iPhone 6s unlocked buying options

naasrd

Captain Morgan wrote: »

Is anyone else using a 6S Plus having problems with the screen getting stuck in landscape when you unlock the phone?

It seems to be happening a good bit to me. I'll unlock the phone in portrait and the screen will be in landscape and will take a few turns to get it to go back.

No, not seeing that. I'm on iOS 9.1 beta 3.

FourFourRED

sillymoo wrote: »

This might be a strange one but I have family in Singapore and I am considering purchasing a iPhone 6unlocked from over there. Is there any potential pit falls I need to look out for in terms of support, warranty, if it needs to be fixed etc?

You'll have to present it at an Apple Retail Store if you need service.

Mimikyu

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dmcg90

Setting the alarm for 5:50 tomorrow, hoping to reserve in central london and collect there. Fingers crossed!

ozmo

ozmo wrote: »

Valid thing to ask - but no its not the problem - USB goes half way in - but not far enough to make electrical contact. Something metal in the way I think.

Update: Was some metal bracket at the side - bit of jiggling with an scrap usb cable moved it clear. sorted.

dmcg90

dmcg90 wrote: »

Setting the alarm for 5:50 tomorrow, hoping to reserve in central london and collect there. Fingers crossed!

Only stock in two stores...

dmcg90

Same story again this morning, getting beyond annoyed with this!

Uncle_Joe

I assume the sale of the 6s starts at 9am Friday morning on the apple store?

Savage Tyrant

Uncle_Joe wrote: »

I assume the sale of the 6s starts at 9am Friday morning on the apple store?

Check midnight Thursday night Friday morning just in case.

deadanonymau5

I was thinking of buying from Three since it'd be cheaper, but they dont stock the Gold Plus in 64GB

deadanonymau5

Not all iPhones are created equal....Anyone care to share what chip you have? and where you bought from?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXmIQJMDv68

stimpson

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Not all iPhones are created equal....Anyone care to share what chip you have? and where you bought from?

That's very interesting. I've got the TSMC chip. I have to say the battery life is far better than my 6 - I'd say 30-40%.

Creamy Goodness

stimpson wrote: »

That's very interesting. I've got the TSMC chip. I have to say the battery life is far better than my 6 - I'd say 30-40%.

you're comparing a less than 30 day old battery vs. a battery that's gone through at least 365 cycles.

not to mention iOS 9 is more battery efficient, the 6S' components are more battery efficient and your iPhone 6 ran iOS 8 for the majority of it's lifetime with you as a daily driver.

understandable that you see a difference :pac:

stimpson

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

you're comparing a less than 30 day old battery vs. a battery that's gone through at least 365 cycles.

not to mention iOS 9 is more battery efficient, the 6S' components are more battery efficient and your iPhone 6 ran iOS 8 for the majority of it's lifetime with you as a daily driver.

understandable that you see a difference :pac:

Nope - I got my 6 replaced under warranty in early September with a phone manufactured in August. Running iOS 9 for most of it's life.

ozmo

Ahh guys - not what I want to hear - rather not know tbh. Some are saying its a couple hour battery difference between the models.

But as it happens I have the N71mAP (the good TSMC) - and battery is really good.
After what was paid for it - I was all ready return had it been the other.

(edit: just for balance - another test here shows nearly 2 hours extra battery for heavy users - but barely noticable slight increase for light users)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bAeJ5fJ1M0

I'm sure there will be better more technical tests.

Creamy Goodness

do you think the battery for that phone assembled in August was actually manufactured around the same date? These components are literally made 6-12 months in advance.

I'm not disputing that you're seeing increased I'm just saying they are less likely down to having a TSMC chip over a Samsung one.

stimpson

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

do you think the battery for that phone assembled in August was actually manufactured around the same date? These components are literally made 6-12 months in advance.

I'm not disputing that you're seeing increased I'm just saying they are less likely down to having a TSMC chip over a Samsung one.

It's likely that the batteryfor my 6s was manufactured earlier too. But in any case, LiIon batteries don't go off just sitting on the shelf.

The 6 has a larger battery than the 6s, the 6s has twice the RAM of the 6, yet the 6s has a much longer run time. A large part of that is down to a more efficient processor.

The video shows that all things being equal there is a significant difference between the batter life of the Sammy and TSMC phones.

Creamy Goodness

stimpson wrote: »

The video shows that all things being equal there is a significant difference between the batter life of the Sammy and TSMC phones.

at a CPU intensive task which isn't hugely representative of real world usage.

Official word from Apple — http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/10/apple-data-shows-tsmc-and-samsung-iphone-6s-models-have-similar-battery-life/

stimpson

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

at a CPU intensive task which isn't hugely representative of real world usage.

Official word from Apple — http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/10/apple-data-shows-tsmc-and-samsung-iphone-6s-models-have-similar-battery-life/

That's just damage limitation by Apple. No surprise that don't want people looking to swap their Samsung chipped phones for TSMC ones.

For the vast majority of people who use mail and facebook and take selfies it's not going to make a huge difference, but for some (eg. gamers) the difference could be significant.

My point about the 6 still stands. I'm sure the Sammy 6s also has significantly longer battery life than the 6.

ozmo

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

at a CPU intensive task which isn't hugely representative of real world usage.

Official word from Apple — http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/10/apple-data-shows-tsmc-and-samsung-iphone-6s-models-have-similar-battery-life/

Hopefully its not a big issue - but remember the "Your holding it wrong" first fire fighting statement way back from Apple - followed by free cases.

That link says Ars will release their own findings within a few hours - so Ill be interested in seeing what they report.

cramp

Just a heads up lads
Apple.ie has all 6s variants for delivery next week
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Ordered a space grey 64gb plus ........

Will be going down the uk route next year with the 7 though !

deadanonymau5

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

at a CPU intensive task which isn't hugely representative of real world usage.

Official word from Apple — http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/10/apple-data-shows-tsmc-and-samsung-iphone-6s-models-have-similar-battery-life/

Apple telling people the issue is not as bad as its made out to be.....a regular occurrence at this stage.

Asmooh

Well it may or may not be an issue but I like that I don't have the Samsung chip in my phone

Creamy Goodness

Asmooh wrote: »

Well it may or may not be an issue but I like that I don't have the Samsung chip in my phone

Hope that's a joke? There's been Samsung components in pretty much every single tech product made in the last 15 years.

deadanonymau5

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

you're comparing a less than 30 day old battery vs. a battery that's gone through at least 365 cycles.

not to mention iOS 9 is more battery efficient, the 6S' components are more battery efficient and your iPhone 6 ran iOS 8 for the majority of it's lifetime with you as a daily driver.

understandable that you see a difference :pac:

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

do you think the battery for that phone assembled in August was actually manufactured around the same date? These components are literally made 6-12 months in advance.

I'm not disputing that you're seeing increased I'm just saying they are less likely down to having a TSMC chip over a Samsung one.

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

at a CPU intensive task which isn't hugely representative of real world usage.

Official word from Apple — http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/10/apple-data-shows-tsmc-and-samsung-iphone-6s-models-have-similar-battery-life/

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Hope that's a joke? There's been Samsung components in pretty much every single tech product made in the last 15 years.

Are you always this contrary and contentious?

Get a breath of fresh air...

naasrd

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Are you always this contrary and contentious?

Get a breath of fresh air...

Has been throwing quite a few hissy fits of late alright.

Graham

Has anyone seen any stores with the 6s+ in stock around Dublin/Liffey Valley/Blanch?

Creamy Goodness

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Are you always this contrary and contentious?

Get a breath of fresh air...

Not contrary, no contentious, I've just been through a lot of debates when it comes to technology.

Pretty much every iPhone has a 'something gate' some are real, some are just meh. I think the processor gate is a non-issue. bend gate affected a small few, a lot of which probably but their phone in the back pocket (i thought my phone was affected due to my phone rocking on a flat surface, then I got a spirit level and it wasn't) and antenna gate was a real flaw in the design.

I'm just not as quick as others to jump on these things as we're less than a week into this new processor gate issue that it's too early to tell.

Do we know how many iPhone 6S' have the samsung chip, maybe it's less than a million (bare in mind iPhone 6S sold 13 million in a weekend, they've probably doubled that number since then).

I still have doubts over the original video with the phones being like for like i'm sure more details have come out since then but I have been getting some fresh air actually .

naasrd wrote: »

Has been throwing quite a few hissy fits of late alright.

attack the post, not the poster. If I'm being too much, report my posts.

shooting101

Was thinking of getting one from the us then getting them to ship it to the IE, around 850 inc the duty and customs, good choice? I'm getting the iPhone 6s Plus 64gb any other suggestions of getting one for around 850e?

deadanonymau5

shooting101 wrote: »

Was thinking of getting one from the us then getting them to ship it to the IE, around 850 inc the duty and customs, good choice? I'm getting the iPhone 6s Plus 64gb any other suggestions of getting one for around 850e?

Pointless