Hi Christina, First of all, that bending issue was just an Apple attack and totally blown out of proportion. You can bend any iPhone and when this came up independent companies did tests and found that the 6 Plus is harder to bend than some of its Android or Windows competitors of that size.
As for the camera, you will be wasting your money upgrading from a 5S to a 6 Plus. The 6 Plus has optical image stabilization which may make a difference in some situations, but I don't even know if apps like Camfind or KNFB Reader take advantage of it. Apart from that the camera is marginally improved, really, the improvements are minor and I doubt you'll ever notice the difference. The 5S has a fantastic camera. Other than that you will find once again a minor improvement in speed, but even in benchmark tests the difference between the A8 chip of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and the A7 chip in the 5S is only about 20 or 25% and once again, you'd rarely notice a difference in real life applications. The only major advantage of the 6 Plus would be very significantly improved battery life since it's such a large phone that there is room for a huge battery. Oh, yes, one other good thing would be that you'll be able to use Apple Pay, but since it's still rolling out and not that much available yet, I don't think you really sacrifice that much by waiting until next fall. In my opinion the upgrade is totally worth it if you had a 4S, it would be a good improvement if you had a 5 or 5C, but if you have a 5S and it is working well and you aren't in a situation where you maybe bought a 16 Gb version and really find you should have bought a 64 Gb version then it's a waste of money and you'll regret it when the next iPhone comes out in the fall of 2015. I just heard that Sony showed off it's newest camera which is a 21 Megapixel camera with all sorts of fancy stuff on it. Apparently it would also illuminate the need for the camera lense to stick out a bit as it does on the 6 and 6 Plus. Since Apple has been using an 8 Megapixel sensor now for 4 years in a row with just improvements to things like the flash and pixel size and so on, I really think that next year's iPhone will get a major camera upgrade and I already read that they could very well go to that 21 Megapixel camera since they are using Sony hardware for the camera already. Having said all that, what size iPhone 5S do you have? Also, from which carrier is it and is it unlocked? If you end up getting rid of it I might be interested in buying it from you for my wife. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christina C. Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 8:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Are you loving your iPhone 6 plus? Hello, I have a 5S and am considering upgrading to 6 Plus. I was wondering who is loving their 6 Plus and why. I am concerned about the size and bending the iPhone 6 plus. I want the better camera though. Is the better camera better for OCR, scanning bar codes, taking clearer pictures for identification apps, and of course, maybe getting lucky and getting a great shot of the kids? :) I am not very skilled currently with scanning barcodes and such with the iPhone and like the prospect of a better camera. Is the camera really not much better than the one provided on the iPhone 6? I like the size of the 6. I actually like the size of my 5S but I don’t have any experience with a larger screen to compare to. :) Also, what about all the news about how easy it is to bend an iPhone 6 Plus? Did apple resolve this or ignore it? Thanks so much for any advice or opinions shared, Christina -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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