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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  • 23 Sep 2016

Wxy, 23 Sep 2016Price and cost are two different things... I can and willin... moreLmao good for you

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    • AnonD-555749
    • 61u
    • 23 Sep 2016

    for those still commenting about the missing "jack"
    you should see JerryRigEverything opinion on this here:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmTSN4zWeQ0

    just for adding another point of view.

      I fiddle around one of those iPhone 7 today in the shop, and found out it's totally disappointing.

      Aside from same old boring design (we knew that), its home button was far from comfortable, rather counter-intuitive.. it has pressure sensor in it and you need to get used to adjusting how much force you put. e.g. : When you want to hit multi-tasking, you'll double-tap the button, and chances are you'll end up seeing one-handed mode :-<
      And 3D touch is still useless compared to Action Launcher's swipe-to-show widget (shutter).

      Come to think of it, when I convert to Android, the first thing I missed was clickable home key of iPhone (sorry I don't like Sammy that time because of TouchWiz).

      Therefore if current iPhone users are completely used to this non-clickable button, I think they also come to feel comfortable with Android's software key or capacitive touch key.
      Combined with cool features of Nougat, Android stands good chance in near future AS LONG AS OEMs give us timely update.

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        • AnonD-442781
        • H5N
        • 23 Sep 2016

        Anonymous, 23 Sep 2016Waterproof, stereo speakers, best display, best camera.The note 7 doesn't have stereo speakers.

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          • Anonymous
          • JxJ
          • 23 Sep 2016

          Waterproof, stereo speakers, best display, best camera.

            the camera looks horrible not better than those xiaomi notes
            it looks worse than iphone 6 already look at the "trees" all blurry looks like a painting.

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              • AnonD-476243
              • tDD
              • 23 Sep 2016

              Anonymous, 23 Sep 2016Lmao!!!!!! Because you waste money means you and your choic... moreNot the type that was very stupid

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                • Wxy
                • vLx
                • 23 Sep 2016

                Anonymous, 23 Sep 2016Could have easily been done with a headphone jack. Nice den... moreYes, by making the chassis bigger... then people will say that it is bigger or thicker than the others...

                I am not fully agreeing with the removable of the headphone jack but sooner or later 3.5mm jack will be phased out.

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                  • Wxy
                  • vLx
                  • 23 Sep 2016

                  Anonymous, 23 Sep 2016Lmao!!!!!! Because you waste money means you and your choic... morePrice and cost are two different things... I can and willing to pay for something I want... Because I CAN PAY FOR IT!

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                    • AnonD-442781
                    • H5N
                    • 23 Sep 2016

                    Wxy, 23 Sep 2016If you read or researched correctly, The space previously o... moreOr they could have just given a real home button and a real audio jack.

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                      • 23 Sep 2016

                      AnonD-428852, 21 Sep 2016So , you can say also that oneplus 3 is better than S7 , No... moreIn the end it's the performance that counts, even between the sheets....

                        "And yet, the iPhone 7 will probably go down in history as the one that got rid of the jack first. Controversy? Yes, Apple loves it."
                        Well, you are wrong about the jack. LeEco Le was the FIRST who "got rid of the jack first". I won't say Apple follow them, but they wasn't the first...

                          There is no mention of LG G5 😱?

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 7uy
                            • 23 Sep 2016

                            Just buy the phone you like.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 4Js
                              • 23 Sep 2016

                              Wxy, 23 Sep 2016Who will buy it? Those who can... I buy one cause I can... moreLmao!!!!!! Because you waste money means you and your choice is better.
                              And if you are smarter than that it means you can't afford it?
                              Your type is hilarious

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 4Js
                                • 23 Sep 2016

                                Wxy, 23 Sep 2016If you read or researched correctly, The space previously o... moreCould have easily been done with a headphone jack. Nice denial though

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                                  • vLx
                                  • 23 Sep 2016

                                  glxy, 23 Sep 2016Changing the headphone connector doesn't offer any performa... moreIf you read or researched correctly, The space previously occupied by the headphone jack is now occupied by a much larger taptic engine to compensate the removal of an actual home button. The simulated sensation of pressing into a home button opens a lot of possibilities in bridging new user experience from virtual to actual world.

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                                    • glxy
                                    • t7t
                                    • 23 Sep 2016

                                    Changing the headphone connector doesn't offer any performance advantages to compensate for the inconvenience, if it's still exactly the same analog headphone on the other end.

                                    Just like the switch to Lightning connector never really improved performance to compensate us for throwing out all our 30-pin accessories and devices - the bottleneck is still good old USB 2.0 on the other end.

                                    Of course, all these years its only Apple who benefited from users replacing their ecosystem with Lightning accessories and docks. Like the profits they'll earn from the new Lightning connected audio products.

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                                      • AnonD-444894
                                      • Lbg
                                      • 23 Sep 2016

                                      Any news about the hissing sound ?

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                                        • Wxy
                                        • vLx
                                        • 23 Sep 2016

                                        AnonD-476243, 22 Sep 2016Who will buy these expensive phone, while values ​​below 20... moreWho will buy it? Those who can...

                                        I buy one cause I can afford one and I want one...