The iPhone 7Plus 256GB is deeply a unusual device with full of aggressive features. Dual rear cameras delivers true 2x optical zoom, with a cool bokeh Portrait mode. Battery lasts longer than last year’s model, and longer than previous model. Water resistant, fast, bigger storage options include 256GB model for serious photographers.Two rear cameras - one wide angle, one telephoto- that can zoom in at 2x or even further digitally. And it can create depth-of- field blur effects, or "bokeh" type effects, with portrait photos in a unique camera mode.Larger 5.5 screen 1080p display. 3GB of RAM, instead of 2GB.It’s heavier and bigger.And of course, it costs more.The main exceptional thing about iPhone 7 plus is iOS 10 which makes it better. Apple’s new A10 processo goes into power-saving modes that are designed to extend battery life better, and on average I found the 7 Plus handled the average work day better than previous model.The iPhone 7 Plus lasted somewhat longer than the smaller 7 on our video-loop playback test with iOS 10.1, which puts phone on airplane mode and doesn’t necessarily reflect "normal" phone use.The 7 Plus can pull off one unique trick via a special "potrait mode", which taakes advantage of both rear lenses to create a blurre background depth-of-field effect that makes photos of friends or pets look like they were shot on a digital SLR, sort of. The camera keeps the blurred oand non- blurred photos so you have options, but I find that the mode’s a special tool I don’t always use.Potrait mode’s in beta right now in iOS 10.1, meaning it’s still a work in progress.Hope next year’s model might unleash bigger things, but could you also wait a year and see what happens next? Yes, you could, and it might not be such a bad idea.