Apple iPhone 7 review: Jacked up

20 September 2016
On the seventh day the designers rested. In came the engineers. And the master of controversy struck again...

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  • 21 Sep 2016

vix, 21 Sep 2016"no IR port or FM radio" "No user-replaceable battery" ... moreIf a logo is very attractive, the customers may not care too much.

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    • gEEKBrAINIAC
    • LC8
    • 21 Sep 2016

    Hands down to Apple´s software optimization and powerful Chipset, both of these are the ones that give the iPhone its speed. The camera its quite acceptable for today standards, but the rest stills as crappy as always.

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      • Mfx
      • 21 Sep 2016

      vix, 21 Sep 2016"no IR port or FM radio" "No user-replaceable battery" ... more"no IR port or FM radio"
      "No user-replaceable battery"
      WHO USES THAT ANYMORE?!?! It's 2016 .. not 2004!!

      no wireless charging...
      no 2k display..
      What??? This is 2016!!!

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        • Anonymous
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        • 21 Sep 2016

        Lex79, 21 Sep 2016Certainly the G5 camera is very impressive. There is on... moreBut you can't denied the fact,that G5 now cost 450€ unlocked!
        Sure its not as fast as the iphone7,but for almost half the price you still get a better camera.Same for the Huawei P9.

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          • AnonD-587836
          • r3H
          • 21 Sep 2016

          what happened to Steve Job's aesthetic designs? iPhone sucks this days in beauty.

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            • Anonymous
            • Hx2
            • 21 Sep 2016

            AnonD-587831, 21 Sep 2016yeah true :D they should rename it to MyPhoneNice one
            MiPhone

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              • AnonD-587831
              • 3a0
              • 21 Sep 2016

              AnonD-491313, 21 Sep 2016You drunk? It has the most well calibrated display of any s... moreNO am not drunk as am abstinent!
              You believe that crap calibrations and sht ? you haven't seen S7 edge screen.. and note 7 screen
              Not even 2k resol..
              I can change iphone 6 screen to 6S bcos all is the same..
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBCoWUOJmLw

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                • AnonD-491313
                • 3ZP
                • 21 Sep 2016

                AnonD-587831, 21 Sep 2016This phone is epic FAIL I think u should put into con sect... moreYou drunk? It has the most well calibrated display of any smartphone so far... if you mean resolution, then at this size and pixel density youll be hard pressed to find pixel dots.

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                  • 3a0
                  • 21 Sep 2016

                  Anonymous, 21 Sep 2016Should they also add in the cons section: device name is iP... moreyeah true :D they should rename it to MyPhone

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Hx2
                    • 21 Sep 2016

                    AnonD-587831, 21 Sep 2016This phone is epic FAIL I think u should put into con sect... moreShould they also add in the cons section: device name is iPhone???

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                      • thefearfulsilence
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                      • 21 Sep 2016

                      Can't see the point of those impressive cpu cores when ios is still so painfully outdated and still crippled by missing so many basic features. It might make the phone's performance seem better (no lag, etc) but at the frankly ridiculous price they are charging it's just not on. Apple' chipset desogners have built the phone equivalent of a 600 horsepower engine and bolted it to the the chassis and running gear of an austin maxi!
                      I refused to buy the Samsung S7 edge because their prices have gotten equally silly and I was hoping ios 10 would be a real overhaul - a justification for buying a top end phone. Sadly there are still no phones out there that come close to justifying their excessive price tag. A minor bump of the camera specs, an OS older than the hills and a downgrade of materials such as the camera lens glass are just as annoying as the headphone jack issue when we are being quoted a starting price of £700.

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                        • AnonD-587831
                        • 3a0
                        • 21 Sep 2016

                        This phone is epic FAIL
                        I think u should put into con section 3 years old same screen .., still bad small battery..

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                          • Lex79
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                          • 21 Sep 2016

                          AnonD-312697, 21 Sep 2016true i like my g5 camera but its slow to open, focus,saving... moreYep, the G5 is my current phone and I like it a lot, but it's not perfect.

                          LG could really put some work into speeding up the camera system, part of the problem as well I think is that there is no focus lock in the camera app.
                          If you tap to focus, it'll reset all to quickly, then it'll re-focus when you hit the capture button, this has caught me out a few times.

                          I doubt anyone will say the ip7 produces the best pictures overall, but it'll be plenty good enough and faster than all (with the possible exception being the S7 series).

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Hx2
                            • 21 Sep 2016

                            AnonD-428852, 21 Sep 2016So , you can say also that oneplus 3 is better than S7 , No... moreReally??
                            Yours is very strange.
                            Best software support: IPhone
                            Best performing phone: IPhone
                            best PDA is the iPhone ( do you know PDA?)
                            The you can argue that the iphone doesn't suit you for a reason or another, but you can not force others to think that iPhone is mediocre.

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                              • Monti
                              • Hx2
                              • 21 Sep 2016

                              AnonD-70078, 21 Sep 2016this is a obviously the best all round phone on the market ... moreTotally agree with you... I post the same comment as yours, but not yet approved by gsmarena

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                                • Anonymous
                                • Tr3
                                • 21 Sep 2016

                                Year in year out, the best in the biz. Rivals don't get it, because Apple lays down the rules. The only way to compete is to change the rules, which no one is doing yet.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 21 Sep 2016

                                  AnonD-70078, 21 Sep 2016this is a obviously the best all round phone on the market ... moreYou never tried a phone with fast charging did you? I will never go back to ancient charging bateries

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                                    • vix
                                    • 0n3
                                    • 21 Sep 2016

                                    "no IR port or FM radio"
                                    "No user-replaceable battery"

                                    WHO USES THAT ANYMORE?!?! It's 2016 .. not 2004!!

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                                      • 3J2
                                      • 21 Sep 2016

                                      this is a obviously the best all round phone on the market and no one can really argue the point

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                                        • 21 Sep 2016

                                        Lex79, 21 Sep 2016Certainly the G5 camera is very impressive. There is on... moretrue i like my g5 camera but its slow to open, focus,saving etc, compared to s7 o iphone 7.