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Apple
unveils
iPhone 7
with
better
camera,
new
wireless
AirPods
By
Harold
Meeks -
Tech
Reporter
Tell Us
USA News
Network
SAN
FRANCISCO
-
This
month
Apple
unveiled
the
latest
iPhone
with
great
fanfare
at the
Bill
Graham
Civic
Auditorium
in San
Francisco
to a
very
enthusiastic
audience.
Apple
CEO Tim
Cook
introduced
not only
the
iPhone 7
and 7
Plus,
but the
Watch
Series
2, the
next gen
wearable
to last
year’s
Apple
Watch.
Most
notable
and
talked
about,
Apple
has
ditched
the
headphone
jack on
both
iPhone
models,
instead
connecting
its new
AirPods
via
wireless
"Lightning
cable".
In doing
so,
the
company is
betting
that its
long
time loyal
fans
will
convert
to
the new wireless
headphones
- or,
for
those
who love
wired
earbuds,
they
will be
able to
plug
into the iPhone's
power
port, with a
new
adapter.
The
redesigned
earbuds
- with
cord -
will be
included
with the
new
iPhones.
Also in
the box:
an
adapter
consisting
of two
plugs
connected
by a
short
length
of
cable,
which
will
connect
older
headphones
to the
charging
port.
Apple
says
that
their
AirPods
will
deliver
up to 5
hours of
listening
time on
one
charge
and more
than 24
hours of
total
listening
time
with the
custom-designed
charging
case.
(Photo
by
Apple)
Apple is
trying
to wane
consumers
off
the cord
with
their
wireless headphone
technology.
They're
hoping
the
effort
will
catch
on.
"The
reason
to move
on is
courage,"
said
Philip
Schiller,
Apple's
senior
vice
president
of
worldwide
marketing.
"The
courage
to move
on and
do
something
new that
will
benefit
all of
us."
The wireless
"AirPods"
will
sell for
an extra
$160.
Another
big
feature
on the 7
Plus is
a 2x
optical
zoom.
You can
tap an
onscreen
button
to use a
digital
zoom
that
doesn’t
move,
the
camera
merely
enlarges
the
pixels
in each
photo
for a
bigger
view.
The new
phones
come
with the
longest
battery
life
ever on
an
iPhone.
They say
that you
can now
get an
average
of 2
hours
more out
of the
regular
iPhone 7
and up
to 1
hour
more
with the
iPhone 7
Plus.
The
iPhone 7
Plus
remains
the
longer
lasting
of the
two,
with a
larger
battery.
While
you get
around
40 hours
of
wireless
audio
playback
on the
iPhone
7, on
the
iPhone 7
Plus you
get some
60
hours,
and 3G
talk
time is
also
substantially
longer
on the
iPhone 7
Plus: 21
hours vs
14 hours
on the
iPhone
7.
Apple
Senior
Vice
President
of
Worldwide
Marketing
Phil
Schiller
speaks
about
the
camera's
zoom
lens
feature
on the
new
Apple
iPhone
7.
(STEPHEN
LAM/GETTY
IMAGES)
Both
phones
include
support
for up
to 25
LTE
bands,
for the
best
worldwide
roaming
in the
industry,
and LTE
Advanced
for
three
times
faster
data
rates
than
iPhone 6
at up to
450
Mbps.
iPhone 7
offers
the most
powerful
chip
ever in
a
smartphone.
The new
A10
Fusion
chip
uses an
all-new
architecture
that
enables
faster
processing
when you
need it,
and the
ability
to use
even
less
power
when you
don’t.
And with
the
longest
battery
life
ever in
an
iPhone,
you can
work at
twice
the
speed of
iPhone 6
and
still
enjoy
more
time
between
charges.
Cutting
off the
16GB
storage
size,
the
iPhone 7
and 7
Plus
will be
available
in 32GB,
64GB and
256GB
options.
The
iPhone 7
has
reached
a
refreshed
level of
design
and
precision.
The jet
black
finish
is like
nothing
produced
before
by the
company.
The
phones
have a
very
similar
design
to the
iPhone 6
and
iPhone
6S.
However
Apple
has
changed
the
layout
of the
slightly-unsightly
antenna
lines so
that
they no
longer
cut
across
the rear
case.
The
enclosure
is
splash
and
water
resistant.
The Home
button
is
completely
reengineered.
And with
a new
unibody
design
that’s
seamless
to the
touch,
iPhone 7
feels as
amazing
as it
looks.
"Smartphone
advancements
are
slowing
down as
the
market
is
maturing,
so minor
things
like
look and
feel are
getting
more
attention.
Smartphone
makers
are also
having
trouble
dazzling
consumers
with new
advances,
but
researchers
figure
consumers
will
appreciate
the
faster
chip and
other
improvements
once
they try
the new
iPhones,
and
won't
worried
about
any
backlash
over
elimination
of the
hardware
jack.
Choose
iPhone 7
or
iPhone 7
Plus
then
pre-order
now
through
your
carrier
or buy
at an
Apple
Store
beginning
September
16.
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