Apple has always been a pioneer in the field of mobile phones and even in the field of science and technology, although in recent years Apple's pace seems not so great, even a steady trend. However, Apple is still amazing on the road of innovation. Even if it is not the first feature proposed by Apple, once it works, it is usually a super move beyond previous experience, such as the dual camera released this year. In addition to dual photography, is there anything else worth looking forward to on the iPhone 7 series? Let's look at the personal experience brought by Duanmu below. It may not be comprehensive, but it has some personal insights and some depth.

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Appearance: Is technology progressing with the introduction of new color versions?

It must be recognized that Chinese people and even people around the world are most enthusiastic about intuitive feelings, such as bright colors. Therefore, when Apple mobile phones are sold in local gold, rose gold and bright black this year, they are extremely popular versions. And this year's iPhone 7 series phones have almost no change in appearance, so is it lack of sincerity to just update the color version? Fortunately, Duanmu got the silver one, but frankly, it is no different from previous generations of iPhones or even iPod Touch. Funny point: If Nokia used to be "technology based on shell changing", Apple is to some extent "technology based on the introduction of new color versions".

Here is a set of outline details of the iPhone 7 Plus.

As can be seen from the above detailed drawing, the iPhone 7 Plus is almost the same shape as previous models, but there are still small changes, such as the elimination of the 3.5mm headphone hole and the physical HOME key, and the virtual creation of a HOME key that cannot be pressed down. Duanmu is not used to the new HOME key when he first starts to use it, because it is different from the feeling of pressing hard in the past. The new HOME key can be operated by pressing gently. Indeed, this design is more labor-saving for operation. There are similar HOME button designs in domestic mobile phones, such as Yijia mobile phones.

While removing the entity HOME key, Apple has put a larger Taptic Engine inside the fuselage to avoid users being unaccustomed to this new design. Apple hopes that the tactile feedback of the Taptic Engine will make you feel like pressing down. The harder the user presses, the stronger the shock of the Taptic Engine. In addition, iPhone 7 handles screen pressure and HOME key pressure differently. The screen pressure runs through the body, and the HOME key pressure is concentrated at the bottom and the feedback is more urgent. This is also an attempt made by Apple in the future in human-computer interaction. The vibration dimension can bring different experiences. At the same time, next year's iPhone 8 may directly achieve the fingerprint sensor below the glass, or even cancel the sense structure of the HOME key. Through this transition this year, I believe that users can better accept it next year.

In terms of appearance, although there are many changes in the internal and external structure of the iPhone 7 series, it really makes people feel that this is the design of the new iPhone product. Therefore, after the release of the iPhone 7 series, a large number of users have become disappointed with Apple's huge expectations of major upgrades every other year. So what is the biggest upgrade feature of the iPhone 7 series? Let's continue to look down.

Screen: wide color gamut of Display P3 standard

SRGB is a relatively wide set of color gamut standards, and also the standard used by Apple's previous mobile phone products. However, this year's iPhone 7 series uses the Display P3 standard, which is a standard used in the television and movie industry. It is much wider than sRGB's color gamut range, and is also compatible with sRGB's color gamut. Will this new standard lead to a better experience? Although Duanmu wants to show it through some comparison pictures, he has no professional equipment, but all the screen imaging photos taken are biased in color on the camera and display, so we can only summarize: The screen of iPhone 7 Plus has a higher saturation of color, which is more vivid and attractive. The display effect is obviously better than that of many other mobile phone screens. Attached are some live shot display samples that may be color biased on the monitor of each viewer.

Camera: double shot is the highlight but limited

In fact, the iPhone 6s series has no improvement in the pixel of the camera compared with the previous generation of products, but has only carried out algorithm optimization. However, the final result is that Samsung has suppressed the camera. Therefore, when coming to the iPhone 7 series, the performance of the camera is naturally very expected. Although some media predicted that Apple would launch dual cameras at the beginning of last year, other manufacturers, including LG, Huawei, and a number of domestic manufacturers, beat Apple to launch dual cameras. But fortunately, Apple has never cared about some advanced design of other manufacturers, because when Apple wants to do a certain function, if it is not a breakthrough initiative, then it must be a big move to defeat the past, such as the dual camera of the iPhone 7 Plus this year.

The dual camera of the iPhone 7 Plus is a f/1.8, 28nm wide-angle camera for normal photography, and the other is a f/2.8, 56mm long focus lens, with 12 million pixels. From the above figure, it can be seen that the protective ring of the wide-angle camera is larger. These two cameras actually work independently, rather than one for color and one for black and white like Huawei P9, and then composite photos. Therefore, although Apple claims that the iPhone 7 Plus supports up to 10x zoom, in addition to the usual one and two times (corresponding to wide-angle cameras and telephoto lenses) zoom, other focus segments are actually digital zoom, that is, there will be a loss of image quality. In fact, it is easy to understand the result. After all, it is still impossible to put lenses like traditional cameras into the slim fuselage.

For a long time, domestic mobile phones have always liked to compare iPhones, and various comparisons have also emerged in the PPT of the press conference. Therefore, Duanmu made a comparison between the camera of the iPhone 7 Plus and the hammer M1 of the domestic emotion mobile phone this time. The purpose is not to eliminate blackness, but simply to show how much optimization and improvement the iPhone 7 Plus has made in imaging, hoping that it will not cause problems. Some comparison samples are attached below. The iPhone 7 Plus is in the front and the hammer M1 is behind.

In the above daytime backlight samples, the iPhone 7 Plus samples have higher brightness and better purity. The overall picture looks more transparent and clear, and the dark details are more abundant.

In macro mode, although the difference in brightness has been narrowed, the difference in color has been widened. The iPhone 7 Plus sample has higher saturation, more vivid colors, and more pleasing to the eye.

In the night scene, both cameras are equipped with the optical anti shake function, but the biggest difference between the above samples is that the exposure rate of the iPhone 7 Plus is significantly higher, the brightness of the photos is significantly improved, and the images are clearer and brighter.

In terms of instant capture capability, both phones are not weak, but in terms of the overall image of the sample, the iPhone 7 Plus still shows advantages in the brightness and tolerance of photos, and the color is also more beautiful.

We have to admit that there are still obvious differences between the cameras of domestic mobile phones and iPhone phones, which is also a major optimization and improvement of iPhone 7 Plus in mobile camera. However, none of the above is important. Because the iPhone 7 Plus is equipped with dual cameras, what is the difference between dual cameras? A number of comparison pictures are attached below. The cut sample shot with normal wide-angle lens is in the front, and the sample shot with telephoto lens is in the back.

In the daytime scene, there is no big difference between the effect of front shot samples and the quality of wide-angle lens shooting. The definition is relatively good, but the wide-angle lens will be better in terms of sharpness, so the feeling will be clearer relatively.

In terms of the contrast of indoor samples, Duanmu chose a wedding scene with extremely complex light sources. In terms of image quality, the samples shot with wide-angle lens will have obvious advantages in brightness and better tolerance, but the sharpness of the telephoto lens still needs to be better.

In the night scene environment, the brightness of the sample shot by the wide-angle lens will be better, and the control of the telephoto lens for the amount of light entering is slightly poor, but the gap between the two is also relatively small. It is worth mentioning that the telephoto lens of the iPhone 7 Plus does not support optical anti shake, but it seems that the impact is not so obvious in the actual shooting. Is this due to Apple's optimization of the camera?

In addition, the startup of the telephoto lens is conditional. When the light is insufficient, the telephoto lens cannot be started, and the camera APP will improve "more light is needed." In combination with the conclusion that the night scene imaging of the telephoto lens is good, perhaps Apple will deliberately avoid the disadvantage of the telephoto lens head in low light environment?

On the whole, the camera of iPhone 7 Plus has performed very well this time, which is also a turnaround in a sense. After all, Samsung Note 7 is no longer in the market, and Apple iPhone 7 Plus should be the flagship phone of the year for best photography. Although the zoom in dual shooting is not a true optical zoom, the shooting ability of double digital zoom also makes the iPhone 7 Plus camera more playable. Unfortunately, the limitations of the telephoto lens are also obvious, and it can't be used so happily in low light environments. A set of live photos of iPhone 7 Plus are attached below.

In fact, the camera part should have ended, but there is an unavoidable slot here. Because of the existence of dual cameras, the iPhone 7 Plus camera will be more prominent, and the desktop is uneven, so obsessive-compulsive patients and Virgo users really need a mobile phone protective cover to avoid such embarrassment

Hardware: A10 Fusion annual strongest processor

The iPhone 7 series mobile phones use A10 Fusion chips in terms of processors, but in terms of transport and storage, the two sizes of mobile phones have different parameters. The transport and storage of the iPhone 7 is 2GB, and the transport and storage of the iPhone 7 Plus is 3GB. So why is this different treatment? If you look at the hardware alone, the iPhone 7 Plus has added two cameras, is the 3GB storage for this extra camera? According to industry speculation, there is a certain truth in this, because dual cameras need to conduct a lot of data conversion when taking pictures. Especially this year, the light color gamut screen of iPhone 7 series phones has higher requirements for image quality, so this configuration may be understandable.

Regardless of the camera, this A10 Fusion chip with 3GB operation and storage is a piece of cake without pressure when dealing with daily use. No matter you are watching the web page, microblogging, watching videos and other operations, they all run smoothly.

In terms of game operation, Duanmu measured Real Race 3 and King Glory. These two games are medium and large works. The iPhone 7 Plus does not need to worry about this level of operation. There is no jam or frame drop throughout the game. But isn't that the advantage of Apple's processor and iOS system all the time?

In fact, in terms of hardware, Apple has never lagged behind, whether it is A8 A9 is still A10 Fusion, and each generation of iPhone comes with the strongest CPU. Although storage has always been the pain point of the industry, who has seen the latest two generations of Apple phones get stuck? Therefore, even if the storage of Android phones has reached 6GB, this will not affect the happy experience of the iPhone at the 2GB storage level.

Charging: a whole era behind

I have to complain that the iPhone really lags behind this era in terms of charging technology, The standard charging head of the iPhone 7 Plus is still 5V/1A, and its power is only one fifth or even one sixth of that of some domestic mobile phones. According to the actual measurement of the Duanmu, it takes about three and a half hours for the iPhone 7 Plus to fully charge the entire battery with the original charging head. Yes, you are right. This is a very unpleasant result. For heavy users, This is almost unbearable. Another is that wireless charging is once again a year late, and it is estimated that the iPhone 8 will be able to achieve wireless charging. This technology has been properly used on Lumia phones since the Nokia era, and I have to admire Nokia's strength. Unfortunately, Nokia stood in the wrong team and did not catch the shuttle bus of the Android camp, Otherwise, the status of Apple's mobile phones today is really uncertain.

In addition, the 3.5mm headphone interface has been canceled for iPhone 7 series phones, which has caused great pain for those who are used to listening to music or watching dramas while charging. They can only hope that the two drag one accessory produced by Huaqiang North will be available soon. Although Apple has done a good job in humanization, for example, the accompanying Lightning plug can perfectly integrate EarPods, the previous headset product, into the iPhone 7 series, but it is just compatible.

Range: poor battery, good results

The battery of the iPhone 7 Plus is 2900mAh, slightly higher than the 2750mAh of the iPhone 6s Plus. However, the thickness of the body also increases slightly. Of course, there may also be a dual camera factor. A number of comprehensive tests have also been carried out on how to carry out the endurance test. The results are shown in the following pictures.

From the above data, we can see that online games are still a major power consumer, accounting for 15% per hour. The power consumption of videos, websites and microblogs is basically the same, about 8% per hour. If the above picture is not clear enough, the chart below more directly expresses the endurance of the iPhone 7 Plus.

The six tests took 4.5 hours in total, and the remaining power was 62%. For a battery with less than 3000mAh, is this data not good enough? With such a small battery capacity, supporting such a strong endurance, its internal battery optimization technology can be seen in general. At present, Apple is the only one who can do it.

Sound quality: Lightning earphones are not significantly improved

After LeEco's first CDLA lossless headset in China, the industry is actually looking forward to Apple's new iPhone Lightning headset, but in fact, the new iPhone 7 Plus has not significantly improved the sound quality. Duanmu tried to compare the sound quality of the original headset with iPod Touch 6 equipped with EarPods and iPhone 7 Plus equipped with Lightning interface, and the result was really disappointing. Because the combination of the latter has not been improved at all. If EarPods is boiled water, then the newly combined sound is also boiled water. There is almost no difference between the two, and the sound quality is even better than that of iPod Touch 6 with EarPods. It can be said that the best sound quality of Apple products is iPod Touch 6 (under the premise of matching original headphones).

Summary: Best Flagship Phone of the Year

After the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 "retired from the competition due to injury", it is really difficult for the industry to have a model that can shake the iPhone 7 series. Although there are still some slots in the iPhone 7 series, such as the expected shape design upgrade has not appeared, the limitations of the dual camera telephoto lens, the long charging time, and the failure to improve the sound quality, But Apple is still ahead of the industry in other aspects of design, such as overall optimization of camera performance, excellent experience of hardware performance, smooth iOS, and even long life under small batteries. It must be admitted that the phone that can surpass the iPhone 7 series may really be the new iPhone next year.

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