Apple's most polarizing iPhone releases
ever as they ditched the headphone jack
for the first time it's kind of too bad
that's what almost everybody focused on
though because at its core the iPhone 7
is a reliable and well-built device one
that actually holds up really well even
over two years later hey how's it going
I'm Josh afro 91 tech and today we're
plus are they still worth buying
in 2019 the iPhone 7 and 7 plus look
very similar to the iPhone 6 but clean
up the design in some very key ways the
antenna bands no longer go across the
back which makes it look much better and
there are also various more color
options which is always nice the iPhone
7 is made of aluminum still but brings
water resistance and stereo speakers
something that was new to iPhones at the
time there are of course two size
options with the 4.7 inch iPhone 7 and
5.5 inch iPhone 7 plus which you get
should come down to size more than
anything else although there are some
benefits to the plus model the first and
main difference is that the secondary
telephoto camera lens allows for two
times zoom and portion mode shots this
of course is only on the plus the plus
is also faster with an extra gigabyte of
RAM and it has a bigger battery to boot
which makes it last a really long time
even under heavy use that being said
again size should be the main factor in
which model you should get if you're
torn between the two if you don't really
care then while the plus is the better
phone although it costs a bit more money
and at that point I might just suggest
getting an iPhone 8 but we'll get to
that in a minute
directly below the display we have touch
ID on the home button and it works
perfectly well and quickly the home
button isn't actually a physical one but
a capacitive one essentially when it
feels pressure the phone will vibrate to
mimic a click this might sound weird but
trust me when I say it's not a problem
and you get used to it fast plus less
fizz
parts means less breakable parts battery
life on the iPhone 7 is okay the smaller
one should get you through the day
without any issue assuming you're not
you know using it a ton the iPhone 7
plus on the other hand has a pretty good
battery and should easily get you
through the day even under heavy use the
iPhone 7s camera is still pretty good at
12 megapixels with the ability to shoot
video in 4k you can get some really nice
shots with it and the optical image
stabilization really helps everything
look smooth the seven-plus again has
that second camera lens on the back
which allows for two time zoom and
portrait mode but not much else
I'll be showing some photo examples in a
second but first let's go over the
front-facing cameras as well they're 7
megapixels a good increase from the 5
megapixels in the 6s and can take some
half-decent selfies or at least I had
imagined it could if I wasn't the
subject regardless if you were thinking
of getting the iPhone 7 but we're
worried about the camera don't be both
the rear and front perform more than
well enough in 2019 and can get some
really stunning shots in the right
lighting at least and now I'll put some
pictures up for you to see for yourself
speed wise the iPhone 7 is very solid
with apples 810 fusion ship and 2
gigabytes of RAM and the 7 pluses of
course even better with 3 gigs of RAM
long story short anything you do on the
iPhone 7 or 7 plus is going to feel fast
and fluid from gaming to social media
you aren't really gonna have any
complaints I was 12 runs like a charm
and the 7 feels faster than ever it's a
pleasure to use and doesn't feel 2 years
old so with that all in mind is the
iPhone 7 and 7 plus still worth buying
so far they sound pretty darn good and
not like phones from 2016 but before we
give them the seal of approval let's
turn to pricing
Apple still sells these phones starting
at 450 dollars which isn't bad but also
isn't great if you want to get the
iPhone 7 new you'll probably want to
look towards buying on contract from a
carrier as there are frequent deals on
the phone and it shouldn't be too hard
to find one or the other option is you
could buy the 7 used off eBay or
Craigslist turning to eBay comm we see
it goes for around $300 used and often
less which is a pretty good price point
so all in all if you really are set on
say go for it both are great phones in
2019 and you aren't going to have any
problems however if you're a bit unsure
I'd actually recommend you go for the
iPhone 8 or 8 plus as they have the same
basic design but are faster and have
better cameras plus you get double the
storage at 64 gigabytes instead of 32
they'll get at least an extra year
support and will feel faster for longer
so if you're looking long-term they are
the much better buy if you want to see
some more of my opinions on which iPhone
you should get I'll link some
comparisons in the description below as
well as my full buying guide for iPhones
and with that I think I'm pretty much
done here I've always liked the iPhone 7
and have felt that it's a bit of a pity
people overlooked it simply because of a
lack of headphone jack
although I really do miss that headphone
jack but the iPhone 7 is still a great
phone and it's nice to see that it holds
up really well in 2019 if
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