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iPhone 7 Review

by okneil on 9/13/16, 11:14 AM with 52 comments

  • by m52go on 9/13/16, 12:00 PM

    Much of the conclusions were not very positive...how'd it end up with a 9?

    The Verge always seems extra giddy about iPhones. They'd never rate a ho-hum Android phone with "disappointing" and "incomplete" features this highly.

  • by dx034 on 9/13/16, 11:36 AM

    "my jet black review unit scratched and scuffed almost instantly"

    I don't see a point of making smartphones thinner if they are so fragile that they have to be in cases. A phone that's a few millimeters thicker and a bit heavier might still feel smaller for the customer if it's usable without a case.

  • by FussyZeus on 9/13/16, 12:10 PM

    If nothing else, it's refreshing to see a more logical take on the headphone jack issue. All of tech media will not stop harping on this, just like they did when the optical drive was no longer standard on Macs (you need to buy a $35 USB optical drive, the HORROR).

    Maybe Apple was a little ahead of their time to remove the optical drive, and maybe they are with the headphone jack too. So far the more level headed of the user base don't seem to give too much of a shit.

  • by philipov on 9/13/16, 12:07 PM

    How do you plug it in to charge at the same time as using the headphones so you can, for example, listen to music at work?

  • by Steko on 9/13/16, 12:48 PM

    This is marked as a dupe but is clearly not. Of course flag abuse is nothing new on HN for Apple articles.

  • by DominikR on 9/13/16, 12:16 PM

    The list of "bad stuff" in the article is longer than the list of "good stuff", yet it receives a 9/10.

    Looks strange (biased) to me, yet I'm not an Apple hater, in fact I've ordered an iPhone 7 Plus for myself last Friday.

    But I have to say that I would have bought the Note 7 if they had the same US promotional offer in the EU with a free Samsung Gear Fit2 if you preorder a Note 7. (instead we get the Gear VR - which is less interesting for most consumers)

    Also the Note seems to take better pictures, at least that's true for the images compared in the video review.

    At least the removal of the headphone jack is no issue for me as I'm a happy user of wireless headsets for quite some time now and I don't plan to ever go back to wired ones.

  • by mrmondo on 9/13/16, 12:00 PM

    Does anyone have links to some sample (real) raw or full size unedited iPhone 7 Plus images?

  • by johansch on 9/13/16, 12:04 PM

    "Bad stuff:

    ..

    * Looks just like an iPhone 6 in a case"

  • by column on 9/13/16, 11:37 AM

    > Great display

    How can they write that as a plus when it is the same screen size and resolution as the previous model, and the competition as a better display overall?

    http://www.kimovil.com/en/compare/apple-iphone-6-plus,apple-...

    Why not mention the lack of SD card slot or removable battery? <-- EDIT : Thank you all for your openness of mind!