iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are smartphones designed, developed, and advertised by Apple Inc. These were announced on Sept 7, 2016, at the Costs Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco by Apple CEO Tim Make meals, and were released on September 16, 2016, being successful the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus as the current flagship devices in the iPhone series. Apple also
released the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus in numerous countries worldwide throughout Sept and Oct 2016.
The iPhone 7's overall design is comparable to the iPhone 6S, but presents new color options, water and dust resistance, a new capacitive, static home button, and cleans away the 3.5 mm headphone jack. The device's inner hardware also received enhancements, including a heterogeneous quad-core system-on-chip with improved system and design performance, and improved 12 megapixel rear-facing video cameras with optical image stabilization on all models and yet another telephoto lens on the iPhone 7 Plus model to provide increased zoom capabilities.
Reception of the iPhone 7 was blended. Although reviewers mentioned the advancements to the camera, especially the dual rear end camera on the Plus model, they also mentioned that the iPhone 7 did not make significant changes to the screen or construction, where contending flagship smartphones surpassed the quality of the iPhone 7. Many reviews highlighted the questionable removal of the 3.5 mm headphone jack; some critics argued that the change was designed to bolster licensing of the amazing Lightning connection and the sales of Apple's own wireless headphone products, and questioned the effects of the change on audio quality. Apple was also mocked by critics because of its declaration that the change required "courage".
The iPhone 7 has been the subject of several reported issues, most notably a hissing sound during heavy utilization of the cell phones and significant variations in performance between device variations. Apple has not released sales numbers for iPhone 7, but multiple U.S. service providers reported that it was in popular on launch. Subsequent reports by the end of 2016 mentioned that Apple possessed reduced production of the models anticipated to "sluggish" sales and lowering demand, though sales research following the first quarter of 2017 put the devices as the best-selling smartphones in the world.