At a special event in San Francisco on Wednesday 7th September , Apple unveiled the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus smartphones. The iPhone 7 specifications were not the best kept secrets, because weeks back we had leaked images and specs of the iPhone 7 here. These leaks and rumors were hardly able to tell the whole iPhone 7 story.
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New iphone 7 features
The most eye catching features of the iPhone 7 are the camera upgrade, a new home button and the removal of the 3.5mm headphone as anticipated in the leaks
The headphones
One of the strangest decisions was to completely do away with the headphone jack or port, what you get instead is a pair of Lightning EarPods which connect via the charging port, and Apple's wireless AirPods, powered by a W1 chip. The Infared sensors detect when you put the pod in your ear, while motion sensors control the headphones to use Siri and detect your voice. Cool right?
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| IPhone 7 headphones |
The camera
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| iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus cameras |
The camera of the iPhone 7 was also upgraded to take better pictures in low light conditions, a
new 12MP sensor that's 60 per cent faster and 30 per cent more energy efficient.
The iPhone 7 plus version comes with dual rear cameras. This would give increased quality when zooming a photo, this has been a problem for Apple for some time. The iPhone 7 plus has two 12MP cameras, one of which is a wide angle lens and the other a telephoto lens that can zoom 2X in high quality without using any software.
The secondary camera has been upgraded to a 7MP from the 5MP it has been for selfies.
The home button
The home button has been given a vibration-based taptic feedback system so it now vibrates when touched to give users feedback. The feature is already in use on the firm's MacBook laptops. It's also has the antenna bands moved to the edges form the sides as is the norm. This was talked about in the leaks, in an earlier post.
So with the major new features of the iPhone 7 stated we can go to the full specifications of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus.
Full Specifications of the iPhone 7.
Body
- Size: 138.3mm x 67.1 x 7.1mm
- Weight: 138g
- 4.7-inch display with 1334 x 750 resolution at 326 ppi and 625 cd/m2 max brightness
Platform
- A10 Fusion chip with 64-bit architecture and M10 motion coprocessor
- 2GB of RAM (not confirmed)
- 32GB, 128GB and 256GB storage options
- iOS 10
- Camera: 12-megapixel iSight camera with f/1.8 aperture, optical image stabilization, six-element lens
- 7-megapixel FaceTime camera with f/2.2 aperture
Sensors
- Touch ID fingerprint sensor
Network
- LTE: up to 450Mbps
- Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi‑Fi with MIMO
- Bluetooth 4.2
- Apple EarPods with Lightning port
- AirPods support
Other features
- IP67 splash, water and dust resistance
Battery
- Battery: 14 hours on Wi-Fi, 12 hours on 3G, 12 hours on LTE, wireless video playback up to 13 hours, wireless audio playback up to 40 hours, talk time up to 14 hours on 3G, standby up to 10 days
Full Specifications of the iPhone 7 plus
Body
- Size: 158.2mm x 77.9 x 7.3mm
- Weight: 188g
- 5.5-inch display with 1920 x 1080 resolution at 401 ppi
Platform
- A10 Fusion chip with 64-bit architecture and M10 motion coprocessor
- 3GB of RAM (not confirmed)
- 32GB, 128GB and 256GB storage options
- iOS 10
Camera
- Camera: dual-lens 12-megapixel wide-angle camera with f/1.8 aperture and 12-megapixel f/2.8 camera with f/2.8 aperture, optical zoom up to 2x, optical image stabilization, six-element lens
- 7-megapixel FaceTime camera with f/2.2 aperture
Sensors
- Touch ID fingerprint sensor
Connectivity
- Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi‑Fi with MIMO
- Bluetooth 4.2
- Apple EarPods with Lightning port
- AirPods support
Network
- LTE: up to 450Mbps
Other features
- IP67 splash, water and dust resistance
Battery
- Battery: 15 hours on Wi-Fi, 13 hours on 3G, 13 hours on LTE, wireless video playback up to 14 hours, wireless audio playback up to 60 hours, talk time up to 21 hours on 3G, standby up to 16 days
The price
The iPhone 7:
£599 for 32GB
£699 for 128GB
£799 for 256GB
The iPhone 7 Plus:
£719 for 32GB
£819 for 128GB
£919 for 256GB
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