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[Rocket + 6,403]

So, anyone else as excited as me about the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus?

I'm not a real Apple fanboy that buys the 'latest' variation every year, my current iPhone is a 4 and it's now 5 years old. It still works fine, battery life is not what it used to be but I can't upgrade it to iOS 8 so I can't use the forum app amongst many other apps that now require at least iOS 8 and I'm worried about security with it too without the lastest iOS updates.

So I'm going the get the 7 Plus with 128GB storage.

Lots fuss about the removal of the analogue 3.5mm stereo headphone jack?

What do you think?

[Chief Cheetah 6,915]

What do I think?

I think there are many many better products on the market.  I also think £159 is a lot of money for headphones that you need to recharge to be able to use.

I think Tim Cook's use of the word courage was quite disrespectful and misplaced.

[Rocket + 6,403]

A lot of people have been mentioning the headphones, but the 7 and 7 plus come with headphones in the box just as my 4 did. The only difference is the connector they have as they now use the lightning connector instead of the 3.5mm jack port.

The 7 and 7 Plus also come with a Lightning to 3.5mm adaptor lead in the box if you have old skool headphones that you still want to use.

The only issue I can see is if you for some reason that I've never come across in all the time that I've had a mobile phone is if you want to listen to music via headphones and charge the phone at the same time.

[sparkydale 1,194]

I'm not convinced yet. I'm on the S cycle for upgrades with my contract so not really looking at getting a 7. There does seem to be a few things lacking so far though eg Wireless charging - like on the Apple Watch so then you don't have the lightening socket restricted? And the design hasn't really changed either.
I think that next year with the 10 year anniversary you could get an iPhone X which could be the definitive iPhone.


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[Webley + 236]

If apple don't bring back the headphone jack then my current 5s will be my last iphone. I have expensive headphones with 3.5mm jack. I use an aux 3.5mm jack in the car. I can plug my phone in at work via 3.5mm jack. I also get involved with doing live sound for events which use 3.5mm jack to connect.

A dongle for plugging them in is just another thing to loose, carry or break. The latter being very likely for apple standards on cables.

Also, do I have to buy another adapter just to charge it while using a 3.5mm jack?

At the moment I'm on the hunt for a new phone. One with a screen no bigger than 4in. Sadly the smartphone market severly lacks real compact options.


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[Sir Penguin 648]

I'm probably going to get the 7 plus too. I think I'll wait a month or so though because the prices at the moment are ridiculous. 

[2wheelsgood + 21]

Prices unlikely to drop though, Apple don't tend to drop prices once set for market reasons but may do once the the currency movements allow for it.

[Sir Penguin 648]

3 hours ago, 2wheelsgood said:

Prices unlikely to drop though, Apple don't tend to drop prices once set for market reasons but may do once the the currency movements allow for it.

I mean the tariffs for the contract. I'm not in any position to be forking out £900 for a phone at once  

 

 

[2wheelsgood + 21]

I know what you mean, but the contract tariff will probably not drop until iPhone 8 / 7* / next odd name comes out.