Having measured my Nexus 5 (in it’s protective case), it was just over 3″ wide – nominally exactly the same width as the new iPhone 6 Plus. Hence I was happy, despite the 6 Plus being 1/2″ taller, that it would fit in my pocket. With that in mind and with its impressive looking specs, I pre-ordered a Space Grey 64GB iPhone 6 Plus the minute I could do a quick hop, skip and jump through their online store (unlike previous releases, the website was up before the iOS Apple Store app on my iPad). Promised to be delivered on launch day (September 19th), it was delivered that day at 8:50am. With that, the last weeks journey began.

Overall, delighted with the device. It is very snappy, the fingerprint reader works fast and reliably, and I duly installed my complete set of apps on it. Just a few issues with iOS 8.0.0 as shipped:

1. When out and about, it will occasionally lose all WiFi connectivity. This only happened about once per day on the 6 Plus, and a reboot of the handset (which is now fast) fixed it.
2. On my iPad Mini, I got the occasional keyboard freeze (normally mid typing when a notification popped up). Reboot fixed that.
3. After upgrading my iPad Mini, icons representing Safari web pages (as saved with “Save to Home Screen”) got replaced with a blank target graphic: 
4. Finally, a few apps hadn’t been updated by the time I received the iPhone 6 Plus. One being Instagram Hyperlapse, where the screen progressively lightened as video footage was taken, and on saving, it claimed there wasn’t able to stabilise the footage. HealthKit apps also needed a fix before supporting apps were going to be put back on the App Store.

Having installed iOS 8.0.2 today (one week after the initial release of 8.0.0), (1),(2) and (4) of the above issues have been fixed, (3) is still outstanding and most of my apps have updated. Just waiting for things like the FitBit app to update HealthKit now.

The unfortunate thing is the usual carping in the media about bending iPhones (this happens even if you put all your weight on an iPhone 5S) – and only affected 9 (single digit!) out of the 10 million handsets shipped on the launch weekend. And all the usual worthless iOS vs Android verbal and written tennis.

Personally, i’m absolutely delighted with my iPhone 6 Plus. Everything is working well, and the speed and graphics quality are simply astounding. The battery lasts 2 days use, and the camera quality is wonderful. With that, i’ll leave with the apps I use:

1. Home Screen (I have an Extras folder there containing apps I rarely or never expect to use: Compass, Tips, Voice Memos, Contacts, Find iPhone, Find Friends, Podcasts, Game Center, GarageBand and iTunesU).
2. Work and Comms Apps
3. Social Networks
4. Money and Shopping
5. Television and Video
6. Travel
7. Reading Material

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