iPhone 7 Impressions: 8 New Things!
Apple recently unveiled their newest iteration in their iPhone linup, the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus. Although its very similar to the previous iPhone , there are many new things that Apple has implemented this year in its newest model. 8 to be exact.
1. The Home button
The new home button is really very similar to the force touch track pads in their macbooks. It doesn't actually click anymore but is actually just a glass button that provides haptic feedback when pushed. This is thanks to Apple's new taptic engine technology. Although this feature is futuristic and clearly Apple did this to waterproof the phone, the experience just isn't the same. You don't get the same type of feel but instead you now feel the entire device vibrate when the home button is pressed.
2. Water and Dust resistance
The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are officially water and dust proof thanks to their IP67 rating. This essentially means that the iPhones are rated to survive under 50 meters of water, which actually a lot if you think about it. You can therefore use in the rain or shower with without thinking too much about any kind of water damage.
3. New Camera
The iPhone 7 has a new 12 MP with an f1.8 aperture , optical image stabilisation and in addition to all of those things the 7 Plus even has the dual camera setup. Both the phones also have a quad LED flash and support RAW image capture .
There's also a new 7 MP front facing selfie shooter that actually looks a lot better than the previous generation cameras on the iPhone 6s and the 6s Plus. Therefore anyone into selfies will greatly appreciate this upgrade.
Now Onto the bigger iPhone 7 Plus. The 7 Plus has two 12 Mp cameras but whats different is the lens in front of the two cameras. The camera on the right has a normal 28mm lens but the camera on the left has a 56mm lens which can capture images with much better zoom. Optical zoom to be specific. This is great for times when the subject is farther away from you or you generally can't get close enough to take the shot.
4. Display
The display on the iPhone 7 is mostly the same as before, the same size and the same old resolution , same IPS technology but according to Apple its now 25% brighter than last time and has a wider color gamut. This means that colors will pop more.
5. Stereo Speakers
Although the iPhone 7 duo sport a stereo speaker setup, the speakers are oddly placed, much like HTC did with it HTC 10, the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 plus have one speaker on the front above the screen and another one at its normal position, at the bottom of the phone.
6. EarPods
Every iPhone and iPhone 7 Plus will ship with lightning earpods. Yes that's right folks. You've probably heard this now many times but Apple killed the headphone jack. Therefore you cannot use your normal headphones normally and instead have to use the lightning earpods that will ship with every iPhone 7 and iPhone Plus. However if you want to use your normal headphones then Apple will also give a 3.5mm jack to lightning adapter with every iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.
7. AirPods
Apple this year also introduced their first generation of wireless Bluetooth AirPods. These do not ship with the iPhone 7 itself but these can be bought separately for $159. That's sort of expensive for a pair of wireless earphones. However Apple did make an odd pair of wireless earphones. Unlike most wireless earphones, the AirPods don't have any wire connecting the two ear pieces. This would however mean that these will be extremely easy to loose and thus you would have to take proper care of them.
8. Specs
The iPhone 7 and the 7 Plus have a new A10 Fusion chip which has a few benefits over the last generation chip inside the iPhone 6s. It has better performance with the CPU and better graphic performance with the new GPU. Its a quadcore chip , with two of the cores being low power cores so that you can effectively save battery when in need. This means that when you are not doing tasks on your phone that require high cpu power, the low power cores will do all the work while using a lot less battery.
So that's pretty much it on whats new with the newest iteration of the iPhone. Although its pretty familiar, Apple did a good job with the actual hardware of the phone. What do you think of the new iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus? comment down below to let me know!
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