Apple Unveils iPhone 7 With Water Resistance, A10 Fusion, New 'Jet Black' Color, Updated Cameras, No Headphone Jack, and More

[Larry-K]

If the iPhone brought back the dead to life they would complain it might bring back Hitler or Stalin.

With the stereo speakers, it could bring them both back.

 

[MistrSynistr]

You're gonna be waiting two years if you want the 8, 7s comes first.

No iPhone 7s. 10 year Anniversary = 2007 to 2017.

iPhone 8.

 

[jonnysods]

Man that phone is amazing. Fiscally out of reach, but amazing.

 

[gaximus]

It is been heavily speculated that, because next year it's going to be the 10th year anniversary of the iPhone, it won't be the "S" version.
As a matter of fact, look at the iPhone 7 design. It's pretty much another iPhone 6 design.

Hence, many believes it'll be called the iPhone 8.

I believe it'll be called the iPhone X

or iPhone Series X

 

[576316]

Jet Black is gonna look so good in whatever case I put on it.

There's a disclaimer on the site which states the Jet Black colour will scratch easily.

 

[hemanwomanhater]

True, but the pain will hurt for a while, at least for some.

Why? The adapter is included with the phone.

 

[Oblivious.Robot]

"Wireless is the future" hold on let me plug in my tiny 2 foot charging cable.

Haha, this made me literally laugh out loudly!
You win ser.

 

[6836838]

Is the wireless audio for AirPods and other similar headphones over Bluetooth? Was hoping for lossless wireless audio.

Sounds like some proprietary technology. Waiting for details... If it was lossless, they would have told us.

 

[bflowers]

The unlocked version usually turns up around Christmas.

So digging deeper, in the Payment options, the full price version says *Unlocked
So I guess they all are, so long as you buy it outright.

 

[cableguy84]

Only thing that really interests me is the a10, not enough to upgrade tho. Keeping my 6S plus.

 

[noekozz]

Passing on this, waiting till next year.

The first thing I thought of when they unvealed the airpods was how easily it would be to lose them = $159 down the drain, unless they develop an adapter to hook them to your ears I wouldn't even let these things see the light of day.

 

[Mailia]

You really think they're going to rake in billions in Air Pod sales? Its an optional extra. I know people have beef with Apple, and everything is always Apple's fault, but not even Apple can force people into buying optional extras.

Apple can and will make money by licensing the Lightning adapter. It's not a free technology. You need to pay Apple for each device you sell that uses it.

 

[Tycho24]

Was VERY pleasantly surprised that the new "gloss black" is neither relegated to only the 256gb option, nor only the Plus option, as I had feared!!
Also glad to be wrong in my assumption that the new tiers would see a $150 difference in price, up from $100.

#happytobeprovenwrong

Matte or gloss black 128gm in my future.... kinda want to see them in person 1st!

 

[Ries]

Said same price as 6S yet iPhone 7 listed as £599...? Pretty sure the 6S was about £529/539

You voted wrong, that's why!

 

[votdfak]

After looking at the pricing of the iPhone 7 Plus the Samsung Note 7 looks like a bargain.

I am still going with the Note 7. Gotta check the best display and wifi charging.

 

[bflowers]

Full price will be unlocked (Verizon models are unlocked anyway). I can't remember if there was a difference with bands the 6s/6 Plus full price vs SIM-free.

Yeah, I found that a minute ago under Sprint. Thanks

 

[HEK]

Why so snarky? Maybe this person didn't follow the announcement closely so they asked a simple question on a forum devoted to iPhones.

Snarky at all the nonsense negative comments. People on here are really something else.

 

[dangeng]

Ordering 3 of the 256 plus models this Friday. One for me and the others as Xmas gifts for my GF and her new GF.

I am ordering 6 of the 256 plus models this Friday. Two for me (just in case one is low on battery) and the others as Xmas gifts for my GF and her new GF, and the GF of my GFs GF and her sister.

 

[guzhogi]

Wireless *cough*

Like I said, what if the batteries of the wireless headphones are low, too?

 

[mauka]

Nice upgrades - water resistant iPhone and water proof iWatch.

The larger aperture on the camera is great, as is the depth of field software for the 7 Plus, love the Bokeh!.

I've been using Bluetooth headphones since the iPhone 4s, so I won't miss the 3.5mm audio jack at all.

 

[rasputin1969]

They should replace those pesky analog sound waves, just show you a screen of 1's and 0's.

Too right mate. The trouble with analog is it just ain't 1s and 0s

 

[AppleBytes]

I found the entire presentation disappointing - less innovation, but more junk promotion and junk branding of features we see in other products, but w/ the analog jack you're right. It needed to be done. I'm glad Apple pulled the plug on it. Sort of like consistently refusing blu-ray drives back in the day.

What concerns me though is the proprietariness of this move. Kind of like Sony w/ their memory sticks. When it comes to headphones I want them to work everywhere. If Lightning became a free standard (is it?) I'm all for it. If it's just for apple products though, dick lock-in move.

Why did removing the analog jack need to be done?

Replacing it with a dongle is just plain bad design and removes the ability to listen via wired headphones and charge at the same time.

I understand why they'd do it in terms of profits - licensing fees to non-beats headphone makers, car stereo makers and home stereo makers, sales of dongles that will invariably get lost, and lots of sales for their new line of Beats Lightning headphones, but it's a really big step back in the user experience for a lot of people.

 

[Cod3rror]

I was hoping for a 500 FPS slow motion mode. Oh well..

Are full resolution samples from the camera available?

 

[ph001bi]

I was in an Apple Store when the iPad Pro 12.9 launched.
There was a guy complaining he couldn't connect a DVD player to it.
I am still so confused by that..

 

[lazard]

With everybody complaining about the 3.5mm jack being stripped out completely, you do realize that it was about time? I can't tell you the countless times my cords on my Bose and on my Sony MDR-7506 and Sennheiser HD-280s and even my regular Apple earphones have gotten snagged on, ripped out of my ear, or shredded the cord entirely because it would snag on a doorknob or backpack or some odd corner. So yes, I welcome the new upgrade to getting rid of the 3.5mm jack. How else are we suppose to move forward if we never take a step into the unknown? The advancement of bluetooth headphones will only get better with time which will result in better, more reliable headphones. Remember when they got rid of the optical drive? Or snipped the cords for the mouse and keyboard? I'd say, isn't it about time we go wireless with out audio?

When Apple removed the floppy disk, everyone knew the CD was a superior upgrade. When Apple removed the optical drive, usb drives and digital downloads were the superior upgrade. Bluetooth and wireless audio have not proven to be the superior upgrade to wired audio. Whether or not wireless audio can ever match or exceed wired is a huge question mark.