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It us claimed that a lightning earphone has dramaticly better sound quality vs a analog headphone jack. 
Story by Willem Kempen Volksblad.
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We've seen the iPhone 7 Plus in Geekbench a few days ago, and today its smaller sibling, the iPhone 7, has been put through the paces of the AnTuTu benchmark. It managed to score a record-breaking 178,397 points. For reference, that's around a third more than what the iPhone 6s achieved.
As for the Android-running competition, as of August the best scoring device in the AnTuTu database is the OnePlus 3, with an average result of 140,288 points. No matter how impressive that may be when compared to other Android devices, the iPhone 7 simply demolishes the OnePlus 3 in this benchmark.
The iPhone 7's brand new A10 Fusion chipset has a quad-core processor that is aided by 2GB of RAM. And it clearly makes Android handsets employing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC look really bad in such result tables.
http://www.gsmarena.com/iphone_7_runs_antutu_takes_the_crown-news-20468.php
As for the Android-running competition, as of August the best scoring device in the AnTuTu database is the OnePlus 3, with an average result of 140,288 points. No matter how impressive that may be when compared to other Android devices, the iPhone 7 simply demolishes the OnePlus 3 in this benchmark.
The iPhone 7's brand new A10 Fusion chipset has a quad-core processor that is aided by 2GB of RAM. And it clearly makes Android handsets employing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC look really bad in such result tables.
http://www.gsmarena.com/iphone_7_runs_antutu_takes_the_crown-news-20468.php
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It looks like Apple has been able to squeeze more battery life out of the company’s new iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case when compared to the one made for the iPhone 6s. This news is terrific for internet surfers and video buffs.
If you’re looking for a bit more battery life and the iPhone 7 itself isn’t enough for you, the Smart Battery Case designed to work with Apple’s new 4.7-inch handset offers quite a nice jump when compared to the same case for the iPhone 6s.
This improvement is likely due to Apple’s new A10 Fusion chip, which now has four cores, two that are specifically built to run at one-fifth the power of the other two. When combined with the Smart Battery Case, it appears that the iPhone 7 can gain a few more hours of running time.
How much more? About four more hours, when compared to the iPhone 6s, for a total of 22 hours of LTE usage.
Video playback also sees a nice increase of four hours, for a total of 24 hours.
If you’re interested in having more battery life on your iPhone 7, consider grabbing the Smart Battery Case. It offers all the benefits of the previous case but with up to 22 percent more battery life.
The iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case is priced at $99 on the Apple online store.
http://appadvice.com/post/the-secret-behind-apples-new-smart-battery-case-for-iphone-7/721315
If you’re looking for a bit more battery life and the iPhone 7 itself isn’t enough for you, the Smart Battery Case designed to work with Apple’s new 4.7-inch handset offers quite a nice jump when compared to the same case for the iPhone 6s.
This improvement is likely due to Apple’s new A10 Fusion chip, which now has four cores, two that are specifically built to run at one-fifth the power of the other two. When combined with the Smart Battery Case, it appears that the iPhone 7 can gain a few more hours of running time.
How much more? About four more hours, when compared to the iPhone 6s, for a total of 22 hours of LTE usage.
Video playback also sees a nice increase of four hours, for a total of 24 hours.
If you’re interested in having more battery life on your iPhone 7, consider grabbing the Smart Battery Case. It offers all the benefits of the previous case but with up to 22 percent more battery life.
The iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case is priced at $99 on the Apple online store.
http://appadvice.com/post/the-secret-behind-apples-new-smart-battery-case-for-iphone-7/721315
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Sensor on second iPhone 7 Plus camera is smaller than main one, calculations show
Apple hasn’t revealed the sizes of the camera sensors used in the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, but a Reddit user has used EXIF data from the Sports Illustrated photos to calculate them. They seemingly reveal that the main sensor is exactly the same size as the one in the iPhone 6s, while the sensor for the 2x telephoto lens is somewhat smaller …
Using the EXIF data from the teaser photos courtesy of Sports Illustrator, we can calculate the sizes of both sensors (some of their photos were taken with the telephoto lens). Apple claims a 28mm (in 35mm equivalent) wide angle lens for the main sensor, and 56mm lens for the telephoto (35mm equivalent calculation, again).
The actual focal length of the main camera is 3.99mm, derived from one of the photos EXIF data. A 1/3in sensor has a crop factor of 7.21, and the iPhone 6S’ sensor is 1/3in. The math is below:
iPhone 6S (1/3in sensor) = 4.15mm x 7.21 = 29.92mm for a 35mm equivalent lens.
iPhone 7 Plus main sensor = 3.99mm x (7.21?) = 28.7679mm, very close to Apple’s claimed 28mm.
iPhone 7 Plus telephoto sensor = 6.6mm x (8.6?) = 56.8mm, very close to the claimed 56mm as well. For a 1/3.6in sensor, the crop factor is 8.6.
Smaller sensors for the same number of pixels tends to mean more ‘noise’ in the photo (visible artefacts that degrade the photo quality). However, Apple has a good track-record at noise-reduction.
We saw this when I tested the iPhone 6s camera. What we saw then was Apple moving from 8MP to 12MP in the same sensor size, which should have meant significantly more noise. Apple instead applied aggressive noise-reduction. The result is a photo which looks just as good at normal viewing sizes and distances, but a loss of sharpness when you look closely at a small crop from the photo (seen below).
The impact here should be less significant, and I’d again only expect to see it when pixel-peeping, but it does illustrate one of the compromises Apple had to make to fit in the second camera, which adds weight to the idea that the dual-camera system isn’t likely to make it into a 4.7-inch iPhone anytime soon.
https://9to5mac.com/2016/09/12/iphone-7-plus-sensor-size/
Apple hasn’t revealed the sizes of the camera sensors used in the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, but a Reddit user has used EXIF data from the Sports Illustrated photos to calculate them. They seemingly reveal that the main sensor is exactly the same size as the one in the iPhone 6s, while the sensor for the 2x telephoto lens is somewhat smaller …
Using the EXIF data from the teaser photos courtesy of Sports Illustrator, we can calculate the sizes of both sensors (some of their photos were taken with the telephoto lens). Apple claims a 28mm (in 35mm equivalent) wide angle lens for the main sensor, and 56mm lens for the telephoto (35mm equivalent calculation, again).
The actual focal length of the main camera is 3.99mm, derived from one of the photos EXIF data. A 1/3in sensor has a crop factor of 7.21, and the iPhone 6S’ sensor is 1/3in. The math is below:
iPhone 6S (1/3in sensor) = 4.15mm x 7.21 = 29.92mm for a 35mm equivalent lens.
iPhone 7 Plus main sensor = 3.99mm x (7.21?) = 28.7679mm, very close to Apple’s claimed 28mm.
iPhone 7 Plus telephoto sensor = 6.6mm x (8.6?) = 56.8mm, very close to the claimed 56mm as well. For a 1/3.6in sensor, the crop factor is 8.6.
Smaller sensors for the same number of pixels tends to mean more ‘noise’ in the photo (visible artefacts that degrade the photo quality). However, Apple has a good track-record at noise-reduction.
We saw this when I tested the iPhone 6s camera. What we saw then was Apple moving from 8MP to 12MP in the same sensor size, which should have meant significantly more noise. Apple instead applied aggressive noise-reduction. The result is a photo which looks just as good at normal viewing sizes and distances, but a loss of sharpness when you look closely at a small crop from the photo (seen below).
The impact here should be less significant, and I’d again only expect to see it when pixel-peeping, but it does illustrate one of the compromises Apple had to make to fit in the second camera, which adds weight to the idea that the dual-camera system isn’t likely to make it into a 4.7-inch iPhone anytime soon.
https://9to5mac.com/2016/09/12/iphone-7-plus-sensor-size/
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Remember that incredibly specific rumor from July that talked about the iPhone 7's battery being around 14% bigger than the one in the iPhone 6s? Well, it turns out it was right on the money. The iPhone 7's battery is 1,960 mAh, exactly as rumored. The figure comes from TENAA, the Chinese authority equivalent to the FCC in the US, so it's as official as possible - especially considering the fact that Apple itself never publishes such information.
For comparison, know that the iPhone 6s had a 1,715 mAh cell. Moving on to the bigger iPhone 7 Plus, this employs a 2,900 mAh battery, which is 150 mAh more than what was found inside its predecessor, the iPhone 6s Plus. Here we have a more modest 5% increase in capacity from the previous generation, not as big a step forward as we've seen for the iPhone 7.
While you may jump to the conclusion that the iPhone 7 should last 14% more on a charge than the iPhone 6s, keep in mind that the new device comes with a different chipset and a brighter screen, both things that can influence battery life a lot. So it's best to simply wait for our extensive battery testing to conclude for Apple's new iPhones, and then you'll have a good idea of what to expect.
http://m.gsmarena.com/iphone_7_has_a_1960_mah_battery_iphone_7_plus_reaches_2900_mah-news-20469.php
For comparison, know that the iPhone 6s had a 1,715 mAh cell. Moving on to the bigger iPhone 7 Plus, this employs a 2,900 mAh battery, which is 150 mAh more than what was found inside its predecessor, the iPhone 6s Plus. Here we have a more modest 5% increase in capacity from the previous generation, not as big a step forward as we've seen for the iPhone 7.
While you may jump to the conclusion that the iPhone 7 should last 14% more on a charge than the iPhone 6s, keep in mind that the new device comes with a different chipset and a brighter screen, both things that can influence battery life a lot. So it's best to simply wait for our extensive battery testing to conclude for Apple's new iPhones, and then you'll have a good idea of what to expect.
http://m.gsmarena.com/iphone_7_has_a_1960_mah_battery_iphone_7_plus_reaches_2900_mah-news-20469.php
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmQgcHjJuKo
The Verge - iPhone 7 Review/Thoughts, just uploaded.
The review PR lift is now open so there are many others as well showing up.
Jet Black has an exclusive shiny black box, others are normal white with a picture.
http://www.macx.cn/thread-2190934-1-1.html
The Verge - iPhone 7 Review/Thoughts, just uploaded.
The review PR lift is now open so there are many others as well showing up.
Jet Black has an exclusive shiny black box, others are normal white with a picture.
http://www.macx.cn/thread-2190934-1-1.html
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"The phones come in new colors too: a matte black and "jet black." The former looks exactly what you'd expect a black iPhone to look like, though the dark finish does a good job obscuring those antenna bands. Jet black, meanwhile, is at once lovely and a bit of a bummer. When I say lovely, I really mean it: The moment I touched one, I couldn't believe it was made of the same 7000 series aluminum as the others. In fact, it doesn't feel like metal at all, thanks to Apple's lengthy anodization and polishing process. Jet black iPhone bodies feel just as glossy and slick to the touch as their glass screens, and that unity makes them feel like seamless, cohesive wholes. The entire thing is seriously impressive, even if it feels sort of plasticky."
https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/13/iphone-7-and-7-plus-review/#/
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