All the data....the data, the examples and the benchmarks.....ooooooh!
I just got an iPhone 6S + and from using it for two days, here’s a “benchmark”.
I’d like to get hold of that stupid ergonomics engineer/team that said “let’s move the button from the top to the right side so it can be used with the right thumb - much easier”...They stopped there. They left the “down volume” button directly across from it, and now to turn it off one has to make a conscious effort to reposition the fingers on the left away from the volume buttons.
This could have been fixed with a setup option to lock ALL the level functions, but apparently none of that whole team even used the phone enough to find out it’s a problem - they let you lock level on everything else but main level.(BTW, I Googled this, and it IS a problem many people have). I’d kick those idiots in the butt if I could.
Second, my other complaint is size and ability to hold it. I came from a 4S and with its rectangular box shape, it was easier to hold without a case. This phone HAS to have some sort of case. Right now I have the thing in the original box until the case I ordered comes.
Functionality? It has some new bells and whistles, but I’m not that impressed over a 4S, frankly.
I have to agree with you on the button reposition thing. I am never certain which way the iPhone is in my pocket, so trying to use the button to silence a ring in my pocket can be problematic. Half the time the iPhone is facing front, half back, so I have only a fifty-fifty chance of pushing the right button. I much preferred it on top. Holding it, I've learned to know and just rock my thumb, not squeeze.
ApplePay, TouchID, much better camera, bigger and better (they aren't the same thing) screen, several times faster, 3D Touch ... man, you're a tough crowd.
The 6s is the fifth iPhone I've owned and the first I pre-ordered. Apple Pay was the biggest single reason, but the camera has surprised me with how much better it's gotten, especially in low light.
TouchID was a huge upgrade in the 5s, and it's faster on the 6s. It simply makes everything more secure. Several of the apps with the most sensitive info use it, and for the rest I have a password manager and can copy and paste. That means I can have unique, long, randomly-generated, impossible-to-memorize passwords for everything.