In your palm, Apple’s iPhone 7 looks like the long-lost twin of the two-year-old iPhone 6. The most discernible difference was the location of the camera. Oh, that and Apple took away something many of us use every day: the headphone jack.
Apple’s mainly got on offer with the iPhone 7 are internal improvements, many of which were long overdue.
Battery: By far the most important upgrade is improved battery life. Apple claims the iPhone 7 can last for 14 hours of browsing the Web on Wi-Fi, and that anybody switching from the iPhone 6s will experience about two more hours of battery life every day. I’ll have to verify this with my own testing, but it’s impressive that Apple didn’t need to make the phone thicker.
Water-resistance: The iPhone 7 is also, at long last, water-resistant, a feature rival Samsung first introduced to its phones in 2014. The new device can be put in 1 meter under water for 30 minutes.
Camera: Apple lost its crown for the best phone camera to Samsung earlier this year. But the iPhone 7 has 7Mpx face camera and 12mpx back camera an improved sensor and a lens that opens up to f1.8 (previously, it was f2.2). That means much better night shots.
Headphone: As you may have heard, Apple giveth and Apple taketh away. The iPhone 7 drops the standard headphone jack, but comes with earbuds that plug into the Lightning port, plus a dongle so you can still use your old favorite wired headphones. And the new $159 AirPods, Apple is helping to usher in a new generation of totally wireless earbuds that will make using any device more pleasant.
The iPhone 7 lags behind the competition. Its screen, while 25% brighter and more colorful than ever, still has only a fraction of the resolution on Samsung’s latest. Photos and text look less crisp on the iPhone screen, and the low resolution also keeps it from being effective for new experiences like VR.
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