Following on from my look at still capture results, in which the iPhone 7 pipped the competing Galaxy S7 to the post by virtue of more natural image processing, several commenters remarked that they’d like to see a video camera test too. Do the same processing comments apply? On the whole yes, as you’ll see below…
Apple hyped up the new 12MP shooters on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus while unveiling them at its ‘See You on the 7th’ media event. The new iPhones feature a brand new bigger 12MP camera sensor with 6-element lens, an f/1.8 aperture, and OIS. The larger iPhone 7 Plus also features a secondary telephoto lens for 2x optical zoom.
On paper, the Galaxy S7 (and S7 edge) have a better water-resistance rating than the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus from Apple. The iPhone 7 features an IP67 certification that makes it water-resistant for up to 30 mins in 1m of fresh water.
Later this week, Apple will be launching the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in the United States, and 10+ other markets. The handsets already went up for pre-order late last week and as it is usually the case with new iPhones, the high demand saw the shipping estimate of the handsets slipping to more than a month in less than 10 minutes.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who had once famously said that there’d be no Salesforce without Steve Jobs, thinks that Apple is far behind Samsung in the smartphone race and has a lot of catching up to do.
One of Apple’s many strengths is its marketing, and that’s never been more obvious than with its “Shot on iPhone” ad campaign, which has been going strong for a while now.
Samsung’s response to Apple’s latest flagship always arrives a few months later. In this case, it’s the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge to fight Apple’s iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. But how does it compare?
The iPhone SE might not be a flagship device, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth picking up for fans of 4-inch smartphones. Especially if they’re at all interested in battery life.
