's hair color is too bright, the overall picture appearance is excellent.
The color restoration of Note 3 in this group of samples is more accurate, but many people should think that the photos taken by Apple are more flattering.
From the current sample, the white balance of iPhone 6 is not stable enough. The white balance is more accurate when the outdoor light is strong, but sometimes warm and the hair color is excessively bright. The bright hair color is still a clear apple style, highlighting blue and green. The sample is bright on the whole, which is easy to please the eyes. However, the restoration of the environment is sometimes not accurate. Under indoor lighting, the white balance can never accurately reflect the real environment, but it is good to retain details.
Compared with Samsung, Apple's HDR mode is relatively conservative. There is still a large gap of two degrees between the high brightness part and the low brightness part of the image. In the strong backlight environment, it is not conducive to the retention of image details. Note 3 also wins in image sharpness. Of course, this is directly related to the number of pixels of Note 3. On the other hand, it is also due to Samsung software processing sharpness, In the case of accurate metering, Samsung's picture information is better than that of iPhone.
without doubt, The photography level of iPhone 6 is still excellent, and more importantly, the camera of iPhone 6 starts faster, the shutter delay is small, the imaging speed (especially HDR) is much faster than that of Android flagship, and the point and shoot operation is more acceptable to ordinary users. The HDR mode that can be automatically opened according to light conditions is also very useful in practical use. Of course, It would be even better if the number of pixels of the iPhone could catch up with the mainstream Android flagship phones.
System and performance:
When iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were launched, they were equipped with the latest iOS 8 system. Naturally, they had the latest series of functions of iOS 8, and the one handed operation mode that Apple vigorously promoted was also indispensable.
Tap the Home button twice in any interface (don't press it), and the iPhone 6 will start the legendary one handed mode... Hmm, isn't it familiar? It seems that the best mobile phone in the world has borrowed a function from the second best mobile phone in the world, You are such a good cook. Do you know that 。
The starting point of this one handed mode is very good, but I can't praise the way to enable it, because the iPhone's Home key is relatively low. Instead of tapping the Home key with your thumb, I think Lao Luo's thumb is better and easier to use.
As for the Apple Pay function that Apple made on iPhone 6 this time, users outside the United States will certainly have no luck enjoying it. However, whether Apple has cancelled the NFC module used to support the payment function on the non American version of the iPhone is unknown in this evaluation for the time being, and only when God breaks the prison for iPhone 6.
What makes iOS 8 most popular among domestic users is that it supports third-party input methods. When I got the iPhone 6, I immediately downloaded the Sogou input method and Baidu input method. Baidu input method works perfectly. Sogou input method showed a bug with incorrect mapping after I restarted my phone once. However, the most unfortunate thing is that the degree of freedom provided by Apple for the input method is still too small, and the keyboard area cannot be adjusted as freely as the Android version, which is also a pity for the enlarged screen.
The figure above shows the bug with wrong mapping after Sogou input method is restarted.
Let me gloat here: Baidu input method has serious mapping errors and bugs on iPhone 6 Plus, which is why Baidu can't afford to buy 6 Plus for testing (laugh)?
IPhone 6 can also select the size of the main interface icon. When selecting small icons, the desktop layout of iPhone 6 is 4 × 6+Dock. When selecting large icons, the desktop layout is 4 × 5+Dock.
In iOS 8, the multi task interface has added the shortcut of the recently used contacts... It is obviously a very lame function, and Apple is proud to hang it on the official page of iPhone 6, which requires much courage.
In addition, there are health applications newly added to iOS 8, but they need to purchase additional wearable devices or Apple's own watches.
IOS 8 has also added new Metal graphics processing technology, which can make the visual effect of the game more outstanding. In the first screenshot of the real car 3, the glare special effect is exclusive to iOS, and the Android version does not have this special effect.
Apple is the most distraught hardware controller. Every generation of iPhone always has the strongest SoC, and iPhone 6 is no exception. This time, the A8 processor uses a 20nm process, with the main frequency increased to 1.3GHz, and is equipped with a PowerVR GX6650 display core. Its performance is very brutal.
The scores of GFX Bench and Sun Spider are not mentioned. Let's have a look.
Endurance:
The endurance of iPhone 6 has been significantly improved compared with that of iPhone 5S. In the short evaluation, the operation of running points, installing software, playing games, taking photos, recording videos and so on has been carried out continuously. After a total of 7 hours, the battery power is still 40%. It can be seen that the new A8 processor not only has excellent performance, but also has lower power consumption. Although the iPhone still cannot replace the battery, But this endurance may help Samsung stop laughing at itself.
But it's not without complaining, The output current of the original charger of the iPhone 6 is only 1A, which makes the charging speed of the iPhone 6 far behind the flagship models of Samsung and Sony. For the 6 with a small battery capacity, this may not be a problem, but for the 6 Plus with a battery capacity of 3000 mA, this charging current is not optimistic. After all, in theory, It will also take at least 3 hours for 1A current to fully charge the 3000 milliampere hour battery (it is actually impossible when the energy conversion rate is 100%).
Summary:
In fact, Apple has no competitors. The unique software ecosystem makes Apple powerful in this circle. Once users choose Apple, it means they choose Apple's services and software. Apple's closed software makes it difficult to switch from iPhone to Android (or vice versa). Although other manufacturers have launched various data migration software, However, as far as the current domestic environment is concerned, Android has no advantage over iOS. On the one hand, due to the poor quality of domestic applications, it pops up windows and pushes indiscriminately. On the other hand, because Google's services are banned in China, Google's services, which are powerful in foreign countries (even Hong Kong and Macao), cannot enter China, and the software ecosystem of various manufacturers is not qualified to challenge Apple, There are many people around me who can't stand the poor software quality of Android and turn to iPhone. When iPhone users change their phones, they hesitate to buy new iPhones of what size and color. This is the gap.
Of course, Android is working hard. The widespread use of the ART mode has seen the dawn of fluency in the application. Apple's response is to further improve the performance, and then extend its tentacles to the large screen mobile phone market that has been dominated by Android for a long time. As far as the attention of the iPhone 6 Plus is concerned, Apple is really aggressive.
Back to the iPhone 6 itself, the iPhone is actually very simple. It is nothing more than powerful hardware and software that can perfectly match those powerful hardware, and then wrap them with a delicate appearance. This simple existence, which was achieved through no simple effort, soon made the iPhone a dominant player in the mobile phone market. Now Apple, a wolf with a huge appetite, has rushed to the mountainside of large screen phones, which will make the already fierce fight even more intense.
As for whether it is worth buying, the answer to this question is actually too simple. In the current situation of the high price of iPhone 6, if you can start with the official price through normal channels, it is worth buying (about 4600 yuan from Hong Kong Bank). But if you want to follow the trend, I suggest you wait, The iPhone 6 is good, but it's just a resume at a reasonable price. Of course, if you are a local tyrant, let's leave your contact information below and be friends.
