After a long wait the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are here in rewiew. Apple announced both some days ago at its launch event in San Francisco.
If you always wanted water resistance and better battery life on your iPhone, you're going to be happy. If you wanted a headphone jack, you'll be sad. Why sad?
The iPhone 7 seems like a bunch of upgrades -- some of which iPhone users have wanted for a while.
Did we mention no headphone jack? Yes, it's weird. Also, the home button being a solid-state Force Touch-like panel means it doesn't quite have the same feel. It took some getting used to.
Jet black, Apple's new glossy black color iPhone, looks beautiful. It turns the iPhone into a slim black obelisk. But it also might be a bit of a smudge magnet.
Here are the most important things you need to know about the iPhone 7:
- Size and feel: The iPhone 7 feels pretty
much the same as the iPhone 6S, with the same 4.7-inch screen. Apple
says the "HD Retina display" is 25 percent brighter than
last year's model. It includes the pressure-sensitive 3D Touch layer
that buzzes slightly when you press and hold the screen.
- Static home button: The home button is now
solid state, which means you can't physically press or click it in
-- kind of like the Motorola Moto Z and OnePlus 3.
It's pressure-sensitive, including "taptic feedback",
which just means that apps can give you three levels of pressure and
haptic feedback, like a light or strong buzz. It doesn't feel like a
button and definitely takes getting used to, but so far it seems to
get the job done.
- Water-resistant: Yes, Virginia, it will be
water-resistant (IP67), like several Samsung and Sony phones (IP68).
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- No headphone jack: It's gone. Really.
Instead, Apple's new EarPods headphones will connect through the
Lightning connector port; you'll also get an adaptor in the box.
Apple's also pushing new, funky-looking AirPods headset connects
wirelessly through auto-pairing. These worked pretty well, actually,
and sounded pretty good in a the loud demo room.
- New camera: The iPhone 7 keeps the
12-megapixel camera, but adds a larger aperture and -- this is a big
deal -- optical image stabilization that keeps images steadier. We
do notice that the camera sticks out more from the back. (The iPhone
7 Plus gets a second, 56mm telephoto lens on the back that works
like a built-in zoom feature. Phones like the LG V20, Huawei
P9 and Huawei Honor 8 have two cameras, too.) We have
lots more detail below.
- New front-facing camera: The iPhone 7's
7-megapixel front-facing camera leaps up from 5 megapixels on the
iPhone 6S, and includes auto-image stabilization (but not
optical image stabilization).
- Stereo speakers: A second speaker joins the
iPhone to give you stereo speakers. There's now one at the bottom
and one at the top (this is brand-new for Apple).
- Longer battery life: Greater battery
capacity for longer battery life. Apple estimates 12 hours of LTE
browsing (the iPhone 7 Plus should clock about two more hours).
Apple notoriously never tells us what the capacity is.
- Faster processor: The iPhone 7's new A10
Fusion chip is a 64-bit, quad-core processor that Apple says is 40
percent faster than last year's A9 processor. Two cores are
high-performance, the other two are "high efficiency,"
which means they'll conserve battery while handling tasks. Take-away
message: deeper visual graphics, especially with gaming.
- More storage!: 32GB, 128GB, 256GB capacities
- Colors: Glossy jet black, matte black, gold,
silver, rose gold (P.S.: New jet black is only available in 128GB
and 256GB models.)
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