iPhone 7 Plus In 2020! (Still Worth It?) (Review) By Simple Alpaca

What's up everyone welcome back to the channel once again, another still with the video and this time around we're going to be talking about one of my favorite phones and actually one of the phones that I used for about I would say a year which is kind of I mean I. Wasn't the year was PI like six months, but it was still a very long time for me and that specific phone is the iPhone 7 plus we're going to be seeing how it holds up in the basically first half of 2020 I'm, going to update this video once iOS 14 comes out which this phone should be getting, and then I'll go ahead and do a late, 20/20 review as well. But it's kind of hard to believe that this phone is going to be turning four years old. This year this phone came on in 2016, and you know you have to kind of keep that in mind when you're looking at this phone and a lot of other phones that came out around the 2016 2015 time frame. This was the age where it falls like the galaxy. S7 were still around phones like the OnePlus, whatever phone at the time, I mean the phones at the time they weren't necessarily trying to look the best.

They were just trying to be as functional as possible and I. Think the same thing at the iPhone 7 plus totally applies here so to compare the iPhone 7, plus to like a 1 plus 7 pro or to a Galaxy, S 10, or to an ? 11 that compared to that in terms of design, isn't necessarily fair 100%, because you know this was a whole different time frame. It's cool to see that evolution and everything, but even looking at the front I mean you still have a 5.5 inch 1080p red an IPS panel and that panel itself is actually pretty good for ping. An IPS panel I think it's still kind of weird that Apple is using an IPS panel on top of that, a 828 P, whatever it resolution a panelist on the iPhone 11, where they were even having 1080p panels that were actually pretty good on the iPhone 7 plus. So it doesn't really make too much sense for me, but it is what it is.

What I will tell you is there's no true tone on this display, which is kind of a big deterrent. I mean you have something like an iPhone 8 plus that has true tone, and that panel is actually pretty decent. Even the iPhone 10 or that panel has true tone and even though that's a lower resolution, it does give the illusion that it is a better panel than it really is, which is really cool. This phone doesn't have it and that's really the biggest downside of this IPS panel. You know looking to the future, it's not getting true tone anytime soon, and you can see that there's still quite a bit of bezel on these seven plus that that bezel is not going anywhere and, like I, stated earlier, it's kind of a thing compared to what we have now, but when this phone was released, you have to give it the benefit of the doubt.

It wasn't trying to be the best looking thing and I. Don't even think it was a bad looking device. But obviously you know it still has a bunch of bezels on it home button on the bottom front, earpiece being a speaker which is really cool on the bottom, a lightning port, no headphone jack. This was the first iPhone to get rid of that and, as you can see, that it's been pretty much transpired to every single iPhone after that, so take it as you well, I'm, already kind of over it, but I'm sure there's still a lot of you who don't really like that at all. However, looking on the back, this was actually the first iPhone to bring a dual camera setup, which is really cool and I.

Think that specific thing in and of itself really future-proof this phone. Quite a bit honestly, the biggest downside I've been seeing for a lot of these older iPhones and just older phones in general. That I've been reviewing is the lack of hardware features, and this thing at least has a telephoto lens, which is really cool, and that really pretty much covers it up in terms of the outside that there's a couple little things one ip67 does from water resistance. We now have ip68 on basically all phones, but this one still has a bit of dust and water resistance, which is really cool. This was also the first iPhone to bring that which is awesome.

Another cool thing- and this is more of an opinion, but I personally believe that the jet black version of the iPhone 7 plus, which is the one I owned for a while I, don't own it anymore, I own, the matte, black and matte, pink one, whichever that one is, but the jet black version is probably my favorite version of any iPhone the host ever release. It wasn't like glass, it was like fraud, I, don't know how to describe it, but it was one of the most premium feeling things ever, and I am so glad I owned it. It was so cool and hopefully, Apple will bring that back with some later iPhones, but that's kind of an opinion thing, but basically, on the outside familiar design. We know what it looks like. So that's why a lot of people won't really care or think it's ugly, because we were so used and grown to this design.

So it's really not that big deal, but that pretty much covers it up in terms of the outside. Now hitting only software. This thing was released with iOS 10 point 0.1. We were able to upgrade it to Iowa's thirteen point three right now, looking into the future, I can probably tell you what's going to get iOS 14 and on top of that I think it might get iOS 15 as well, and the reason I say that is because, if you guys know the new iPod Touch, the seven generation that just got released or announced it was released last a couple of months ago. That thing has the same chipset as the iPhone 7 plus, which is the Apple 810 fusion.

Now if I've seen this done before by Apple, but sometimes when they release the device with the same exact chipset. It's not like that. It's the Apple, a 10x fusion or whatever, like the iPad Air 2, was it's the Apple 810 fusion chip on the iPod Touch 7. Furthermore, it makes me think that Apple will probably extend that for at least an extra year of software support I, don't think they're going to cut the software support at like super early on that iPod touch time a generation. So that makes me think that the iPhone 7 plus or probably end up getting an extra year of support.

It's all an opinion. I, don't know if that's 100%, true, but based off previous things and based off what I'm thinking that's kind of what I've seen Apple do before, so we'll probably end at iOS 15, and that would be really cool but dude, even if it doesn't get iOS 15, it's still getting iOS 14, which is still you know, we're really going to be a pretty big update. I've heard they haven't really done, UI refresh in a while and hopefully iOS 14 can bring that, and this phone will be supported with that 100%. So that's really cool you're, getting as at this point at least another year and a half of support, and if Apple switching to their new kind of software cycle thing you might be getting a year. Security updates, on top of that as well, which is really awesome so in terms of software you're, going to be set for a little longer, which is perfect.

What I will tell you, though, is that one of the biggest advantages for the iPhone 7 plus- and it doesn't really revolve around software, but it is kind of important it's more of a hardware thing, but the iPhone 7 plus is able to be jailbroken on any certain version of software. It can be on any iOS version, and you are able to jailbreak it, which is a really, really awesome thing before, just even if my last still worth the video I dropped last year, I couldn't even say that, because this check-rein jailbreak wasn't released then, but that was a huge development that happened in the last couple of months, and we were able to jailbreak any iPhone 7 plus on any version. So that's a really important thing. That's a huge advantage for getting this specific iPhone is because you're able to jailbreak- and it gets so many more tweaks that even the latest iPhones don't even have, which is crazy, so that pretty much covers it up in terms of the software now hitting on the performance side of things like I said this thing has the Apple 810 fusion chip a quad-core CPU. Now there were three different models of the 7 plus in terms of storage at 32, 128 and 256 gigabyte model.

All those models had three gigabytes of RAM and what I can tell you was in the performance section. I think this is probably one of the best performing iPhones for the price in the age that this phone was released. I mean this thing was the first iPhone to bring three gigabytes of RAM. They eventually switched to 4 gigabytes on all models. This year, even the iPhone 10 R had 3 gigabytes of RAM and me.

Think the performance is pretty decent. I've been doing all those little comparisons here and there, with all my iPhone's and the 7 plus included and I, noticed that really these 7 plus sometimes it's just right behind the iPhone 11 Pro Max or the 11pro iPhone 11. Yes, those new devices are faster, like I've stated before it's obvious, that's a given, but the 7 plus for considering the price you're going to pay for you're not going to pay a thousand dollars for it anymore, and the updates that it's been through and everything I think it's a pretty decent performing phone and I think this is a perfect sweet spot for this phone as well, where it sits in price and age and everything and I kind of hit on that. If you're doing small tasks, you know, I'll tell you it's going to handle everything. Fine, the 3 gigabytes of RAM is really is pretty good for an iPhone I'm, not gonna, say it's great, but for an iPhone, it's pretty decent you're able to store pretty big apps in the background, and it's funny, because even my iPhone 11 has a hard time storing certain apps.

In the background that my iPhone 7 plus can easily store and retrieve which is pretty crazy, Ram management on the new iPhone, so Apple needs to fix. It. I think it's a software issue, but in terms of performance, whether you're doing light tasks, big apps or whatever gaming really crazy. Whatever. For the most part, this phone will be able to handle it, but I, don't think you're going to get a 7 plus for you to just you know, go ham on the performance and try to get as much as you can out of it.

I think it'll definitely handle the task that you wanted to get out of it, but it might take an extra second or half a second for you to get into the app really that's the biggest difference. I've been able to see, but ultimately I think the performance is actually still pretty decent on the iPhone 7 plus. Now, moving on to the camera side of things, this thing has two 12 megapixel sensors, a wide-angle lens and a telephoto lens you're able to shoot 4k videos at up to 30 frames per second and 1080p at up to 127, megapixel front-facing camera and, like I, stated before really the biggest downsides of these older iPhones and just order phones in general or the lack of hardware features. So the lack of a telephoto lens, the lack of an ultra light sensor at the lack of all these different things. The iPhone 7 plus at least, has that telephoto lens, which is really cool.

You're, still able to do portrait mode, you're not able to do night mode or anything, but you still have a bit more functionality than let's say like an iPhone 6s, or something like that. So the fact that this thing has a dual camera setup is perfect. I've been doing a lot of camerae compared since this year, and you get about 2019, and you guys saw that I think the seven pluses camera is still actually perfect, even compared to an iPhone, 11 I think these seven plus still holds its own for sure. So in terms of the camera setup and everything I think the hardware features are pretty decent for this auto phone I think the quality is perfect, still and I. Think the video quality is so pretty good for the price.

It's not the best. You can't do 4k at 60. Even the front camera is only tapped out to 1080 versus what we have now at 4k 60 on even the iPhone 11, but it is what it is: I'm not freaking out about it is too much, and I think the overall camera quality is actually pretty good on this specific phone now ending it off with the battery life. This thing has a twenty-nine hundred million power battery. Now, just like you guys know, battery does degrade over time.

All batteries on any device really degrade, and what's surprising, is, is that I have I've had so many iPhones 7 plus s, but the two that I currently own the battery health is actually over 90%, which is fascinating. Usually I've had a lot of phones that even it's not like a crazy old phone, but I was expecting it to be around 80s, something maybe even 70%, but these are all at around 90, which is really cool. So it's kind of a testament to Apple, and you know the iPhones in general. They tend to hold their battery health really well, but it also depends on how much you've been using the phone. How much if you're buying it used, how much that person use the phone, whether they let it die all the time and I light my phone to die all the time all the time, because sometimes I go weeks, sometimes months without using them, and they just dial me, but the 7 plus I think, depending on you know the battery health that you're starting with and if you take care of it I think it definitely lasts you in terms of battery life and if it was at that full 100% I think it's definitely still a pretty decent battery life.

I, don't think iOS 13 took a huge hit on battery, as people might say, it is needed to take a hit, maybe a little, but I think battery life is still pretty good on the iPhone 7 plus, so to kind of sum up the whole entire video is the iPhone 7, plus still worth it in 2020 I will say: 100%. Yes, this phone is still worth it in 2020, it's a very good phone for the price you're, getting soft updates performance, a very decent camera, pretty good battery life as well all in the package that will probably cost you less than like $300 to buy. However, I will say at least get the 128 gig model. Don't go for the 32, that's too much low storage. That's literally! Nothing go for the least 128.

If you can Ball get the 256, but that's really all I got to say if you want it for the cheapest price, I would probably tell you to get it from eBay. That's by the cheapest place, to get it, but I will find the cheapest one on Amazon and all they get down in the description below. So you guys can get it from there and help support the channel at the same time. But that is pretty much it does you guys have any other questions or anything. Let me know in the comment section below if that like button, tell me so much, but definitely that subscribe button every single subscriber that we get really discount so to me.

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