Objective evaluation of a non-fanboys

So much for me in advance:
I use a Samsung Galaxy Note II owners, a BlackBerry Z10 professionally and myself have many in the family Windows 8 and Android devices. My girlfriend uses the iPhone 4S. So all my impressions are subjective to be seen in relation to the specified devices. The iPhone 6 I was thankfully test a few days.

Optics / haptics:
Very valuable. Because Apple makes no before anything, when it comes to design and surface appearance, the boys and girls from Cupertino are top notch. Respect. the aluminum / plastic mix I have in mind as the smartphone looks after one year. Overall, the shape resembles something more to the 3G I-Iphones, the rounded edges. In my view, in addition to 2G Most.

Size:
Yes, because Apple has finally relented and recognized that size in smartphones is still important. Anyone who has ever used to, for example, the Note II., Which are all other smartphones, among others 4S like a Mäusekino. Unfortunately, the iPhone 6, the difference may have become smaller, but my Note II has meanwhile indeed a bit dated and there are larger phablets. With its 5.55 inch, it can even compete with the much more expensive iPhone 6 Plus. But that's the why always issued doctrine, the one-handed operation due. Opposite my Z10 The new iPhone, however, can score in every respect.

Reception:
Very good. I have tested in our house. Much reinforced concrete is the ideal test opponents. What can I say, the iPhone is similar to the Note II but better than the Z10 (which generally has a rather poor reception). Even in the boiler room, I can still call and the I-Net.

Battery:
Well, not so hot. This has removed the sail with me for about 7h. Here my NoteII is a lot better and a bit of traveling. Incomprehensible that Apple is still the battery firmly installed in terms of this fact. Anders could carry a second to switch eventually always. For business which is unsuitable.

Operation / Functionality:
The operation is very simple. If it has increased in the last years some of complexity. New functions have been added, which is probably also due to the competition with the very open Android system. So many features are strongly reminiscent of Android. Still, I find the operating system IOS for beginners in the smartphone area better than Android. This cost, however relatively easily by a circumcision of the possibilities of the customer, but more on that later. Compared to the also very easy to use Winows Phone 8 I have to say, Windows seems easier. Somehow, the operator form is more intuitive. That was also the reason why I bought my father (Ü60) a Windows Phone. He is playing clearly and can read everything.

System / Speed:
We slowly reach an area in which we have long been located with PC / laptop with the smartphones. Quad Core or even Octacore processors offer multitasking capabilities. Clock speeds beyond 1.3GHz are the rule. Ultimately, today's smartphones are all fast. Liquid operation is common and no longer unique. Whether the Benchmark has a smartphone now 88 points more or less, the user may be actually shooting. Including the new Iphone. Everything runs smoothly, apps launch quickly and without delay. The graphics chip itself conjures elaborate games on the screen. But all this can my Note II also without significant difference. Ultimately, then, is a matter of honor what you want.

Expandability:
This point must not remain uncommented simple, it shocked me too much. To expand a smartphone without the possibility his memory is like ... well somehow behind the times. Even 100 euros smartphones Sparfuchs class have a slot. I do indeed clear that Apple wants to keep the system tightly and will prevent attack points and file sharing. But what is this please for a policy in 2014? If you want to get to cramp the customer for better variant. 200 euros extra for 122GB is an announcement!

Memory cards cost nothing and meanwhile amounts of data (images / music / videos) are getting bigger. My girlfriend getaway ever on your iPhone 4S (16GB) because it is full. Then you delete some data. My Note II has 32GB internal and 64GB again exchanged Map. That brings extreme advantages. So I can just take my music collection in the car from the phone and insert the SD card into the reader slot of my Audi Navis. Although Apple offers the possibility of an online store, but what is it please for a replacement? I have to upload my data available externally to have you? That's weak, is so definitely no longer in a next-gen smartphone 2014th

Apps / System openness:
As already mentioned is the real core argument against Apple here at all. The system is easy to use, yes. The smart phones look great, yes. The technique is super fast, yes. The operating system is constantly updated, yes. Aaaaaber and this but is long. If you want to use your smartphone to a little more than usual, a rigorous limits. Download music, recording, sharing among friends and interesting apps developers remain a hidden. Here I remember the times of my good old 3G, here had to be installed via Cydia crack to install certain things. Since I had at least since Android to get tired and I switched. Here I also do not understand why you can go through at the present time nor the Apple. Thus, from the consumer of the iPhone a Abonent of other services, without which he has ever the opportunities which have other users in the standard. That to me is a no-go! As a Porsche and Porsche decides for me who is allowed to ride and who is not. A huge scandal of this system is also still binding to Itunes. I wanted at that time not even in my head, why one should leave his already assorted musical manage a program. Instead, the simple folder management of a USB stick is not possible here. All this make Windows and especially Android much better and more transparent.

Conclusion:
I really tried, but more than three stars do not come out. The reasons are manifold. The price of the device is very high, the technical performance or demarcation values ​​vs.. the competitors are not actually given. When I think of the new Samsung flagship, which I have held this year at the IFA in the hands, affects the iPhone 6 even a little backward. It's a nice smartphone, but nothing more. Somehow Apple has gradually lost the lead. As has been said, I see for myself a no-go in the very closed system. I let myself reluctant to push for certain acts or rob my freedom, but that is what thinks Apple should do. I remain unbeatable for my grade 2, the value for money from today's perspective, considering that this is going to have for less than 300 euros. All others I do not want to make maggoty buying. Everyone has to decide for themselves it halt.

There is I think a decision like a Roll Royce. He's not super fast, it does not fit a lot of pure, he is inflexible and a little dusty, delicate, very expensive and precisely for this reason kind of a status symbol, but just not for everyone.

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