Hidup Sehat

When our office first watched the original iPhone 6 announcement, there was an audible groan as Apple pointed out the new camera's specs. It seemed little had changed from the iPhone 5s: the 6 would once again sport an 8-megapixel sensor with an ƒ/2.2 aperture. The front-facing camera would only capture 720p video, instead of the 1080p that virtually every other flagship manages. Yes, the iPhone has long been considered one the finest smartphone cameras in the world, but would we really get nothing new?

It's no surprise that Apple doesn't advertise the clock speed of its A8 processor; at first blush, it seems like it should be slow. In a world of 2.7GHz chips, wouldn't a 1.4GHz CPU be considerably less powerful? In this case, however, the numbers don't tell the whole story. Between its 64-bit, desktop-class architecture and the "Metal" firmware that gives applications low-overhead access to all those transistors, the A8 chip screams. Our in-house benchmark tests saw the iPhone 6 rocket past its competitors in GFXBench and Basemark, and perform respectably in 3D Mark.

Fast though the processor may be, we truly wish Apple would build expandable storage into its iPhones. Being able to plug a 64GB or 128GB microSD card into a phone gives you tremendous flexibility, whether it's with managing big videos or listening to massive music collections. Yes, we're grateful that Apple has increased the upper-tier model's storage capacity to 128GB, but its entry-level phones still come with just 16GB – an almost insultingly low number in this day and age.

Many flagships boast over 20 hours of talk time and two weeks of standby time. Web browsing and video playback time tends to vary a bit based on the pixel density of the screen, since bigger displays with more pixels require more power to run. But in the final tally, a phone should have no problem making it from the moment you wake up to the moment you fall asleep.

Fortunately, the iPhone 6's 1810 mAh battery stores enough power to pull you through a full day of video, web browsing and music; it just won't last much longer. The latest phones from LG and Samsung will often make it through two full days of moderate use, or a day and a half of heavy use. If you're a heavy iPhone 6 user, expect to manage a full day without plugging in, but be sure to charge up overnight.

Apple's Touch ID makes a triumphant return in the iPhone 6, and it's as great as ever. So long as you properly train your fingerprints to the system, it'll let you unlock your phone and pay for iTunes downloads in moments. We had various reviewers in the office try it out, and every one of them was impressed. It's easy to set up, painless to use, and with the recent improvements in iOS 8, you'll now be able to utilize it in third-party apps.

Touch ID is great, but a few features are still glaringly absent from the iPhone 6. You can't listen to FM radio from your phone like you can with the latest phones from LG and HTC, nor is there an infrared blaster to let you control your TV. But the biggest absence is the lack of waterproofing: Now that Samsung flagships are getting water-resistant certifications, we want to stop worrying about spilling something on our iPhones.