IPhone 6 home screen won't rotate

Just got home with the iPhone 6 and the home screen will NOT rotate! Other apps seem to rotate, just not the home screen.
I checked the screen lock and it is also not in zoomed mode. I have tried a few restarts with no luck and downloaded the newest IOS update.
Please help! I was really looking forward to this feature.

Netready wrote:
I am having this issue with both my wife's and my new iPhone 6 and it seems to be iOS 8.?? related and does anyone know if Apple plans to issue a OS patch? The restarts and resets have not resolved this issue and this is our first iPhone, but I am a long term Mac user and the phone should respond like my iPOD 5 or better.
Do you have the iPhone 6 or the iPhone 6 Plus?
Only the iPhone 6 Plus rotates the Home Screen.

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