iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus: the review

Back when cellphones were young, little thought was given to how they looked or felt in the hand. We carried the fat, heavy gray devices because they promised a kind of utility and communication freedom we’d never enjoyed before. Making a call on a cellphone was a treat, a sign of status.

30 years later, we care far less about making voice calls. Instead we live on the steady flow of mobile data and fixate on handset design. And Apple is right there with us.

Two years ago, Apple unveiled the iPhone 6, a signature design for mobile technology that it's been honing ever since. While there are a pair of notable, even radical, departures from previous iPhones and smartphones, in general, Apple’s iPhone 7 (both the "regular" and Plus models) inches us ever-closer to the completely sealed, moving-parts-free ideal of a smartphone slab. Read more...