On 7 September at a press conference in San Francisco Apple introduced a new generation flagship smartphone, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. About the smartphones and phablets of the next generation said the company’s head of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller.
Appearance as the name of the new communicators, not become a revelation to readers MacDigger. Smartphones the next generation correspond to numerous “spy” pictures that leaked before the official show. The device features a display with a resolution of 4.7 and 5.5 inches and a resolution of 1334 × 750 and 1920 × 1080 pixels respectively, and clad in all-metal housing.
Externally, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus is similar to its predecessors and has received only minor changes in the design. In particular, it has been removed are visible on the body of strips communication antennas, according to the interlocutors of the publication. In the construction of the buildings of the Apple smartphone is made from lightweight and durable material aluminium 7000 series.
The “heart” of the iPhone 7 will serve the new a10 processor Apple, which replaced the chip with the A9 and 70% more productive than its predecessor. While the new graphics chip is 90% faster. iPhone unable to perceive the user’s voice commands at any time. Thanks to the M10 coprocessor virtual assistant Siri will always be ready to execute commands even when the device is locked. As for internal memory, the iPhone line 7 is changed in accordance with proposals of sources and consists of models with a memory capacity of 32, 128 and 256 GB. In addition, the smartphone received fingerprint scanner Touch ID third generation.
iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are deprived of a 3.5 mm audio Jack for connecting headphones. To compensate for the lack of brand new designed headset Apple called AirPods. Apple has spent several years on the creation of a special Bluetooth module that solved the problem of small time of Autonomous work, traditional for the majority of wireless headphones available on the market — a small operating time without recharging.
Currently iPhone is available in four colors — dark gray, silver, gold and color “rose gold”. the iPhone 7 has received a new color — a deep, almost completely black Space Black, and black glossy Piano Black. Two new color options have changed the usual “space grey” (Gray Space) and closer to the shade of “smart” watches Apple Watch.
On the markets of the countries of the “first wave” of the USA, Canada, UK, Japan, France, Germany, China, Singapore, New Zealand, the device will be available on September 16. In December, the novelty will be available in 130 countries.
Price iPhone 7 with memory of 32 GB will be $199, the version with 128 GB will cost $299. The smartphone with the largest volume of 256 GB will cost $399. the iPhone 7 Plus for $100 more.