Hands-on with the iPhone 7 Plus: Is bigger always better?

SAN FRANCISCO — Much of what you need to know about the Apple iPhone 7 Plus, which was unveiled here Wednesday, can be found in the iPhone 7 hands-on. These handsets are of a piece.

Like the iPhone 7, the 7 Plus is virtually the same size and shape as its predecessor. In the demo room I fiddled around with the very sharp-looking matte Black finish. It's almost hard to believe that Apple could take the exact same material, Series 7000 aluminum, and create such diametrically opposed finishes. The polish on the Jet Black is like the surface of water, and the matte Black reflects almost nothing.