The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are astonishing new devices. They come with brand new, gorgeous, retina HD displays. Now, the new iPhones come in 4.7″ and 5.5″. These are both new sizes to the iPhone family. Like me, I am sure a lot of you are debating on which one to get!
Choosing the right sized iPhone can be difficult – of course, that’s if you don’t care about the feature differences. However, I took the time to perfectly size two images of the iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6 so that they can be printed in actual size. Here’s exactly what I did.
Step 1: Created Two Files (iPhone 6/6Plus)
– Download iPhone 6 Here
– Download iPhone 6 Plus Here
Step 2: Printed the two files
Step 3: Stapled each of the iPhone printings to a piece of cardboard
Step 4: Cut around each iPhone 6 and Cardboard.
Step 5: Glued the iPhone 6 Print out and Matching Cardboard
This created an exactly sized sample of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. I’m going to try them both to see how they would fit in the hand, but these are great representations and picking tools!
NOTE: These were printed on the “Preview” application on the mac with NO scaling needed! Just print at 100%
*Windows not tested.
Or you can download ONE file and get a instant comparison between the iphone 5 and the two 6’s.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/09/how-big-is-the-iphone-6-plus-find-out-with-our-handy-paper-template/
Sorry 9-5, Ars got you beat on this one. :)
Another option, like I did: Go to Best Buy/Target/wherever phones are sold and get a feel for the phones that are sized similarly to the 6 and 6 plus.
6 Plus: Galaxy Note 3
6: HTC One M8
Though the bezels are different and they are slightly different in terms of thickness, it is quick and easy to sample out the new phone sizes.
If anyone you know still has a Galaxy S3, it is nearly identical in footprint to the iPhone 6, just a bit thicker. But it also has relatively rounded edges and the screen has rounded edges so it’s probably the best phone to know how the iPhone 6 will feel.