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1 --------------------- Write on the front

2 -------------------- Evolution of the box

3 ------------------------ Unpacking

4 ------------------------ Appearance

5 ------------------------ Take photos

6 ------------------------- Music

7 --------------------- Office games

8 ------------------- Performance and charging

9 --------------------- Write at the end

Write in front

Since the launch of the iPhone 4, the Apple craze has begun. Every year, the Apple press conference has made the world's fans look forward to it like the Oscar Awards. From the addition of a row of icons on the iPhone 4 screen to the evolution of the iPhone 5, to the breakthrough of the big screen of the iPhone 6, every year the author, like the young friends in Asia, witnessed this evolution in the dark morning. Since the fourth generation iPhone, Apple has attached great importance to the confidentiality work before the release of each iPhone, which has also enabled forecasters all over the world to show their strength. All kinds of predictions and rendered pictures and videos will be overwhelming before the launch. This is also one of the important news that the digital industry has always been paying close attention to. Every year, I am looking forward to an unexpected surprise from Apple. The previous generations of iPhones also gave us a lot of surprises. Since the departure of Sect Leader Qiao, the confidentiality work in the early stage of the iPhone launch has become more and more sparse. Since the launch of the iPhone 6, the appearance of the phone has been disclosed before the launch. Even so, the enthusiasm of the fans who stayed up all night waiting for the conference has not been reduced. The same is true for the author. Every iPhone release, even if it does not surprise the fans in appearance, will definitely bring a heavy bomb in the design of hardware or new operation modes, which is often the vane leading the development of the global mobile phone market in the year.

The release of the iPhone 7 also revealed the appearance of the mobile phone in advance. The surprise free launch must have lacked some expectations, but the author still insists on the whole process of attention. The appearance of the iPhone 7 and the previous generation of mobile phones has hardly changed much, The 3D Touch screen has appeared on the 6S. The cancellation of the 3.5mm headphone interface has been a hot topic since the release of the previous generation of mobile phones, and the cancellation of the physical HOME button is one of the important highlights of this upgrade. The PLUS version of mobile phones also has a dual lens design, which can be said that the 4.7 inch version of mobile phones in this evaluation is not equipped with dual lenses, I really look forward to the performance of dual lens on PLUS. Little gossip, let's wait and see whether the release of iPhone 7 is a mediocre or gorgeous upgrade.

Before the evaluation, let's take a look at a video about iPhone 7 to briefly experience the experience of using iPhone 7.

Evolution of box

The box is a part that every generation of iPhone has to say. Apple's cost of mobile phone boxes can be said that there is no competitor in the same industry. It is a good experience to open the box of the iPhone every time. The smooth and uniform opening feel is incomparable with other mobile phone boxes. Such open box feel should benefit from the preciseness of box material and quality control. Only the damping of box material surface and the meticulous quality control of size can create a perfect open box feel. Every time I mention the iPhone box, I can't help but say a few more words, so I'd better look at the picture. It can be seen that the iPhone in this evaluation is the color of rose gold, which is the favorite of girls. Boys, if they don't mind, can use it with a shell. All kinds of mobile phones are the same after the shell is added. Compared with the outer box of the iPhone 6s, the picture on the box of this generation of mobile phones is the back of the phone, which is intended to emphasize that the antenna on the back shell has undergone more beautiful evolution, while the picture on the box of the previous generation of mobile phones is the front of the phone, which is intended to emphasize the addition of LIVE Photo and 3D Touch, and the faint glow from the side can distinguish the color of the phone. Both mobile phones are rose gold color. The outer box of the iPhone 6 is the most unique mobile phone packaging box among all previous generations of iPhones. There is no picture on the white box to show the appearance of the mobile phone. It is also because this generation of mobile phones has broken the design concept of Sect Leader Qiao and used a large screen, which makes this generation of mobile devices have unprecedented attention, So Apple is confident to use such a white box. Each generation of iPhone has different features in its outer box, but its smooth opening feel remains unchanged.

As a rule, you can tell the color of the phone from the color of the iPhone logo on the side of the box. The difference is that the iPhone 6s has been specially labeled. The rest are simple iPhone words, and the model is not labeled.

Unpacking

In addition to the plastic film outside the packaging box, the entire mobile phone box is completely presented in front of us. The front three-dimensional picture makes the mobile phone jump onto the paper, showing the color and appearance at a glance.

Through the smooth process of opening the box, a white card bag is placed on the top of the box to press on the top of the phone. On the one hand, the user can see the instructions and warranty cards before use, on the other hand, it also plays a certain role in anti-collision and shock absorption, and the sense of design is everywhere.

Below the card bag is the mobile phone. The redesigned HOME key does not make any difference in appearance. Let's experience it in detail when it is actually used later.

The headset and power adapter are hidden under the phone, which is the same design as the previous phones.

The accessories of the iPhone are as simple as ever, including a pair of headphones, a data cable, a power adapter, and a card bag with a warranty card and instructions. The data cable must be used carefully. If it is damaged carelessly, you can only buy the original data cable that is not cheap, or the data cable certified by the auxiliary factory. If it is an unauthenticated data line, it can only be charged and cannot transmit data. Some lines can not even be charged. Apple's closed-loop ecology has reached the acme. Sometimes it's even maddening. One data cable needs to be certified as genuine. Please forgive me for spitting a slot here.

The warranty card, instructions, pins and classic apple white stickers in the card bag. This white Apple sticker has never been found a suitable place to attach it. Apple will attach this sticker to all kinds of products, which is said to be a tradition from the 1970s to the present.

appearance

Taking out the phone, a feeling of familiarity arises. If you don't look at the back of the phone in reverse, you can't tell it is an iPhone 7 from the front. The screen size has not changed, and the small screen is still 4.7 inches.

Compared with the face of three generations of iPhones, the screen size difference between the PLUS version and the ordinary version is not different in other places. The front face of the phone in matte black and bright black is black, and other colors are white.

The iPhone 7 is equipped with Retina HD screen with 3D Touch function, with screen resolution of 1334x750 pixels, pixel density of 326ppi, contrast ratio of 1400:1, and wide color gamut display. Since Apple has used Retina HD screens on its products, we can no longer see the pixel grid within the normal distance of use, even when our eyes are close to the screen. Unless the phone is placed in the VR glasses, the pixel grid can be seen only after the screen is magnified at high power. The display of this screen equipped with the iPhone 7 is not worrying.

The top of the phone is equipped with a front camera, photo sensitive components and a phone receiver. The front camera has been upgraded to 7 megapixels.

Although the front face of the three generations of iPhones has not changed much, it can be seen from a set of data that each generation of iPhones is silently improving its performance. The front lens ranges from 1.2 million pixels of the iPhone 6 to 5 million pixels of the iPhone 6s, and now to 7 million pixels of the iPhone 7. From the improvement of pixels, we can see that the mobile phone's photographic performance is still greatly upgraded. The pixel improvement of the front lens is a great benefit to the girls who like taking selfies.

The iPhone 7 cancels the previous entity HOME key and changes it to the simulated HOME key, adding a TapticEngine to simulate touch feedback. The partners who are used to the entity HOME key need to adapt again. Moreover, this touch control unit only supports skin contact. If it is separated from gloves, it cannot be operated. It is troublesome to wake up the phone in winter. The HOME key that can't be pressed should also simulate the touch that can be pressed. First, users should recite it 10 times from their hearts. The HOME key can be pressed, and then it may be more adaptive to use.

It is intimate that the vibration feedback of the HOME key has three sections of adjustable force. It is important to find a force that suits you, so that users can have a more realistic simulation experience. Adjust the feedback force through the phone settings - general - home screen buttons.

Another important function of the HOME key is of course the fingerprint recognition function. In order to compare the fingerprint recognition speed of the three generations of iPhones, we made a video comparison. Let's have a more intuitive experience of the changes in the fingerprint recognition speed of the three generations of iPhones.

The legendary iPhone 7 needs to cancel the 3.5mm headphone interface, but now it has been confirmed that the bottom of the phone without the 3.5mm headphone interface has become a perfect left-right symmetrical structure, which is much more beautiful. The main reason for the cancellation of the interface is that the whole mobile phone can achieve the splash proof, water resistant and dust proof functions of IP67. It can even be soaked in a water depth of no more than 1m for a short time. Waterproof and dustproof performance is greatly improved. As for the sound quality of headphones using Lightning interface, we will make a detailed experience in the music experience section.

The left side of the front of the phone is the volume control button and mute switch. The metal keys of the same material as the body still feel good when pressed, and the mute switch is also easy to pull.

Compared with the three generations of mobile phones, there is no substantial change. There is no need to change.

On the right side of the phone are the power key and the SIM card slot.

Compared with three generations of mobile phones, there is also no new design.

Take out the card holder in the card slot by using the pin provided in the card package. The design of this clip has never changed. It is simply a ring and a thimble. The material is all metal. It feels strong and durable when used. The hardness that is not easy to bend ensures that it can be used for a long time.

Take out the card holder in the card slot of the third generation mobile phone. The card holder is made of metal material, which corresponds to the color matching of the mobile phone. The three generations of mobile phones use Nano SIM cards. It supports all Netcom and 3G/4G networks.

The only difference is that the iPhone 7's Cato has an extra waterproof rubber ring, which is specially designed for the waterproof level of IP67. It is believed that there must be many waterproof parts like this inside the fuselage, but the author does not have the technology to disassemble and restore the fuselage, so we cannot disassemble the fuselage in this evaluation to find out. Curious partners can disassemble the video of Sina's iPhone 7 after the Sina Digital Search Conference. Through the video, we can know how many places have been waterproof inside.

The differences between the appearance of the iPhone 7 and that of the previous generation of mobile phones are all concentrated on the back. The optimized antenna does not seem to have such a strong sense of discord.

The optimized antenna white belts are all moved to the edge of the phone, making the back of the phone more integrated. Compared with the previous generation of mobile phones, the appearance is really more beautiful. If it is black or bright black, the antenna is black, which almost does not affect the beauty. It is also for this reason that the color matching of black and bright black is popular at the beginning of the launch. I found a detail that the rose gold color of the iPhone 7 is slightly darker than that of the 6S.

You can tell whether the phone is an ordinary version or an upgraded S version by whether there is an S mark on the bottom of the back cover. From this angle, you can still tell that the rose gold color of the iPhone 7 is slightly darker.

photograph

The enlarged lens is 12 million pixels, and the maximum aperture is increased to f/1.8. Although the pixel of the rear lens has not been improved, the greater the light input, the better the picture quality will be. Like 6S, it supports 4K 30 fps video recording. Those who like to shoot videos and pursue high image quality should choose a large capacity model, or their memory will be full before they shoot several videos. The lens surface area becomes larger, but there is no need to worry that the larger surface area will be scratched or broken. The new lens surface is made of sapphire glass, which is stronger and more wear-resistant.

The bulge of the lens has not changed. The six mirror lens structure determines the thickness of the lens. I hope Apple can make a breakthrough in the next generation of mobile phones and smooth the bulge of the lens. The lens edge processing is more smooth and smooth. If you are used to it, you will not feel that the bulge is incompatible.

Compared with the three generations of mobile phones, the rear lens of each generation of mobile phones has improved from the 8 million pixel f/2.2 lens of the iPhone 6 to the 12 million pixel f/2.2 lens of the iPhone 6s to the 1200 pixel f/1.8 lens of the iPhone 7. The photo taking experience is also getting better and better. If there is no special need, ordinary travel can abandon the heavy camera, and only take a mobile phone to complete the daily shooting needs. After adding the 4K shooting function, even some artists have gradually become fond of using iPhone to shoot video works.

In order to test the photographic experience, the author first chose a slightly darker environment for photographic experience. A slightly darker place can often test the quality of a photographic equipment. When we came to a dark place in the mall, we found some representative scenes and took some samples. Let's take a look at the samples first.

From the first sample, we can see that the light in the close shot is good, the details of the wall decorations are good, the picture quality is clear and sharp, and the light in the distance is very dark. Although the light conditions are not good, it does not become dark. The details of the ground and the wall are still distinguishable, and even the details in the farthest window have not been wiped out. And the depth of field shot by the large aperture is also very good, with the taste of SLR. Both proof sheet 2 and proof sheet 3 are light beams from top to bottom. There is no pressure on the upper details, and the focus is on the details of the shadow part. The details of the wall covered by the shadow of Sample 2 can be recognized by throwing, but the details of the left side of the box can not be recognized further down. Sample 4: The details of the ground below the chair are clear, and the items in the window are also vaguely visible. There are not many details missing. The sample taken in low light environment shows some noise. The white tea cup on the tea table will lose some details under the high light, and the upper part of the tray will be completely white.

Then look for some indoor scenes with good light to take photos. In the bright shopping mall, let's see how the iPhone 7 will bring us a photographic experience. First, let's take a sample.

Obviously, this 12 megapixel f/1.8 lens performs very stably in a better light environment. The details are well preserved, and the color restoration is accurate. Every generation of iPhone gives the author a photo experience that is what you see is what you get. There is not too much rendering and smearing. The details and the original appearance of the object are truly preserved. The advantages of pixels and aperture make it unnecessary for the mobile phone to carry out too much software intervention on photos. In order to make photos more pleasing to users, some mobile phones have carried out too much rendering and decoration. No matter how you take photos, you can't get the feeling of what you see is what you get, which is very difficult to use.

Let's compare the two big scenes with the close-up.

Various details recorded by handheld photography in complex environment are restored. However, since the aperture cannot be controlled during shooting, and the mobile phone itself cannot automatically adjust the aperture, all photos are taken using f/1.8. The lighting environment of the mall is very complex, and highlights will have some fuzzy performance. The large aperture can give full play to its advantages when taking close-up shots, and the depth of field effect is very beautiful.

In addition to the normal photographing and photographing functions, the IOS system can also take panoramic photos, time-lapse photography, slow motion photography and other interesting photographing operations. The filter can also be directly selected when taking photos, which avoids the trouble of post-processing. The combination of time delay photography and slow motion photography can produce short films with movie quality effects, which are highly playable and practical.

After experiencing the indoor environment, we move outdoors.

Outdoor light conditions are better, and sometimes backlight shooting is even required. Let's take a look at the shooting effect of mobile phones under backlight conditions. The weather is good, but the urban environment is always full of pm2.5, and the city is shrouded in smog. You can't get a clear picture, only a foggy picture. Its ability can be affirmed through the detailed performance of clouds and water surface.

By taking pictures through filters, you can get pictures that feel completely different. This is a picture taken with a filter. The misty feeling disappeared in an instant.

You can take photos with unexpected effects by skillfully using filters.

After the experience of rear lens, there is also front lens. This time, the front lens has been upgraded to 7 million pixels, which is close to the pixels of the rear lens of the iPhone 6. The main task of the front shot is to take a selfie and make video calls like Facetime. The use frequency of self timer is quite high. We asked my sister to take a selfie experience.

The photo taking function of the IOS system does not set the beauty function, so the self taking photos are also what you see is what you get. If you need beauty cameras, you can go to the App Store to download various beauty camera software, which is very rich in resources. The camera software provided with the system is the same as the rear lens. What you see is what you get when you take a picture, without the influence of rendering and decoration. Now let's take a look at some self portraits taken by the camera of the system.

Through the improvement of the pixels of the front lens, the image quality of the photos taken is worthy of recognition, with sharp image quality and accurate color restoration. The front and rear lenses still perform well after this upgrade. Although the iPhone does not only use photography as a selling point, each generation of iPhone is the leader of the photography function at that time.

music

What kind of audio quality experience will be brought by the iPhone 7 output from the Lightning interface instead of the 3.5mm headphone interface? Let's have a detailed experience.

First of all, the biggest change is the appearance. Let's take a look at the comparison near the interface of the three generations of mobile phones. Completely symmetrical iPhone 7 has better integrity.

After looking at the connector, let's take a look at the redesigned Lightning connector headset. When I first opened the box and saw the headset, I thought the attached headset was wireless. There is no plastic storage box for the earphones this time, just a simple paper package.

It can be seen from the side of the package that this is a wired headset. It's embarrassing to think about the first idea.

There is a conversion cable from Lightning interface to 3.5mm headphone interface stuck on the back of the package, which supports the normal use of the original headphone. Moreover, the wired control after the conversion is still available. Everything should be excessive. Apple does not want to arouse too much public opinion by adopting a one size fits all approach.

Once this simple package is taken out, it is difficult to recover the headset. Remove the headset and the conversion cable.

When listening to the new earphone for the first time, I felt that it was the most bass earphone in the earphones attached to the iPhone, and I still felt a little dull at first. This earphone must be the gospel of people who like to listen to bass. The bass is really strong. Although it is not an in ear design, you can get in ear sound quality experience by pressing it tightly. The newly designed two sound outlets at the front and side bring a larger sound field. Although the human voice may be affected by too strong bass, it may appear somewhat dull, but the larger sound field can offset some dullness, and the smell of multi unit headphones can be heard. The stereo effect is very good. The design of wire control has not changed, and it is still a three button design.

If you want to use headphones with 3.5mm interface, you can only plug in the adapter cable. The design of this model is similar to the USB interface conversion cable on the new Mac book, except that the iPhone 7 is kind enough to give away the adapter cable directly, while the Mac book needs to purchase another conversion device, which is embarrassing.

Use the conversion cable and plug in the ordinary headset to experience the sound quality of the iPhone 7, which is almost the same as connecting the phone directly. But if you want to tell the difference, the sound quality has a little electronic taste after using the Lightning interface, the bass has slightly weakened, and the sound has become flat. The sound quality of directly connected 3.5mm mobile phone interface will be fuller without so much electronic taste.

The external equipment can be expanded through the conversion line to obtain better audio quality enjoyment.

To sum up, the earphones attached to the iPhone 7 are the best iPhone earphones that have ever heard of sound quality. Apple may use this to give users the illusion that the sound quality of the Lightning interface is significantly better than that of the 3.5mm interface. If you don't like to be bound by wires, you can choose AirPods wireless touch headset. At the beginning of the release of the bold split ear design, people jokingly said that if you want wireless headphones, you can go to the subway station to pick them up instead of buying them. Apple's earphones do not fit very well when worn. A slightly larger movement can cause the earphones to fall off, and the wireless designed earphones are easier to fall off. The price of more than 1200 yuan is really not low. If you lose it, you will lose a lot. How many people will pay for this new wireless headset is also unknown.

Office games

IOS 10 on iPhone 7 comes with several valuable office software. First, let's take a look at a video to experience these practical small programs.

Numbers, Pages and Keynote correspond to Excel Word、PowerPoint。 What can I do without a computer in my daily office? It's simple. These three software can solve the problem. It's very convenient for people who use Office frequently. And the finished products can be directly output or put on screen.

Imove is a very practical software for the author. You can directly edit the video materials in your mobile phone to make beautiful titles and short films. You can add materials directly through the selected template. Hollywood level titles are easy to use. The video at the beginning of this evaluation was made with this software. It also supports direct output sharing.

GarageBand is a music editing software. Musicians can create music through various built-in simulators in the software and edit music anytime and anywhere. The variety and subdivision of musical instruments are very rich, and the simulation is real.

The iPhone 7, which is equipped with a 64 bit dual core A10 processor with 2GB RAM, has no pressure on most games on the market. It has been very smooth to play games with the iPhone for a long time. Therefore, the test of the game is not the focus. It simply downloads several representative games for experience.

The current king glory is relatively popular. Smooth operating system and agile operation feedback are the necessary conditions to mount the strongest king. The iPhone 7 has excellent fluency when running this game, and is very fast when waiting to enter the game to read the progress bar. After entering the game, wait for several seconds in the fence of the security zone before all other players enter the game.

Wild Racing 8 is also a racing game with a large number of downloads. Speed racing games have high requirements on the mobile phone's graphics processor. During the high-speed driving of the car, the graining effect of the scenery on both sides is normal. During the fierce car chase, the picture is complex and hot, without any hesitation and stuck phenomenon. After 20 minutes of the game, the temperature of the mobile phone has increased, but it is not hot, and there is no focus.

The National Gun King is a mobile phone FPS game. The gorgeous 3D CG transition animation before the game starts will consume some mobile phone hardware resources, and the gunfight process is smooth and smooth.

The newly added bedtime reminder is a very practical and intimate sleep management software. Through personalized sleep habit settings, there will be intimate reminders before bedtime every day. It changes the cold setting of the alarm clock in the past.

Performance and charging

When it comes to mobile phone performance, we must first run a score. The data is most convincing. The score of A10 CPU single core has reached 3000, which is close to that of iPad Pro 3200. The score is very impressive, which is 20% higher than that of A9 processor. Downloaded a running score software and ran a simple score. Due to different running environments, there will be slight differences each time. The one on hand ran 162471 points. The highest score on the ranking list is 170000 points. Joining the Android running score list is also in the front, killing some 10 core phones on the Android platform. By the way, use the software to check the hardware parameters.

A more intuitive performance improvement is the speed of running the APP. A video comparing the speed of three generations of mobile phones entering the APP was taken, which can give a more intuitive sense of the speed improvement after the iPhone 7 upgrade.

It can be seen from the video that every iPhone upgrade has improved in speed, and the most obvious improvement is between 6 and 6S. The speed of the iPhone 7 is improved more significantly than that of the iPhone 6.

The 3D Touch screen is also one of the most important features of the iPhone 7. Through simple settings, you can set the hand feeling strength that conforms to your habits. There are three sensitivity options.

Through the 3D Touch function, you can quickly call the main functions in the APP. When using, you can directly select the required functions or view recent messages without first entering the APP. In the daily use of mobile phones, it simplifies the operation process of mobile phones, which is very convenient after use.

After the update of IOS 10, the most important change is the change of the pull-down shortcut menu on the main screen. The separation of the brightness adjustment interface and the volume adjustment interface of the mobile phone enriches the options that can be quickly operated. The display of schedule reminder, recent use programs, weather conditions and other information sliding to the right of the main screen are all optimized and changed by IOS to facilitate the operation. It can be seen that every update of IOS is striving for better user experience.

The iPhone 7 has a built-in lithium battery with a capacity of 1960mAh. Compared with the 6S, the battery life has been improved by nearly 2 hours. The theoretical standby time is up to 240 hours. Of course, in the pure standby mode, if it is used daily, it still needs to be recharged every day. The charging time is about 2 to 2.5 hours. The charging speed is not the flash charge level. If you want to experience a faster charging speed, you can change the charging plug on the iPad to speed up the charging speed. When the charge is less than 90%, the full current is used for charging, and the charging current is about 1A.

When the power exceeds 90% and approaches 100%, in order to protect the battery, trickle charging is carried out, and the current is reduced to about half of the full current 0.5A. It is recommended to charge for about 10 minutes after the battery reaches 100%, and then unplug the plug to ensure that the battery is fully charged.

Write at the end

Through the in-depth experience of the National Day holiday, the iPhone 7 has left me a good use experience, especially in terms of speed. Compared with the 6 and 6S on my hands, after experiencing the smooth operation experience brought by the new machine, I can't go back. In addition to adding a new bright black color scheme, the appearance of the iPhone 7 has not changed significantly. Under the influence of aesthetic fatigue, there are indeed fewer surprises. Think back to the global craze when the iPhone 4 was released a few years ago. Now all that remains is the belief in the brand and the enthusiasm that has slowly faded away. Without Sect Leader Qiao, Apple seems to lack some paranoid pursuits. However, the new mobile phone still has its advantages. The redesigned HOME key, the faster A10 processor, and the optimized lens are all advantages of the iPhone. More importantly, Apple's software ecosystem and the more stringent APP audit mechanism. With a good and best software ecosystem, we are not afraid of no sales of hardware. I hope I can feel the surprise and enthusiasm of several years ago again on the next generation of iPhone. After all, the update of electronic products is too fast, so don't go mediocre in the next generation of iPhone.

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