This year's most anticipated smartphone duo is now official - the Apple iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus. Both smartphones took a lot of cues from their predecessors but with a few tweaks and a new finish, the iPhone 7 duo looks better than the last two generations of the smartphone. With its body made of 7000 Series aluminum, the iPhone 7 is sturdy as it is beautiful. While we are used to the matte finish of previous iPhones, the iPhone 7 will have a new Jet Black variant, with high gloss finish thanks to a nine-step process of anodization and polishing. As for the design of the iPhone 7, the antenna lines are now discreet, the camera bump is more pronounced and more importantly, it is IP67 certified, meaning it is water and dust resistant. The iPhone 7 measures 138.3 mm x 67.1 mm x 7.1 mm and tips the scales at 138 grams while the iPhone 7 Plus measures 158.2 mm x 77.9 mm x 7.3 mm and weighs 188 grams.
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The iPhone 7 packs a 4.7-inch Retina HD display (LED-backlit IPS LCD) of 750 x 1,334 pixel resolution while the larger iPhone 7 Plus packs a 5.5-inch Retina HD display (LED-backlit IPS LCD) of 1080p Full HD resolution. Both display feature a maximum brightness of 625 cd/m2 (25% brighter than last generation), wide color gamut, dual-domain pixels for wide viewing angles, fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating and 3D Touch. The iPhone 7 duo also gets an all-new capacitive Home button, which a solid-state button that works in tandem with the new Taptic Engine for precise tactile feedback. The Touch ID fingerprint scanner is still built right into it.
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In terms of performance, both smartphones are powered by Apple's home-brewed 64-bit quad-core A10 Fusion chip with an embedded M10 motion coprocessor, 2GB RAM (iPhone 7)/3GB RAM (iPhone 7 Plus) and 32GB of non-expandable internal storage for the base model. Both are also available in 128GB and 256GB models, with the Jet Black variant exclusive to these two storage options. They run iOS 10 and come with all the goodies the software offers: Siri, Apple Pay, Photos, Music, Safari, iMessage, FaceTime, Maps, topnotch security and many more. Connectivity options include LTE (supporting up to 25 bands), LTE-A, VoLTE, Wi-Fi with MIMO, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, GLONASS and NFC. Both also have sensors including three-axis gyro, accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor and barometer.
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As for photography, the iPhone 7 packs a 12-MP primary camera with an f/1.8 aperture, 6-element lens, optical image stabilization (OIS), quad-LED True Tone flash, wide color capture for Live Photos, hybrid IR filter, backside illumination sensor, auto-focus with Focus Pixels (phase detection) and sapphire crystal lens cover. It is also capable of recording videos in 4K resolution at 30 fps, 1080 Full HD resolution at up 60 fps, slo-mo 1080p resolution at 120 fps, slo-mo 720p at 240 fps and time lapse videos with stabilization. For the iPhone 7's FaceTime HD camera, it has a 7-MP sensor, an f/2.2 aperture, Retina Flash, wider color capture for Live Photos, auto-HDR, and supports 1080p Full HD video recording. Then we have the iPhone 7 Plus' 12-MP dual cameras with an f/1.8 aperture for the wide-angle lens and an f/2.2 aperture for the telephoto lens. It supports 2x optical zoom and 10x digital zoom. It will also allow you to capture depth of field, keeping the subject sharp while blurring the background, which is also known as the bokeh effect. Like the iPhone 7, the iPhone 7 Plus' camera features a 6-element lens, optical image stabilization, quad-LED True Tone flash and more. As for video recording and the front-facing camera, the iPhone 7 Plus shares all features of the smaller iPhone 7.
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For the first time, the new iPhones will come with stereo speakers for louder audio output and higher dynamic range. Unfortunately, Apple chose to let go of the 3.5 mm headphone jack. Instead, it will provide a free Lightning to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter in the iPhone 7's packaging. Also included in the package are the Apple EarPods with Lightning connector. And to be sold separately, starting October 2016, Apple will also offer the AirPods, which are wireless headphones compatible to the new iPhones, Apple Watch, iPad and Mac computers. As for the battery life, both iPhones are said to have a longer battery life than their predecessors. The iPhone 7 has a standby time of 10 days, wireless talk time of up to 14 hours, Internet use of up to 14 hours, wireless video playback of up to 13 hours and wireless audio playback of up to 40 hours. Meanwhile, the iPhone 7 Plus has a standby time of 16 days, wireless talk time of up to 21 hours, Internet use of up to 15 hours, wireless video playback of up to 14 hours and wireless audio playback of up to 60 hours.
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The new iPhones will come in Gold, Silver, Rose Gold, Black and Jet Black. They will ship with Apple EarPods, Lightning to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter, and will only accept nano-SIM cards. Pricing starts at $649 for the 32GB iPhone 7 and $769 for the 32GB iPhone 7 Plus, both contract-free. Each higher storage tier will set you back an additional $100. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will start shipping on September 16 in 28 major markets, including the US, UK, Australia, China, Japan, France, Hong Kong, Singapore and Germany. On September 23, they will be released in 30 more markets, including Russia, Saudi Arabia, Monaco and Czech Republic.
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Are you dying to get your hands on these new iPhones?
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