The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus aresmartphones designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. They were announced on September 7, 2016, at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco by Apple CEOTim Cook, and released on September 16, 2016, succeeding the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus as the current flagship devices in theiPhone series.[8] Apple will also release the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus in numerous worldwide countries throughout September and October 2016.[9][10][11][12]
The iPhone 7’s overall design is similar to that of the iPhone 6S, but with new color options, added water and dust resistance, a new capacitive home key, a DCI-P3-capable display and the removal of the 3.5 mmheadphone jack ( an adapter for attaching wired headphones via the Lightning port, as well as earphones that connect via Lightning, are included with the phone) . The devices’ internal hardware also received upgrades, including a heterogeneous quad-core system-on-chip with improved system and graphics performance, upgraded cameras ( including 12 megapixel rear-facing cameras with optical image stabilization on both models, and an additional telephoto lens on the iPhone 7 Plus model to provide enhanced zoom capabilities) .