Apple unveils the water-resistant iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus

Finally, after the tsunami of leaks, Apple has officially unveiled its 2016 line up of iPhones, and they will be called iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Usually both models are differentiated by screen size and battery life, but this time the camera is also an exception as the iPhone 7 Plus comes with dual-rear cameras.

The new iPhones have the same design languages as iPhone 6s, but have major changes visually. The antenna lines on the new iPhones are moved to the top and bottom edge, making them less visible. They are also water and dust resistance thanks to IP67 ratings. The fingerprint sensor is embedded in the home button. Speaking of home button, it now features Force Touch sensitive with new generation of Taptic Engine.

The new iPhones also gets new color options, a glossy Jet Black and matte black, replacing the Space Grey design. This takes the total number of color hues to five, including the Gold, Rose Gold and silver variant.

Also as rumored, Apple has ditched 3.5mm audio jack and the audio will now be transmitted through bundled Lightning EarPods. Apple will also bundle a lighting to 3.5mm adapter to connect your normal earphone with 3.5mm jack. The company has also introduced a wireless headphone called AirPods as well. They connect to the iPhones via W1 chip and offers five hours of battery life. In addition, the new iPhones also pack stereo speakers as well for a richer sound experience.

The new iPhones run iOS 10 and also comes with improved battery life, with iPhone 7 offering two hours more battery than the 6s, and the iPhone 7 Plus offering one hour more battery life than the 6s Plus.

Coming to the core specs, the iPhone 7 comes with a smaller 4.7-inch IPS display bearing the resolution 1334 x 750 pixels with 3D touch. Under the hood there's a new quad-core Apple A10 Fusion SoC, which is 40 percent faster and up to 50% faster graphics compared to the A9. For photography, the iPhone 7 gets 12-megapixel rear camera with Quad LED True Tone flash, f/1.8 aperture, OIS, 4K and Slo-mo video recording. On the front there's 7-megapixel camera with Retina flash.

The iPhone 7 Plus on the other hand comes with a bigger 5.5-inch 1080p display and gets dual 12-megapixel rear cameras, one wide-angle with f/1.8 aperture and the other a telephoto lens with f/2.8 aperture for 2x optical zoom. Similar to iPhone 7, it is equipped with Apple's new A10 fusion SoC and 7-megapixel selfie camera.

One of the biggest changes with iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus is the storage variant. Apple is scrapping the 16GB base model with the new iPhones and now starts at 32GB followed by 128GB and a new top end 256GB storage model. 

Coming to the pricing, the iPhone 7 base model with 32GB storage model is priced $649, the 128GB storage model is priced $749, while the top end 256GB model will set up back by $849. The iPhone 7 Plus 32GB, 128GB and 256GB storage models are priced at $769, $869 and $969 respectively. They will be available for pre-order starting September 9 and will go on sale starting September 16.