Hi, Thought I start a new thread here since this really doesn't apply to all this chatter about the headphone jack. Anyhow, initially I wrote this in response to Mary's post about her having heard that apart from size and camera features the 7 and 7Plus are the same, here it goes:
One nice addition is the addition of optical image stabilization with the iPhone 7, with the 6 and 6S only the Plus models had optical image stabilization, this year both phones get it. I also love the IPX67 water/dust resistancy rating. I am surprised Tim Cook didn't explain what it means, but these new phones (not that I'll be buying one) are essentially waterproof even when fully emersed. The Apple Watch 2 is even better as it is rated waterproof for up to 50 meters depth which means you can use it for swimming all day long, shower with it and theoretically even do recreational scuba diving where you rarely go deeper than 30 or 35 meters. I think an Apple Watch 2 may be on my list of upcoming purchases, the iPhone will definitely wait for the 10th anniversary edition next year even though they said that the extra 1-2 or more hours of battery life over the 6S/6S Plus would make it a worthwhile upgrade for 6S/6S Plus owners. I think the water resistant aspect is more compelling, but still not enough. For those who want the official definition for the IPX67 rating, here is a nice and to the point definition: IP stands for 'Ingress Protection' An IP number is used to specify the environmental protection of enclosures around electronic equipment. These ratings are determined by specific tests. The IP number is composed of two numbers, the first referring to the protection against solid objects and the second against liquids. The higher the number, the better the protection. IPX67 means a rating of 6 for things like dust and 7 for liquids. 6 = - Totally protected against dust. 7 = - Protected against the effect of immersion between 15cm and 1 m (that is between 6 inches and just over 3 feet for all you americans). Some definitions also say that this protection against emersion is for up to 30 minutes, all Garmin handheld GPS's for example have the same rating and they add the 30 minute limit. As I said, essentialy this means waterproof if you left it lying on the picknick table in a downpour or even if you drop it in the toilet, bathtub, a puddle or in the water at the beach as long as the water isn't 20 feet deep and it takes you time to find your phone and get it out. Let me add that for the first number (dust/solid objects) 6 is the highest it goes. For the second number (Liquids) it only goes one higher than 7. 8 = - Protected against long periods of immersion under pressure. I think this will end up resulting in a lot less business for companies like Lifeproof who make waterproof cases since said cases typically are at best IPX7 when it comes to water proofness, some are only IPX6 which means " - Protected against low pressure jets of water, limited ingress permitted". With an essentially waterproof iPhone all you need is protection against drops and so on and you can get buy with a much less involved case. Regards, Sieghard -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
