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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  • AnonD-454153
  • S9u
  • 21 Sep 2016

Fast phone with average display ,average battery and average camera . There are better looking phones with better camera ,better battery ,better screen . This phone is only faster and called iphone .

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    • Alluza
    • Kix
    • 21 Sep 2016

    Wxy, 21 Sep 2016These were all my concerns before I jumped in to Apple. Mi... moreTrust me, people like you will be the one who praises Apple like a god when they release an iPhone with quadHD display, fast charging, and anything else we have for several years already on Android. Guaranteed.

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      • Anonymous
      • K6w
      • 21 Sep 2016

      Wxy, 21 Sep 2016These were all my concerns before I jumped in to Apple. Mi... moreU can wake people who are sleeping but u cannot wake who act as if they are sleeping.

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        • Anonymous
        • J5M
        • 21 Sep 2016

        Thank you for the review! My next phone will now be LG V20, not iPhone 7!

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          • Wxy
          • vLx
          • 21 Sep 2016

          Sun Sand, 21 Sep 2016This silly company still going with proprietary port instea... moreI agree with you on this...

          If they decided to remove the headphone jack, they should at least use the standard USB-C... It's kind of weird for headphone manufacturer to provide interface for Lightning as well as USB-C (if ever other phone manufacturers follow the same step)

            This silly company still going with proprietary port instead of "USB C", how lame is that!!

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              • Wxy
              • vLx
              • 21 Sep 2016

              Anonymous, 21 Sep 2016Even Huawei P9 Plus looks much more beautiful than Ip7 plus. LOL....

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                • Anonymous
                • K7M
                • 21 Sep 2016

                AnonD-587711, 21 Sep 2016v20 design is ugly,like cheap chinesee smartphone ,take iph... moreEven Huawei P9 Plus looks much more beautiful than Ip7 plus.

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                  • Droid
                  • CAj
                  • 21 Sep 2016

                  Panino Manino, 20 Sep 2016I'll seize this opportunity to ask something. "What happ... moreTotally agree with you. Kryo and mongoose are around 2300 and 2200. What a joke! Just to put a10 beyond. Pathetic...

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                    • Wxy
                    • vLx
                    • 21 Sep 2016

                    AnonD-88295, 21 Sep 2016Performance and processor always improving each years. But ... moreThese were all my concerns before I jumped in to Apple.
                    Micro SD card - I selected the 64GB 6s+ and I no longer require SD card...
                    Customization - of what? UI customization - for children
                    Higher display resolution - Can you tell the difference between 720p, 1080p, 2K with your bare eyes? Do you really need to use your phone that close?
                    stereo video recording - yeap I still wish for this but not that of Android but that of Lumia 1520. Their High Definition sound is so good!!!
                    Fast and wireless charging - I had a 1520 before with wireless charging, never used it at all. I find current charging as acceptable. I never dreamed of super fast charging...
                    and of course.. headphone Jack. - I wished they didn't take this out though... but to innovate means to disrupt... but let's see where is this one is going...

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                      • Anonymous
                      • vgN
                      • 21 Sep 2016

                      Anonymous, 21 Sep 2016And because of that themes... Android phones lag... a lot o... moreLiar detected, I use Ubuntu Font + ZenUI 3.0 theme on my Zenfone 2 and isnt lag even once.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • vLx
                        • 21 Sep 2016

                        AnonD-152282, 21 Sep 2016Everything is good except lack of customisation, you can't ... moreAnd because of that themes... Android phones lag... a lot of times...

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                          • uCb
                          • 21 Sep 2016

                          Anonymous, 21 Sep 2016V20, hope of this year.v20 design is ugly,like cheap chinesee smartphone ,take iphone 7plus

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                            • Anonymous
                            • K7M
                            • 21 Sep 2016

                            V20, hope of this year.

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                              • AnonD-587711
                              • X$f
                              • 21 Sep 2016

                              why battery still suck like 6s ,please apple put better battery :(

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                                • Anonymous
                                • thi
                                • 21 Sep 2016

                                Checking out samples from GSMA's Photo and Video comparison tools, I still find Huawei nova, Huawei nova plus, and OnePlus 3 producing quality results in both Good light and Low light scenarios. Having 16MP in nova plus or OnePlus 3 shouldn't matter since we have the option to scale accordingly

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                                  • AnonD-88295
                                  • PDQ
                                  • 21 Sep 2016

                                  Performance and processor always improving each years. But yes, the iPhone has always leading in performance while its Android counterparts catches up several months (sometimes 1 year) later.

                                  But.. so what? There are more of a phone than just performance. Android flagship may not be as fast as the iPhone 7, but they are not slow. They're indeed still fast. And they offer other things that the iPhone 7 doesnt, eg. Micro SD card, customization, higher display resolution, stereo video recording, fast and wireless charging and of course.. headphone Jack.

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                                    • AnonD-507427
                                    • g30
                                    • 21 Sep 2016

                                    Chamele0n, 21 Sep 2016I don't think changing themes might be a concern for busine... moreAgreed

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                                      • Chamele0n
                                      • 3RP
                                      • 21 Sep 2016

                                      AnonD-152282, 21 Sep 2016Everything is good except lack of customisation, you can't ... moreI don't think changing themes might be a concern for business users, because mainly iPhones aim at premium customers. I think this differentiates Apple from other companies: restrictions with sense of normality. They won't let you drag and drop music files because there's iTunes, and it works okay. Changing themes seems so childish...we need rock-stable smartphones that get the job done and don't need 4 or 6GB of RAM and octacore processors to display some funky-futuristic themes.
                                      Ok, I get it, they removed the beloved 3.5mm jack on iPhone 7 to make room for the future. For now, yes, it might seem frustrating for some of us, but it opens up future possibilities :) Just think of it for a bit.

                                        Anonymous, 21 Sep 2016most powerfull chipset ever, yet only 61h of endurance........ moreBattery'll be not as bad as it seems, according to my iPhone6 experience.

                                        But they overhyped and yelled out loudly all the way and ended up acing only benchmark test.
                                        Aside from brand image, arguably iPhone is nerdy gamer's phone now.
                                        I used to use iPhone until iOS 8.x but it's off to me.
                                        iOS10's new feature such as fireworks effect on imessage doesn't turn me on.. Android Nougat is way better. And change video-cam res by digging through the setting menu?