Worst update? not sure.
The screen will be the same on size and resolution but the image quality will be better (gammut ,... maybe true tone?). I prefer a better image than a higher useless resolution.
A10 will be a nice upgrade for people than keep the iPhone more than one year (because if you change every year you never really use the power of your SoC, except some 3D games).
The camera will be better, and after the "not so good" iPhone 6s camera (compare to the iPhone 6) I think it's going to be nice.
Waterproof maybe: 9 years that people ask for this and now everyone says it's useless just because Samsung dit it before?
Stereo speaker : 9 years .that......
And also : better LTE modem, better wifi , better Bluetooth, better flash, double storage, new colors ,... in fact that's the best upgrade since long time. The design don't change but all the rest is updated.
The iPad Pro screen does not compare with the OLED screen on Samsung devices. The OLED version is better, Apple agrees with this and it is the reason they are wanting to use OLED on the next variant.
Stereo speakers - I stream music in my car from my iPhone, or listen to music on my desktop or computer or laptop. No Need
LTE Modem - I have had no issues connecting to 4g or call quality, and any limitation will be with the carrier services and not the iPhone.
Better Wifi - My current iPhone I believe supports dual band AC, most wifi routers haven't even begun using the ac standard yet.
Better bluetooth - no issues with bluetooth streaming, current iPhone does it with no problems.
Better Flash - The iPhone has a poor camera compared to a decent digital camera, same applies for video. The pictures will be better, but they won't be replacing a proper digital camera any time soon. Regardless an improvement is expected.
Double Storage - I have 128gb version and have 40gb free. Also the 256gb version I'm guessing, going by Apple's previous pricing strategy will be seen as an extra feature, and will cost more than the equivalent 128gb model.
Colours - Piano black is nice, but the design is still horrible. Thick antenna lines are still visible, and no other product in it's class has this. Thick bezels.
So as you can see the improvements you seem to think exist, do exist but are very very marginal improvements which are expected.
I use my phone for whatsapp, browsing, revising exam questions, work, facebook etc. I am constantly looking at my phone, upgrading the speakers is nothing it will still be rubbish compared to a speaker system.
The screen should be the focus because that is what we all see.
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As this event draws closer and closer I am getting more and more excited.
WORST UPDATE EVER?!?!?
Do people forget the 3G to 3GS? Ever the 2g to 3G wasn't great. The first truly great iPhone update was 3GS to iPhone 4. Then it was the 4s to the 5. As the 5 series is the best designed iPhone ever IMO. The 5 to 5s was a pretty good update with the A7 and the finger print scanner. The 5s to the 6 was a HUGE (pun intended) update for many reasons and the 6 to 6s was minor. However the 6s far outperforms the iPhone 6 in every aspect. The iPhone SE was a necessary update to a classic design... but nothing major.
That said... I think this update from 6s to 7 is going to be more then people think. We're probably going to see the home button go bye bye. A true tone screen. Dual cameras on the Plus. Much better color options. Apple is taking the first step into the next big thing by eliminating the headphone jack.
Most certainly not the worst update... definitely not the best update ever as that probably goes to the 5 series up to the 6 series, but it's definitely not the worse by far.
That said I'm actually excited. I thought I was gonna keep my SE until next years iphone, but I think I'll go ahead and upgrade again!!
I regard the 2g 3g 3gs era to be significant upgrades. Because it was new, there was no standard set, they were the leaders and they lead.
A speed boost was required them days, say an app took 10 seconds to load, doubling the speed to 5 seconds is significant.
Today my iPhone takes say 0.2 seconds to load, the new iPhone being announced on Wednesday may load it in 0.1 seconds however the difference is minuscule and is not as significant.
Today they are behind in terms of screen technology and bezel thickness.
