What is best iphone ever made
What is the best iPhone ever?
a couple months ago we determined
through all of your votes as well as my
opinion what the worst iphone ever is
and today we're gonna be finding the
best hey how's it going I'm Joshua from
91 tech and it's about time we ask the
question what is the best iPhone ever
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right off the bat here for those of you
who want to skip ahead I'll have some
timestamps in the description so you can
go straight to the winner also maybe
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I'm doing more of these types of voting
videos so that your input can get in
here now obviously when talking in terms
of just the best phone overall the
iPhone 10's max reigns supreme it's the
best iPhone on the market right now as
it's the newest but today we're kind of
looking past that and instead focusing
on the impact and success of past
iPhones as opposed to just which is the
fastest and has the best camera which
phones brought the most changes how long
did they last all these factors will
come into play when finding the best
iPhone due to how new the iPhone 10 RN
10s are I think it's really too early to
judge them and so they will be
unfortunately exempt from this video and
about a year we'll have a better idea of
how they fared so maybe we'll revisit it
then but for now we're looking at the
first iPhone all the way to the iPhone
10 and we're gonna determine which is
the best I'm gonna go over every single
option and choose the ones I believe to
be real contenders and at the end of the
video I will choose a winner and compare
that winner to what you guys thought on
both Twitter and the community tab of my
youtube channel also if you don't want
to be spoiled don't scroll down to the
comments just a heads up and with that
let's get into this let's start where
this all started the original iPhone
from 2007 it's unbelievable how much
this single device impacted and
revolutionized the market and yet here
we are now with literally every single
person having a smartphone in their
pocket at all times the iPhone was
really something special and well I
think it being the first of its kind
does leave it mostly void of criticism
it did have its setbacks that keeps it
from being the best iPhone ever it
didn't have a competitive price point it
lacked a 3G network capabilities the
build quality wasn't very good all
things considered and it's unfortunate
that they heard problems with it because
I think this probably should have been
the phone to beat so the first iPhone
was amazing don't get me wrong
but I don't think we can call it the
best luckily all these issues in the
first iPhone were fixed in the next
iteration of the two
2008 iPhone 3G it had 3G and a much
better price point did that made it more
appealing to potential buyers with that
said it also degraded the iPhone from an
aluminum body to a plastic one even if
the aluminum wasn't very good in the
first place I would say plastic is worse
and the phone brought nearly nothing
except for the aforementioned
improvements not to mention it's as slow
as molasses on its latest update iOS 4
for the time the iPhone 3G was a success
but with perfect hindsight we can see
that it really didn't bring a whole lot
to even consider it good 2009 the iPhone
3GS this phone brought much better
speeds and a much better camera a
typical a slight upgrade that we've
become accustomed to this phone was
actually the first one to record video
which is cool and it ran really well on
each iOS version it received up to
Iowa's 6 the 3GS is one of the most
solid well rounded iPhones in my opinion
but it isn't exciting there really
weren't any big-name features and so
it's with some regret I have to say as
much as I love this phone it can't be
considered the best although I would say
that it could be considered great 2010
the iPhone 4 where do I even start with
this phone it brought so much being the
biggest redesign in the iPhone line
until the iPhone 10 and overall just
being a masterpiece you could tell Steve
Jobs really loved this phone when he
announced it and for a good reason it
was a beautiful device we had a new
stainless steel frame and glass back a
far cry from the plastic of a year prior
this design has held up amazingly well
especially considering the iPhone 10
switched back to it last year we got the
first ever Retina display and holy cow
it looked amazing compared to the iPhone
3GS and literally every other smartphone
at the time
Apple was so ahead of the game in 2010
it wasn't even close and this phone
really cemented that fact but as much as
the iPhone 4 brought it wasn't perfect
antenna gate was a thing basically if
you covered the antennas with your hand
you would drop calls which was a pain in
a major design flaw and of course the
iPhone 4 was supported all the way to
Iowa 7 which is extremely slow on this
device in all fairness it did speed up
significantly with 7.1 but that damage
was already done and the floor has been
heavily regarded as a slow mess since
the update
despite the missteps Apple made with the
iPhone 4
it's still hard to argue that it isn't
not only one of the best iPhones but
best smartphones in general 2011 the
iPhone 4s the 4s was your typical S line
upgrade for the most part faster speeds
better camera and in this case Siri the
forest was really sought oh my gosh
alrighty the 4s was really solid at
launch but it was still pretty small and
didn't bring a whole lot new to the
table it also has aged the worst of
basically any iPhone being practically
unusable on iOS 9.3 point 5 the 4s
unfortunately is not one of the best
iPhones but probably one of the worst
simply for how poorly it's aged I
actually lived with a 4s for an entire
week by the way cuz I'm crazy so if you
want to see that there'll be a link in
the description below 2012 the iPhone 5
the iPhone 5 was the lastest Steve Jobs
era iPhone as well he had passed on by
it's released it still held his input
for the design and carried the last
classic iteration of software we saw iOS
6 the phone was crazy fast with a huge
upgrade over the 4s doubling its RAM and
it was just a pleasure to use this size
was perfect for a lot of people and to
this day it's one of the lightest
iPhones we've ever seen the design was
so good Apple reused it with both the 5s
and four years later with the SC
furthermore the iPhone 5 felt fast on
every single version of iOS it received
that's seriously impressive and it's
fair to say this is one of the best
iPhones Apple has ever made 2013 the
iPhone 5c where do I even start with
this phone it was terrible all things
considered I mean okay it ran well and
if you had one you probably liked it as
it wasn't a bad phone but literally the
only reason it that it was even okay was
because it was literally just the iPhone
5 and a cheaper plastic shell this was a
mess of a phone and at only $100 less
than the 5s there was literally no
reason to buy the 5c I've talked enough
about this phone in the past this is
definitely one of the worst iPhones ever
created and is probably the most
pointless
also 2013 we got the iPhone 5s
this phone made a bigger impact on the
smartphone world that I think anyone
realized at the time with a few main
upgrades that really mattered touch ID
for one as it completely changed the way
everybody handled smartphone security
and then the a7 chip set the a7 had the
first six you
or bid architecture in a smartphone and
while that might sound meaningless let
me assure you this was a huge deal and
pushed Android manufacturers into a
frenzy to try to match it the iPhone 5s
was forward-thinking in every way
imaginable linked to a video on that in
the description below by the way and it
has aged the best of any iPhone ever by
far with it still being updatable to
Iowa's 12 right now that's right this
phone from 2013 can do almost everything
the newest iPhone 10s can do that's
absolutely insane and Apple deserves
huge props for creating such a stacked
device that's been able to last us so
darn long the iPhone 5s is without a
doubt one of the best iPhones ever 2014
the iPhone 6 and 6-plus Apple had been
killing it with the iPhone 5 and 5s and
the 6 seemed to continue that trend we
had to size options both being much
bigger than any iPhone we had ever seen
which capitalized on the then rising
phablet trend the phones brought a
much-needed refresh to the iPhone line
and the sales reflected that the iPhone
6 and 6 plus are the best selling smart
phones ever with over 220 million units
shipped that's an insane number and it
is completely unmatched by any other
modern device well the six was a massive
success back then with perfect hindsight
we can see that it was a bit of a mess
bendgate of course was a thing and this
resulted in not only bending but touch
disease as well as a variety of other
issues the phone also didn't bring
hardly anything new other than the size
and so for me I would consider to be one
of the worst iPhones Apple has ever done
simply because they could have made it
so much better 2015 the iPhone 6s and 6s
Plus these phones looked essentially the
same as the iPhone 6 but they brought
some extremely necessary additions the
most important was the higher grade
aluminum that greatly increased the
durability so the phone's no longer
would Bend we also had a huge jump in
performance and in the camera this is
about as good of an s-line upgrade as
they come we also got 3d touch a
headphone jack and he's still a very
good second-generation touch ID this was
a great phone and perhaps even one of
the best early 2016 the iPhone S II
there was a small portion of the market
that felt ostracized by the bigger
iPhone
there hadn't been a small one in about
two and a half years at this point and
that last phone was the five s the SC
served to appeal to these customers and
it did the SC had the same body as the
5s but with the internals of these
success it was a great little phone and
it came out an even better little price
even today the SC is one of the best of
budget options out there but it isn't
one of the best iPhones while it was
great for what it was the SE used in old
design and brought nothing new I love
the SC but it isn't the best iPhone ever
late 2016 the iPhone 7 and 7 plus this
was a bit of a polarizing release the
iPhone 7 removed the headphone jack and
it's easy to say people weren't
especially impressed the phone looked
too similar to the iPhone 6 to be
considered much of a redesign and while
it brought water resistance and the 810
ship and the first secondary camera lens
it just wasn't unique enough for people
to get behind it unfortunately there is
no way to consider this phone to be one
of the best 2017 the iPhone 8 and 8 plus
these phones were meant to be cheaper
options for those who weren't ready to
give up the home button and they were
actually pretty good for what they were
in fact I've called them massively
underrated in the past the iPhone 8
brought a glass back where I was
charging a better camera and so on but
it was all overshadowed by its bigger
and better brother
which we'll talk about right now also in
2017 the iPhone 10 we're quite early in
the life of the iPhone 10 but I think
it's fair to say this is one of the best
phones we have ever seen it had the
biggest redesign of any iPhone ever or
at least since the four we've done away
with the home button and have a nearly
bezel as display only intruded by a
notch that holds apples very cool face
ID technology love it or hate it it's
hard to argue that the iPhone 10 is one
of Apple's best phones ever to be
released plus it brought an emoji and we
all know how important an emoji is and
that's about every single iPhone
eligible to be considered the best again
we aren't going to be looking at either
the 10s or the 10 arm as in my opinion
they're too new and can't really be
looked at objectively and so with that
we have our winners of round one the
iPhone 4 5 5s 6s and 10 these phones all
qualify to be potentially the best
iPhone ever that's actually a large
amount of phones and I think it's just a
testament to how good
Apple has been over the years at least
sometimes and even if you're about as
anti Apple as they come you have to
admit Apple tends to do more phones
right than they do wrong but we can only
have one winner and so let's knock out
the easiest first the iPhone 6s is a
good phone actually I'd argue that it's
a great phone and it had a lot of
support in the votes which all shown a
bit what's impressive is that this
wasn't actually an option but people
wrote it in the comments a lot and I
couldn't exactly ignore it I had a other
option that you could choose and it got
more votes than I expected it to the
fact is there can only be so many
iPhones that can be considered the best
and I don't really think the success
stands up to the rest of them it's an
amazing phone but it's missing the wow
factor it did bring a lot to iPhones in
general and does help the evolution it
greatly but at the end of the day it was
just what the iPhone 6 should have been
and didn't bring anything huge there
were no big-name features and I think
that's something you need to have to be
considered the best so now we have the
iPhone 4 or 5 5s and 10 and this is
where it gets a bit hard as all of these
phones are great for their own
individual reasons the 4 5 and 10 were
all redesigns that's a bonus for them
although the 5 was probably the weakest
redesign in the bunch as it did look
different but not massively different
from the 4 the 5s also had a redesign
but in software only and you can't
discount the importance of iOS 7 oh man
this is pretty hard I'm finding it
extremely difficult to pick a winner
each phone has a legitimately good
reason to be the best but let's knock
off two more phones here the iPhone 5
has one of the most solid designs ever
and a piece of technology to the point
that Apple was selling a phone with the
same body as the five up until late 2018
but that's really all the iPhone 5
brought sure it was a bit faster than
the 4s and yes it had I was six which is
iconic but when it comes to support it
was outdone by the 5s and in terms of a
major redesign the iPhone 4 and 10 have
it beat I've said before the iPhone 5 is
what an iPhone should be and I stand by
that it was an amazing phone and one
that stayed that way throughout its
entire life but as good as it is it
isn't the best and neither is the iPhone
4 now the iPhone 4 is a great phone
absolutely
one of the best and if you think it is
the best I definitely won't argue with
you I think that's valid but it's
unbearable on Iowa's seven at least to
me and I'd say that that just kind of
ruins it for me while the iPhone 4 was a
huge redesign I don't know if it's as
big as the I found tens so I think it
deserves to get knocked out sooner
also antenna gate happened and that was
a serious oversight on Apple's part the
iPhone 4 was my first iPhone and believe
it or not I actually had an Android
before that but as much as this phone
means to me it isn't the best iPhone
ever all right
now we're down to the iPhone 5s and the
iPhone 10 to be honest I really didn't
think that these would be the finalists
when I started doing all of this but
after writing out the pros and cons of
each iPhone I realized that these two do
seem to be the best of what Apple's come
up with over the years the iPhone 10 was
the largest redesign we've ever seen and
probably ever will see gone is the home
button and that's something no one saw
coming even just a few years ago when I
first got the iPhone 10 if you watch my
older reviews I mentioned that it's like
holding the future in your hand and it
is the iPhone tens beautiful OLED panel
mixed with the stainless steel and glass
back makes it easily the most premium
feeling phone of 2017 and it still holds
up today with the tennis having the same
body you might cry about the knotch but
the notch has been replicated on nearly
every Android phone in 2018 for a reason
it was a good design choice although
most of the Android phones trying to use
it don't understand that it doesn't look
good when you still have a chin the a 11
chip was a beast the camera was great
and literally almost everything about
the iPhone 10 was perfect it was the
ultimate upgrade and the impact of it
can't be understated but the iPhone 5s
is better the iPhone 10 deserves at
least second place for sure and if you
personally think it should be first I
get it but in my opinion it's just too
new for us to have a good understanding
of how it really compares we've had over
5 years of the 5s to analyze it and see
how its aged but the iPhone 10 is only a
year old and as such it's really hard to
say whether or not it's a better phone
than 5s because we really don't know
whether or not that it will be the TENS
life isn't over but the 5s is is coming
to an end
personally I think the 10 may end up
being better than the 5s but again we
won't really know until
few years down the road the iPhone 5s
was 64-bit again this is the first
smartphone that ever did it it had touch
ID which set the standard for mobile
security it brought I was 7 the first
and only overhaul of iOS that pushed
Apple forward into the future and of
course with the iPhone 5s we've had over
five years of full consistent support
something that's never been done before
it wasn't a massive leap forward like
the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 10 but it
doesn't need to be and for what it is I
think it's done an amazing job the 5s
just doesn't really have any flaws and
as such I think it belongs at the top of
the iPhone tower without a doubt and so
here it is my opinion the 5s is the best
iPhone but what did you all think let's
turn to the Twitter poll first with the
least amount of votes we have the iPhone
4 at 10% this was a bit surprising to me
as I personally saw it as more important
than the iPhone 5 speaking of which
coming in at 20% we have the iPhone 5 at
26% we have the iPhone 10 and finally
with 44% to the vote we have the iPhone
5s the clear winner so you guys
basically agree with me you had the
iPhone 5 quite a bit higher than I put
it but generally I think we can get
along here and that's always nice to see
having a popular opinion usually means
less dislikes okay let's look at the
YouTube poll first off we got over
22,000 votes which is insane as well as
over 1,400 comments apparently people
are pretty passionate about this at the
bottom of the vote we have the iPhone 5
with only 6% that's a stark contrast to
the Twitter vote that's for sure
moving up we have the iPhone 4 and 9%
and then we have other at 12%
it's hard to gauge what people are
voting for when they chose other but I
think most people have the iPhones
success in mind at least according to
the comments which of course I threw
into consideration but overall
disregarded as I don't think it did
enough to be the best still an
interesting pick regardless though and I
can see why people would like the iPhone
success in second place we have you
guessed it the iPhone 10 at 18%
this leaves the iPhone 5s as the
overwhelming winner with 55% of the vote
that's actually a crazy large amount and
much more definitive than what people
were saying on Twitter has things over
there were a little bit closer so all of
our opinions mostly matched up and
that's pretty rare on YouTube there were
a ton of interesting comments
unfortunately I didn't
read them all as there were literally
over 1,400 and while I'd love to share a
few today we are kind of running out of
time but I will answer one that stood
out to me the most prominent issue with
me calling the 5s the best iPhone when I
was writing this is that it didn't
really have any crazy redesign I mean it
did on the software side but the
hardware really didn't look any
different than the iPhone 5 and Brian
here says the four or the ten make the
most sense they were both revolutionary
redesigns to the phones the others while
all necessary and the evolution of the
iPhone didn't feel like the massive leap
forward that the iPhone 4 and 10 made
this is a super valid point my problem
is with the iPhone 4 is that it was kind
of ruined down the road if it had stayed
in the state that it was at at launch I
think it would be easily the best iPhone
but I was seven kind of ruin things and
again it's completely fair to call the
iPhone 10 the best iPhone but I think
it's just too new at the moment if we
check back in in a couple years we might
be able to confirm that it really is the
best but at the moment I think the 5s
still holds the crown and with that I
think it's finally about time we close
out this video the iPhone 5s is the best
iPhone out there right now but I can't
wait for Apple to release something even
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