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Hopefully waterproof at a higher extent than the S7, drastically better battery life while maintaining the 7(ish)mm profile. The S7 really brought the heat this year and from what I can tell, the 6S's "only" advantages these days are the seriously great ecosystem and second to none single thread performance (which makes it pretty much future proof). I expect the S7 to barely reach the performance level of the 6S and then the iPhone 7 will blow out the competition once again.

However, that's not anything you're going to notice between the two. The 6S is fast and so is the S7. The Samsung phone just simple seems like the better phone today, with ip68, crazy low light photography, still rocking the best display on the market, SD card up to 200GB makes the value pretty great when buying the 32GB model, 3000mAH battery which vastly improves everything about this phone.

Apple need to work their magic on the iPhone 7 in order to make it a stunner, thin, more powerful than ever and pack some killer features in iOS 10. We'll see.


As for me, I'm just going to sit back and relax and watch hundreds of YouTube videos comparing these guys. Got a 6S+ last month and do not attempt to get rid of it.
 
Apple always pulls out some surprises. The performance and water resistance of the 6s were certainly not on any radar. I fully expect a home run with the i7. Edit: can't wait for the videos either.
 
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I think it'll be the new design (of course) and some other new feature we haven't heard of yet. I think they'll have to talk about removing the audio jack, but won't try to highlight it too much.
 
Think wireless charging will be a big thing they will promote even though I don't think it's as big of a deal as a lot say. I had it before and didn't use it that often.
 
I hope they don't remove the jack. If they do, I guess I'll deal with it, but I'd prefer it to stay. I would love if Apple came out with an absolutely amazing phone that beats everything else out there. Give it waterproofing, front facing speakers, crazy good battery life (at least 5-6 hours SoT for the 7, 8-9 hours SoT for the 7+), upgrade the display to be over 400 ppi on both models, shrink the bezels, and give iOS 10 a decent overhaul with no bugs. No more skimping on anything, now is the time to innovate like crazy. That would put Apple back out in the front of the pack.

The thing is, Apple needs to show up this year with something innovative. LG and Samsung already have, and now we're just waiting on Apple to do the same. I have high hopes for the new iPhone this year and I fully expect Apple to make a killer phone.
 
I hope they don't remove the jack. If they do, I guess I'll deal with it, but I'd prefer it to stay. I would love if Apple came out with an absolutely amazing phone that beats everything else out there. Give it waterproofing, front facing speakers, crazy good battery life (at least 5-6 hours SoT for the 7, 8-9 hours SoT for the 7+), upgrade the display to be over 400 ppi on both models, shrink the bezels, and give iOS 10 a decent overhaul with no bugs. No more skimping on anything, now is the time to innovate like crazy. That would put Apple back out in the front of the pack.

The thing is, Apple needs to show up this year with something innovative. LG and Samsung already have, and now we're just waiting on Apple to do the same. I have high hopes for the new iPhone this year and I fully expect Apple to make a killer phone.
I suspect you (we) will be disappointed. I want to be wrong, but I doubt I am.
 
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I suspect you (we) will be disappointed. I want to be wrong, but I doubt I am.
Yeah, I'm not expecting all of those things, because I know I would be disappointed. Just my wishful thinking getting in the way again lol. My realistic wishlist is:
-Keep the headphone jack (or offer an adapter in the box)
-Bump iPhone 7 resolution up to 1080p
-Shrink bezels (should happen, the iPhone will get slightly redesigned this year)
-Better camera
-Faster processor
-Better battery life
-Water Resistance/Proofing(?)
and finally
-iOS 10 with major improvements and a solid new bug-free experience
 
top three features in order:
1) OLED screen: rich color and lower power consumption
2) wireless charging: convenient and effortless
3) sapphire screen: scratch resistant and no need screen protector.

zero chance that these features will be in iphone 7 this year.
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I have had this discussion at work with several co-workers. Given that you now have to buy your phone without being subsidized, and the build quality seems really good. None of us who are even iPhone 6 (6 Plus) owners feel the need to upgrade our phones until we really need to. So far my 6 Plus does what I need it to and works well. If there is no compelling reason for me to upgrade to the iPhone 7 Plus, I may not. It really does depend on how much the new OS slows my phone down, if it remains serviceable which I suspect it may, I may skip this year.

agree. without subsidized $400, my 6 plus got everything that I need. I have been upgrading every 2 years since iphone 4. This is the first time I will skip.

until iphone get OLED and wireless charging.
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iTunes integration? A positive? Ha!

Did Apple invent the touchscreen? Did Apple invent the fingerprint sensor?

doesn't matter who invented first. what matter is who make it work well for the mass market.

Microsoft made tablet long time ago but it was so bad that they abandon it. the Apple made ipad and sold millions.
Dell laptop had fingerprint scanner long ago but it barely worked. I had XPS with fingerprint option added but I gave up using it since it was unreliable. Apple touchID worked flawlessly and fast. I would say it is one of the best features of iphone. I would not buy any phone without it.
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Simple answer: There isn't one.

I don't tend to hate on apple, I actually use an iPhone myself. But there isn't any other way to put it, the iPhone 7 is basically a huge setback.

There is basically confirmed reports that Its going to remove the headphone jack. Two words: BAD. IDEA.

Im sure lots of customers are either not going to upgrade, or their going to switch to android.

Thats basically what the next iPhone is going to offer.

When Apple removed flash, people were upset and angry and protested. where is flash now?

when Apple removed blueray from their mac, there was a huge thread that opposed it. No one mentions about blueray on Mac much anymore.

I am not sure if this is good or bad idea. only time will tells. based on history, Apple made the right call most of the time.
 
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top three features in order:
1) OLED screen: rich color and lower power consumption
2) wireless charging: convenient and effortless
3) sapphire screen: scratch resistant and no need screen protector.

zero chance that these features will be in iphone 7 this year.
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agree. without subsidized $400, my 6 plus got everything that I need. I have been upgrading every 2 years since iphone 4. This is the first time I will skip.

until iphone get OLED and wireless charging.
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doesn't matter who invented first. what matter is who make it work well for the mass market.

Microsoft made tablet long time ago but it was so bad that they abandon it. the Apple made ipad and sold millions.
Dell laptop had fingerprint scanner long ago but it barely worked. I had XPS with fingerprint option added but I gave up using it since it was unreliable. Apple touchID worked flawlessly and fast. I would say it is one of the best features of iphone. I would not buy any phone without it.
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When Apple removed flash, people were upset and angry and protested. where is flash now?

when Apple removed blueray from their mac, there was a huge thread that opposed it. No one mentions about blueray on Mac much anymore.

I am not sure if this is good or bad idea. only time will tells. based on history, Apple made the right call most of the time.
I'm not so sure that this removing the jack is the same caliber issue as removing Flash or BluRay. The jack is used by every other device in the industry, and I'd be willing to wager a good sum of money that 99% of smartphone owners use the headphone jack. How many people do I know that own a large collection of BluRay discs? Nearly no one, most people either buy things digitally now or buy DVDs. Flash was a very insecure piece of software and was far less advanced and efficient as HTML5. The jack however has almost no issues of this magnitude. I personally think they should keep it.

I will say this though: I have definitely warmed up to the idea of removing the jack, but it's still not something that I'm too pleased with. While it won't be the one thing that will hold me back from buying the next iPhone, I will take it into consideration.
 
I hope they don't remove the jack. If they do, I guess I'll deal with it, but I'd prefer it to stay. I would love if Apple came out with an absolutely amazing phone that beats everything else out there. Give it waterproofing, front facing speakers, crazy good battery life (at least 5-6 hours SoT for the 7, 8-9 hours SoT for the 7+), upgrade the display to be over 400 ppi on both models, shrink the bezels, and give iOS 10 a decent overhaul with no bugs. No more skimping on anything, now is the time to innovate like crazy. That would put Apple back out in the front of the pack.

The thing is, Apple needs to show up this year with something innovative. LG and Samsung already have, and now we're just waiting on Apple to do the same. I have high hopes for the new iPhone this year and I fully expect Apple to make a killer phone.
certainly a big year for the iphone.
 
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I was hoping for a pull out antenna, but I guess it may be the extra speaker that is going to take the the place of the headphone jack. Could be the water proof! None of those are on my wish list except the pull out antenna.


1 :apple:Iphone 6, 2:apple: iphone 5S , 1:apple: Iphone 7+ , 1:apple: Macbook Air, and 1 :apple:Ipad
[doublepost=1456857534][/doublepost]:apple: Don't hack our phones!!! FBI can go to court order and go to carriers and get phone numbers and who they called. Why they need to get into that Iphone?
 
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My wish list for iPhone 7:

New design with smaller bezels and flush camera lens

Waterproof

Wireless charging

OLED

General improvements to camera

Increased capacity

Split screen multitasking

And a bit of a revamp for the IOS as the home page is starting to look very outdated.

Now I know that split screen multitasking is a software issue, I only read the first 3 pages of this thread, but has everyone gone cold on this because no mention was made of this in the first 3 pages? It was all the rage around the time 6 plus was released, so how come it's not really talked about now? Is everyone resigned to the fact that it may never happen? Do the majority still hold out for it? The ipad has it why can't the 7 pro have it as well? 2 gig of ram should be able to accommodate it. IMO the split screen would be the biggest 'killer' feature ever to come to the iPhone, moreso than siri, touch ID and the 6 Plus screen size. It's frustrating that Samsung users get this feature but not iphone users.

And one other thing, I hope Apple, with its next iphone, don't focus too much on its ecosysytem, you know, start an email on your iphone, finish it on your ipad, at the expense of what I and others have suggested in this thread. I'm happy for them to add to it but please don't let it even be a selling point, because the last few years they've really made an issue out of it. Not every home is wall to wall Apple products. I have an iphone, my kids have ipads which are not linked to my iphone in anyway because I'm an adult and they are children, and I have an Acer laptop running Windows 10. All I want is a 'killer' iPhone, not an iphone that only becomes 'killer' because it can interact with a watch, an ipad or a Mac. An iphone should be able to have some wow factors introduced from time to time without the aid of other Apple products.

Oh, and the ability to loop a video in your gallery would be great too, though there is an app for that.
 
The iPhone's main selling point remains the same as ever. It's an iPhone.

And that's more than just a logo, it's the only phone with iOS and the 7 will be its newest iteration. New design, new hardware, new software gimmicks, sure. But for the most people (and me) it's the well known and trusted recipe from Apple which just works.
 
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