Most iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus leaks we’ve seen in the past months were accurate. Apple took the wraps off its 2016 iPhone handsets, confirming most of the leaks and filling in the gaps with additional information about the two devices. Just as expected, Apple stuck with the same screen sizes and overall design for both the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus — but for the first time since 2014, the phones are not created equal.
Here are the differences between them.
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Size
The 4.7-inch iPhone 7 and 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Plus have the exact same size as their predecessors, no surprises there.
Screen
Apple stuck with 1334 x 750 resolution for the smaller iPhone and 1920 x 1080 for the phablet. Again, no surprises here.
Batteries
The iPhone 7 has a smaller battery than the iPhone 7 Plus, but battery life has been bumped up across the board. We’ll have to wait for an official teardown to see exactly what has changed. The iPhone 7 gets two more hours of battery life than the iPhone 6s, while the iPhone 7 Plus gets and an hour of extra life compared to its predecessor. The iPhone 7 Plus will still have the better battery life than the smaller 7, of course.
RAM
Apple never mentions how much memory there is in its iPhones, so a teardown will clarify this. But the iPhone 7 is expected to have 2GB of RAM, while the iPhone 7 Plus will get 3GB of RAM. It’s all because of the camera upgrade the phablet is receiving.
Main camera
The iPhone 7 has a single-lens upgraded camera. But the star of the show is the iPhone 7 Plus dual camera that has several tricks up its sleeve compared to the iPhone 7.
Price
The iPhone 7 Plus is $120 more expensive than the iPhone 7, which is slightly changed compared to previous years when the Plus model has been a $100 upgrade at each tier.
