India will be in the second batch of countries to get the newly announced iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.
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Dan Riccio, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, said the original idea to remove the headphone jack came when developers were trying to figure out how to fit the new high-tech camera system and dual cameras (only in iPhone 7 Plus) into the phone’s guts.
The new phone has a high-gloss finish, with seamless lines all around.
The home button has changed in a major way: it is no longer a button you click, which is what you’re used to. The fully customizable, re-engineered Home button uses force sensors and Taptic Engine and doesn’t move when pressed. It feels more like the trackpad on a laptop. To illustrate, Apple showed a photograph of a kid falling into a pool, holding his iPhone.
“I can’t tell you how many times I’m scared of dropping my phone in the toilet and that being the end of it”, Babyak said.
So the iPhone 7 is finally here and it has new features that would either please you or displease you.
Both the handsets have optical image stabilisation, allowing for up to 3x longer exposure and 6 element lens with f/1.8 aperture, which is 60% faster than previous iPhones.
“It comes down to one reason: courage, the courage to move on”, Schiller said of the decision to get rid of the traditional headset port. Sierra has improved continuity that lets us transfer files back and forth from our Mac to the iPhone.
The new iPhone display will be 25% brighter than its predecessor and feature 3D Touch and a wider colour gamut. To demonstrate the significance of the new color range, Instagram’s head of design Ian Spalter came on stage in a colorful shirt and had someone snap a photo of him, live, and convert it to a GIF-style Instagram boomerang.
In tune with popular speculation, Apple has ditched the analogue 3.5mm headphone jack for a lightning connector port that doubles up for charging.
At a glance, the iPhone 7 doesn’t bring dramatic changes over the iPhone 6s, which itself was almost identical to the iPhone 6. It also unveiled a set of wireless headphones called AirPods that can be purchased separately at extra cost.
Meanwhile, the Apple Watch Series 2, including the Nike+ Edition, can be pre-ordered via Apple’s website starting from Friday.
Commenting on the launch of Apple Watch Series 2, Apple CEO Tim Cook disclosed that the Watch models have become the Number 2 in terms of revenue in just 18 months after its launch.
Apple, which officially launched the iPhone 7 and the larger iPhone 7 Plus on September 7, has now introduced a price-cut on its older flagships – the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. Additionally, Apple plans to launch a wireless iPhone 7 audio alternative called “AirPods” that will retail for $159 and will be available in October.
Apple said it developed two new workout options for swimmers and noted the Apple Watch Series 2 can count laps, track average lap pace and auto-detect stroke type to accurately measure active calorie burn.
The new “AirPods” will work with Bluetooth-enabled devices made by Apple’s rivals, but they won’t have the ease-of-pairing that comes with Apple’s software.
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“There is absolutely no question”, Schiller said, “A10 Fusion is the fastest chip ever in a smartphone”. But it’s amusing how people are criticizing the iPhone 7 for not being a huge change from the last models and yet the biggest change is met with furor.
