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Other should I keep my 7 or upgrade to a 6s?
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Fair enough.... that latest example in the video looks really yellow for me personally but your comment certainly beats don't drink and do cocaine. Thank you.Those "yellow screen" rants appear every single year. The screens really have to be as yellow as the Beatle's submarine by now!It's a bit warmer than my old 6's screen, but looks much better in comparison!
To be fair, you were being really really polemic in your posts. As I said earlier - numbers don't lie and there's no way the 6S/SE could even come close to the 7 when it comes to performance and/or camera quality.
As you've mentioned yourself, the 7 has two cores designed for power-saving during day-to-day tasks. They may be a bit slower than the always-full-throttle cores of the A9, but when it comes to peak performance under heavy load, the 7 is going to absolutely annihilate those last-year models.
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I recommend you check the geek bench scores. The iPhone 7 is by FAR faster than the 6s. Why is it not apparent in these tests? That's yet to be answered, but I can almost guarantee that the next update will make a world of difference in this regard.
Probably because of the way the A10 Fusion chip works when doing light-to-medium tasks (to save battery).
I have been checking many of these "speed tests" and he has a point. Yes, the 7 is faster in raw number crushing as we can see in benchmarks but something sure seem to hold it back in real applications. And i'm not talking about just simple applications, its pretty much a draw in opening games (sometimes 6S wins sometimes 7).
And from pcmag: http://uk.pcmag.com/smartphones/84555/news/the-iphone-7-is-the-fastest-phone-ever
"Benchmarks don't tell the whole story, though. We made every iPhone export a one-minute 1080p video to a 720p file in iMovie, and found that iMovie—at least for now—is no faster on the iPhone 7 than on the iPhone 6s. Both phones exported the file in 10 seconds, as opposed to 17 seconds with the iPhone 6 and 22 seconds with the iPhone 5s."
If you compare an iPad Pro to an 6S its faster A9X chip has no problem getting away from the A9 in phonebuffs speed test:
Is the software not optimized for the A10 yet or is it the big.LITTLE design or is something else in the hardware holding it back.
Saying iPhone 7 the fastest iPhone to date is not really true as it looks right now. If benchmarks are the only applications we will see this speed increase what good does it do?
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No. The 6s is not faster than the iPhone 7. I have both and I'm telling you from experience with the A10 Fusion chip, the 6s is slower. I wouldn't say the 7 is light years faster, but make no mistake about it, the 7 is faster.
The SE is a great phone with the same internal specifications as the 6s, which has the exact same camera.
No matter what phone you decide on, the 6s/SE are fairly new iPhones with plenty of power and of course the latest being the iPhone 7.
I have tested the 7 camera against my SE and whilst the dynamic range is slightly better on the 7 the noise in low light especially is worse than the SE! I was amazed and maybe mine was faulty? For me the SE camera was best. The 7 also failed on fast moving objects and created a horrible double edge can only assume this is the ois trying too hard?
Really expected this camera to be better so for now sticking with my SE. Again my 7 could of been faulty anyone else not pleased with the 7 camera?
The iPhone 7 cpu is slightly underclocked than the plus model,no dual camera,only 2 gb of ram seems like they messed with the iPhone 7 This time the difference is insignificant than the plus model this time,not like previous models when the difference was only of IOS,doesn't make any sense getting the iPhone 7 when iPhone SE gives more value for money
I have used an iPhone 6s Plus for 12 months. I've used the iPhone 7 Plus for two days. The 7 is incredibly faster, snappier, and better. There's zero question about it and one that everyone here will attest to.
This is the dumbest thread I have ever read on MacRumors.
This is the dumbest thread I have ever read on MacRumors.
Feeling a little insecure about not having the newest shiniest toy, are we?
The 6s is a great phone. Shouldn't need to make passive aggressive internet posts to feel better about having it.
The 6s is a great phone. Shouldn't need to make passive aggressive internet posts to feel better about having it.
What the **** are you talking about huh " an essential upgrade" in which department,the iPhone 6s is still faster in loading apps than the iPhone 7,early users are reporting about there is not much improvement in iPhone 7 camera than the iPhone 6s,if don't believe me go check out the comparison videos between iPhone 6s and iPhone 7
This totally and completely sums up this entire thread. MODS PLEASE LOCK THIS UP! We're done here folks.
It comes down to what "faster" means in the mind of who is saying it.
Are we talking technical specifications or how it feels to use it? Are we talking performance in ripping movies or playing games? Are we talking how quickly it boots up or opens and closes apps or...?
I think a lot of ppl have their own definition of faster in mind based upon how they use their device and that may or may not be solved by the addition of more RAM or the A10 chip.
This is he first generation of phone not relying solely on brute power, this idea of balancing battery consumption and performance. To some, slightly slower handling of routine tasks may be seen as a detractor even if it brings better battery performance, they may also not appreciate where the high power cores play a role.. maybe they don't game or process videos with their phone. So their view might be that the 7 is "slower" or their idea of faster is faster everything and anything...
People have been saying they want more battery power for years.... but it would appear that as soon as it comes along, at a slight cost in something else (the relativity issue) now the focus is on what is lacking, not what was gained.
Are we talking technical specifications or how it feels to use it? Are we talking performance in ripping movies or playing games? Are we talking how quickly it boots up or opens and closes apps or...?
I think a lot of ppl have their own definition of faster in mind based upon how they use their device and that may or may not be solved by the addition of more RAM or the A10 chip.
This is he first generation of phone not relying solely on brute power, this idea of balancing battery consumption and performance. To some, slightly slower handling of routine tasks may be seen as a detractor even if it brings better battery performance, they may also not appreciate where the high power cores play a role.. maybe they don't game or process videos with their phone. So their view might be that the 7 is "slower" or their idea of faster is faster everything and anything...
People have been saying they want more battery power for years.... but it would appear that as soon as it comes along, at a slight cost in something else (the relativity issue) now the focus is on what is lacking, not what was gained.
The only reason I made the jump from 6s Plus to 7 is because Tmobile offered the 24 month $0 iPhone trade in deal. Essentially I went to an upgraded phone for $0 plus tax of a $750 phone. If you didn't jump on this deal and want to save a couple of bucks you might want to get the newer 6s phones with the doubled storage. I was going to get my wife the 32gb 6s from her 16gb 6s because she she needs more storage. But I did the math... the 7 is a hell of a bargain with these upgrade deals...
The 7 is everywhere here in Tokyo, all colors, all capacity, no lines , and I asked mods to close on page 1 because my question was answered.
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The 7 is everywhere here in Tokyo, all colors, all capacity, no lines , and I asked mods to close on page 1 because my question was answered.
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The 7 is everywhere here in Tokyo, all colors, all capacity, no lines , and I asked mods to close on page 1 because my question was answered.
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The 7 is everywhere here in Tokyo, all colors, all capacity, no lines , and I asked mods to close on page 1 because my question was answered.
Hey @Sunnysunnysingh, why do you have multiple accounts on Macrumors? It's against forum rules and will get you banned.