IPhone 7: characteristics, price, release date, new features, we summarize

MacFan publishes a technical scheme of what is presented as the iPhone (7) Pro. He “confirms” the main rumors: no jack, a double photo sensor and a “smart connector”.

iPhone 7 and 7 Plus: price, technical sheet and release date

Everything you need to know about the prices and technical sheets of the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus is there ! Here is all the information you need on the two biggest competitors of Android smartphones, who come to give a boost to the whole market.

The year 2016 is about to end. After starting in style with the mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​she started showing the beginnings of the end with the IFA of Berlin at the start of the school year in September.

Only remained a few events to follow, including the Apple Keynote having stuck on the evening of September 7. But why hell an Android site you will talk about the manufacturer supposed to be hated by our community ? Because he is the main competitor of smartphones that we all follow.

With its new iPhone 7, Apple has once again been aligned with the values ​​that our favorite free system has been pushing for a few months to see years already. So he takes up the best, as long as you are sensitive to it.

Technical sheet of iPhone 7 and 7 Plus

• Screen : 4.7 or 5.5 inch Retina HD
• Processor : Apple A10 Fusion
• Ram : 2 GB or 3 GB for the most
• Back sensor : 12 MP or 2 × 12 Mp with Telephoto for the most, Flash Truetone 4 LEDs
• Front sensor : 7 MP
• Storage : 32/128/256 GB
• Battery : 1960/2900 mAh
• Security : fingerprint scanner
• Connectivity : NFC, Bluetooth 4.2, Port Lightning
• Others : Stereo speakers, IP67

Classic design with black jet color

The first absence of novelty is found in the design of the phone. We are thus dealing with little or prow always the same design as that of the iPhone 6S, and the iPhone 6 before him, except that the branches of the antennas are now more limited at the top and bottom of the device.

A new color also appears: the black jet, a deep black covered entirely with a “glossy” coating. Be careful however: this color is only available on the 128 and 256 GB models of the device, not the “basic” model at 32 GB. In addition, this Jet Black version (Jais Noir) tends to mark the scratches a lot. Reason why Apple advises to use a protective shell. The catch is that by using a shell, you no longer benefit from its particular appearance.

It is also available in classic black, silver, gold and rose gold. The same colors for the same design as the sixth model, marking the fact that Apple has not really changed your phone for 3 years now. We will see what the first buyers think, who are already lining up to discover it.

Note that the home button was also reviewed. No more physical button, and places a touch “button” using Force Touch technology to simulate support. The vibration engine also comes to activate during certain actions, such as descending the notification panel for example.

Water resistant, but do not take it at the pool

Two major design changes, however, took place. Let’s start with the best: iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are now water resistant, thanks to their IP67 certification. Be careful however, it is not a question of being able to take it with you in the pool.

Indeed, the 6 indicates a total seal in dust. As for the 7, it indicates effective protection against temporary submersion in water. The phone was indeed tested for 30 minutes to 1 meter deep, nothing more.

It therefore resists much less than the Galaxy S7 for example, certified IP68, but remains excellent not to die at the slightest drop of water overturned on its chassis.

Goodbye the jack

As leaks suggested for months and months, iPhone 7 does not have a jack: only the Lightning port allows you to connect a wired accessory. To overcome this, Apple, however, provides a jack to Lightning adapter in all the boxes of new devices.

According to the manufacturer, it is nothing more or less than a “courageous” act than saying goodbye to this aging port, of course, but which perfectly fulfills its office. However, the brand has a fully found solution, obviously.

He took the opportunity to highlight his future AirPods, wireless headphones at € 179 resembling his usual dry headphones but entirely devoid of threads. They are however equipped with a special chip, in order to facilitate pairing with Apple devices. They still use Bluetooth.

And of course, as for its latest MacBook, a unique port means new overpriced accessories to sell. If you want to recharge your phone and listen to music, it will cost you € 59.

Note on the audio aspect that these two new models are now equipped with a stereo speaker, finally ! However, their placement is quite strange: one is always placed below the phone, when the other is located at the front level.

New A10 Surpower Fusion

If on the field of design, this new iPhone disappoints, its performance is however largely increased thanks to the arrival of the new A10 Fusion chip. It is a four -hearted SoC, 2, more simplistic, are reserved for primary tasks when the other 2 more powerful are reserved for the most arduous tasks.

Therefore, the phone is supposed to reach “the best autonomy ever had on an iPhone” thanks to its 2 hearts consuming much less energy than before. Apple advances 2 more hours on the iPhone 7 and 1 hour more on the 7 more compared to the 6S generation.

On performances, its 2 most powerful hearts clearly did not disappoint: the iPhone 7 stole the first place in OnePlus 3, with a score of 178,393 on Antutu. Suffice to say that the power is to put.

A comparative speed test of Google Pixel and iPhone 7 Plus appeared on the canvas on video. The results are very interesting.

Deplorable autonomy

Despite Apple’s promises, the autonomy of the iPhone 7 is deplorable. According to the latest information fell on the batteries of these devices, the 4.7 -inch model is equipped with a 1960 mAh battery. The iPhone 7 Plus has increased to 2900 mAh, against 2750 mAh on the more previous model.

If the version more manages to get away with it, the 1960 mAh of the 4.7 -inch model is not enough to provide it with enough juice to hold the day. In 3G communication, he holds barely 12 hours and in web browsing, he is barely 10 hours. In both cases, it clearly does worse than its Android competitors, which are nevertheless equipped with much more energy -consuming quad screens.

Double 12 Mp photo sensor for the most

The iPhone 7 has not brought a huge leap on its back sensor: it is equipped with a 12 Mp sensor. However, its opening has passed in F/1.8, and he is now able to film in 4K at 60 fps. It will be more efficient in low light condition. The True Tone flash also increased to 4 LEDs.

It is the iPhone 7 Plus which is the most noticed on this ground: it now has a double sensor, having the same capacities and the same technical sheet as the first. The big difference is made on the fact that one is a classic sensor, when the other is a telephoto sensor.

Therefore, you can make a 2x zoom naturally thanks to these two sensors, which you can go to 10x in digital zoom. However, this is not the only improvement to which the most.

A bokeh mode, completely exclusive to the iPhone 7 Plus, will also be made available at the end of the year via update. This will allow you to blur the background of your images, in order to create more lively portraits. A feature that we already have known from the Honor 6+ on the Android mid -range. It is a software processing.

Note all the same that if the double photo sensor of the iPhone 7 Plus remains impressive on paper, the simple sensor of the 4.7 -inch model is far from making prowess. On dxomark, he obtains a score of only 86 points which places him ex æquo with the LG G5, the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge.

It therefore remains behind the Sony Xperia Z5, the Moto Z Force and the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and is overtaken by all the Android photophones of 2016, starting with the Google Pixel or the Galaxy S7 / S7 Edge. For a smartphone sold at this price, it’s just unforgivable.

Luminous screen with extended gamut

To see it all, nothing better than having a powerful screen directly in your pocket. With this new iPhone, Apple went a little further by offering it a screen using the same color space as digital cinema, in accordance with the DCI-P3 standard. Apple, however, did not communicate to which percentage it respected it.

The fact remains that it therefore has a very extensive gamut which will allow you to grasp the colorimetric shades of each image. The iPhone 7 has a 4.7 -inch screen in definition 1334 × 750, when the iPhone 7 Plus offers a 5.5 inch screen in Full HD definition at 1920 × 1080. Note that according to the Reference DisplayMate site, the last two Apple born offer the best LCD screen never seen on a smartphone.

Price and release date of iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus

The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus have been available in France since September 16. Keep in mind, however, that prices are increasing with this new device, which is available with 32, 128 and 256 GB of storage. As a reminder, the Jet Black color is only available from 128 GB. Here are their prices:

iPhone 7

• 769 euros In 32 GB version
• 879 euros In 128 GB version
• 989 euros In version 256 GB

iPhone 7 Plus

• 909 euros In 32 GB version
• 1019 euros In 128 GB version
• 1129 euros In version 256 GB

Prices that hurt extremely, and which are starting to be tough to justify in view of the prices charged on the many accessories that these new iPhone 7 grows grow. Apple’s magic of marketing continues to work wonderfully, why would they be deprived of it ?

Some information on sales

If Apple has decided, for the moment, not to communicate any sales figure around its iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, a first report evokes less important sales than those of the iPhone 6S at its launch. Figures that only take into account European and Asian markets, but which are significant enough for the GFK Institute to draw its first conclusions.

Note, however, that the withdrawal of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 market should come back to a little boost to iPhone sales.

iPhone 7: characteristics, price, release date, new features, we summarize

(update on 09/16) Apple has finally announced its two new iPhone, 7 and 7 Plus. What innovations, what prices, what dates of outings for the two terminals ? We summarize the essential information.

Posted on 04/29/2016 at 13:04

Amazing. Apple presented its iPhone 7 during its keynote on Wednesday, September 7. Once again the many rumors have sold the wick in advance, the fact remains that this new edition promises to be a good vintage.

Apple will have praised a whole new design, it would have been fairer to talk about a brand new finish called “Jet Black” or Black of Jais in French. A lacquered black that strongly recalls the finishes of a piano. Let’s face it, the thing looks good. At least in pictures. We find in addition the previous colors, from black to pink gold, which lose the unsightly plastic strips for the antennas present on the back of the device; they now run along the upper and lower borders.

No change in the format, the dimensions are strictly identical to those of the iPhone 6S, with screens of 4.7 and 5.5 inches. On the other hand, the screen undergoes a youthful treatment and changes a little name to become “Retina HD”. Whatever the name suggests, it does not change definition, but now has a Gamut wide and it is 25% brighter.

On the other hand, there is no question of “True Tone” as on the 9.7 -inch iPad Pro. New iPhone, also new processor, with the Apple A10 “Fusion”. Quad Core for the 1st time, and twice as fast as the A8 of the iPhone 6. It is also presented as more economical, Autonomy is thus extended by one hour (2 p.m. in 4G navigation) on the iPhone 7 and two hours (3 p.m. in 4G navigation) on the 7.

Photo as a main novelty

However, the big novelty lies in the photo, on the iPhone 7 Plus which as expected, has a Double 12 Mpx sensor. The first is high angle (22 mm), the second more classic (55mm). By a sleight of hand, Apple therefore manages to promote an X2 optical zoom. By adding the digital zoom, you can go up to X10. The duo also allows you to create bokeh effects.

On the classic iPhone 7, you only have a single sensor 12 Mpx that consists of 6 lenses. The two phones have an opening in common F/1.8, a Optical stabilization, A “True Tone” flash composed of four LEDs and a new image processing chip. At the front there is also a 7 Mpx Facetime Camera For your most beautiful selfies, or your best videoconference sessions.

Goodbye jack, hello waterproofing

It had caused a lot of ink and it is now official: yes, the iPhone 7 will not have a jack connector. Apple compensates with two speakers for stereo sound, as well as earpods lightning headphones delivered in the box and a Lightning adapter to Jack. The opening less also facilitates the implementation of another big novelty: water resistance. The iPhone 7 is IP67 certified.

A second opening has been deleted, this time that of the Home button. It is no longer physical, but haptic like the Touch Trackpads used on MacBook and MacBook Pro. No new feature linked to the button appears by default. On the other hand, it will be possible to add some personalized shortcuts to it.

Prices, the release date

Contrary to what the rumor had foreseen, the iPhone 7 will not be sold more expensive than the iPhone 6s … in the USA. Prices will start at $ 649 for storage that will start at 32 GB. Finally. We can then opt for 128 and 256 storage. The table is a little less idyllic in France: Count 769 euros for the 32 GB model, then 879 and 989 euros. The iPhone 7 Plus starts at 909 euros, then 1019 and 1129 euros. Small pendard from Apple: jet black color will only be available in 128 and 256 GB. A way to increase prices, without really doing it.

In France, pre -orders will start on September 9 for deliveries from September 16.

We will conclude by saying that what announced as a relatively shy update to reading rumors, is actually sufficient to consider this terminal other than a new model of “transition” while waiting for the 2017 iPhone, alias , the iPhone of the tenth birthday.

Handling

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Last update of the article: September 16

Just below, you will find our summary of rumors about the terminal, for posterity and to easily compare with official information.

The summary of rumors

Intel modem (and more if affinity)

First rumor of the season, it is paradoxically of Intel that is discussed. It is rumored that the famous founder could provide at least part of the telephone modems. The partnership could even go further, with the engraving of the processors, nothing would however be signed. The rumor has not resurfaced since.

ipholed

First noise of corridor regarding the use of an OLED panel for the next iPhone. Talks would be in progress with Samsung and tests would already take place.

Waterproof

Requested for a long time, waterproofing could finally arrive on the iPhone 7. Logical alignment with Samsung or Sony which has been offering it for several years. We learn at the same time that the phone could embark 3 GB of RAM, against 2 on the iPhone 6s.

OLED not for now

The talks between Apple and Samsung continue around the OLED screen, but ultimately, it would not be for the iPhone 7, but for 2018 or the iPhone 8.

No More Jack

The rumor will give rise to inflamed debates: the iPhone 7 may not have a jack. The sound would therefore go through the Lightning or Bluetooth socket. The reason invoked is the will of the firm to further reduce the thickness of the phone.

IP68 and without visible antenna

The rumor comes back: the iPhone would be waterproof, but also dust resistant. It is also added that Apple would have found a way to make antennas invisible thanks to a new material.

OLED will be for later

The OLED screen returns to the table, LG would now be in discussions and contracts about to be signed. Unfortunately, the iPhone 7 will miss the mark. See you in 2017.

The IOS Code 9.3 “confirms” the absence of jack

This seems to be confirmed for the jack, by dissecting the iOS 9 code.3, we discover a variable indicating the absence of the audio connector. It remains to be seen if all this is authentic and the doubts are.

Smooth sensor

It is rumored that Apple would have found a solution to remove the sensor prominence. We learn at the same time that design would not change much, but the antennas would be more discreet.

iPhone 7 x 3

Not one or two, but three new iPhone 7 models. In addition to the traditional iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, Apple would offer a “pro” iPhone 7, even more premium and above all equipped with a double photo sensor.

Could it be the chassis of the iPhone 7

A stolen photo, obviously, from a computer screen in a factory shows what is supposed to be the chassis of the iPhone 7, whose design would not change too much and with a single location for the photo sensor. We also have a supposed photo of the double sensor … reserved for the pro model so.

A 5.8 inch and curved screen

Rumor a little crazy launched by the little reliable Digitimes, Apple would work on a 5.8 -inch iPhone model, an atypical size. An analyst believes that this could correspond to a curved screen. We are very skeptical.

A first photo of the iPhone 7 Pro

The iPhone 7 Pro would show itself thanks to a stolen snapshot. You can see a double photo sensor, as well as three connectors at the bottom of the device recalling those of the iPad Pro. This suggests that we could add accessories to him.

Greater capacity battery

New shot, this time from the battery. It displays a capacity of 7.04 watts-hour, against 6.61 on the iPhone 6S. This would obviously make it possible to gain autonomy.

FITTER HAPPIER

To refine and lighten his Apple smartphone even more would have gathered several components on a single chip, the modem would also have been refined. Enough to win a few mm, without affecting aluminum guaranteeing the solidity of the smartphone.

Identical design

Bad news for those who hoped for a new design for the iPhone 7, Apple would not see it in depth. New confirmation when the double photo sensor is passed, this time on the iPhone 7 Plus. No pro version so ?

Identical design bis, and a true tone screen

New concordant rumors for a design quite similar to the iPhone 6 and 6S, the unsightly antennas less. The novelty lies in the supposed addition of a “True Tone” screen like what is found on the 9.7 -inch iPad Pro.

There’s no home for you here

The rumor returns almost every year. No exception either in 2016, the iPhone could lose its physical home button. Deleting the latter could also make it possible to obtain a waterproof iPhone.

Technical drawing

MacFan publishes a technical scheme of what is presented as the iPhone (7) Pro. He “confirms” the main rumors: no jack, a double photo sensor and a “smart connector”.

Jack is back

A photo of a spare part, supposed to be from the iPhone 7, appears on the web: it has a jack, carrying a rumor aestaine that the next phone does not offer it.

Not so smart connector

Finally, the Smart Connector would not go to the iPhone 7 Plus / Pro. The tests carried out by Apple would not have been convincing, so it would have been deleted.

Giant sensor

A new scheme is published, without “smart connector”, and shows dimensions strictly identical to the iPhone 6S, at least in height and width. The photo sensor seems excessive compared to previous models.

The – questionable – photo of a prototype

Almost in the wake of the diagram, here is that a photo presented as that of an assembled prototype of the smartphone (above) leak. The sensor is much larger than usual, but the design does not make Apple frankly. We have serious doubts.

New image, with discreet antennas

It is certainly very simple to make with any retouching tool a little bit advanced, but MacRumors publishes an supposed photo of the iPhone 7 with the antennas deported on the top and the bottom of the device. Image all the more doubtful since it comes from an anonymous. She is visible just above.

Double photo sensor, again

The double sensor returns by the voice of analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, it would only be present on the version more, it would also be entitled to 3 GB of RAM against 2 on the 4.7 inch version.

Four speakers

The sound system would be inherited from the iPad Pro since the iPhone 7 would have four speakers, like the last tablets 13 and 9.7 inches of Apple. We also notice on the published image that the antennas no longer cross the rear side, but are only present on the high and low slices.

An accessory manufacturer confirms the deletion of the jack

The Chinese manufacturer Tama Electric announces several Lighting adapters to Jack which obviously corroborates rumors of the deletion of the analog audio connector.

Stroke of blue

The iPhone 7 is entitled to a new color: dark blue. Apple would however delete the sidereal gray. We learn at the same time that it is LG who would be responsible for providing the photo sensors and not Sony which could not provide the necessary quantities.

Sensitive home button

A new image supposed on smartphone appears on the web. We can see the front of the iPhone there, and we notice that the home button is at the same level as the rest of the chassis. He would no longer be physical but simply sensitive. Why not, provided that it is “force touch”.

Dual Sim

New spare parts images are published on Weibo for the Chinese repairer “Rock Fix”: they show in particular the SIM card location and … surprise, there are two. For the first time, an iPhone could be Dual-Sim, but nothing says that this does not concern a model that will only be sold on certain markets.

Lightning-Jack adapter

According to Mac Otakara who spoke with various actors during the Computex says that the phone will be delivered with a Lightning adapter to Jack as well as a pair of Earpod headphones. No jack so so.

The WSJ drives the jack

We learn the next day from the famous Wall Street Journal which discussed with an Apple executive a little too talkative that the phone will not have a jack. To date, this is the most reliable information that we have on the phone.

Subtle change … to make everything buy back

We already knew that design changes would be subtle. Certainly, but they would still be enough to make you buy your accessories. The firm would move for example the brightness sensor from the right to the left, and the speaker would be wider. This would make certain protections unusable.

Still a double photo sensor

A new photo appears on the web. In continuity of previous rumors it shows a double photo sensor. A second cliché, more doubtful, shows a wide opening for the only supposed sensor of the 4.7 -inch model.

HAPTIC TOUCHID AND EARPODS Bluetooth

Two corridor noises for the price of a. We talk about a non -physical home button, replaced by a haptic return in line with the MacBook (Pro) trackpad (pro) trackpad (pro). We also learn that the phone would be delivered with a pair of earpods Bluetooth headphones. Logic.

32 GB

Apple would have finally decided to no longer offer a 16 GB phone. The “first prize” iPhone 7 is therefore entitled to 32 GB of storage. We rumor that comes back every year, one day or the other, they will end up just falling.

And a new photo

A new image appears on the web, with a very large photo sensor. The cliché (below) is a little doubtful and, let’s face it, if it is the product, it will not be frankly sexy.

Keynote on September 6

According to the famous Evleaks, Apple would hold its presentation conference a very small earlier than usual, September 6. Pre -orders would open on September 9 for effective marketing the following week.

A blue “mockup” from all angles

The YouTube channel Unbox Therapy Publish a video showing what is presented as an iPhone 7 Plus model. It allows you to get a good idea what the phone will look like.

The “Home” button would be very force Touch

We learn through Bloomberg and the famous Mark Gurman that the Home button of the iPhone 7 would no longer be physical, but “Force Touch” like what we find on the trackpad of the latest MacBook (pro )). A rumor that we have already heard before. In addition, some details filter on the operation of the double sensor of the iPhone 7 Plus: two sensitivities in different colors for two images recombinated in a single quality.

Release date set for September 23

In an internal note on the run, we learn that the American operator AT&T provides for a rearrangement of its shops on September 23. A Friday, on a date corresponded to Apple’s habits. Strange coincidence no ?

Keynote on September 7, it’s official

It’s done. Apple sent invitations to the press, the presentation conference will take place on September 7.

2.4 GHz, goodbye the 16 GB version and a “piano black” color

The famous Ming-Chi Kuo reveals that the A10 processor would be clocked at 2.4 GHz and explains that the iPhone 7 should be delivered with a Lightning adapter to Jack to compensate for the port loss. Finally, the man announces that the phone will be offered in versions 32, 128 or 256 GB and that two new colors would appear: Dark Black and Piano Black; A “brilliant” black that would recall in particular that used for the black Apple Watch.

From $ 790 to $ 1180

Addition even more salty than last year for the iPhone 7 ? A leak from China shows a pricing grid (in yuan) supposed for iPhone 7. The basic version, 32 GB, would be invoiced the equivalent of $ 790, which will probably be translated by 799 euros in France. The addition would therefore increase by 50 euros compared to the iPhone 6s, for the duplicate of storage however. The “plus” version 256 GB would be sold $ 1180.

4K at 60 fps

Last rumor before formalization ? We learn through Tinhte Vietnamese that the new iPhone would be able to film in 4K at 60 fps. It would be a technical feat, which still makes us doubt the veracity of this information.

Airpods

Again and again according to Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple would reveal at the same time as the iPhone 7 a new pair of headphones called “Airpods”, high-end and wireless. It is consistent with the disappearance of the jack.