Feels the same, with tweaks (and a funky home button)
We got to use one hands-on for a few minutes after Apple's event.
Obviously, you can't appreciate water resistance in a demo room (at least, not Apple's demo room). But the iPhone 7 seems like a bunch of upgrades -- some of which iPhone users have wanted for a while.
Did we mention no headphone jack? Yes, it's weird. Also, the home button being a solid-state Force Touch-like panel means it doesn't quite have the same feel. It took some getting used to.
Jet black, Apple's new glossy black color iPhone, looks beautiful. It turns the iPhone into a slim black obelisk. But it also might be a bit of a smudge magnet.
Here are the most important things you need to know about the iPhone 7
Static home button: The home button is now solid state, which means you can't physically press or click it in -- kind of like the Motorola Moto Z and OnePlus 3. It's pressure-sensitive, including "taptic feedback", which just means that apps can give you three levels of pressure and haptic feedback, like a light or strong buzz. It doesn't feel like a button and definitely takes getting used to, but so far it seems to get the job done.
Water-resistant: Yes, Virginia, it will be water-resistant (IP67), like several Samsung and Sonyphones (IP68). Cannonballlll!
New front-facing camera: The iPhone 7's 7-megapixel front-facing camera leaps up from 5 megapixels on theiPhone 6S, and includes auto-image stabilization (but not optical image stabilization).
Water-resistant: Yes, Virginia, it will be water-resistant (IP67), like several Samsung and Sonyphones (IP68). Cannonballlll!
New front-facing camera: The iPhone 7's 7-megapixel front-facing camera leaps up from 5 megapixels on theiPhone 6S, and includes auto-image stabilization (but not optical image stabilization).
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