14 DAY TRIAL // Apple launched the iPhone 7 with improved cameras for both the standard model with a 4.7-inch display and the Plus version, but the latter is clearly the one that’s getting all the attention.
The iPhone 7 Plus comes with a dual-camera system that Apple praised a lot during the launch event on September 7, pointing out that it’s one of the best cameras at the moment.
And now that the iPhone 7 has started shipping and the first buyers have already received their units, we can all see how the new cameras perform in real life.
The samples that you can find in the gallery below come from reddit and seem to provide mixed reactions: while some users are really impressed with the way photos look, others claim the dual-camera system is not such a breathtaking improvement and it’s only a small upgrade over the iPhone 6s.
iPhone 7 versus Samsung’s new flagships
If you’re asking us, the iPhone 7 Plus is indeed offering better photo quality than the iPhone 6s, but it still doesn’t match the performance of Samsung’s new series of phones, including the Galaxy S7 and the Note 7. The level of detail in iPhone 7 Plus camera samples seems to position Apple’s new model just after Samsung’s new phones, despite the post processing that Cupertino has come down to and which sometimes seems to lead to oversaturation.
In low-light conditions, Samsung’s Dual Pixel technology seems to pay off and the iPhone 7 Plus, although it comes with some improvements over its predecessor, offers almost the same level of sharpness as the 6s.
In the end, however, we’ll let you be the judge and decide whether the new iPhone 7 Plus is indeed a worthy upgrade and provides photo quality that matches or is even better than the one offered by Samsung’s new flagship. We’ll soon review the iPhone 7 ourselves and we’ll get into more details then.
Note: The photo quality of some samples might be slightly altered due to the compression used by image sharing services where users uploaded them.
