Last Updated: September 4th, 2017
The Cupertino giant is expected to launch next-gen iPhones, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus at an event on September 7, both the iPhones will go on sale from September 16. As per the rumors, Apple’s next-gen iPhone could also be called the iPhone 6SE. If you are planning to buy a new iPhone for yourself, check out the reasons to find if the iPhone 7 is worth upgrading or wait for iPhone 8.
Upgrade To iPhone 7 Or Wait For iPhone 8
1. Design
iPhone 7 will not have any major design changes. The display size of iPhone 7 will be same as that of iPhone 6s with the Aluminium body. iPhone 7 is expected to have no 3.5mm Headphone Jack and the iPhone users are expected to use wireless Bluetooth headphone or headphone that connect via the Lightning port. The removal of 3.5 mm Headphone Jack will make iPhone 7 thinner.
Apple will not be changing the display of the iPhone 7 and will go with LCD display. Apple will ditch LCD display and opt for OLED panels from 2018 onward.
iPhone 7 will have no physical button, a physical button has been a part of iPhone but if rumors are to be believed iPhone 7 will have a touch-sensitive 3D Home button. The 3D Home button will work similar to MacBook’s Force Touch trackpad.
2. Bigger Battery
iPhone 7 will come with 14% bigger battery than iPhone 6s. It will come packed with a battery of 1960mAh. Apple fans have been suffering from battery issues, hopefully, this time Apple will be addressing battery life issues with the launch of iPhone 7. The iPhone 7 Plus model will also come packed with the bigger battery.
3. Wireless Charging And Waterproof
Apple’s next-gen iPhone could sport wireless charging and have a waterproof body. Samsung’s flagship smartphones like Galaxy S7 have wireless charging options which let users charge their smartphones on charging pads.
Most of the flagships smartphones by Samsung and Sony have water resistant body and iPhone users have often complained about the damage done to iPhone because of water. The new iPhone could be water resistant to IP68 standards.
4. A10 Processor And RAM
iPhone 7 could sport A 10 processor which is faster than its predecessor, A9. The A10 processor will provide an awesome experience for playing games and performance of apps on iPhone 7.
iPhone 6s has 2GB of RAM whereas the next iPhone will have 3GB RAM for the blazing fast speed.
5. iOS 10
Apple has already revealed iOS 10 at WWDC 2016, the iPhone 7 will come with the latest iOS 10.
The iOS 10 will come with designed lock screen, Apple Music, Apple News, SiriSDK for third-party app developers and much more.
Apple iPhone 7 Price
iPhone 7 Price in the UK
iPhone 7 is expected to be priced at £539 for a 16GB, for 64GB it will be £619 and £699 for 128GB model.
iPhone 7 Price in the US
iPhone 7 32GB will be priced at $709, iPhone 7 64GB at $749 whereas iPhone 7 128GB will be at $849.
iPhone 7 is for sure a worth upgrade with all the above-mentioned features.
Do you want to wait for iPhone 8?
Apple will be launching the iPhone 8 in 2017 which will come with all-glass body, edge-to-edge OLED display, hidden Touch ID fingerprint sensor, front-facing camera and much more.
The choice is yours, iPhone 7 or iPhone 8 or if you have iPhone 6 or iPhone 6s then the latest iOS 10 will work as a charm on older iPhones.