Forget all the rumors, the new iPhone 7 is here. Apple has officially announced the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus during the Apple’s Event held in Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco. According to Apple, the iPhone 7 pre-order start from September 9 will be available globally ready to be shipped from September 16.
The iPhone 7 start at $649 for a 32GB variant of the phone. The 128GB version of the phone costs $749 while the 256GB version comes in at $849 in the US. While the larger iPhone 7 Plus will cost $749 for the 32GB variant. The 128GB version costs $849, while the 256GB costs $949 in the US.
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iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in Nepal:
GNext Communications Pvt Ltd., the sole authorized distributor of Apple products in Nepal, has officially launched the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The price of iPhone 7 will start from Rs. 92,000 and the iPhone 7 Plus price will start from Rs. 1,13,000. You can pre-order the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in Nepal starting 11th of November and delivery will start from 18th of November. As usual, the company will be selling the latest iPhones through four major retailers: EVO Store, FutureWorld, OLIZ Store, and Sonu Mobile.
Price of iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in Nepal:
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Design
Even though Apple came up saying that the design has changed, but the iPhone looks same as the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus in terms of overhaul design. The iPhone 7 is 138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm while the bigger iPhone is 158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm in dimension. The iPhones comes in 5 colors namely Jet black, (Simply) Black, Gold, Silver, and Rose gold. Also, the iPhones are dust and water resistant.
Apple has also removed the headphone jack and instead have earbuds that connect through the phone’s charging port. So, no charging and listening to the music at the same time. The company also unveiled a set of wireless headphones called AirPods which you can separately purchase at extra cost.
Display
With 25% brighter screen than iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus the iPhone 7 has the HD retina display. With the resolution of 1334 x 750 in the iPhone 7 and 1920 x 1080 in the iPhone 7 Plus stands 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches respectively. According to Apple, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus has the brightest and most colorful display yet. The display comprises of a wide color gamut and 3D Touch.
Camera
The iPhone 7 comes with a 12 MP camera with optical image stabilization and a Quad LED true tone flash. The camera with f/1.8 aperture and a six element lens to make a whole new experience. According to Apple, this technology used in the camera takes even better low light images and videos. Various features such as wide color capture will enhance the beauty of photos and live photos. The camera also has a special flickering sensor that compensates flickering of extra light from the surrounding.
While the iPhone 7Plus comes with two cameras that shoot as one. The two camera both 12 MP are wide angle and telephoto lens. So with an iPhone 7 Plus it’s possible to get higher-quality zoom from farther away.
Performance
The iPhone 7 and the 7 plus is supercharged with the most powerful chip for a smartphone. The four core designed A10 Fusion chip’s CPU has two high‑performance cores and two high‑efficiency cores. The high‑performance cores can run at up to 2x the speed of iPhone 6, while the high‑efficiency cores are capable of running at just 1/5th the power of the high‑performance cores. That creates the best performance and efficiency when needed. This will create a whole new level of gaming experience.
According to Apple, with the inclusion of the A10 Fusion Chip, the battery life would increase by 2 hours (14h of talk time and 40h of playback time) compared to the 6 and 6s plus for the 7 and 7 Plus.
Specs of iPhone 7
- Display: 4.7-inches Retina HD Display with Wide Color Gamut
- Processor: A10 Fusion C 64bit Quad Core
- 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM
- iOS 10
- Camera 12MP OIS (rear) f/1.8 , 7MP facetime HD (front)
- Connectivity: LTE Advanced up to 450 Mbps
- Stereo Speakers (2x louder than 6 and 6s)
- New Home Button
- Water and Dust Protection
- Price of iPhone 7 in Nepal: 32GB – Rs. 92,000; 128GB – Rs. 1,08,000; 256GB – Rs. 1,,22000
Specs of iPhone 7 Plus
- Display: 5.5-inches Retina FullHD Display with Wide Color Gamut
- Processor: A10 Fusion C 64bit Quad Core
- 32/128/256 GB, 3 GB RAM
- iOS 10
- Camera 12MP with Wide-angle and telephoto LensOIS (rear) f/1.8 , 7MP facetime (front)
- Connectivity: LTE Advanced up to 450 Mbps
- Stereo Speakers (2x louder than 6 and 6s)
- New Home Button
- Water and Dust Protection
- Price of iPhone 7 Plus in Nepal: 32GB – Rs. 1,13,000; 128GB – Rs. 1,27,000; 256GB – Rs. 1,38,000
