Its been a while and i've finally got to review and give my thoughts on Apple's recent
smartphone, when you hear the word iPhone you know exactly what to expect it's an
iconic device that has received a fresh coat of paint each year but has
fundamentally stayed the same which necessarily is not a bad thing because you still have access to millions of applications. over 2 million to be exact about it, we all have come to love the app icons that appear as big bold round squares on your home screens, it honestly wouldn't be called an iPhone without those iconic round square app icons that we've all kind of come to love.
While my reviewing of the iPhone 7 , i've loaded a ton of different apps on the device and
it hardly broke a sweat running any of them. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus feature the cutting edge fusion chip with an embedded M-motion co-processor that might not mean a whole lot to you initially, but you can take my word for it when I say this phone is lightning fast, actually it's one of the fastest smartphones in the world despite only having 3 Gigabytes of RAM whereas many top end Android smartphones have 4 or even 6 Gigabytes of RAM
For this model, Apple went ahead and tweaked some of the design elements here and there and added a plethora of new features the iPhone 7 , its upgraded model , the iPhone 7 plus works like any other iPhone to come before it it's just a little bit faster.
i could just go ahead and say that its perfect as its right not but, it still has a few bugs here and there that still need to be worked out in future.
For the benchmark enthusiasts out there,I've gone ahead and ran Geekbench and it gives the iPhone 7 plus a single core score of around 3500, and a multi-core score of nearly 5600.
Previous models of the iPhone were available in black color but Apple has made the iPhone 7 available in jet black color, and to be honest, it looks absolutely stunning, especially as the design is nearly identical to the last gen iPhone making it feel familiar when in your hands.
My biggest problem with the new iPhone 7 is that there is NO headphone jack present, you will need an adapter to plug in your 3.5 mm headphones, which means you cant charge and listen to the music at the same time, I thought this wouldn't be a big deal as most the headphones people use these days are wireless but I've heard of several situations where people haven't had their adapters and they wanted to play music via a wired connection and it has been an absolute letdown.
Apple have added Stereo speakers to the new iPhone 7 which means that you can enjoy much louder and crispier audio quality than previous iPhones.
The new speakers are much better than the iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s plus, there's a front facing speaker that doubles as the calling speaker and of course a bottom facing speaker
which is a little bit louder than the front facing speaker but overall two
stereo speakers make content much more enjoyable to consume.
The other big hardware change is with the camera, or should I say cameras as there is a
megapixel F8 aperture wide angle sensor and a F8 telephoto sensor with optical zoom at 2x as well as thee standard digital zoom at 6x magnification. This is one of the first mainstream smartphones to feature an optical zoom, and it's a stunning feature for anyone who likes to take a lot of pictures.
There are 2 different camera sensors in the iPhone 7's new iOS. They both feature a portrait mode that blurs the background of a subject to create an ultra milky depth of field shot with plenty of depth of view, which results in some of the best looking pictures.
Photos appear very natural in color, they kind of appear a little bit more muted than other smart phone sensors like the one in Samsung Galaxy S7, but if you want an extra vivid vibrant photo you can always crank up the saturation and contrast in the settings.
I will say the wide-angle sensor can capture some of the most astonishing low-light photos thanks to the F8 aperture.
The camera features optical image stabilization can also help create for blur free photos and shake free videos when you are moving around or just vlogging. The camera maybe the biggest reason to upgrade to the iPhone 7 plus as its IS one of the best smartphone cameras in the world, period.
Even though the Battery life and Display are close behind I was a bit disappointed to hear that Apple decided to only upgrade the brightness and color palette of their displays this time around. The resolution of these 7 plus is still 5.50 inch retina HD display and the display type is still LCD, although this might be the last iteration of the iPhone 7 to feature an LCD panel.
The Display panel itself doesn't impress me like a the displays on Samsung smartphones panel does but I can't really complain about it too much as it performs pretty well outside the house.
It has great viewing angles and is very color accurate, I just wish I had the deep blacks and extra saturated colors that AMOLED Displays tend to produce.
The AMOLED panel would also help conserve some battery life, although the 9 milliamp hour battery is really really great.
The iPhone 7 plus can get around seven hours of screen on time and sixteen hours of standby time give or take, that's really tough to compete against.
With all the positive things about the iPhone, there are "little things" that have been added or tweaked with these 7 and 7 plus models, some might not be so little for example IP67 water resistance rating, which helps keep this phone in functioning order even when completely submerged underwater, that's right you can run this phone through a sink to
Photos appear very natural in color, they kind of appear a little bit more muted than other smart phone sensors like the one in Samsung Galaxy S7, but if you want an extra vivid vibrant photo you can always crank up the saturation and contrast in the settings.
I will say the wide-angle sensor can capture some of the most astonishing low-light photos thanks to the F8 aperture.
The camera features optical image stabilization can also help create for blur free photos and shake free videos when you are moving around or just vlogging. The camera maybe the biggest reason to upgrade to the iPhone 7 plus as its IS one of the best smartphone cameras in the world, period.
Even though the Battery life and Display are close behind I was a bit disappointed to hear that Apple decided to only upgrade the brightness and color palette of their displays this time around. The resolution of these 7 plus is still 5.50 inch retina HD display and the display type is still LCD, although this might be the last iteration of the iPhone 7 to feature an LCD panel.
The Display panel itself doesn't impress me like a the displays on Samsung smartphones panel does but I can't really complain about it too much as it performs pretty well outside the house.
It has great viewing angles and is very color accurate, I just wish I had the deep blacks and extra saturated colors that AMOLED Displays tend to produce.
The AMOLED panel would also help conserve some battery life, although the 9 milliamp hour battery is really really great.
The iPhone 7 plus can get around seven hours of screen on time and sixteen hours of standby time give or take, that's really tough to compete against.
With all the positive things about the iPhone, there are "little things" that have been added or tweaked with these 7 and 7 plus models, some might not be so little for example IP67 water resistance rating, which helps keep this phone in functioning order even when completely submerged underwater, that's right you can run this phone through a sink to
clean it off and it will be completely fine! if it falls out of your pocket and into your toilet, it will still be completely fine but probably it will need a cleaning a deep cleaning for hygiene's sake.
Although i would highly advise against putting water on your iPhone, likely because of water and technology don't really mix very well but it can take a splash and be totally fine I mean
The new and "improved" home button doesn't actually move even though it feels like it does Apple added a vibration motor to simulate a press similar to the MacBook force touch track-pad, that way the button can be sealed shut from water.
Many users have complained about the removal of the actual physical button , but it had to be done to make the device water resistant.
Like the previous versions, the home button features a fingerprint built into the home button and it works to unlock the phone lightning-fast.
Fforce touch is also still found in the 7 and 7 plus and it's been improved as developers have worked to add the functionality into their apps , the biggest use of this feature is probably moving the cursor around what I'm typing, that is a huge feature.
Overall the iPhone 7 plus makes for a great smartphone, the battery life and camera performance are probably its strongest areas, but the other areas that may be surpassed by other smartphones are still adequate
You should enjoy using this phone as a daily driver if you're open to iOS, and you don't find yourself customizing your device to the degree that Android allows for I would also recommend you only consider upgrading if you have a device that is more than two years old if you own an iPhone 6 or 6s plus, I'd probably save money unless you are really hankering for an upgrade also if you consume a lot of media and you find yourself transferring files between your iPhone and your computer frequently
I'd recommend you go with the 6 gigabyte iPhone as it features faster flash storage than the smaller capacity variants the difference in speed is very noticeable. There's also been some reports of a hissing noise when the phone is under some intense stress like when it plays games runs graphic intensive applications so if you're sensitive to hearing or something I guess that's something to consider as well before buying an iPhone 7 or 7 plus.
written by
Jubin Dhantule
Although i would highly advise against putting water on your iPhone, likely because of water and technology don't really mix very well but it can take a splash and be totally fine I mean
The new and "improved" home button doesn't actually move even though it feels like it does Apple added a vibration motor to simulate a press similar to the MacBook force touch track-pad, that way the button can be sealed shut from water.
Many users have complained about the removal of the actual physical button , but it had to be done to make the device water resistant.
Like the previous versions, the home button features a fingerprint built into the home button and it works to unlock the phone lightning-fast.
Fforce touch is also still found in the 7 and 7 plus and it's been improved as developers have worked to add the functionality into their apps , the biggest use of this feature is probably moving the cursor around what I'm typing, that is a huge feature.
Overall the iPhone 7 plus makes for a great smartphone, the battery life and camera performance are probably its strongest areas, but the other areas that may be surpassed by other smartphones are still adequate
You should enjoy using this phone as a daily driver if you're open to iOS, and you don't find yourself customizing your device to the degree that Android allows for I would also recommend you only consider upgrading if you have a device that is more than two years old if you own an iPhone 6 or 6s plus, I'd probably save money unless you are really hankering for an upgrade also if you consume a lot of media and you find yourself transferring files between your iPhone and your computer frequently
I'd recommend you go with the 6 gigabyte iPhone as it features faster flash storage than the smaller capacity variants the difference in speed is very noticeable. There's also been some reports of a hissing noise when the phone is under some intense stress like when it plays games runs graphic intensive applications so if you're sensitive to hearing or something I guess that's something to consider as well before buying an iPhone 7 or 7 plus.
written by
Jubin Dhantule
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