iPhone 6s

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ZesPak

24,421 posts

195 months

Thursday 1st October 2015
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thebraketester said:
Cheapest way is to buy it in full. Surely an payment plan is gonna incure some level of interest?
Not always, providers often swallow the cost of interest in the interest (pun intended) of getting more subscriptions to their network.

thebraketester

14,192 posts

137 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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He's just after a phone... Not a contract+phone package

Digitalize

2,850 posts

134 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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If you can't afford it upfront, then put it on an interest free credit card.

Spanglepants

1,743 posts

136 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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Can't afford it outright- 6S + 64GB is £699 on Apples site which I don't have , could pay a deposit/ downpayment then the rest monthly. Wondered if there were better deals elsewhere that anyone new of?
I'm paying £19 pm on 3 ( rolling sim) for unlimited mins + text + 8 GB data.

ZesPak

24,421 posts

195 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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Digitalize said:
If you can't afford it upfront, then put it on an interest free credit card.
This discussion has been had thousands of times, but if you can't afford it upfront, don't buy it.
It's a smartphone, not a fracking house.
Plenty of £150 devices that do 95% of the things these "high end" devices do.

Blown2CV

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28,697 posts

202 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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the deals this time around even though the 6s has just come out seem to work out not much more expensive than buying a 6 outright etc., so I can only assume they are about the same as buying a 6s outright. Weird as when I got my 6 i did buy it outright, and it worked out far cheaper than the deals that were around at the time... and that was as soon as it came out a year ago. So, it's now a non-argument. Just go get a contract.

tomw2000

2,508 posts

194 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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Really pleased with my 6s thus far and wife loves her s+.

I've noticed a couple of annoying things, the one that bugs me the most:

I think there's some kind of conflict with the new 3d touch and how selecting text (to copy, cut, paste etc) works.
I don't know if there are some 3d touch settings I can fiddle with - but trying to 'zoom' in and select text to cut/etc seems to be more difficult and less consistent now.

Anyone else noticed anything like this?

Composite Guru

2,205 posts

202 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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Apparently Costco are now selling 64gb 6s in store for £599. £20 less than rrp from Apple.

GuyW

1,065 posts

202 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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Composite Guru said:
Apparently Costco are now selling 64gb 6s in store for £599. £20 less than rrp from Apple.
I'd check if it's actually an S. They only recently had both 6 + 6+ phones arrive. I can't see them having or being able to get their hands on launch handsets and sell bellow retail.

Composite Guru

2,205 posts

202 months

Friday 2nd October 2015
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GuyW said:
Composite Guru said:
Apparently Costco are now selling 64gb 6s in store for £599. £20 less than rrp from Apple.
I'd check if it's actually an S. They only recently had both 6 + 6+ phones arrive. I can't see them having or being able to get their hands on launch handsets and sell bellow retail.
Picture seems to quote 6S on the store lable.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/iphone-6s-64gb-599...

BrewsterBear

1,503 posts

191 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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I wasn't going to upgrade my 6 Plus 128Gb and just wait for the 7 next year. However, since upgrading to iOS9 it had been slow, stuttering and generally not very nice.

I have gone for the 6S Plus 128Gb and the difference is night and day in user friendliness. It seems the component boosts make all the difference. Fingerprint scan takes a fraction of the time, swapping between apps is lightning fast. Peek and pop is clever.

For those wondering if it's worth it I understand why, but for me it really is.

Tam_Mullen

2,280 posts

171 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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I recently found out if you double tap (don't press) the button it brings the top of the screen down so you can reach the top left corner. Quite neat smile

MaxNg

205 posts

198 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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I'm about to upgrade from a 5s to a 6s and will be setting up Apple Pay - just because I can, rather than for any real need..

I understand that Apple Pay can be used on London Underground. Is it cheaper or more expensive than using an Oyster card? (I don't go to London very often, but will be there in November)

And apologies for slight "thread drift!"

thebraketester

14,192 posts

137 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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AFAIK, oyster and "card contactless" are the same price. Wife used her 6S last night on the tube. It worked perfectly.

GuyW

1,065 posts

202 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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MaxNg said:
I'm about to upgrade from a 5s to a 6s and will be setting up Apple Pay - just because I can, rather than for any real need..

I understand that Apple Pay can be used on London Underground. Is it cheaper or more expensive than using an Oyster card? (I don't go to London very often, but will be there in November)
Same price.

ecsrobin

17,019 posts

164 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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GuyW said:
MaxNg said:
I'm about to upgrade from a 5s to a 6s and will be setting up Apple Pay - just because I can, rather than for any real need..

I understand that Apple Pay can be used on London Underground. Is it cheaper or more expensive than using an Oyster card? (I don't go to London very often, but will be there in November)
Same price.
But use your Apple Pay somewhere else prior to the tube. The first time I used Apple Pay my bank froze my card as they thought it was fraud, they called me within 20min to reconnect it though.

AMG Merc

11,954 posts

252 months

Thursday 8th October 2015
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Tam_Mullen said:
I recently found out if you double tap (don't press) the button it brings the top of the screen down so you can reach the top left corner. Quite neat smile
Saw that but what does that do for you then? Nothing in the top of my screen scratchchin

ZesPak

24,421 posts

195 months

Thursday 8th October 2015
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AMG Merc said:
Saw that but what does that do for you then? Nothing in the top of my screen scratchchin

BlueMR2

8,643 posts

201 months

Thursday 8th October 2015
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AMG Merc said:
Tam_Mullen said:
I recently found out if you double tap (don't press) the button it brings the top of the screen down so you can reach the top left corner. Quite neat smile
Saw that but what does that do for you then? Nothing in the top of my screen scratchchin
It means you can reach the top icons when using the phone 1 handed.

HotJambalaya

2,023 posts

179 months

Thursday 8th October 2015
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Got the 6s after the 5. Like it a lot, but still fumbling a little while texting, especially if I go to landscape mode. Loving the finger print sensor I have to say.

Have set up apple pay with several cards, but noticed something interesting. One of the cards I set it up with doesn't have that little contactless logo on it, and when I tried using that one as apple pay, it failed. When I switched to a different card, it worked straight away. Co-incidence, or is the card being contactless a pre-requisite?

Also on the hunt for a very decent screen protector. Bought the silicon case from the shop.