iphone 6s+ or Galaxy 6 edge + ?

[dawheat]

It's such a shame. Even previous Samsung fans have little to recommended Samsung for. Between those options and needs, there's not much that favors Samsung.

They wanted to become Apple-lite, and so they have. But in a choice between Apple-lite and actual Apple... just go with Apple.

Is that really true? I think pretty much everyone gave the OP the right advice as he's already in the iOS ecosystem and actually uses several iOS only apps. If he'd been a Windows phone user looking to pick between the two, I think the discussion would have gone very differently (though that probably would have just turned into an iOS vs. Android flamewar).

And your train of logic never makes sense to me though I hear it all the time. Share should be shifting at the high end to LG, Sony, HTC, etc from Samsung but instead the opposite is true. Their flagship sales have been horribad this year vs. the previous year.

 

[poofyhairguy]

It's such a shame. Even previous Samsung fans have little to recommended Samsung for. Between those options and needs, there's not much that favors Samsung.

They wanted to become Apple-lite, and so they have. But in a choice between Apple-lite and actual Apple... just go with Apple.

It's just how it is this year. Last year I greatly criticized the iPhone 6+ nonS with 1GB of RAM. This year I am willing to admit Android 2015 overall sucks unless you are a deal hunter. Technology goes through stages.

Next year I expect Android to be awesome if the 820 lives up to hype.

 

[lopri]

It's such a shame. Even previous Samsung fans have little to recommended Samsung for. Between those options and needs, there's not much that favors Samsung.

They wanted to become Apple-lite, and so they have. But in a choice between Apple-lite and actual Apple... just go with Apple.

Oh.. That is so not what I had the in mind with my reply above. :sneaky: A part of the reason was that we have recent influxes of Android v. iOS threads, largely driven by.. well, you know who, and I did not want another thread in the first page. And of course the OP seems quite clear in her/his preference, which is all the more reason to avoid a discussion that we all know how usually goes.

In any case the OP is happy with a new iPhone. Congrats.

 

[slackerinabox]

It's just how it is this year. Last year I greatly criticized the iPhone 6+ nonS with 1GB of RAM. This year I am willing to admit Android 2015 overall sucks unless you are a deal hunter. Technology goes through stages.

Next year I expect Android to be awesome if the 820 lives up to hype.

I don't know, I think this year will go down in nerd history as the year that high end android died and "good enough" android became king, leaving apple with the high end. The android manufacturers are stumped - make a high end apple clone and charge apple prices, and they'll just go apple instead. Try something different and the market rejects it as niche and not for them. Add razor thin margins and where do you go? Chinese/mid-range with high end bodies is taking off though, and that takes up the sub -$400 market leaving everyone fighting over sometimes pennies. This leaves the high end wide open for apple. Listen, we all WANT competition, fanboyism is silly. I think the Chinese will do it, not take them out but give them a healthy run for the money. Xiaomi, i'm looking at you - big fan of their great bang for buck and great fit and finish products.

 

[Midwayman]

There is nothing out for android right now that would make you switch from iOS. Maybe next year. The 6s was the only interesting phone released this year IMHO. If you were on android already I'd probably just tell you to wait until Jan when we'll get more news on the spring releases for android.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I don't know, I think this year will go down in nerd history as the year that high end android died and "good enough" android became king, leaving apple with the high end.

You might be right about that. With subsidies going away it is hard to argue that any devices but the iPhone is really "worth" $700+.

I also think that we are seeing the limits of the common form factor for phones and tablets. I mean, Apple didn't even come out with a new 10 inch tablet this year and BARELY announced their new mini tablet. All the focus was on a business tablet in a hope that there is some larger or different form factor that can drive the kind of growth they are used to.

Phones are even worse off. Android design probably hit a peak back with the M7, and it wouldn't be worth buying 2015 iPhones if they wouldn't have gimped 2014 models with 1GB of RAM. The big "new" feature of the iPhone 6S adds in a complexity that even the biggest Apple fans in my life admit is too nuanced for the average person. The real holdup with the iPhone form factor is all the wasted bevel on the 6+S, and I expect the iPhone 7 to fix that (making it the last iPhone anyone really needs to buy).

Oh and wearables don't look like the windfall they looked to be in 2014. There is still progress to be made in that area for the hardware, but anyone who was seen the female Apple Watch can tell you that touch targets on a watchface that doesn't look ridiculous on a female wrist are so small they might as well not be there.

We need real innovation in the form factors to drive growth, like holographic screens so something like a fitbit can have a four inch screen space. Or a foldable tablet that can fit in your pocket.

Until we get that smartphones become yet another commodity, except for iPhones (and only iPhones, the poor iPad lacks the prestige) which become a luxury good.

 

[blankslate]

In your case I'd say the iphone 6S+ they improved a lot in the new iphone over the regular iphone 6 and 6+

Since you haven't listed any specific complaints about iOS I'd suggest staying with it since the 6s and 6s plus (which are what last years 6 and 6+ should have been) are out and available.



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[blankslate]

It's such a shame. Even previous Samsung fans have little to recommended Samsung for. Between those options and needs, there's not much that favors Samsung.

They wanted to become Apple-lite, and so they have. But in a choice between Apple-lite and actual Apple... just go with Apple.

That's partly because Samsung dropped certain features for a "premium feel" and being able to use faster memory without being constrained by "slow" SD memory...

Looking at the phones released this year the LG G4 would be my first to look at because many have mentioned the quality of the camera and the fact that the Camera software has a good manual mode in addition to the features that Samsunged dropped from their 2015 phones.


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[disappoint]

Depends on your needs. If you just browse the net and take selfies, go for the Galaxy s6 edge.
If you want to game go for the iphone 6s plus.

Good riddance to samsung and their overheating lagging buggy phones. Hope they lose a lot of money.

Do I note a bit of the 'ol contradiction here? You recommend the Samsung Galaxy s6 Edge and then rant about Samsung's overheating buggy phones?

 

[cronos]

Do I note a bit of the 'ol contradiction here? You recommend the Samsung Galaxy s6 Edge and then rant about Samsung's overheating buggy phones?

It's not a contradiction, as he did say to get the S6 Edge if he only needs to 'browse the net and take selfies' :\