Technical Certification Lists Improved iPhone 7 Battery Capacity, 3GB RAM for iPhone 7 Plus

polbit said:
What are you talking about? 8 is coming out next year, how is that 3 years from 6S? This has nothing to do with always waiting another year, but rather waiting another 12 months for a major redsign. And according to every indication, 8 will be a generational shift. Is there a slight chance it won't happen? Yep. Will I loose any sleep over it? Nope.

EDIT: And 5 WAS a big update. 6/6+ was a HUGE update.
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How is the 8 coming next year? Is Apple suddenly going to drop the S model year? The 8 will be the 2018 model, not the 2017.
 
Agree with you Polbit. I've always upgraded every other cycle like clockwork. It was more or less automatic and I was excited to get the new phone. I've lived with my 6plus now for 2 years and was really looking forward to another upgrade, but the 7's fell a bit "flat" for me. The iPhone 7 is a very tough sell for me. I'm not really interested in upgrading to another phone that's going to look more or less exactly like the phone I have now.

I'm firmly in the camp too that beleives the 2017 iPhone (whatever they call it) will see a major "exterior" redesign. Apple has clearly set the stage for this with it's tick...tock....tock..... Update for the 7.
polbit said:
Funny, I started reading all the reviews this morning, and ended up canceling my 7 Plus order. The Verge review summed it up for me nicely - faster, brighter, better camera, and battery lasts a little longer, but will you actually notice in daily use going from 6S Plus? Nope.

Maybe I'm finally getting too old to always chase the newest upgrade, because when I'm being honest with myself, it just makes absolutely no sense to throw a net of $600 at it. Especially since iPhone 8 will probably be the true upgrade.
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polbit said:
What are you talking about? 8 is coming out next year, how is that 3 years from 6S? This has nothing to do with always waiting another year, but rather waiting another 12 months for a major redsign. And according to every indication, 8 will be a generational shift. Is there a slight chance it won't happen? Yep. Will I loose any sleep over it? Nope.

EDIT: And 5 WAS a big update. 6/6+ was a HUGE update.
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So the iPhone now has more RAM than the iPad Pro 9.7". Right. Got it.

Seriously, where does Apple come up with this crap?
 
Chew Toy McCoy said:
The 2017 iPhone hyperbole is getting nauseating. I think people are just using it to comfort themselves over the decision not to get the iPhone 7. Every new iPhone is going to be better than the previous iPhone and another version past that will be even better. If people are wetting themselves over the jet black iPhone this year then I can only imagine the mass underwear changing that is going to happen if Apple introduces edge to edge curved glass. It’s like cell phones have ceased to be a functional device and just became something to lustfully stare at.
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Oh edge to edge glass on a first generation iteration of a new design...I cringe just thinking of the smash-gate posts. Dabbling in the Samsung world recently, I've become familiar with the challenges of the beautiful edge to edge curved glass displays. Namely an extreme challenge finding screen protectors that work and fit properly and don't look like crap. And suspected vulnerability points on that corners the mean you meet a lot of owners with displays sporting cracked corners. There is a surprisingly large and vocal contingent of Samsung fans vehemently protesting Samsung's apparent commitment to curved edge to edge displays going forward. They're as mad about edges as many of us iPhone fans are mad about headphone jack removal.

I'm actually thinking of sitting out the so-called Anniversary model launch and waiting a few months to see how it shakes out. I'm already going to be dealing with the foibles of my Note 7 (if I ever get it back).

I think the iPhone 7 is a really solid upgrade. Even more so now that I have played around with AMOLED and Edge displays and all the other things that inspire covert hardware envy in iPhone owners.

Don't get me wrong, AMOLED and edge displays are stunning. I love them. But there are going to be pros and cons to that form factor and design change, as well, that will inspire a new generation of discontent among the picky.
 
I know early rumors pointed to 3GBs of RAM, but I really thought that had died off and it was definitely going to be 2 GB.
 
BMcCoy said:
So much of this was known/rumoured/predicted in advance..

I miss the days of surprises..!
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Me too. I remember when Cook said they were going to "double down" on secrecy. That hasn't worked in terms of any existing product development. We knew everything about the 7 before it was released and we know a lot about what the MacBook Pro will be.
 
OldSchoolMacGuy said:
How is the 8 coming next year? Is Apple suddenly going to drop the S model year? The 8 will be the 2018 model, not the 2017.
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To be fair, no one really knows what Apple will do. The iPhone 7 is practically a rebranded 6S. Apple can choose to call their iPhones anything they want. They might recycle the iPhone 6 form factor for one more year with a 7S, or simply go iPhone 8 with a new form factor if and when the design is ready.

It would be silly to imagine Apple would stubbornly stick to a fixed naming cycle for the sake of it.
 
I wonder if the performance penalty associated with scaling 2208x1242 to 1920x1080 still exists, and if Apple ever plans to fix that.
 
OldSchoolMacGuy said:
You're going to hold off for 3 years hoping for a "true upgrade" that may or may not be? Remember that the 5 was suppose to be a HUGE upgrade. Then the 6 was suppose to be HUGE. Then the 7 was suppose to be monumental. Now you think the 8 will be the big one.

Why buy a 2016 car when the 2017 will be better? But why buy the 2017 because the 2018 will be better. But the 2019 will be better than that so wait and buy that one. Don't waste your money on the 2019 cause the 2020 will be even better!

That type of logic about upgrades makes no sense.
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Well, it does if you put features in relation to money. Your car analysis doesn't fit here.

For another $ 600.00 you get........., not a lot more than what you have with a 6S,
unless the additional features are must haves , which BTW is only in people's heads.

So, waiting a few models will get you MORE features, plus what is in the current 7 most likely for the same money. Plus, you get to keep using your wired earphones for a while longer while the BT versions are being improved.

The spec hounds don't see it that way, but I only upgrade when something no longer works for me or does what I have to do better and faster.
Driving cars into the ground regularly (currently 2008 Town and Country with 222,000 miles on it ) saves a lot of money.

2008 17" MBP still great (Also have 2014 as a back up)
2nd gen iPad, will go when they come out with a really large iPad Pro.
Had my 4S until the 6S showed up with the GB configuration I wanted.

It was getting slow due to the various iOS upgrades and most of all aging eyes could NOT see well on that size screen.

Anybody patient will save a lot of money over time, by either being able to buy a generation back (I do that with MBPs) or refurbs and it doesn't hurt to wait a few months to check the reviews.

For now I'll probably will wait for an 8S or even later. (always doing S models only)

I know hard to do for today's AD instant gratification generation.
 
3GB is welcomed for future proofing if iOS on iPhone ever get features like split view task switching to take advantage of it but as it stands it's just wasted along with the SoC upgrade. Other changes are gimmicky like the vibrating home button. Even dual camera is kind of gimmicky except for the f/1.8 wide angle OIS that will be more practical. Along with the castration of 3.5mm it makes the iPhone 6S Plus about 90%+ of what the iPhone 7 Plus is. Unless you got to have the latest the iPhone 7 Plus at nearly double the cost for only maybe 10% hardware improvement but nearly identical design unless you get black doesn't make financial sense especially if you're stuck with the downgraded Intel radio. The one to look forward to is the overhauled and redesigned iPhone 8.
 
djcerla said:
More battery thanks to the removal of the headphone jack.

As someone who switched to wireless headsets long ago and not looking back, I find this a fantastic tradeoff.
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yea same here. haven't plugged anything into my 6S headphone port since I got it last year.
 
I'll be a skeptic and ask whether the larger battery capacity is due to larger battery size, or to higher energy density in the same package? In other words: was this due in part to removing the headphone jack or not? I guess we won't know until somebody does a teardown comparison.
 
MacRumors said:



Although Apple revealed a lot of information about the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus last week, the technical specifications of each device's mAh battery capacity and RAM were left undisclosed, as per usual with iPhone announcements. Now, new information from a technical certification obtained by Chinese site TENAA (via WCCFtech) appears to confirm previous rumors that placed the iPhone 7 Plus with 3GB of RAM and the iPhone 7 with a 1,960 mAh battery.

Specifically, the performance specifications list the iPhone 7 with 2GB of RAM and a 1,960 mAh battery, an improvement over the 1,715 mAh battery in the iPhone 6s. The rumors of an improvement in battery life emerged over the summer from OnLeaks' Steve Hemmerstoffer (who's known to share details and part leaks on devices before they launch), as well as an alleged iPhone 7 battery image leak that marked the new iPhone as having a capacity of 7.04 watt-hours, larger than the 6.61 watt-hour battery in the iPhone 6s.

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The iPhone 7 (left) and iPhone 7 Plus (right)​


The iPhone 7 Plus appears to be facing a similar uptick in battery, with the filing depicting the 5.5-inch iPhone as having 3GB of RAM and a 2,900 mAh battery, another slight but noticeable improvement over the 2,750 mAh battery in the iPhone 6s Plus. What might be more interesting to some is the inclusion of 3GB of RAM, which has been rumored as a potential upgrade in the larger-screen iPhone 7 Plus because of the increased resource demands of the dual-camera system. A seemingly legitimate Geekbench benchmark test gave more credence to the rumor last week.

The resolution of the display for each iPhone also falls in line with what was previously known, with 1134 x 750 (326 ppi) for the iPhone 7 and 1920 x 1080 (401 ppi) for the iPhone 7 Plus.

If accurate, today's filing also pinpoints an interesting return to the battery life of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which Apple lessened in the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus with lower-capacity batteries to potentially make room for 3D Touch's Taptic Engine. The iPhone 6 had a 1,810 mAh battery, while the iPhone 6 Plus has a battery capacity of 2,915 mAh.

As we near September 16 and the launch of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, more information and opinions regarding the new smartphones will continue to come to light. This morning, embargoes lifted on reviews for Apple's new smartphones, with the consensus stating the models are "terrific," foundational blocks for future iterations, but if you skip this generation you won't be missing out on much.

Article Link: Technical Certification Lists Improved iPhone 7 Battery Capacity, 3GB RAM for iPhone 7 Plus
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You know what this means? All the people complaining about apple making things thinner instead of improving the battery got what they wanted! How did they respond? Complained about a lack of a redesign and the headphone jack going away..
 
Bigger battery, 3GB ram, awesome camera, water"proofing", 64GB old=128GB new. Damn I really look forward to keeping my 7+ for a couple of years.
 
djcerla said:
More battery thanks to the removal of the headphone jack.

As someone who switched to wireless headsets long ago and not looking back, I find this a fantastic tradeoff.
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But if you listen to a lot of music with wireless don't you run the battery down faster?
 
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