By Sophia Nurse
Tech giant Apple just announced the release of their new iPhone 7, which will hit Australian stores on Friday September 16, and it’s no surprise that the reactions have been a mixed bag of emotions.
Despite many improvements to its predecessor the iPhone 6, some customers are less than impressed with the ‘new and improved’ features of the iPhone 7. Still, we’re expecting queues outside the Apple stores all week long to get the iPhone 7 first. Let’s first take a look at the features we’re welcoming in the new smartphone:
Battery Life
There’s nothing more devastating than your iPhone running out of charge in the middle of the day, or worse when trying to Uber it home at 3am, but Apple has answered your prayers. The battery for the new iphone 7 is the same size but has a better battery life, lasting two hours longer than the iPhone 6. The iPhone 7 Plus will sustain one hour longer than last year’s Plus model.
Love that the battery life on my iPhone 6S has just conveniently plummeted now the new iPhone 7 is due out
— shan (@Shannxo) September 7, 2016
Camera
We’ve all heard android users bragging about the superior camera quality of their phones, but the new iPhone 7 features optical image stabilisation, a 7 megapixel forward facing camera and a 12 megapixel camera, which means better definition for your ever-important selfies and portrait photos. Get your face looking crisper than ever for Tinder and capture the definition of your chiseled summer rig.
me @ the iphone 7 camera quality pic.twitter.com/Xd6dYd65BM — § greg (@n9viv) September 7, 2016
Water Resistance
Like its arch rival the Samsung Galaxy S7, the iPhone 7 comes water resistant, meaning it’ll kind of save you a freak out if you accidently spill a cup of raspberry soda over your favourite tech accessory.
mane i want that iphone 7 so it can change my showering experience.. have the loud speaker sitting right there and able to change songs.
— cecil (@p0pson) September 7, 2016
Sound Quality
With new stereo speakers, placed on the top and another on the bottom, the iPhone 7 will reach twice the volume of it predecessor the iPhone 6. This is great for an impromptu blasting of tunes on your ride home and annoying all the other passenger son your carriage by listening to ‘Lollipop’ by Lil Wayne on repeat.
The iPhone 7 has a speaker that’s 2x louder than the 6, I need it. — baela (@caylashahan) September 7, 2016
Aesthetics
The iPhone 7 will come in the usual colours silver, gold and rose gold (pink), and will also feature in two versions of black, including matte black and a glossy jet black. Cue the #AllBlackEverything hashtags.
Iphone 7 colours ? pic.twitter.com/9DKyPhKwqa
— أَحْمَدّ صَادِق ♈ (@Eng_ahmed_sadek) September 8, 2016
Now for a look at the features we’re less than impressed with:
Pricing
Even though the new iPhone 7 comes with some cool new features, but you’ll need to flesh out a hefty load to get your hands on one. The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus will cost from $1079 and $1269, and will come in 32GB, 128GB and 256GB models. https://twitter.com/xtianxg/status/773698856940740608
Me after the iPhone 7 announcement: pic.twitter.com/lJmNLGnbHm — TIAN (@xtianxg) September 8, 2016
Air Pods
The new AirPods definitely look flash, and they’ve removed the hassle of tangled earphone wires, but some gadgets fiends are less than thrilled. You’ll need to flesh out $229 for the new smartphone accessory, and there’s no mention of improved sound quality over the old standard headphones. Apple has also scratched the headphone jack from the iPhone 7, which means you won’t have a choice but to buy AirPods if you want to listen to tunes. Not to mention the tiny detached earphones are just beckoning to be lost in your everyday hustles.
Apple: We have removed the Audio jack on the upcoming iPhone 7
Me: pic.twitter.com/36ZPcaWqoM
— Common White Girl (@girlposts) September 8, 2016
We’ll leave the final word to Jimmy The Junkie:
Would last longer than 5 hours if I smoked meth out of em #DontSmokeMeth A photo posted by EshayBrah (@jimmythejunkieofficial) on
