Apple has released its new iPhone 7 and iPhone Plus on Wednesday in San Francisco, United States.
Aesthetically, the new iPhones are similar to the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, has although there are remarkable differences, like a pressure-sensitive home button, better camera, a faster processor and improved battery life, and the absence of headphone jack.
The new features
- Upgraded camera, new home button and the removal of the 3.5mm headphone jack.
- Removing the headphone jack. The phone now comes with with a pair of Lightning EarPods – which connect through the charging port – and wireless Apple AirPods, powered by a W1 chip.
- Infared sensors detect when each pod is in your ear and motion sensors control the headphones to use Siri and detect your voice.
- The AirPods provide five hours of listening which, with the compact charging case, delivers 24 hours of total battery life. The pods can connect to Apple watches, laptops and iPads.
- The iPhone 7 comes with stereo speakers.
- The camera has been revamped to enhance low-light capabilities and take even sharper photos.
Close Shot of the new camera on iPhone 7 IMAGE/GETTY
- A 5.5-inch version of the handset has a dual-lens camera. This allows a huge increase in quality when zooming in on a photo, a problem that has plagued Apple for years.
- 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 telephoto lens means the camera can zoom to 10X with optical and soft zoom.
- Cameras on both models will also have 12 megapixel sensors as well as 4K video recording capability. It also enables live editing of video files and with wide colour capture.
- Apple has introduced two new colours for the iPhone 7 to replace space grey. A matte “black” and a glossy black will join silver, gold and rose gold in the colour options for the iPhone. The new shiny “jet black” finish will be offered exclusively on the 128GB and 256GB models.
The new phones will be available late October.
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