Apple iPhone 6s is rose gold.
SMARTPHONE makers released a slew of new handsets in 2015 with big screens and high-quality cameras.
And more than a few were up for the top spot in this list. But when it came time to pick the absolute best handset of the year, I kept coming back to Apple’s iPhone 6s. Let the hate mailing commence.
Before you get yourself all worked into a tizzy about me being an Apple fanboy, you should know I use a Samsung Galaxy S6 as my personal phone.
So why choose the iPhone 6s as the best smartphone of 2015 when it looks exactly like the iPhone 6? The simple answer is because Apple has taken an already winning formula and honed it even further.
The iPhone 6s is not only faster than its predecessor; it also gets Apple’s new 3D Touch, which fundamentally changes the way you interact with apps by letting you press harder on the screen to access more features and options.
There’s also a new 12-megapixel camera, though photos taken with the iPhone 6s look about the same as those shot on the iPhone 6— which is to say they’re beautiful.
The runners-up
The iPhone 6s’s win wasn’t a blowout, though, as it barely beat out Samsung’s Galaxy Note5. In fact, if it weren’t for the iPhone 6s’s 3D Touch, the Note5—with its incredible camera, gorgeous display, chic design, and lightning-fast performance— would have taken the crown.
Google’s Nexus 5X also deserves props for matching up with other smartphones in terms of performance at nearly half the price. The reason it missed the top spot is it isn’t built as well as iPhone 6s or Note5.
It’s essentially a nondescript block of plastic. On top of that, the Nexus 5X’s display isn’t nearly as vibrant as the iPhone 6s’s or Note5’s.
The final runner-up for best smartphone of 2015 is Motorola and Verizon’s new Droid Turbo 2. The phone isn’t exactly breathtaking in terms of design or performance, but what makes the Droid Turbo 2 shine is its nearly shatterproof display.
Even after dropping the handset down a flight of stairs upwards of 10 times, its screen didn’t have so much as a scratch. (Dan Howley, Yahoo!Tech)
