I'm moving from a 5 to a 6+.
There is a huge difference between the 5 and the 5s. There isn't much of a difference between the 6 and the 5s at all really except slightly bigger screen, NFC payments, rounded edges, and a 6-8% performance difference. The regular 5 and 5c don't even have the A7 processor in them unlike the 5s.
Much better battery life on the 6+ is a huge bonus for me. I do a lot of support on a mobile device and the larger screen coupled with better battery life means easier support for our clients using remote access software.
Battery is a 2900ma battery in the 6+ and 1800 in the 6. Battery life is comparable with the 5s, but slightly better than the 5 or 4 series. Some reports though showing the battery not nearly what is being hyped to be in the 6 especially with the bigger screen size. Most of the big android phones with 5.5 inch 1080p ips screens go with a 3200ma or bigger battery for a reason.
As others have said, a lot of the features of the 6/6+ are already present on Android phones but sometimes good implementation beats out early implementation.
Umm wtf is this statement? Apple isn't doing anything better or worse for the same features that have been present on Android phones for a long time. Apple is putting out a quality product with the 6 series I am sure. But to say that the features in the 6 are just "better" than Android equivalent is stupid.
I will however, disagree with those who blindly say that Apple never innovates or only copies. Apple is very smart with what they implement first (higher res display, 64bit support, etc.) but I do feel that lately, they've been handcuffed by their success and slow to move forward in creative ways. As much of an egomaniac and control freak Steve Jobs was, he recognized what would be the "next big thing" for Apple. Tim Cooks is a good CEO, but he doesn't have the creative flair that Jobs had. And to be honest, I don't think Jony Ive has it either. Ive's designs were tempered by Jobs' hardass attitude.
Apple on occasion innovates and then sits on their laurels for a long time. The original iPhone with gorilla glass was HUGE. Until then, all smart phones used plastic screens and had pressure based touch interfaces. The screens got scratched easy and ere easily broken. It was because of Apple and Steve Jobs, as well as many chinese engineers, that figured out how to correctly cut gorilla glass small enough to use on a phone. Corning couldn't figure out how to do it with their product at all. That was a huge break through in smart phone technology. Massive innovation.
Later, having a nice camera on a smart phone that was equivalent to any pocket snap shot dedicated camera was huge. It put apps like Instagram on the map. Speaking of which the App store was an amazing innovation. I used to use windows 6.1 mobile for smart phones way back in the past. Finding application to install was a major PITA if you weren't a complete and total geek into this stuff.
But since then, Apple has rested on it's laurels. The upgrades since basically the 3GS have been only incremental in nature. Hey it happens. Truthfully, I don't think there is going to be much of a break through innovation wise needed for smart phones unless we get something super futuristic like we see in movies with holographic projection or something like that. Even that I doubt will be good.
Apple right now is just keeping up with Android in terms of upgrade changes. There isn't any doubt to that, but at least they are still putting out a good product. A bit over priced in my opinion, but good none the less. They are basically charging for brand name at this point similar to designer jeans.
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