Apple iPhone 7 is Apple’s flagship for 2016 as the successor to the iPhone 6S of last year. The iPhone 7 was launched alongside the iPhone 7 Plus, it’s bigger sibling. One of the most beautiful feature Apple introduced to the iPhone 7 is making it water resistant with IP67 certification. The iPhone 7 price in Nigeria, it’s specs and features will be well covered in this article. iPhone 7 still has similar looks as the iPhone 6S but is more powerful than it.

iPhone 7 Key Specs

• 4·7 inches Retina IPS LCD display
• Apple A10 Fusion chipset
• 12MP rear camera
• 7MP front camera
• 2GB RAM
• 32GB or 128GB or 256GB built-in storage
• iOS 10, upgradeable to iOS 13.5
• 4G LTE
• 1960 mAh battery
• Front mounted fingerprint sensor

Design and Body

The iPhone 7 comes in a similar design as the iPhone 6S of last year. The most important change in design is the removal of the 3.5 mm audio jack, Apple expects you to use an Earphone that connects directly to the Lightning connector or use wireless earphones called AirPods. The iPhone 7 will also offer an adapter that allows you connect a traditional earphone to the smartphone via the lightning port.
The phone comes in an aluminum body just like the 6S and a Gorilla Glass covering the front. The phone has a length of 138.3 mm, a width of 67.1 mm, a thickness of 7.1 mm and weighs about 138 gram.

Display

iPhone 7 is offering the same screen size as it’s predecessor. The iPhone 7 has a 4·7- inch Retina IPS LCD display with a resolution of 720×1334 pixels, 16:9 aspect ratio and 326 pixels per inch density. The display has 625 nits max brightness which is 25% more than it’s predecessor. It has 3D touch on the display and home button and supports wide colour gamut. The display uses ion strengthened glass and has oleophobic coating.

Processor and Memory

The iPhone 7 is powered by Apple A10 Fusion chipset which is very powerful. According to Apple, the new A10 Fusion chip is twice as fast as the A8 chip in the iPhone 6 and 40% faster than the A9 chip in the iPhone 6S. It features a quad-core processor with a 64-bit architecture and a hexa-core graphics processor. It comes with 2GB RAM and 32GB or 128GB or 256GB of internal storage with no card slot for expanding storage.

Camera

iPhone 7 is offering some camera upgrades. On paper, the phone still offers a 12 megapixels sensor as its predecessor. However, the 12 megapixels sensor on the iPhone 7 is a completely new sensor that is faster and more energy efficient.
The new smartphone also comes with a larger f/1.8 aperture that allows up to 50% more light on the camera sensor than the 6S. It also offers a 6-element lens system and introduces Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS), both of which should result in better quality photos. The rear camera can record 4K at 30 fps, 1080p up to 120 fps and 720p up to 240 fps.
iPhone 7 is also getting an upgrade in the front camera. The FaceTime camera is getting an upgrade from 5 megapixels to 7 megapixels. The front camera still retains the Retina Flash, which using the screen brightness as flash. The front camera can record 1080p videos at 30 frames per second.

Battery and Charging

iPhone 7 comes with a non removable 1960 mAh Li-Ion battery. It gets improved battery life for internet use with up to 14 hours on Wi-Fi and up to 12 hours on 4G LTE. However, talktime remains the same 14 hours. It charging via the lightening connector port at the bottom.

Network and Connectivity

iPhone 7 comes with 2G/3G/ 4G LTE network in it. It supports the following LTE bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41. And has download speed of up to 450 Mbps and upload speed of up to 50 Mbps. It comes with Bluetooth 4.2, dual band WiFi 5, GPS, NFC with Apple Pay and WiFi hotspot.

Software

iPhone 7 runs on iOS 10 which is upgradeable to iOS 13.5.

Price

iPhone 7 price in Nigeria starts ranging from 89,999 Naira to 149,999 Naira depending on the storage size you decide to go for and your location.

Apple iPhone 7

• Processor: Apple A10 Fusion (16 nm)
• RAM:32GB 2GB RAM 128GB 2GB RAM 256GB 2GB RAM
  NVMe
• Storage: 32GB 2GB RAM 128GB 2GB RAM 256GB 2GB RAM
  NVMe
• Display: Retina IPS LCD 625 nits (typ)
• Camera: 12 MP f/1.8 28mm (wide) 1/3" PDAF OIS
• Battery: Li-Ion 1960 mAh non-removable (7.45 Wh)

Apple iPhone 7 SPECIFICATIONS

network

• technology technology
  GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE

• 2g bands 2g bands
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  - A1660, A1778
  CDMA 800 / 1900 / 2100
  - A1660

• 3g bands 3g bands
  HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
  - A1660, A1778
  CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA
  - A1660

• 4g bands 4g bands
  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41
  - A1660, A1778

• speed speed
  HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps

launch

• announced announced
  2016, September 07. Released 2016, September 16

• status status
  Discontinued

body

• dimensions dimensions
  138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm (5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)

• weight weight
  138 g (4.87 oz)

• build build
  Glass front (Corning-made glass), aluminum back, aluminum frame

• sim sim
  Nano-SIM
  IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 min) Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

display

• type type
  Retina IPS LCD, 625 nits (typ)

• size size
  4.7 inches, 60.9 cm2 (~65.6% screen-to-body ratio)

• resolution resolution
  750 x 1334 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~326 ppi density)

• protection protection
  Ion-strengthened glass
  3D Touch display & home button

platform

• os os
  iOS 10.0.1, upgradable to iOS 15.7

• chipset chipset
  Apple A10 Fusion (16 nm)

• cpu cpu
  Quad-core 2.34 GHz (2x Hurricane + 2x Zephyr)

• gpu gpu
  PowerVR Series7XT Plus (six-core graphics)

memory

• card slot card slot
  No

• internal internal
  32GB 2GB RAM, 128GB 2GB RAM, 256GB 2GB RAM
  NVMe

main camera

• single single
  12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), 1/3", PDAF, OIS

• features features
  Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR

• video video
  4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps

selfie camera

• single single
  7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard)

• features features
  Face detection, HDR, panorama

• video video
  1080p@30fps

sound

• loudspeaker loudspeaker
  Yes, with stereo speakers

• 35mm jack 35mm jack
  No

comms

• wlan wlan
  Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot

• bluetooth bluetooth
  4.2, A2DP, LE

• positioning positioning
  GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS

• nfc nfc
  Yes

• radio radio
  No

• usb usb
  Lightning, USB 2.0

features

• sensors sensors
  Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer

battery

• type type
  Li-Ion 1960 mAh, non-removable (7.45 Wh)

• talk time talk time
  Up to 14 h (3G)

misc

• colors colors
  Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold, Red

• models models
  A1660, A1778, A1779, A1780, A1853, A1866, iPhone9,1, iPhone9,3

• sar sar
  1.19 W/kg (head) & & 1.19 W/kg (body) & &

• sar eu sar eu
  1.38 W/kg (head) & & 1.34 W/kg (body) & &

• price price
  About 180 EUR

tests

• performance performance
  Basemark OS II 2.0: 3416

• display display
  Contrast ratio: 1603:1 (nominal), 3.964 (sunlight)

• camera camera
  Photo / Video

• loudspeaker loudspeaker
  Voice 67dB / Noise 73dB / Ring 75dB

• audio quality audio quality
  Noise -92.4dB / Crosstalk -80.9dB

• battery (old) battery (old)
  Endurance rating 61h