“The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are deeply unusual devices. They are full of aggressive breaks from convention while wrapped in cases that look almost exactly like their two direct predecessors,” Nilay Patel writes for The Verge. “Even that continuity of design is a break from convention; after almost a decade of Apple’s steady two-year iPhone update pattern, merely retaining the same design for a third straight year plays against expectations.”
“Inside that case, everything else about the iPhone 7 is a decisive statement about the future. The dual cameras on the iPhone 7 Plus promise to usher in a new era in mobile photography. The iconic iPhone home button is no longer a physical button, but instead a sophisticated ballet of pressure sensors and haptic vibration motors that simulate the feel of a button. The new A10 Fusion processor blends two high-power cores that rival laptop performance with two low-power cores that combine with a much larger battery to extend run time by up to two hours,” Patel writes. “And, yes, Apple has removed the headphone jack.”
“This is an iPhone that lays a marker in tech history, and it will serve as the foundation for many important changes to how phones work and integrate into our lives,” Patel writes. “We’re going to remember the iPhone 7.”
Read much more in the comprehensive full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: You’ll see longing for the iPhone 8 series in the full review. If you always “wait for next year,” you’ll never get anything. We plan to fully enjoy this year with our 256GB Jet Black iPhone 7 Plus units. On that you can safely bet.
I had the same reaction to the review. Nilay went out of his way over criticize the device after he said tons of positive things about it, I don’t get the verge sometimes. Walt should be the only person allowed to do reviews.
Uummmm…? Did you read Walt’s review?
I did. And it was very disappointing. Half of it was bitching about the headphone jack, which I found ridiculous.
I don’t understand why these anal-ysts are so obsessed with a new design. What is wrong with the current one? What would be a better one? I’ve never seen one of them suggest anything.
I’m waiting for the iPhone 10. It’ll be an icosadodecahedron.
If he thinks the’ Galaxy Note is so pretty, I wonder if it is before or after it explodes. Seriously, I like this shape it is the most practical of any previous apple design. I would not care if stays the same for n4xt year. They all look alike in a case. It’s what is inside and the operating system that counts.
To my eyes the visual changes to the iPhone 7 are substantial. Finally no antenna lines, awesome black colors. I think I’ll be missing the home button in the future and from the sound of it the haptic home button on this gen doesn’t feel too great already.