The iPhone 7 certainly hasn’t slipped into the world with a whimper thanks to a familiar design, headphone controversy and a price hike seemingly in the wake of Brexit.
When you look at it you’ll wonder what’s changed – it looks pretty much the same as an iPhone 6. Granted that design was good, but would any other company get away with a two-year-old look for a brand-new phone?
Get past this and the iPhone 7 delivers a unique experience among iPhones. The new features – water resistance, an incredible quad-core processor and, crucially, a 32GB starting storage capacity – are all very welcome. So is the excellent camera that’s had upgrades to actually make photos look better, rather than just a needless But like the eponymous Batman villain, the iPhone 7 has two faces. The removal of the headphone jack feels unnecessary and restrictive, the handset costs more than the 6S did when it was released last year(in the UK at least), and the iPhone 7’s battery life is a real problem.
If you want a small Apple phone you’d be better off opting for the iPhone SE. Alternatively, if size isn’t an issue, last year’s iPhone 6S Plus remains a great phone, has strong battery life and costs exactly the same as the iPhone 7.