iPhone 6 Plus review: Apple’s first big-screen iPhone — the original phablet from Cupertino.
The first big iPhone — historically pivotal, now a relic.
The iPhone 6 Plus launched Apple’s phablet era. With 1 GB RAM and iOS support long over, it is purely a piece of history.
01Display
52/10052/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2014 — 20 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
46/10046/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2014 — 17 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
36/10036/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2014 — 23 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2014 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
64/10064/100 trails the 68-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2014.
06Value
42/10042/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2014 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Apple’s first large-screen iPhone — defined the Plus line.
- OIS main camera (Plus-exclusive at launch).
- Good battery life for 2014.
- Touch ID and headphone jack.
- Only 1 GB RAM; 16 GB base storage.
- 8 MP camera; 1080p video cap.
- Prone to the "bendgate" flex issue; stuck on iOS 12.
- Discontinued.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 92-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .