This year, when the appearance should be greatly changed, Apple has brought us more like an upgraded iPhone 6s/6s Plus. In the past, Nokia played the game of changing the shell, and now Apple plays the game of changing the color. From gold and rose gold to the bright black, they are popular every year. Three years later, the 3D-Touch, A8/A9 processors and the 12 megapixel camera did not respond. The iPhone in everyone's mind is still like the iPhone 6.
Unfortunately, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus have not broken the old impression of the iPhone, and they are not innovative. Let's put aside our disappointment. This evaluation focuses on new color matching, touch home key, new screen and photographic gamut, A10 processor, the role of 3G memory, the imaging of new camera, the performance of telephoto camera and the virtualization function.
Appearance and workmanship
To everyone's surprise, the new iPhone did not make any major changes to its appearance. All it did was make minor repairs that Virgos loved to see. It removed two antennas and headphone connectors, had symmetrical holes at the bottom, moved the camera to the arc edge, and so on. According to the degree of change and importance, it was listed as follows:
New bright black, black return. Pure black has appeared on the iPhone 5, but due to the coating dropping problem, deep space gray has been used in subsequent models. In addition to bright black, which is the polished surface, other colors are common anodized aluminum, and the sanding particle size and feel are very close.
IP67 dust-proof and waterproof: the machine completes high-level waterproof and dust-proof on the premise of uncompromising size and appearance by adding hydrophobic coating, waterproof pad and rubber ring interface. However, like the Samsung S7, it cannot be touched normally in the water, and can only be used for simple operations such as volume key photographing. The user should be reminded that if there is a gap after falling, the waterproof ability is likely to be lost. In addition, although the machine is waterproof, water ingress is not covered by the warranty;
Antenna, remove the two antennas on the back, and move the bottom antenna slot down a few millimeters;
The rear camera moves to the left, but its height and shape are exaggerated than those of the previous generation. The "seesaw effect" is far more obvious when it is placed on the desktop;
The headphone interface is cancelled, and the adapter of the official lighting to 3.5mm headphone hole is provided. This is a disaster for audio lovers who buy medium and high-end headphones and like to listen to music directly on their iPhones or even connected to hugo. Occasionally, I want to answer a phone with a headset in the company and watch a small movie quietly in the room, only to find that the transfer line is not around... What? The sound quality of the Bluetooth headset is really not enough.
The home key cannot be pressed. It has a 3D Touch touch. The system has its own 3-level vibration force. Although the feedback is not as good as before, there is no previous life problem. The specific details will be explained in the following system section. In addition, in terms of fingerprint recognition speed, there is no obvious difference between the old and new iPhones. They have been thrown away by the Android camp for a long time, and they still have problems of being unable to recognize from time to time after being used for a long time.
The earpiece becomes longer and narrower, and acts as one of the two speakers. The camera moves slightly to the left, and the old iPhone film can't be used universally. The volume of the earpiece end is slightly lower than that of the bottom speaker and the sound direction is different, but the volume and sound quality of the earpiece have been significantly improved when answering and making calls.
5g and 4g are missing respectively, the size is exactly the same as other parts, and the grip feel is completely the same.
To be sure, the iPhone still has a very good grip today, its workmanship is still at the top level, and the touch of keys is still a model of anti mistouch and comfort. However, the proportion of the racehorse border/low screen that has been blacked by the world for nearly two years (Apple fans: the border is thick to prevent falling...) and the old design remain unchanged, and Apple's appearance update is really too perfunctory, It can no longer afford to upgrade its top hardware.
Color/bright black problem
The former deep space gray fuselage was very light in color, only darker than the current silver, and was completely different from frosted black.
Many media say that bright black has the luster and feel of ceramic and metal. It is estimated that most people believe in it. In fact, the real machine gloss is more like mirror polished plastic, and the touch of fingernails on it is also very "plastic", except that the heat transfer speed is close to that of metal/glass, which will be cool to the touch. The text on the back of this color match seems to be printed, rather than etched by other colors. The edge of the Apple logo is also more obvious than other colors, and the overall durability will be poor. The author has a negative attitude towards this color matching, and its advantages are:
It is highly loaded, which makes it easy for others to find out that this is a new iPhone;
The reflection of mirror is very beautiful;
Better antenna hiding effect;
The smooth surface has outstanding anti-skid ability.
However, the disadvantages are obviously greater than the advantages, especially the durability:
Plastic grade scratch resistance, no protective cover will be a dog;
Perhaps there is no one of the strongest fingerprint collectors in history, which makes it impossible to see beautiful mirrors in daily streaking;
Although it looks like plastic, there is also the problem that the metal body heats up quickly.
The last machine that made the metal body look like plastic was Meilan Metal. In order to hide the antenna and durability, the latter used a very thick and frosted coating, which was scolded by users and media. The iPhone sacrificed its durability for beauty and made it into a fragile glossy surface. This is not the first time Apple has done this kind of thing. The same is true of the stainless steel glossy iPod in those years... To be honest, if you want a glossy surface, you can use glass like the S7 edge. Making the metal look like a glass mirror is more or less to show off skills.
screen
Since the retina screen of the iPhone 4, the iPhone has always been a representative of the IPS camp. In addition, it has always adhered to the sRGB color gamut. It is one of the few manufacturers that attaches great importance to color accuracy at the beginning. Whether it is intended or not, Apple has made great contributions to the upgrading of displays in the entire mobile field. In addition to the black spots whose resolution is "constant for ten thousand years", its color accuracy/color restoration has stood at the top for many years, and only Samsung's flagship Super AMOLED screen can compete with it in the past two years.
The main improvements of iPhone 7/7 Plus compared with previous generation screens are brightness and color gamut:
Manual maximum brightness, automatic maximum brightness
Four corner brightness
The maximum brightness of the official logo has increased from 500 nits to 625 nits, and the maximum brightness of our tester in manual mode has reached. In addition, Apple also introduced an automatic mode brightness inflation mechanism similar to Samsung. The maximum brightness of our iPhone 7 Plus testing machine in manual mode is about 490 nits, and the maximum brightness in automatic mode under strong light is 604 nits. The four corner brightness is 508/507/477/458 nits, with average uniformity;
The screen introduces the wide color gamut standard of DCI-P3, which is used in 4K UHD TV and digital cameras. Its sRGB color gamut in normal use mainly improves the range of red and green (blue is almost unchanged). In white, it can display more layers on red and green than before.
Display P3 gamut problem
Color gamut coverage size contrast
Before talking about the iPhone proof, we need to popularize the color gamut of Apple's Display P3. Display P3 has a color gamut range close to Adobe RGB, but the coverage position is different, and the color gamut range is far larger than the current mainstream sRGB. The color gamut of Display P3 and DCI-P3 is mainly that the former maintains the Gamma2.2 of sRGB color gamut and the color temperature of 6500K white dots (Gamma 2.6 of DCI-P3). The translation is the iPhone 7/7 Plus screen and sample, which has a wider range of cyan and orange than sRGB color gamut and can display more color levels, but other parts have little change.
The vast majority of computers and mobile phones with non wide color gamut, and even most of Apple's own products (excluding 9.7-inch iPad Pro, 5K iMac and a few other machines), are not compatible with the iPhone 7/7 Plus Display P3 color gamut swatch. If you view them directly, red and green will fade and gray. Here is the problem of color coordinate conversion. Take an example to explain the reason (both values and proportions have been exaggerated):
Because the Display P3 sample can cover a wider range of red and green, if the red/green highest point of the sRGB device is 100, and the red/green highest point of the new iPhone sample with a wider color gamut is 200 (the proportion is less than 100%, and exaggerated processing is carried out here to facilitate understanding and calculation). If the same red green object is 40% red in the sRGB color gamut, it only needs 20% red in Display P3 to express the same color.
However, when incompatible machines are displayed, 20% red is still used, so the color will fade. Display P3 is mainly expanding in the red/green direction, so red and green are most affected. Fortunately, WeChat and Weibo can automatically change the color gamut of shared photos a few days before publishing, but most of the photo editing software and image sharing apps still have to wait for adaptation.
Color level test
In order to be compatible with the mainstream sRGB content at the same time, iPhone 7/7 Plus provides sRGB and DCI-P3 display modes. iOS will decide whether to switch based on the application. But now it is only limited to the system's own applications and a small number of third-party apps such as Adobe lightroom. Even our screen testing software cannot run in DCI-P3 mode.
The measured color temperature of iPhone 7 screen in sRGB mode is about 6921K, which is very close to the standard 6500K color temperature. By default, the screen will be yellower and warmer than the previous generation. Its sRGB color gamut is 103.4%, the average DeltaE of 104 colors is only 1.6, and the highest is only 3.9, which has broken the previous record of all mobile phones and once again became the king. For comparison, Note 5 is 1.8, S6 edge+is 2.6, and S7 edge is 2.9.
system
It is estimated that iOS 10 users who hold iPhones are familiar with it. The main changes are:
More card elements, The plug-in page on the left side of the home page has similar functions to the widget desktop plug-in on the Android platform (similar in height to the plug-in page on the left side of the hydrogen/oxygen OS of Yijia), but cannot be customized in size;
3D-Touch can be used to lock screen, pull up control bar, notice bar, etc;
IMessage enhancement
Touch Home key optimization
For details, you can view our previous iOS 10 experience Perfect? Initial Experience of iOS10 , I will not repeat it here. Here we mainly discuss the Home key that cannot be pressed. The considerations are as follows:
Feedback authenticity: its The usage and appearance are completely consistent with the physical keys. There is no touch operation in the system. Pressing hard will produce vibration feedback, but the touch feeling is totally different from that of the physical keys. When you press the key, you will feel the illusion that "what is pressed down is actually the back". You can even feel where the touch engine is, which is far from the fake touchpad on the Macbook. This awkward feeling will be especially obvious when you double click the Home key, screenshots and other operations.
Miscontact: Because there is no touch operation by default, there will not be many embarrassment of accidentally touching the home key in Android games. However, another problem with 3D-Touch is its strength. The system has its own level 3 options, but it often accidentally presses and triggers Siri by mistake, especially when the machine cannot recognize fingerprints.
The meaning of the new home key is more durable and interesting now. We no longer need to call out the auxiliary ball to extend the life of the home key. The collision feedback of the pull-up and pull-down columns is very fresh, and what it is good at is multiple intensive short shocks. In the fluctuation time/option wheel, the touch is very real, and it can be played for a year;
In addition, iOS 10 adds the function of raising the hand to light the screen. As long as the lifting speed and screen angle (about 40 degrees) are met, the screen will light up, and the screen will go out within a few seconds after being placed horizontally. The settings and sensitivity are really good, but they are still too sensitive, which often causes the phone to wake up. What's more, it will significantly affect the endurance. For some users who just want to check the time, this is a bit expensive.
performance
The iPhone 7/7 Plus is equipped with A10 Fusion processor. The CPU part is of 2+2 structure, and the total number of transistors is up to 3.3 billion. You should know that A8 is 2 billion, while A7 is "only" 1 billion. Its small core architecture and frequency information are unknown, The big core is the Hurricane architecture, with the highest frequency up to 2.34GHz, which has surpassed the iPad Pro (12.9) to become the highest frequency in iOS devices.
Unfortunately, the CPU only runs in the form of two small cores or two large cores, and cannot be fully opened with four cores. The GPU is a six core PowerVR series chip, and the model is unknown. This size of iPhone is equipped with 2G and 3G "big" memory, which is not as good as the 4G conscience of iPad Pro (12.9), but at least it has caught up with Sony.
CPU operation performance test
GPU graphics performance test
The actual performance can only be described as invincible. In Geekbench 4, no matter the single or dual core performance, it is the first time in recent years that Apple has surpassed the Android flagship in multi-core performance. The GPU performance gap is even more obvious. The Snapdragon 820/Exynos 8890, the Android platform SoC half a year ago, is simply on the ground. The Snapdragon 821, which has only slightly improved, is not an opponent at all.
The flash memory speed of 32/128/256G version is compared. The 128G version is the Hong Kong version of iPhone 7, and the other two are the National Bank iPhone 7 Plus (the Hong Kong version has compatibility problems, and the effect is only for reference)
What's more special is the comparison of flash memory speed. In addition to unprepared Android platform, the direct doubling of iPhone capacity this year has also directly widened the speed gap between different versions of flash memory by the jump of 32G/128G/256G. If other conditions are consistent, the flash read/write speed between different versions will be significantly different. In the test, their writing levels are 40m/280m/340m respectively, and the maximum difference is nearly 9 times. Of course, this test is only for reference, because the app is too old, there are compatibility problems on the Hong Kong version of iPhone 7, some tests cannot run, and the writing speed of the Hong Kong version is very abnormal.
In addition to running points, we are most concerned about the following issues:
Speed increase: Although the processor has significantly improved performance, the speed of iPhone 7/7 Plus in the system has been improved slightly, and only the response and multi task switching after clicking the home key will be faster. The loading speed of large games and applications is directly linked to the flash memory performance. There is no big difference between the two generations of iPhones with the same capacity, and they all follow the rule that the larger the capacity, the faster the speed;
Size iPhone gap: There is almost no difference in speed. The iPhone 7 with lower resolution may have less overall heat in the game, but the iPhone 7 Plus has better heat dissipation, which is smaller when the game cannot squeeze the performance of this new processor;
The difference between 2G and 3G memory: There is still no difference. 10 video pages and 3 large games will not be reloaded, The application switching speed of the two machines is the same. The iOS premium memory and application optimization make the added memory invisible, At least not under iOS 10. Of course, this upgrade will definitely have a great impact on the service life of the machine. In addition, in this limit test, They are faster than the iPhone 6s Plus, and the latter has seen obvious stuttering when switching.
The specific speed comparison can be seen in our previous videos, which will not be repeated here:
Electric current sound
In addition, the current sound of the iPhone this year is also more obvious than that in previous years (yes, in fact, the old machine also has a certain current sound). Several iPhone 7/7 Plus on our hands all have high-frequency "squeak" current sound to varying degrees. The source of the current sound is mainly near the Apple logo. The basic rule is that the higher the processor load, the more obvious the current sound is, and there will be almost no sound on the rest screen. In high load scenarios such as machine running points and games, you can also hear the sound of electricity on the back of the office, but you have to face the machine to hear it. Apart from the psychological discomfort, it has little impact on daily use.
photograph
The main camera sensor of iPhone 7/7 Plus maintains a unit pixel of 1/3 inch, 12 million pixels and 1.22 microns. The visible difference is that the display P3 standard output sample is used instead and the aperture is increased to f/1.8 (the actual light input is increased by 50%). The former affects the color of photos and brings "pain" of sharing photos, while the latter brings stronger weak light performance.
The photo taking section has been separately《 Cross generational gap, iPhone 7/7 Plus, iPhone 6s/6s Plus photo comparison 》And Strong competition, iPhone 7 Plus/Note7/Note5/G5 photo comparison 》They are analyzed in detail and simplified in this paper.
Photo experience
The improvement of the two new iPhones is mainly focused on focusing, which is slightly faster than the previous generation, but there is still a significant gap with the dual pixel S7/Note7. The white balance during shooting is obviously warmer/yellower than that of the previous generation. Although it is not very pleasing to the eye, it is indeed closer to what the naked eye can see. The iPhone 7/7 Plus is more accurate in judging the white balance of indoor lighting. The rest of the shooting smoothness, shutter response and imaging speed are not different from those of the previous generation. It seems that the powerful performance of A10 processor cannot be shown for the time being.
White balance/metering/contrast/tolerance contrast
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Outdoor scene
Indoor scene 1
Indoor scene 2
Weak light scene 1
Weak light scene 2
If you check the proof directly on the 9.7-inch iPad Pro and iPhone 7, you will find that the new iPhone still has the problem of insufficient exposure in low light, but it is slightly better than the previous generation, and the white balance slightly drifts to yellow green (6500K color temperature standard is forced under Display P3?), The red and green levels have been improved to a certain extent, but it is difficult to find out if the daily scenes are not compared.
Considering that Apple's Display P3 standard is still a long way from popularization, the main existing and viewing mode of the new iPhone samples is still the version after being converted to the sRGB color gamut, so the samples of the two new iPhones are converted to the common sRGB color gamut with Photoshop CC and then compared with other phones. The performance of the two new iPhones in terms of white balance, light measurement, saturation, etc. are the same. The light measurement is closer to the naked eye than the previous generation.
The basic white spot of white balance moves slightly from the previous yellow green to light red, and white is more red in the pure white part, which makes the color of the proof more pleasing to the eye. The change of tolerance/contrast/saturation is mainly due to the change of light measurement: the iPhone HDR cannot be completely turned off. What we see is the comprehensive effect of sensor+HDR algorithm, because the light measurement is improved. This time, the sky in the highlight part of the iPhone 7/7 Plus is difficult to have the same details as the previous generation, but Higher metering can better show the dark details.
However, the tolerance of CMOS and HDR strength are fixed, and the metering brightening will also run up together with the dark and bright parts, resulting in overexposure of highlights, which will affect the contrast and saturation. At first glance, the contrast of the image is not as high as that of the previous generation. Many fans said that Android phones have no sense of hierarchy and low contrast/saturation when taking photos. As a result, the iPhone has also encountered the same embarrassment after improving its light metering. However, the writer who likes realism still supports this change.
Discrimination/noise control/"texture" comparison
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In the sample comparison, the 28mm wide angle of the iPhone 7/7 Plus can accommodate more objects than the original, but the same object will be smaller, which directly results in a slightly weaker ultimate discrimination than the iPhone 6s/6s Plus, but the amplitude is very small.
Sunlight Scene 1 Zoom In
Sunlight Scene 2 Zoom In
Enlarge indoor scene 1
Enlarge indoor scene 2
Zoom in above the center of weak light scene 1
Enlarge weak light scene 2
Weak light scene 3 central amplification
Comparison of flagship photos
Parameter comparison
PS： The focus of the lower samples is at the center, arranged from top to bottom according to the intensity of light. The iPhone 7 Plus samples are all converted by sRGB.
White balance/metering/contrast/tolerance contrast
Daytime Scenario 1
Daytime scenario 2
Indoor scene
Weak light scene 1
Weak light scene 2
metering: If measured by the standard of realism, Note 5 is the one whose comprehensive level of exposure is closest to that seen by the naked eye; Note7 The default metering is slightly higher than what the naked eye can see. When the scene reaches the extremely low light level, it will trigger the "night vision device" like night view mode, and the image brightness is one to two levels higher than that seen by the naked eye; The iPhone 7 Plus largely corrects the problem of insufficient exposure of the iPhone before, but it still uses the strategy of maintaining ISO and giving up brightness under weak light, resulting in the exposure of weak light scenes being weaker than the naked eye and Android flagship; However, G5 metering is relatively unstable and is very close to the naked eye in most cases, but it is more likely that the scene with large light difference will be significantly darker.
White balance: Although the picture of iPhone 7 Plus looks yellow, it is closer to the real situation, followed by Note7 and Note5, which tend to be yellow and warm under indoor lighting. The G5 tends to be blue-green as a whole, and its white balance stability is not as good as that of the other three machines.
Tolerance/Contrast/Saturation: The debugging of photography is a challenge to pull the whole body together. In addition to the quality of CMOS, tolerance depends largely on the HDR algorithm, which will reduce the contrast to a certain extent, while saturation and metering will also affect the contrast.
In terms of HDR algorithm, the new iPhone is more dominant. In addition, the exposure is relatively dark, and the light detail performance is better when dealing with large light difference scenes such as sunny days; The contrast of Note7 is obviously higher than that of Note5. The metering of most scenes is relatively conservative, and it is easy to lose dark details like the iPhone, but the first impression of the photo will be more pleasing than that of Note5, which is "flattened" by the lens floodlight and HDR contrast; HDR of LG G5 The trigger threshold is high and the HDR algorithm is light, resulting in a large lag in tolerance. The only commendable thing is its excellent color saturation and picture purity even in extremely low light scenes.
Discrimination/noise control/texture contrast
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Daytime Scene 2 Enlarged
Daytime Scene 3 Enlarged
Enlarge indoor scene 1
Enlarge indoor scene 2
Enlarge weak light scene 1
Enlarge weak light scene 2
Weak light scene 3 central amplification
In terms of discrimination, the advantage of LG G5 is almost overwhelming. The proper sharpening and noise reduction algorithm enables it to be compressed to Note5 with the same pixel. The problem of the latter is the low contrast of the image itself and the white noise in the fine spots; Sharpening algorithm Abnormally heavy handed At first glance, Note7 has a good analytical power, and the noise control in detail has been significantly improved compared with Note5. However, the details not collected can not be adjusted by the algorithm, and 12 million pixels and larger wide-angle are bound to be sacrificed;
In the face of weak light, the iPhone and Android platforms have different directions in researching noise reduction and smearing algorithms. They give priority to ensuring low ISO. If not, they will reduce the exposure to a certain extent. The large aperture of this generation f1.8 allows the iPhone 7 Plus to achieve incredible ISO suppression. In the darkest test scenario available, the iPhone 6s will reach ISO 2000. In the scenario where Samsung and LG flagship trigger night view mode and ISO breaks a thousand, the iPhone 7 Plus can also maintain ISO 250-320. The ISO of daytime and lighting scenes is always between 25-100, which is quite ferocious. All these make the iPhone 7 Plus's weak light noise control much better than the previous generation.
In order to ensure the naturalness and detail of the picture, the algorithm of "inaction" as far as possible not only can hardly see the traces of smearing and noise reduction, but even the intensity of sharpening is very light. This kind of effort, though, has led to the iPhone's ability to distinguish between daytime and most scenes is much weaker than that of other competitors. But the Maoist Party also has to admire the iPhone's dedication to faithful restoration.
IPhone 7 Plus telephoto and virtualization
The previous generation of large iPhones exclusively used optical anti shake. This year, after the optical anti shake was lowered to small iPhones, the iPhone 7 Plus exclusively used a telephoto camera with an equivalent focal length of 56mm, which can be exchanged for twice the approximate effect of "optical focusing".
This camera uses a slightly smaller sensor (calculated from the actual 6.6mm focal length, the sensor size is about 1/3.53 inch, and the unit pixel size is smaller), with only an aperture of f2.8 and no optical anti shake. These three factors doomed its light and weak light display to be inferior to the main camera. So Apple will not turn on the telephoto lens when the light is weak, but will directly use the main camera to provide the digital zoom function.
Dual camera call: Apple makes this very covert, but after all, the two cameras are not in the same position, and the sensors and lenses are completely different, so there will be slight differences in the view angle/exposure/white balance of the image. When switching, you can see the image jumping after twice the points. Of course, if the zoom is too fast, the switch will not be on "2x".
When the light is bad, all zoom will be completed by the main camera, and the whole process does not need user control. In addition, if the light environment is good, when you can call the telephoto lens and block any camera, the machine will directly black out the image to remind the user that the camera is blocked.
Sunlight Scene 1 Center Zoom In
Sunlight Scene 2 Center Zoom In
Light Scene 2 Center Enlarged
This telephoto camera can be called until the light weakens to the level of "normally bright indoor light", and the film rate and the main camera are not different. The "double light change" obtained at the expense of vision is quite exaggerated in its analytical power. It is easy to throw away the LG G5 standing at the top, and the better the light, the greater the gap. However, the white balance of this camera is not as stable as that of the main camera. The same scene can often shoot different colors, and the noise will be obvious when the light is slightly worse.
Weak light scene 1
Weak light scene 2
Interestingly, the iPhone 7 Plus cannot call a long camera in low light, but the main camera has a certain probability of using a higher ISO after digital zoom, and the image brightness may be higher than that of the sample without digital zoom. But this is still the main camera, which is still a certain distance from the top flagship of Android in weak light.
In general, the availability of this camera in the daytime is average. It is still very powerful to climb high in the daytime to look into the distance or take PPT of classes/meetings. Its weak weak light performance makes it unable to work in the evening or even most indoor scenes. Well, yes, if the light in the classroom is not bright enough, it may not be able to call
IPhone 7 Plus Dual Phantom
In addition to being used as a telephoto lens, Apple also has its own dual camera virtualization. The competitor here is Huawei P9, which is currently the most targeted dual camera device in Android. The latter is a dual 12 million rear camera with Sony's IMX286 sensor.
Scenario 1
Center right zoom in
Zoom in at the bottom
Scenario 2
The iPhone 7 Plus will turn on virtualization in "portrait mode" and forcibly switch to a telephoto lens, which will significantly narrow the field of vision. At this time, the main camera is only used to provide the distance information needed for virtualization. Because we use a telephoto lens, we have brought the dual effects of telephoto virtualization and algorithm processing. In addition, the fuselage will save the samples before and after the virtualization process. The actual film will be blurred to different degrees according to the distance of the scene (the head shot, but the shoes are partially blurred). For the body with a clear outline, except for some parts with different colors, the virtualization effect is more natural, but it will be difficult to deal with complex objects such as models.
Scenario 1
Scene 1 zoomed in on the left
Scenario 1 Zoom in right
Scenario 2
Scene 2 Enlarge
In comparison with Huawei P9, it is obvious that the virtualization algorithm of iPhone should be more mature. The virtualization will stick to the edge of the target, and the force processing control will be more natural. However, compared with the effect of virtualization itself, the weak light degradation of the telephoto lens itself is much more obvious. After the light is slightly poor, it is a bit difficult to shoot objects well... You should know that the scenes we shoot people are often indoor or even nightclubs, and the weak weak light of the telephoto lens itself directly affects the practicality of this portrait mode.
Summary
Compared with the previous generation, the metering and white balance of the iPhone 7/7 Plus are closer to what the naked eye can see. The associated decrease in image tolerance/contrast/saturation and warmer white balance are not very flattering, but they do record the actual images more realistically. On the whole, the iPhone 7/7 Plus mainly improves the authenticity of low light performance and light metering/white balance, and the rest are not different;
There is no obvious difference between the main camera of iPhone 7/7 Plus, and even 7 Plus may lose a little to iPhone 7 in some scenarios due to individual differences and test errors. They will be the same in daily use. Although this reduces the superiority of large iPhone users, it is absolutely good news for small iPhone users. In terms of imaging quality, the iPhone 7/7 Plus has been able to return to the first tier and compete with the flagship Android, although it is far from the "strongest" title of previous generations.
The unique telephoto lens of 7 Plus is absolutely overwhelming in daytime discrimination, but it cannot be triggered when the indoor light is slightly poor, which greatly affects its practicability. The virtualization effect is better than the domestic flagship, but there is no essential difference. It is also not practical because of the weak weak light imaging of the telephoto lens.
Endurance&Charging&Heating
iPhone 7 The Plus uses a 2900mAh battery, which is more than 2750mAh of the 6s Plus, but still less than 6 2915mAh of Plus; The battery on the iPhone 7 has grown to 1960mAh, a bit larger than the previous generation's 1715mAh. In our Love to play computer games After three hours of high-intensity test, 71% and 67% of the electricity were left respectively.
The endurance of iPhone 7 has even caught up with that of the previous two generations of iPhone 6 Plus and 6s Plus (of course, the light applications directly related to the standby duration and capacity must be stronger than the big iPhone with a big battery). The iPhone 7 Plus has also made progress of about 5%. However, the iPhone's endurance is not good this year, when the endurance of Android platform has soared.
In terms of charging, the official charger of iPhone 7/7 Plus is only 5W, and this pair has 2900mAh The battery's 7 Plus is an incredible decision (Apple Powder: slow charging is to protect the battery...). However, considering the practicality, we used the iPad's 12W charger for testing. From 5% to full charge, the iPhone 7 serial number lasted about 108 minutes (1 hour and 48 minutes), while the iPhone 7 Plus still needed nearly 150 minutes (2 and a half hours), because the latter's trickle charge lasted nearly 50 minutes, which was incredibly long.
The core half hour charge, iPhone 7 charged to 51%, iPhone 7 Plus charged to 35%; One hour charging is 81% and 64% respectively, which is not as bad as the total time. However, it is still very different from the Android platform "charging for 5 minutes, talking for N hours". In addition, when the iPhone 7 Plus uses some non original lines, even if there is a 12W charging head, it can only run to 7W, and the charging time is still up to 195 minutes (3 hours and 15 minutes). If you use a 5W charging head, the charging time is almost the same as that of the iPad. Therefore, it is recommended that users of large machines buy an iPad charging head, and life will be much more comfortable.
In terms of heat, after 20 minutes of large-scale games, the front of the iPhone 7 Plus can reach a maximum of 44 degrees, and the hottest spot appears in the upper middle of the body to the right; The highest temperature on the back appears below the camera, which is also at the level of 44 degrees. The performance is normal. However, the heating speed is faster than that of the 6s generation. The A10 processor is obviously not a fuel efficient lamp.
summary
IPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus can only be regarded as "s" generation upgrades without innovative technologies:
The appearance of minor repairs, new frosted black and bright black can not stop people from getting tired of the appearance of the iPhone;
Ubiquitous 3D Touch and Touch The Home keys are mutually complementary, and the durability is improved, and the feedback is exquisite, but it still lacks some touch;
The distance between the performance frenzy A10 processor and the Android platform is unprecedented, but like 3G memory, it is more focused on the improvement in the next few years;
The new camera greatly improved the weak light performance, although it failed to regain the strongest position, it saved a lot of face;
The telephoto camera and the virtualization function in the dual camera are more like a semi-finished product/test product, whose performance and use are far from what everyone expected
Relatively speaking, the proportion of iPhone 7's growth this year is far greater than that of iPhone 7 Plus. The battery life and photo taking, which were previously "shrunk", have been made up, and the memory gap has not been revealed in two years. For users who are able to use the party and like small screens, the performance price ratio of iPhone 7 is much higher. The dual photography of iPhone 7 Plus is more like a trial work, making the foundation of this "Plus" less solid than before.
With only one product line of iPhone, Apple has supported the whole mobile phone field except Android. The dissatisfaction with the new iPhone is mainly due to the high expectations of Apple, which should not be the only way. Whether intentionally or under compulsion, Apple always has a good grasp of the degree. Every year, the promotion is like squeezing toothpaste, which is just enough for everyone to upgrade. The parts that are not mentioned by everyone are almost the same as before, which is unlikely to happen to other manufacturers.
of course, Expectation is one thing, everyone uses it is another, and market performance is another. Even though the above expressions are derogatory, the body is still honest when holding the machine in person: the iPhone 7/7 Plus is still one of the best flagship brands worth buying.
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