iPhone 6 Plus review

 

Display

When it comes to key features on the iPhone 6 Plus there's only one which you really need to know about - the screen.
It is after all, the whole point of the handset - offering Apple fans a supersized screen on their most mobile of devices.
At 5.5 inches the display on the iPhone 6 Plus is certainly sizeable, but it's not uncommon in a market where 6-inch monsters like the Nokia Lumia 1520 and Huawei Ascend Mate 7 exist.

It's got plenty of company around the 5.5-inch remit too, but for Apple fans who have been desperate for a phablet-sized iOS handset, your time has finally come.
The 6 Plus is the first iPhone to boast a full HD, 1920 x 1080 display. The iPhone 6 only musters a still somewhat average 750 x 1334 resolution with a pixel density of 326PPI.
By contrast the iPhone 6 Plus boasts a 401PPi display, so there's only one winner when it comes to clarity. Compare it to the 5.7-inch, QHD Super AMOLED Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (515ppi) though and the iPhone cannot match its Korean rival.

The IPS panel helps make colours bright and clear, and with a 1300:1 contrast ratio to boot, the new screen elements combine to make a noticeable improvement over the screen found inside the iPhone 5S.
The iPhone 6 has also been run through the expert DisplayMate battery of tests, which found in its shoot-out that "the iPhone 6 Plus [has] the best performing smartphone LCD display that we have ever tested".
This is quantified by stating that the records it breaks are in the day to day elements that need to work for consumers to enjoy a smartphone, especially in terms of removing reflection and being able to show off content on the screen in both bright and optimum conditions, as well as tilting the phone around.
Apple also claims the screen has a fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating, and while I found the iPhone 6 Plus was much better than most at avoiding really obvious prints, it certainly wasn't immune from my oily digits.