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In my opinion, I don't find any significant upgrade between the 6 and the new 7. In fact, I think there are more drawbacks. Not having the headphone jack is a deal breaker for me. My phone works perfectly well.
The water resistance I've read is somewhat marginal in my opinion. It's not designed to be complete submerged for a long period of time from what I've read but I could be wrong about this so please read this.
I'm not going to update my operating system. There is an unfounded rumor that Apple deliberately upgrades their operating systems to make old phones obsolete. I think this is probably not the case. However, personally I've had success with old phone when I didn't upgrade to the latest OS whereas my friends did have trouble with their phones when they upgraded to the latest OS.
Your sister will need to get over it if she ever wants a new generation iPhone. The aux jack is not coming back.
Many phone options available if she wants to jump to Android.
We will see! When enough people don't buy the 7 due to the lack of an aux jack, don't be surprised if the iphone 7s suddenly has an aux jack. I think you fail to understand the outcry over this. This is not merely a nuisance of getting a new lightning cable; that upset people but this is far worse.
LOL! That "dumb move" will be coming to a phone near you.
It is the future of phones.
And will cause people to wait another 2 years for the 8 knowing their existing phone with it's head phone jack can last another 2 years. Losing that much market share is a wise move in your opinion?
Furthermore, you can read all of the reports you want but don't assume Samsung won't see the outrage over this and deliberately maintain a phone jack to entice Apple users to switch. In fact, don't be surprised if Samsung bases their marketing strategy on this.
Skip iPhone 7, it's not the real upgrade to 6th gen. It's still using the same design overall. The real next gen will be next year.
Even on Android, I rarely use the headphone jack. I think Apple's excuse is poor saying they need courage to do so without justification.
+ Water proof
+ faster cpu
+ more storage
- water protection not covered by warranty
- screen resolution still at 2013 Smartphones
- Storage price tiers too expensive, from 32GB to 128, to 256GB price gap too great
- For lack of headphone jack, battery size needs to be 30% larger
I would guess that this is true, but it would be easier to do away with the jack. It also allows for something else in its place, slightly larger battery, or some other feature.
Yes but the trade off is it will need bluetooth to work which in turn uses even more battery life. Win some, you lose some.
Also this year around, the Plus model is an extra $120, not $100. Eh... it's fine for now, but I can see either the iPhone 7s vs. iPhone 7s+ price difference going up. Before you know it, the plus model can be up to an extra $200.
Android will be doing that soon. The old headphone jack is being phased out.
What makes you think that? The fact Apple removed it? The fact that one or two companies removes a feature from their product doesn't make it a trend, and that's especially true if there is a lot of customer opposition to that decision. There is little evidence that the headphone jack is going away and if the iPhone 7 sells poorly, that will discourage other smartphone companies from removing it. Customers vote with their wallets, and companies need to heed what they tell them loud and clear through their purchases or lack thereof.
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