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

[6836838]

The big feature here is the quad-core A10 Fusion with 2 efficient cores and 2 high performance ones.

I don't care about the colours, as it'll be stuck in a case anyway. In terms of features, nothing outweighs the loss of a jack.

 

[djcerla]

Buh-bye Note 7.

You've been king for a day.

 

[Analog Kid]

Can't wait to see the new Flying Monkey metric in Geekbench.

 

[6836838]

Surprised Apple upgraded base storage on iPhone 6S and 6S Plus to 32GB. Finally realizing 16GB really isn't that much.

Kudos.

It costs them nothing and is a good hedge against the loss of new sales from those still requiring a jack and highest performance analogue sound.

 

[nikhsub1]

So when does ordering open up specifically?

 

[CrAkD]

Which one is the shiny black? Just black or jet black? Little confusion on the colors there.

 

[Dreamer2go]

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

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.

 

[truthertech]

The adaptor shows how little faith Apple have in removing the headphone jack.

Imagine Apple under Jobs including an adaptor.

Yes, they are only going to make a quarter of a billion of them in the next 12 months. OTOH, it might be simply because they want to assist their customers who have legacy equipment they want to use.

 

[Nalmond92]

Those UK prices though....

 

[Tuci]

No headphone jack, no thanks.

Courage, please.

What he said on stage were all good and valid reason and yes ultimately it takes courage. It was a rare moment of honesty on stage.

 

[Larry-K]

I'm glad to see the real reason they discontinued the 3.5mm jack was "Courage".

I've come to expect "Honesty" from Phil.

 

[raybo]

Go figure the time I finally decide to go with a plus they raise the price another $20.

With double the storage...and you're complaining?

 

[Altis]

There have never been subsidised phones, the cost was built into your monthly plan charge!

The plans haven't gotten cheaper here... So it must still be built-in but they don't give you the subsidy anymore.

 

[JonF84]

I am getting so fed up with the Apple hypobole and lack of real innovation. Today was so underwhelming. Anyone else considering jumping ship to Android?

 

[adamneer]

From the apple site:

Jet black is available in 128GB and 256GB models. The high-gloss finish of the jet black iPhone 7 is achieved through a precision nine-step anodization and polishing process. Its surface is equally as hard as other anodized Apple products; however, its high shine may show fine micro-abrasions with use. If you are concerned about this, we suggest you use one of the many cases available to protect your iPhone.

The bolded one worries me

That's nothing that wouldnt happen to any other gloss black product ever made. You'd be surprised to find out that nearly every car on the road has a gloss surface that is susceptible to micro abrasions, yet they seem to do just fine.

 

[djcerla]

It costs them nothing and is a good hedge against the loss of new sales from those still requiring a jack and highest performance analogue sound.

Exactly 3 people.

 

[AtheistP3ace]

Surprised Apple upgraded base storage on iPhone 6S and 6S Plus to 32GB. Finally realizing 16GB really isn't that much.

Kudos.

Perhaps I misread it but I thought the 6s still offers 16gb option.

EDIT: Nope you are right. The SE still has 16gb but 6S has been upgraded. Nice!

 

[fatalogic]

Well this will be my first Iphone so I'm pretty excited. Big mac user but just haven't been excited about an iphone till now. the water proofing, stereo speakers and a10 chip are exciting for me

 

[Brien]

No more $199, $299, $399 thanks to the extinction of subsidized contract prices. The day finally came.

Yeah. Especially us on grandfathered unlimited plans as we won't get a discount for buying outright... so it's just more expensive.

I'm pretty let down at the lack of Apple Pencil support, so I'll probably be skipping this year's model.

 

[MarkusL]

So when Tim said "members of the press, there's a hands-on area to your right" and then pointed to his own right, did that mean the members of the press had already turned their backs and were walking out?

 

[Born Again]

Courage. what a pompous response.

Some good upgrades though.

 

[realtwang]

I wonder how Square Pay will like this? They need the headphone jack?

You'll use your free adapter

 

[macribas]

Does anyone know if any thunderbolt headphones have a power passthrough port? If you're low on battery power, how will you power your phone & listen to wired headphones? While I can get BT headphones, but what if they need to be charged as well?

You probably mean Lightning, not Thunderbolt. It's the same issue with the Macbook Retina today when you need to charge it and connect a USB device at the same time. I'm pretty sure someone will come up with a dual Lightning port adapter soon. Maybe we'll even see Lightning hubs.

 

[chiefsilverback]

From the photos, it doesn't look like you can charge while listening to headphones. If true, that's a pretty huge downside. The only option would be to spend more money on wireless headphones of some kind.

I wonder if the new charging dock has 2 lightning connectors?

EDIT - based on the Apple Store it doesn't, in fact it has a 3.5mm jack for headphones...

 

[pcmacgamer]

Best iPhone ever has a 3.5mm jack sorry apple you are wrong. Also it is a bold lie that you have the best display.