I don't think this is very in-tune with the actual buyers. iPhones always outperform Androids in battery life in the real world IME (there are exceptions that

I don't think this is very in-tune with the actual buyers. iPhones always outperform Androids in battery life in the real world IME (there are exceptions that probably break the rule, but with compromises elsewhere I'm not willing to make so I haven't bought those devices). My 6+ is living up to the "2 days" claim. I absolutely wouldn't trade thinness, and more importantly, weight, for longer battery life. The battery life is fine. The weight is good. The thinness allows me to add a case and still only have it be as thick as an iPhone 5. For me, someone who actually paid for an off contract 6+, they made the right call.