Apple finally unveiled the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus smartphones in San Francisco on Wednesday. iPhone 7 price in India starts from Rs. 60,000 for the new 32GB base variant, but there's no words on iPhone 7 Plus price in India, or the price of other iPhone 7 variants. Apple has confirmed that both the new iPhone models will be launched in India on October 7.

Pre-orders will open on Friday in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UAE, the UK, US Virgin Islands, and the US, with the iPhone releasing in these countries on September 13.

The latest iPhone models comes with a new design. They will be available in two new colours: (matte) black, jet (glossy) black, in addition to gold, silver, and rose gold. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus also feature a redesigned home button which is now solid-state and force-sensitive. Apple has also added IP67 water and dust resistance, a first for the iPhone series.

There are some new camera fixes, with the iPhone 7 also getting optical image stabilisation (OIS). There's a new 6-element f/1.8 aperture lens with 12-megapixel sensor and quad-LED with True Tone Flash. A new 7-megapixel front camera is also included along with this. The newest iPhone models come with a new image processing engine, which, delivers better, faster pictures.

The iPhone 7 Plus packs in the widely discussed dual rear camera setup, one 56mm telephoto lens and the other wide-angle lens. The bigger iPhone is also capable of 2x optical zoom, with total zoom up to 10x.

The new iPhone models comes with a 25 percent brighter display with a wider colour gamut and improved colour management. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are powered by a new A10 Fusion 64-bit quad core chip, which is 40 percent faster than the A9.

The speakers in both iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are stereo , one at the bottom, and one at the top, and twice as louder than the previous models.

Each new iPhone model will come with bundled Lightning EarPods, and a Lightning-to-3.5mm audio adapter, so that people can use their old headphones.

Apple has introduced new AirPods for wireless audio experience, which will not be bundled with the iPhone models. They pair easily with your Apple devices.

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By Prakriti Neogi