The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus don't hit Apple Store shelves until Friday. But a few lucky reviewers have spent close to a week with the phones, posting their full reviews this morning.

While Apple's new smartphones are already backordered by a few months online, you can still snag one tomorrow if you're willing to wait in line for a few hours. Is it time to break out the camping chair and head to your local store? Here's a rundown of what early reviewers think:

The Verge

"Apple had a chance here to not simply make a bigger iPhone, but to really think through how we might use a bigger iPhone differently. How a bigger iPhone changes what we can do, or see, or interact with on one display. But Apple didn't do any of that. It just made a bigger, better iPhone."

That's The Verge's David Pierce on the iPhone 6. He found that the size of the phone made him hold it slightly differently than previous models, and that Apple's need to include the home button (along with the top bezel) makes the iPhone 6 feel larger than other 4.7" smartphones. He was able to go at least a day and a half on a single battery charge with the handset. The Verge found the camera to be one of the phone's best features—"the one that most strongly makes the iPhone 6's case as the best smartphone on the planet."

As for the iPhone 6 Plus, Nilay Patel says "there's no escaping the sheer size of the thing. The screen itself is bigger than an entire iPhone 5S, and it dwarfs even the new, larger iPhone 6." Patel says he found himself carrying around the 6 Plus as if it were a Moleskine notebook more than a phone. Despite its large screen, he was able to get two days of battery life from a single charge with the phone. He says the camera is "the best smartphone camera I've ever used," and that the overall package was enough to make him want the larger model.

New York Times

"In its quest to deliver bigger phones to a market clamoring for them, Apple has made one phone that is actually a little too small and one that's a little too big," says The New York Times' Molly Wood. To her, best part of the new phones is the software, iOS 8. She found the cameras on both phones "outstanding," and was able to go two full days with the smaller iPhone 6 on a single charge. Wood says, "The slim new iPhones aren't a big-screen slam-dunk, but they work well, as we have come to expect from Apple."

Bloomberg

"These aren't just the best iPhones ever made—they might be the best phones ever made. Period. The only question you really have to answer is: Which one?" That's the word from Bloomberg's Joshua Topolsky. "Apple will tell you that these are the fastest mobile devices it's ever made, and it wouldn't be lying. These phones scream."

Re/code

Re/code's Walt Mossberg calls the iPhone 6 "the best smartphone on the market, when you combine its hardware, all-new operating system, and the Apple ecosystem whose doors it opens." Despite the phone's larger screen, he reports that none of his apps looks distorted or blurry. Wi-Fi speeds were twice that of the iPhone 5S, while LTE speeds stayed roughly the same. Mossberg broke the screen on his iPhone while testing it (a 5-foot drop onto his driveway), so he recommends springing for a case if you decide to upgrade.

Lauren Goode reviewed the iPhone 6 Plus and liked the size of the screen, but found the phone too large to tote around while running or hiking (you're not going to strap one of these to your arm). "It feels sleek, and carries the cachet of being a 'big iPhone'—if that's what you're into."

The Wall Street Journal

The Journal's Geoffrey Fowler says, "The $199 (with contract) iPhone 6 packs a 4.7-inch screen, big enough to get down to business, into the most comfortable smartphone I've ever held. And while the iPhone 6 Plus feels too big for my taste, for $100 more its 5.5-inch screen offers an option for road warriors who don't want to carry a tablet." Unlike other reviewers, he describes the iPhone 's battery life as "mediocre," but still feels it is "the best smartphone you can buy."

Engadget

Brad Molen at Engadget reviewed the iPhone and 6 Plus. He loved the elegant new design of the iPhone 6, its fast performance, and larger screen. However, he mentions that he wishes Apple had included the longer battery life and optical image stabilization from the 6 Plus in the 6. Overall, he found the 6 Plus to be "difficult to use one-handed, not to mention more uncomfortable than similar-sized phones," but he loved the camera and the device's tablet-like features.

The Guardian

"Spending a day or two using the iPhone 6 makes its predecessors feel overweight. The most noticeable thing, besides the thinness, is how smoothly the curved screen rolls over the edges— so swiping from the left edge to the right, or from the right edge to go left (which we do at many navigation points, including in Apple Mail) is a tactile pleasure," says the Guardian's Charles Arthur. He found that iOS 8 added a great deal of key functionality, and he, too, enjoyed the device's camera.

USA Today

The paper's Edward Baig says "These are the phones Apple devotees have been waiting for: iPhones that measure up to what's fast becoming the new normal—the large, modern smartphone display. Count me among those glad they're here."

Baig preferred the 6 Plus because of its large screen, but notes that it wouldn't fit in a snug purse or small pair of hands. "It's harder (but not impossible) to use the iPhone 6 Plus one-handed, even with Apple adding a gesture called Reachability which makes the top portion of the display move down toward the bottom when you gently double-tap the home button," he says. He also remarks that it feels a bit unnatural to hold the phone up to your head to make an actual call, something that was much more comfortable on the iPhone 6.

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