iPhone 7 Reviews: 'Terrific Phones' That Offer a 'Foundation' for the Future, But Not an Essential Upgrade

[dancj]

The ORIGINAL iPhone has the stuff needed at that time and more compared to competitors at that period. I have to admit 3G is the only missing, but then at that time 3G coverage is spotty during the time of release of the ORIGINAL iPhone.

Not even close to true. It was missing copy+paste, messaging, video recording and the ability to load 3rd party apps - all of which were available on other smartphones at the time it launched. It was massively behind on functionality and massively ahead on interface.

 

[tentales]

Sennheiser's wireless Momentum 2.0 phones have their admirers, but those who don't like them acknowledge that they're ridiculously overpriced and barely on par with $200 cans.

Overpriced indeed, and I'm a big Sennheiser fan, (since the 70s). I'll spend 10 times more on analogue speaker components than electronic components.

I'm sure the wireless Momentums will sound great, for a price, but unlike the general trend to cut wires everywhere, I tend to favour analogue-only headphones where the money is spent on the quality of the membranes & coils, cushion material and not with added weight of battery packs and DAC electronic circuitry that tire your head out sooner when listening to them. The best headphones are those that you forget you're wearing after 10mins.

Everyone is free to choose their own style. I'm not knocking anyone's choice for wireless headphones, but I find it disrespectful and immature when some people here on MR feel the need to shove it down other peoples' throats by insulting them for not agreeing to Apple's "courageous" move. This is *not* like loosing the floppy drive!

 

[bobob]

The ORIGINAL iPhone has the stuff needed at that time and more compared to competitors at that period. I have to admit 3G is the only missing, but then at that time 3G coverage is spotty during the time of release of the ORIGINAL iPhone.

Not even close to true. It was missing copy+paste, messaging, video recording and the ability to load 3rd party apps - all of which were available on other smartphones at the time it launched. It was massively behind on functionality and massively ahead on interface.

Could you please list the other smartphones that had these features at the time the original iPhone launched? Thank-you in advance.

 

[OllyW]

Could you please list the other smartphones that had these features at the time the original iPhone launched? Thank-you in advance.

I had the Nokia N95 at the time and it had 3G and all of those other missing features but was let down by a poor user interface and physical keyboard, as were many similar smartphones from that period.

 

[bobob]

I had the Nokia N95 at the time and it had 3G and all of those other missing features but was let down by a poor user interface and physical keyboard, as were many similar smartphones from that period.

I can see how you might include the N95 in your definition of a smartphone, but in my book any phone that required a cursor pad that complex doesn't qualify as what we now define as a modern smartphone.

 

[OllyW]

I can see how you might include the N95 in your definition of a smartphone, but in my book any phone that required a cursor pad that complex doesn't qualify as what we now define as a modern smartphone.

Yes, the iPhone changed everything when it came to the interface but as a phone it was still lacking in many ways. A lot of other phones outdid it on feature count but the iPhone won out on usability.

 

[Ntombi]

Could you please list the other smartphones that had these features at the time the original iPhone launched? Thank-you in advance.

Like I said upthread, the Palm Treo I had before the original iPhone had those features (possibly minus the video, I can't specifically remember) and more.

 

[loybond]

That is just your perception though. Nokia's symbian phones were the industry leading smartphones before iPhone and android. I had phones in 2003 that I opened and edited word, excel and pdf docs for school on, took videos and pics on, listened to mp3s on and much more. There was a fairly extensive app selection too.

I can see how you might include the N95 in your definition of a smartphone, but in my book any phone that required a cursor pad that complex doesn't qualify as what we now define as a modern smartphone.

 

[bobob]

Delete.

 

[Savor]

The Verge video review didn't really wow me.

- Annoying haptic engine home button
- Camera is hardly an improvement
- Battery life is practically the same as a 6s
- Removal of the headphone for no beneficial reason
- Worse design than S7 edge and Note7
- Worse display than S7 edge and Note7
- Wireless listening looks gimmicky
- No wireless or fast charging
- 7MP selfie camera isn't on par with Samsung's

Battery life - 8-10 hrs for 7, and 10-12 hrs for 7+. Nothing special! S7 edge would destroy those numbers especially the Exynos variant.

Sure it doesn't explode. Haha to that idiot who got 200+ likes. How original like this iPhone 7! Note7 still seems the better device, exploding or not.

And after seeing the 7+ in matte black, I prefer the jet black more. That hump looks awful. Crosses off the iPhone 7 on my list. Better luck next time, Apple.

 

[dancj]

Could you please list the other smartphones that had these features at the time the original iPhone launched? Thank-you in advance.

Personally I'd had a Palm Treo 600 and 650, a Glofiish one (can't remember the model). All three had all of this functionality.

They also had the ability to put apps in folders which made it to the iPhone about 3 years in and the ability to categorise notes which only made it to the iPhone last year.

 

[sulpfiction]

One thing that a lot of the reviews do not do is to compare the 7 to the 6. They all seem to compare it to the 6s. That doesn't tell me a whole lot about how significant the changes will be to someone who is coming from a 6. I guess they DO think everyone upgrades yearly
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I stuck with the jet black, but I'm going to put one of those crystal clear cases on it. Hopefully that'll do the trick.

Yeah...If they could come up with a good clear case that didn't scratch quicker then the jet black iPhone it would be awesome. I thought the same thing when I was trying to justify jet black. But then I couldn't think of a good clear case. Do you know of any real good ones? Every one i've ever touched has been pretty bad. Has that changed in the last year or 2?

 

[dancj]

Yeah...If they could come up with a good clear case that didn't scratch quicker then the jet black iPhone it would be awesome. I thought the same thing when I was trying to justify jet black. But then I couldn't think of a good clear case. Do you know of any real good ones? Every one i've ever touched has been pretty bad. Has that changed in the last year or 2?

I've done pretty well by buying £1-£2 gel cases on Amazon. They start yellowing after a few months, but at that price I just get another one.

 

[MathersMahmood]