Today, Apple has finally unveiled the highly anticipated iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. As the rumours predicted, many of the things we've read online did come true, such as the first ever wireless Apple AirPods, the dual cameras on the iPhone 7 Plus, a pressure-sensitive click-less home button, water and dust resistance feature, a default 32GB internal storage and many more. Without further ado, below are the official specifications:
Apple iPhone 7
- A10 Fusion chip, quad-core CPU
- 32GB / 128GB / 256GB internal storage
- 4.7-inch Retina HD display with wide colour gamut
- 12MP rear camera (f/1.8 aperture, OIS, Quad LED True Tone flash, Flicker Sensor) + 7MP FaceTime HD camera
- Features new Home Button, IP67 water and dust resistant, stereo speakers
- Supports Apple Pay (FeliCa), LTE Advanced up to 450 Mbps
- Battery life up to 12 hours of LTE browsing
- iOS 10
Apple iPhone 7 Plus
- A10 Fusion chip, quad-core CPU
- 32GB / 128GB / 256GB internal storage
- 5.5-inch Retina HD display with wide colour gamut
- Two 12MP wide-angle and telephoto cameras (f/1.8 aperture, OIS, Quad LED True Tone flash, Flicker Sensor) + 7MP FaceTime HD camera
- Features new Home Button, IP67 water and dust resistant, stereo speakers
- Supports Apple Pay (FeliCa), LTE Advanced up to 450 Mbps
- Battery life up to 12 hours of LTE browsing
- iOS 10
The first feature that got us intrigued is the iPhone 7 Plus' dual rear cameras, which are equipped with a wide-angle and telephoto camera lens. The wide-angle does what a standard camera do, as for the telephoto camera, it functions as a zoom in camera that's able to take high quality and clear pictures, it can be zoom in 10x and still looks great.
Normal view (left), 10x zoom using telephoto lens (right)
Depth effect feature
The result of using depth effect feature
Stereo speakers
Next up, the new wireless AirPods are your new solution to the missing headphone jack. The reason being why Apple decided to remove it is because they want to take on a challenge on creating a wireless earphone that has never been done before. It will cost $159 (around RM643) and will only be available during late October (presumably in USA first), Apple will also provide a Lightning adapter for the 3.5mm headphone jack, but this also means you can't charge and listen to your favourite songs at the same time.
The Lightning adapter for the 3.5mm headphone jack
The internal design of the AirPod
Last but not least, because of the all-new A10 Fusion chip, the device is able to perform superbly by playing super high-end games. Battery life is said to be improved as well, a comparison given was the iPhone 7 has two more hours longer battery life than the iPhone 6s; and an hour difference between the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 6 Plus.
A high-end game demo using the A10 Fusion chip
The battery chart
The iPhone 7 will cost $649 (around RM2626) which the iPhone 6s also started, while the iPhone 7 Plus will cost $769 (around RM3030). Pre-order for the new iPhone 7 series will start on 9 September 2016 in USA, and will launch on 16 September 2016. Malaysia has yet to receive a release date, but we will keep an eye on that so stay tuned for more news at Technave.com.
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