So I know I'm a bit late on this whole deal, and I know I'm posting this two days before the actual release of the phone, but I just want to talk a bit about this whole thing.
So another year passed, and Apple decided to release a new iPhone, as if that's not new. What is new is that they have redesigned the whole look, performance, and overall quality of the device, as well as slapped on a very troublesome price tag.
But what makes this phone such a big deal? Perhaps more than the other iPhones?
The truth is, that they used a lot of new stuff, with one or two small gimmicks. The first thing you've probably heard about the iPhone 6 is that it uses a new glass called Sapphire. While using Corning Gorilla Glass on the iPhone 5 was definitely a smart move, Apple decided to design a new glass called Sapphire. This glass was supposedly planned for use on the new iPhones, reports have stated that "Sapphire was never intended for use on the iPhone 6", and "hasn't even been decided for use on new phones yet." Even if you search for the specs, you would only see "shatter resistant".
Another few gimmicks were that they redesigned the whole look of the phone. They switched from a chamfered edge back to a more curved look, and moved the power button to the side for the first time, like a few of the Samsung Galaxy phones. I honestly don't know if was to draw attention, or to just give a fresh look, but whatever it was, they were definitely trying to do something with this new design.
One big gimmick was that the new iOS 8, which the phone already has pre-loaded. Many of you would look at the new software and think "hey! some of this stuff is actually pretty new and cool!" And for Apple fans, this will be true. For Android users however, this would've been cool. Two years ago.
Most of the new stuff that iOS 8 will deliver was actually already in most Android phones. Be able to read your own PDF files in your phone? You used Google Docs. Auto enhance your photos? You used Google Photos. Record video or send photos to friends? You used Hangouts, or Snapchat, or pretty much any messaging service. As iOS 8 rolls around, you start to realize that most Android users probably won't even need this software, or this phone in general.
Don't believe that this new software update has the exact same thing as Android two years ago? Check this out.
However, this only compares software, not hardware.
The new iPhone sports a much more powerful processor, and a much better camera that rivals any other phone out on the market right now.
Even the software itself runs amazingly fast on this, proved in iOS 7 on the iPhone 5s.
But ultimately, we have to come to a conclusion. And my conclusion is that this phone is great for those who are already using iPhones as their main phones.
This also explains why Apple diehards will be Apple diehards and keep saying that these phones are the best, although many Apple fans will just stick to iOS just because of it's simplicity.
Android users will almost always want to stick to Android because of its versatility, along with Google's versatility. On Android, you can customize whatever you wanted out of your phone's software, with home screens, to 3rd party keyboards, you could even rice your phone and customize your OS.
But Apple fans love iOS because it's simple, it's mostly user-friendly, and it's very easy to get the most out of your software, even though Apple dictates how the system will be run.
Anyways, thanks for checking this out. Share this with your friends to see if they would want to consider the iPhone, or give Android a try for themselves.
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