iPhone 7 Plus review: The first dual-camera iPhone — and the first without a headphone jack.
A historically important iPhone — the dual-camera and jack-less debut.
The iPhone 7 Plus introduced the dual camera, Portrait mode and the removal of the headphone jack. It is now a vintage device, valuable as history rather than a usable phone.
01Display
62/10062/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2016 — 14 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
66/10066/100 trails the 70-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2016.
03Performance
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2016 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
68/10068/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.
05Build
74/10074/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.
06Value
58/10058/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2016.
- Apple’s first dual camera with 2× optical zoom and Portrait mode.
- IP67 water resistance arrived here.
- Solid battery life for 2016.
- Durable aluminium build.
- Removed the headphone jack — controversial at launch.
- No 5G; stuck on iOS 15.
- Thick bezels, 1080p LCD.
- Discontinued — a vintage device.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 109-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .