Hello and welcome to the show!
My name is Alex and this is TechFlow!
So, yesterday evening Apple took the stage and unveiled the brand new iPhone 7 amongst
some other awesome devices.
But for this video, we're gonna focus totally on the iPhone 7 - go over its features,
what we think of it and whether you guys are gonna be buying it.
Let's get into the first feature.
That first feature being the looks.
Now, Apple have killed off the space grey of the iPhone 6 and 6S and 5S for that matter
and replaced it with just black.
Now, I think this is absolutely gorgeous and this is probably gonna be the phone that I'm
going to pick up just because it just looks sort of like ninja-stealthy.
It just looks absolutely drop dead gorgeous.
They've introduced a brand new colour scheme called jet black and this is pretty much a
finger print magnet.
It's a finger print magnet - and that is all it is.
But this thing looks absolutely gorgeous - it looks like the screen is connected all the
way around the edge of the phone but, from what I've heard, it's just not that good in
person and Apple have said that it could scratch and we know that it could pick up fingerprints
and Apple have advised that people wear a case on this.
I don't see why anyone would get this phone.
And obviously you've got the standard silver, gold and rose gold models to choose from.
So, all in all, five colours.
But, from what I've heard, you should stay away from the jet black - not a good option
in my opinion, from what I've heard.
Now, the other thing which has changed, as far as looks are concerned, is the antenna band.
It's pretty much invisible on this phone.
And talking about the antenna band on the rear of the phone - we've got the camera which
has also seen a major upgrade and looks a little bit different.
Now this is where things get a little bit more interesting because we've got a totally
different camera on the 7 Plus to the standard 7.
We'll get on to that in a second.
Apple have added optical image stabilisation to the iPhone 7 - now this was only usually
available on the plus models in the 6 series.
Now, image stabilisation (optical image stabilisation) is going to be available on the 7 and 7 plus.
Now, the camera has received an upgrade in it's F-stop: We can now see an F-stop of 1.8
which lets 50% more light in to the sensor and helps you get a nice blurred depth of
field when taking photos.
Still that same 12 megapixel sensor though but really for a smartphone that's more than
enough - what Apple have done is really intelligent - they have changed the colour; now Apple
shoots in a wider colour gamma which is absolutely awesome so you can really see the skin tones
and colours pop when taking photos.
And, in the upcoming months, Apple are also introducing a feature called "Portrait."
Now, if you take your photos in this portrait mode, it's going to put a 3D map over the
person you are taking the photo of, keep them in focus and blur out the background.
Looks pretty cool - we'll see how that works when it comes out though.
Now, the big difference is between the 7 and the 7 plus and it looks different as well.
We've actually got two lenses on the back of the 7 plus - one of them being a telephoto
lens and one of them being the standard wired lens and this is Apple's shot of taking on
one of the smartphone industry's main aims of being able to zoom in properly with your
camera.
So pretty much with some clever software-hardware co-operation, when you zoom in it's going
to automatically change between the 52 mm lens and the ultrawide lens on the 7 plus
so that it's pretty much optical zoom.
Now, obviously there is some hardware trickery going on here and there's obviously gonna
be a little bit of digital going on as well but it is a step in the right direction.
Talking about a step in the right direction, in my opinion, the removal of the headphone
jack in the iPhone 7 series was a step in the right direction and I was paying really
close attention to the keynote when they were on-stage talking about this because I wanted
to see how they presented it to the audience and to everybody watching and they did an
absolutely phenomenal job and, to be honest, they couldn't be more correct.
So, your standard 3.5 mm headphone jack is an analogue connection - it's been around
for so many years and Apple have said that it takes up a majority of space inside the
phone which is totally acceptable and if we're gonna want features like the awesome new cameras,
better processors, better battery life, all of these things take up space inside the phone
and having an old 3.5 mm headphone jack is taking up a rather large chunk of space inside
the phone when we could have something else which is going to improve the phone like a
better battery life and different things like that.
So, in the box, Apple are including a lightning 3.5 mm headphone jack, in the box which is
brilliant (you don't have to buy it separately) and if you do lose it and you do want to buy
one separately, it's only around $8 which isn't too bad at all.
Apple are also including a pair of lightning ear pods in the box as well.
But where Apple really took us all by storm was the creation of the new wireless ear pods
- now these look like something from the future - I didn't see Apple doing this at all - but
these are literally ear pods that are wireless; you put them in each ear; there's not a cable
that connects them at all; you just put them in each ear.
You get 5 hours of music and they come with a little charging case which can charge them
up to 12 hours of playtime which is absolutely awesome and they'll be available as well in
the next few months.
So what do you guys think about the headphone jack situation?
Do you think Apple have done a good job or do you think they should have just kept the
thing?
Let me know in the comments section down below.
Now, we're gonna see a battery increase in this phone - I don't think it's a "battery
increase" - I think it's just things like the camera sensor and the processor on this
phone not using as much power; I think the battery is pretty much staying the same.
What we are seeing is a more powerful but energy efficient processor; it's a 4 core
processor called the A10 and it's 40% faster than what's in the iPhone 6S and I can tell
you that this phone is no slouch.
So, this next phone, the iPhone 7, is going to be absolutely rubber dinghy.
So guys, what do you think about the new iPhone 7?
Let me know in the comments section down below and let me know on Qutee - I'll drop a link
in the description to a thread if you guys want to start some discussion on there.
I've created a whole page for the iPhone 7 so you guys can chat to each other about it
on Qutee.
I've put a link in the description.
But are you guys gonna be picking it up?
Yes or no?
And if you are, what colour are you going to get it in?
Apple have also said that they're going to get rid of the 16 GB model which was very
overdue so more 16 GB phones.
Hooray!
But, that was it, as far as the iPhone 7 is concerned, those were the main things.
My name's been Alex, you guys have been informed and I'll see you in the next TechFlow video!
Adios!