Apple finally pulled back the curtain on the iPhone 7 , the latest offer in its tick - tock phone firing schedule . But is it deserving upgrading from your 6 or 6S , or should youhold out another year with what you ’ve get ? Should you keep your former corded headphones , or start save up up for thosefancy shmancy radiocommunication " AirPods " ? Here ’s the full rundown of everything Apple just cede .

It comes with someverrrrypowerful cameras

As you ’ve likely heard by now , theiPhone 7 Plus ’s dual - genus Lens tv camera setup is a biz - changer ,   giving you the big businessman to take higher quality zoom along - in photos , switch an image ’s focus after you ’ve taken it , and take much better pictures at Nox and in low lighting .

The   individual - lensed 7 ’s 12 - megapixel camera is a big step up , too . It ’s equipped with a fresh new image stabilization feature article to make up for your shaky hands , and a True Tone split second that ’s not only twice as shiny as the the 6S ’s , but has a detector that detects flickering in surrounding light and compensates for them . For you selfie fiend , you ’ll also be glad to know that the caliber of the front - facing camera in both the 7 and 7 Plus has been seriously improve , start from five to seven megapixels .

There’s a longer-lasting battery, but not by much

Although Apple is already selling backup battery cases for the 7 , the 7 will stilllast longer than any other iPhone before it . It will give you two hours more life than the 6S. Unfortunately , we did n’t get the wireless burden hardening - up that we heard whisper about . possibly next time , guy rope .

There’s a brand spankin' new Home button

Unlike previous versions , the iPhone 7 ’s Home button is n’t actually mechanical – it no longer click or pushes down at all . rather , it ’s now simply force sore , and will work out in tandem with the speech sound ’s " Taptic locomotive " to render peculiar vibrations and bombinate to the user ’s finger in club to bespeak different kinds of alarm .

It’s dust and water resistant

While you ca n’t swim or plunge 50 meter deep with it like you could with the newApple Watch Series 2 , theiPhone 7 is considerably more splash , H2O , and dust resistantthat its predecessors , and can outlive in a time of water for up to 30 minute whole .

It has crazy-loud stereo speakers

You should n’t have any problem take heed your speakerphone phone call or YouTube vids on the 7 . It ’s load down with a stereo speaker system setup , with one at the bottom and one at the top . This wo n’t just improve how you hear audio recording as it ’s run , but also means it ’s open of double the output mass point from the 6S. Which also meansyour subway commute is about to get much more dreaded .

It’s fast as hell, and is packing more storage

The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are equipped with an A10 Fusion chip , which will make it double as tight as the 6S , and a walloping 128 fourth dimension quicker than the first edition iPhone . Additionally , Apple is at last doing forth with the insultingly reposition - deficient 16 GB iPhone manakin completely , and making 32 GB the bag .

The headphone jack is gone, and it requires different headphones

Yes , you could connect your old - schooltime headphones via the eldritch dongle that Apple is including in every iPhone 7 boxwood , but otherwise the traditional analog headphone diddlysquat as we recognize it is dead and fit . alternatively , you ’ll demand to plug in a pair of Lightning port - connecting ' speech sound , or graduate to ( andpony up $ 159for ) their brand spankin’new wireless AirPods . They front   like your old , corded earbuds with their conducting wire skip off , and conveniently connect automatically to any gimmick running iOS 10 ( as well as your Apple Watch and MacBook ) . You ’ll have to reload them every five hours or so in a special charging case , and keep a close eye on ‘em at all clock time , becauseas coolheaded as they may be , you will inevitably misplace them .

There are two more new colors! Yay!

bury rose Au , the hot new colour for the 7 is … fatal ! Or rather , fancy - as - hell - and - also - all - basicjetblack . They ’ve also ditched boring space gray for a slick matte contraband option . If you ’re not into either of those , you ’ve also got a gold , rise up gold , and silver pick .

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