With the release of Apple iPhone 7 In 2016, the battle for the "machine king" finally began. In the face of the brilliant performance of Samsung's flagship in recent years, the iPhone really paled in comparison. When the stability and fluency of Android system are comparable to that of iOS, the iPhone has very little to offer. Photos, endurance, fast charging, face value and so on are gradually surpassed by competitors, and fans can no longer be as happy as they used to be. Apple may also be aware of the crisis, so on iPhone 7, we see that Apple has made many changes. Today, let's see whether iPhone 7 can rekindle the enthusiasm of users!

1: Appearance introduction

The traditional style of Apple has been maintained on the package. The difference is that this front display is the back of the iPhone 7 rather than the front of the previous phone. One thing to note is that if the bright black version of the iPhone 7 is purchased this time, its package will be all black, which is a reappearance after the iPhone 5. The back of the package is the detailed specifications of the iPhone 7, The basic routine remains unchanged.

After opening the package, the first thing I saw was the San Bao certificate. After taking it out, I could see the iPhone 7 body lying quietly in the box. This time, Apple cancelled the phone tray, so I could see the accessories directly after taking out the iPhone 7.

In terms of accessories, I can say that the iPhone 7 is similar to the past, but also much worse than the past. How can I say this? That's because the iPhone 7 has canceled the 3.5mm headphone jack, so EarPods has changed to the Lightning interface, and the headphone storage box is not delivered, but is instead packaged in a disposable paper box. A Lightning to 3.5mm adapter cable is sent on the back for users to use regular headphones, and the charger is still a 5W charger, It is suggested that heavy users should switch to the 10W charging of the iPad for "fast" charging.

After finishing the first dish, I came to the main character iPhone 7. Compared with the iPhone 6s, iPhone 7 can be said to be a slightly improved version. The overall pattern is not much different from the iPhone 6s. In terms of color, dark grey has entered the historical stage, black has returned to the battlefield, and new bright black color matching has been added. This time, I got the black version.

There is no special change in the front face of iPhone 7. It is still the traditional Apple face, but that doesn't mean there is no surprise, The iPhone 7 abandons the solid home key that has been used for many years, and changes to the solid button design. It can not be pressed physically, but imitates tactile feedback through the Tapetic Engine. After the actual measurement, the overall feeling is good, and the feedback is sensitive and rapid. In addition, it should be noted that the light sensor of the iPhone 7 has changed from the left side of the distance sensor to the right side, So please remember to pay attention to the following. Because the iPhone 7 uses a dual speaker design, the earpiece is also longer than the iPhone 6s. Although the measured volume is not as large as the bottom speaker, the overall effect is much better than the previous single speaker,

The back of the iPhone 7 is relatively changed. The antenna partition bar has been changed from the previous double line design to the single line design and moved upward. It can almost be hidden with the black or bright black version, while the other three colors can still be clearly recognized because the partition bar is white, but because it is on the top of the back, its appearance has been improved.

There is little change around the body. The only change is that the 3.5mm headphone jack has been removed from the bottom, so the opening has been changed to a bilateral symmetrical design. The left side is still a mic, the right side is a speaker, and the middle is a Lightning interface. Although the convenience is reduced, the beauty has increased, and the girlfriend can play happily again. It should be noted that the waterproof grade of iPhone 7 is IP67, so the bottom holes are equipped with a water screen, and the card holder is also equipped with rubber rings to achieve waterproof effect.

In terms of camera, the iPhone 7 maintains the original single camera, while the iPhone 7 Plus has changed to a dual camera setting. The protruding problem remains, and it seems that there is a tendency to grow taller. I just want to say: happy. In terms of fill light, it has increased from the previous double fill light to 4 fill lights, and there is a secondary mic between the fill light and the camera.

The middle of the back is still the polished Apple logo, and the bottom of the back is some relevant data of iPhone.

Appearance close-up:

Appearance summary:

It may not be too much to say that iPhone 7 is the most boring iPhone in history. With the continuous development of mobile phones, many manufacturers are facing the bottleneck of lack of design creativity. Apple may be no exception. It is more practical to change hastily than to improve on the original basis. Although that is true, according to Apple's routine of updating ID design once every two years, Will this appearance still be able to compete with others in the past 18 years? Faced with this year's Note7, its hyperbolic glass design has not only been recognized by everyone in appearance, but also not inferior to the current mainstream integrated metal body in feel. In just two years, the curved surface has evolved from the unpopular Note Edge to the nearly perfect Note7, which is considered by everyone. This seamless creative explosion has made users slowly forget the iPhone, Fortunately, the bright black color scheme still won users' applause for the iPhone this year. But when the current generation of iPhone was reduced to relying on color scheme to attract users, was it still the iPhone we know? This is a thought-provoking question......

2: System Introduction

iOS10 The changes in the lock screen interface are very big. After updating iOS10, iPhone can support raising the screen to light up, and the traditional sliding screen unlocking has also been changed to unlocking after pressing the Home key. By default, even if your fingerprint has been identified by the Touch ID, you still need to press the Home key to enter the main interface. If you don't like this method, you can also set it to open by tapping in the settings, In this way, you can touch the Touch ID to unlock and enter the main interface after the screen is lit.

Another change is that you can now handle more things in the lock screen interface. Swipe left to right to view various information of the widget. You can also reply directly in the lock screen interface if you have an SMS notification. Turning on the camera has changed from holding the camera key down from bottom to top to swiping right to left anywhere in the lock screen interface. On the whole, the improvement of iOS10 under the lock screen interface is very successful. The logic is clear and easy to understand, and it also conforms to the usage habits of contemporary people. It is worth praising.

There are relatively few changes to iOS10 on the home screen. The main reason is to further optimize some operation logic. The pull-up menu is changed to two pages, making the display area and prompts between the shortcut keys more eye-catching. The four shortcut keys on the bottom also support 3D Touch, while the top shortcut adds color prompts, and the right slide is used for music shortcuts, The only regret is that shortcuts still do not support customization, which is really a bit unreasonable nowadays.

The pull-down menu has also been classified. Pull down anywhere under the main interface to call out the search interface, and pull down from top to bottom to call out the notification menu, Widgets have been changed to card style design, which makes the interface more beautiful and the content more rich, and will not make users feel uncomfortable when they are crowded with notification information as before. Moreover, there is a small secret that notification information supports 3D Touch, and you can call up the shortcut key of clearing notification with one key by pressing it lightly. You can only say one word, and finally add it.

The 3D Touch interface on iOS10 has also been further optimized and beautified. For example, the cellular network switch, which is often complained by domestic users, has not been integrated into the pull-up menu for a long time, but has been integrated into the 3D Touch set in iOS10. Although it is still not as fast as the pull-up menu, it is still much better than the tedious operations in the past, In some information applications, 3D Touch also adds a graphical interface, allowing users to quickly preview information content, which also gives further play to the practical role of 3D Touch.

IMessage has also been diversified in playing methods. Users can take photos and doodle in real time or share their favorite content to friends in iMessage, and support animation effects in some specific exchanges. In addition, iMessage also supports third-party software to expand content, so it will never lose the game of WeChat.

It should be noted that iOS10 has cancelled PPTP type VPN, which has always existed in previous iOS systems, and this has a great impact on some partners who like scientific Internet access.

The change of Apple Music in app is the biggest. It can also be seen that Apple has attached great importance to promoting Apple Music. The overall interface has been reset. The interface is more intuitive and the content display is more direct, which is good.

A memory bar is added to the photos. The system will select some memorable photos according to some specific conditions when users take photos. Users can quickly review some meaningful photos here.

System summary:

After a day of experience, iOS10 left a very good impression on Xiao Bian. First of all, iOS10 was very powerful in terms of fluency. In addition to the iPhone 7, The iPhone 6s and iPhone 5s also have very good fluency. The 5s is even faster than iOS 9.3.5. In this regard, Apple is really working hard on the system. Secondly, through the functional complement and logical operation optimization of the system, the overall operating experience has been improved qualitatively and the playing methods are more diverse. The functionality of 3D Touch has been further expanded and its usage has been improved. Many shortcuts can be realized through 3D Touch. In general, iOS10 does not seem to change on the surface, and there are not many interesting things. In fact, there are hidden secrets. The advantage is that the interface can be kept simple while the functionality can be expanded. The disadvantage is that the learning cost is further increased. Users must make up for the lessons before playing the new functions.

3: Brief performance evaluation

In terms of performance, as the most boring test link every year, this year's results still lead the field without any doubt, The iPhone 7 uses the new A10 Fusion processor, adopts a 4-core design, and has two high-performance cores and two energy-efficient cores. Although they run separately, this does not affect the brutal performance of the iPhone 7. The running speed of the two high-performance cores is significantly faster than that of the previous generation A9 and its friend's Snapdragon 820 and Exynos8890, The power consumption of the two energy-efficient cores is one fifth lower than that of the high-performance core, which makes the iPhone 7's endurance significantly increased compared with the iPhone 6s. To put it simply, the iPhone 7 is still a leaf question? Not a problem.

4: Photo comparison

First, we need to explain why Love to play computer games This time, priority was given to the iPhone 7. Because the light black version of the iPhone 7Plus was delivered a week late, its photo samples will be presented separately in the future. This photo comparison will focus on the iPhone 7.

iPhone 7 The 12 million pixel wide-angle lens is still used this time, but it has a qualitative improvement compared with the iPhone 6s in terms of specifications. The number of lenses has increased from 5 to 6, the aperture has increased from f2.2 to f1.8, the optical anti shake has been added, and the fill light has been increased to 4. From the specifications, it can be seen that it is not a troublemaker, but it is nice to say that it is a donkey or a horse that has to be pulled out, In this comparison, we also found today's photography experts - LG G5, Samsung Note7 and fellow iPhone 6s Plus to PK. In the face of Note7, which is now known as the strongest, can iPhone 7 overcome its previous humiliation? Let's have a look! (PS: It should be noted that the photos taken by the rear camera of iPhone 7 are all in the DCI-P3 color standard, and their colors (especially red) cannot be displayed normally on most display devices. Therefore, during the test, we converted all photos of iPhone 7 into sRGB mode for comparison.)

Comparison of daytime samples:

In the daytime scene, due to sufficient light, people will not lose details due to weak light or noise, so the gap will not be too large. However, we can see that Note 7 has less details and low image sharpness, which may be related to its smear algorithm, and LG G5 has the richest details. The iPhone 7 is second only to the LG G5, and its white balance performance is the most stable and accurate of the four mobile phones.

Night sample comparison:

In most night scenes, the imaging style of the iPhone 7 is similar to that of the iPhone 6s Plus, and it is difficult to distinguish who is the 6s without taking a large sample to see the details Plus， Who is iPhone 7, but if you look closely, you will find that, iPhone 7. It will deliberately increase the exposure of dark parts to increase the details of the picture. At the same time, it will smear the noise in dark parts. Especially in the ultra weak light environment, this change is more obvious.

Compared with the iPhone 6s Plus, the iPhone 7 has a great improvement in dim light and ultra weak light, but it is slightly inferior to the Galaxy Note 7, Note 7 is superior to the picture with high purity and slight noise. Its dark noise is smeared in a large area, and the picture exposure is a small gear higher. However, the active smearing algorithm of Note 7 causes it to smear some details in some scenes.

However, LG G5 totally outperforms iPhone 7 in terms of exposure, detail, purity and noise. iPhone 7 only has a slight advantage in white balance, and Note 7 only slightly outperforms LG G5 in terms of image purity.

Photo summary:

After some comparison, we can find that the iPhone 7 has significantly improved compared with the iPhone 6s Plus, especially in the low light environment, no matter in terms of purity, exposure or noise control, but compared with the current Note7, it has lost a lot in overall performance, and is also inferior to the LG G5 in details. In general, the image has been steadily improved, although it is no longer able to protect the throne, However, it still belongs to the first echelon of current photography.

5: Endurance and charging

This year, Apple has equipped the iPhone 7 with a TV with a capacity of 1960mAh, which has increased by about 14% compared with the 1715mAh of the iPhone 6s. With the latest A10 Fusion processor, Apple officially announced that the endurance of the iPhone 7 has increased by up to 2 hours compared with the iPhone 6s. What is the actual performance?

After passing the 3-hour endurance test of Iooki standard, we can see that the results are somewhat disappointing, The final remaining power of iPhone 7 is 73%, while that of iPhone 6s is 70%. The gap of 3 percentage points is not as impressive as Apple's official statement. In NBA2K15, the power consumption of iPhone 7 with full power on is almost the same as that of iPhone 6s, which leads to no gap with iPhone 6s in the general power consumption test of the second half, Although Xiao Bian is not sure whether this is because the current application has not yet adapted to the high-efficient processor of A10 Fusion or the original endurance performance of the iPhone 7 is like this, according to the current results, it may be very necessary to charge the iPhone 7 once a day or even twice a day.

The charging part of iPhone 7 has lived up to expectations by using the "widely acclaimed" 5W charger. Its "excellent" charging performance has reached an outrageous level, which is obviously not true in 2016. Xiaobian also strongly recommends that users use the 10W or 12W charger delivered by the iPad to charge the iPhone, Although its specification is no longer fast charging, it has significantly improved the charging speed compared with the standard 5W charger.

This charging test is based on the 12W version of the iPad charger to test the best charging performance of the iPhone 7. After the test, it can be seen that the overall performance of the iPhone 7 based on the 12W charger is "very excellent". The maximum power can reach 10W, which can be said to be the most powerful generation of the iPhone in the past generations. About 51% of the power is charged in 30 minutes, and about 81% of the power is charged in 60 minutes. After 80%, we can see that the iPhone 7 is in a trickle down, The overall charging speed has slowed down, and it takes 108 minutes to fully charge. Judging from the results, the charging time from 0-100 with a 12W charger may not be very good, but it is also excellent to charge 81% of the power in one hour.

6: Summary

As the prospective protagonist of the annual "Science and Technology Spring Festival Gala", iPhone 7 still brings us many new black technologies. Although this is the first time that the iPhone has abandoned the "Apple Law" (appearance is updated every two years), under this seemingly identical appearance, except for the long lost black, The iPhone 7 also has a A10 Fusion processor at the nuclear bomb level, a wide color gamut display that supports the DCI-P3 color gamut, a doubled storage space that supports the NVMe interface protocol, a camera with better performance, and the play method of zooming through changing the lens, IP67 waterproof and dustproof, and dual loudspeakers, all of which have reached a new height.

Perhaps the iPhone 7 does not rank first in some items in the flagship comparison, but it is still not visible that the iPhone 7 models will completely abuse the overall performance of the iPhone 7. However, with the strong performance of Samsung and other manufacturers, few people will accept this stereotype. Compared with Note7 and G5, the imaging performance is mediocre, and the charging speed is inferior The aesthetic fatigue of appearance reflects that Apple is not the only choice for fans, and this generation of iPhone has fallen to rely on color as the main selling point, which also makes fans a little more frightened. Although everyone understands the truth, is an apple with perfect system and refined appearance still a favorite apple? This is an interesting question!