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According to Apple, the 7 Plus has the most powerful iPhone battery yet, but it has not released an exact mAh measurement. We’ll verify that metric once we get ahold of one. On the other hand, the Note 7 has a 3,500 mAh battery, but that bulk of power may be contributing to the device’s recent charging dangers and subsequent recall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The iPhone is charged through its Lightning port, but the Note 7 uses USB-C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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We’re not alone in wishing the iPhone had an expedited charging option. Fast charging is possible with the Note 7 and many other Android phones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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With the purchase of a charging pad (sold separately), Note 7 can be charged wirelessly, another iPhone incapability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Apple bid adieu to the dedicated 3.5-mm headphone jack in this year’s flagships, but Samsung held onto it. Lightning-port headphones and a 3.5-mm-to-Lightning adapter ship with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The two phones have matching megapixels in their rear cameras, but Apple just boosted the front camera to 7 megapixels. That makes for sharper selfies with the iPhone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Smartphone manufacturers are opting for larger camera apertures across the board. That’s a big help for taking pictures in darker settings. The Note 7 just barely edges out the iPhone 7 Plus’s aperture size (the smaller the f-stop, the larger the aperture).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The iPhone 7 Plus has a dual camera with one standard 28 millimeter-equivalent lens and an additional telephoto lens. The telephoto lens brings 2x optical zoom to the iPhone for the first time, and boosts the possible digital zoom up to 10x (up from 5x previously). Bottom line, the dual lens camera takes sharper pictures of objects in the distance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Apple also added a software-based portrait feature to the 7 Plus that can give shots a bokeh (blurred background) look that may rival DSLRs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Both cameras have optical image stabilization, so you don’t need to worry as much about keeping your hands steady through long exposure times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Apple also updated the flash in its new flagships; it now has twice the LEDs and a “flicker detection” feature for adapting to artificial light. It’s better tested than described, but it should be another helpful feature for making clear captures in a variety of environments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Water resistance has finally come to the iPhone, but it’s not as water safe as the Note 7. Apple’s IP67 rating denotes protection from immersion in water between 15 centimeters and 1 meter deep; Note 7’s IP68 rating means the phone is safe in water over 1 meter deep.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Both phones have a handy fingerprint sensor for security and shortcuts, which is practically an industry standard in middle-of-the-road and high-end phones at this point.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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