For many people out there, September means the arrival of a new iPhone. For many others, it just means another device gets compared to the other flagship Android-based devices already available in the market. This year isn’t any different. There are already a plethora of flagship Android handsets available on the market, some expensive and others relatively cheap, and now Apple has its own yearly refresh out there in the wild. The iPhone 7, and the iPhone 7 Plus, officially launched on Friday, September 16, and Steve Litchfield for iPhoneHacks recently put together a review of the newest flagship from Apple, which he calls not only stunning, but also “close to perfection.” When talking about whether or not the iPhone 7 is “incremental or innovative,” Litchfield goes over what Apple has added to this year’s flagship handset. He spends time talking about the little changes, as well as some of the more talked-about alterations, including the new capacitive Home “button,” the new camera system on the back, and more.
Of course, when talking about the iPhone 7, one has to talk about the loss of the 3.5mm headphone jack, apparently. And Litchfield covers this, too: It’s worth noting that Apple isn’t really the first company to even do this. There were two Android-based devices launched earlier this year that also don’t feature the headphone jack at all, the most notable company being Motorola, ditching the jack in its flagship Moto Z handsets.
Litchfield talks about iOS 10, which technically launched earlier in September, but comes pre-loaded and ready to go out of the box in the iPhone 7. On a day-to-day use, he says the new software, along with the new phone, is snappy and responsive, and everything feels smooth when moving from one application to another.
The camera system on the iPhone 7 has been improved over the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6, and Litchfield notes the improvements are certainly noteworthy: And, finally, the verdict: All-in-all, it sounds like the iPhone 7 is still a solid, and superb, phone. It isn’t Android, though, and some of these areas might actually be better on flagship handsets already available on the market. Don’t listen to the doom and gloom mongers – and I speak as a fan of 3.5mm headphones and audio fidelity. I predict that the Apple iPhone 7 (and even more the iPhone 7 Plus, review coming soon) will sell very well, better than the ‘6s’. From camera to battery to speakers to waterproofing, I’m running out of things to possibly complain about in an iPhone, even when comparing it to the tech goodies available elsewhere in the farthest reaches of the mobile world.” You can check out the full review below.
