Iphone 6 or 6+ for woman with small hands?

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#157194 22-Nov-2014 22:25

Ok let's make this clear. The ONLY reasons for my wife to have the 6+ is battery life, and maybe, just maybe optical IS [coz reviews say it underperforms in this department]. Ignore screen amazingness, etc etc

1) Has any lady or anyone's lady friends or partners liked or loathed the 6+
2) How is iphone 6 battery life compared to the 5S (her current phone)

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#1181492 23-Nov-2014 06:20

My wife has tiny girly hands and us wanting an upgrade from her iPhone 4.
She wants a iPhone 6+, reason being it will be like a mini iPad mini in her hands. :)

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#1181493 23-Nov-2014 06:35

As long as she is aware it will be next to impossible to use one handed she'll be fine.

My wife has the 6 and average size hands and that is OK for her to use one handed sometimes if she has to.

I know the battery on the 6 plus is raved about but the battery on the 6 for us has also been excellent.

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#1181497 23-Nov-2014 08:16

Judging from the number of diminutive Asian women I see using Note series phones I'd say it is possible.

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#1181506 23-Nov-2014 09:48

she's warmed to the idea ... we'll go down to the local Spark-y and take a look.

what super slim case shall I get?

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#1181548 23-Nov-2014 11:57

Get a rigid one to help prevent it folding on itself :) better to be safe than sorry.

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#1181585 23-Nov-2014 14:00

I don't get the whole one handed thing with smartphones, either you want to use a smartphone that has all the abilities to be one and accept that one handed operation of phones is on the way out or buy a dumb phone that you can use one handed. It just seems a contradiction to have a proper smart phone and expect to use one handed.

People adapt to most things as will people that are used to smaller phones. These days you see fewer using one hand so why are we still seeing this as an option.

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#1181590 23-Nov-2014 14:24

jeffnz: I don't get the whole one handed thing with smartphones, either you want to use a smartphone that has all the abilities to be one and accept that one handed operation of phones is on the way out or buy a dumb phone that you can use one handed. It just seems a contradiction to have a proper smart phone and expect to use one handed.

People adapt to most things as will people that are used to smaller phones. These days you see fewer using one hand so why are we still seeing this as an option.

It's called the iphone 5S, the Z3 Compact :D

yeah I know what you mean, but I don't want her to be the subject of ridicule with the 6+, so just seeing if people knew women who have gone before and what the experience were

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#1181616 23-Nov-2014 15:27

joker97:
jeffnz: I don't get the whole one handed thing with smartphones, either you want to use a smartphone that has all the abilities to be one and accept that one handed operation of phones is on the way out or buy a dumb phone that you can use one handed. It just seems a contradiction to have a proper smart phone and expect to use one handed.

People adapt to most things as will people that are used to smaller phones. These days you see fewer using one hand so why are we still seeing this as an option.

It's called the iphone 5S, the Z3 Compact :D

yeah I know what you mean, but I don't want her to be the subject of ridicule with the 6+, so just seeing if people knew women who have gone before and what the experience were

My wife switched to a 6 from 5S due to the whole size thing. Once she used my 6 plus she decided to get the 6 plus. So the 6 went back to apple and came the 6 plus. I know a few other females in my office who use the 6+ too and they love it. I think your wife will like the 6+.

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#1181636 23-Nov-2014 15:53

I decided to stop frying my brain and just went to the apple store and gave them my money for a 6+ 64gb.

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#1181650 23-Nov-2014 16:49

Nice! Let us know how she gets on with it.

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#1181658 23-Nov-2014 17:38

"2-3 weeks" delivery time frame ... might be a good Christmas present ... let's see if it gets here any earlier.

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#1181659 23-Nov-2014 17:39

joker97: "2-3 weeks" delivery time frame ... might be a good Christmas present ... let's see if it gets here any earlier.

also ordered a "tempered glass" screen protector ... let's see if that's any good at stopping the phone bending or baby smashing things on it

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#1181660 23-Nov-2014 17:40

joker97: "2-3 weeks" delivery time frame ... might be a good Christmas present ... let's see if it gets here any earlier.

I ordered my wife's iPhone 6 plus on 11th november and it was delivered on the 17th November and the time frame said 3-4 weeks at the time. It was 6+ 64GB gold.

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#1181661 23-Nov-2014 17:42

am also hoping for such but you never know

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#1181783 23-Nov-2014 21:37

I was originally going to go for the iPhone 6 Plus but when I tried it in person, even for a guy who has big hands, I found it pretty big. Best thing to do would be to roll down to a Vodafone or Spark shop to have a hands on go with the phone.

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