New: iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus — Australian pricing and release date

Gadget — The talking points.

New: iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus — Australian pricing and release date

Gadget — The talking points.

  • No headphone jack. Lightning EarPods included in the box. Wireless AirPods coming late October. Pricing below. 3.5mm dongle included in the box.
  • Storage: Starts at 32GB storage now. 128GB and 256GB options too. Basically every storage option from last year doubled.
  • Processor: A10 fusion processor.
  • Colours: New glossy Jet Black colour. Only available in 128GB and 256GB. Also new Black colour to replace Space Grey.
  • Home button isn’t real anymore. Now uses same haptic feedback as MacBook trackpad.
  • Splash and water-resistant.
  • New stereo speaker system (thanks to the empty headphone jack space).
  • 25% brighter screen.
  • iPhone 7 Camera: 12MP back, Optical image stabilisation, Quad-LED True Tone flash, 7MP FaceTime HD Camera. ƒ/1.8 aperture and a “six-element lens”.
  • iPhone 7 Plus Camera: 12MP Wide-angle and telephoto cameras (that’s right, two cameras). Optical zoom at 2x. Digital zoom at up to 10x.

When: Pre-order September 9, release September 16.

Where: Apple Store [Link]

How much:

iPhone 7 — 32GB AU$1079, 128GB AU$1229, 256GB AU$1379.

iPhone 7 Plus — 32GB AU$1269, 128GB AU$1419, 256GB AU$1569.

EarPods pricing and release date:

New: Apple AirPods — Australian pricing
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