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<span style="color: #555; font-weight: bold;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-muted);">This is 7.</span>
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{{iPhone lineup Navbox}}

The iPhone 7 Plus is a [[smartphone]] designed and marketed by [[Apple|Apple]], announced on September 7, 2016, and released on September 16, 2016, alongside the [[iPhone 7]]. It shares the 7's whole story — the deleted headphone jack, IP67 sealing, solid-state Home button, A10 Fusion, Jet Black — but adds the feature that defined the generation and reshaped phone cameras permanently: a dual-lens rear system pairing the 12-megapixel wide camera with a second 12-megapixel telephoto, delivering 2× optical zoom and, via a software update that fall, Portrait mode's computational background blur.

With 3 GB of RAM (a lineup first, feeding the dual image pipeline) and the generation's larger battery and 1080p display, the 7 Plus was the moment the Plus tier stopped meaning merely "bigger" and started meaning "more capable" — the direct ancestor of the Pro line. It launched with iOS 10, sold out of initial stock before its first weekend ended, and remained on sale until 2019.

= Design =

The 7 Plus carries the generation's re-engineered 5.5-inch aluminum body: IP67 gasketing, edge-swept antenna lines, stereo speakers, the Taptic solid-state Home button, and no headphone jack — with Lightning EarPods and the 3.5 mm dongle in the box. At 188 g it is marginally lighter than the 6s Plus. The finishes matched the 7: matte Black and gloss (and scratch-prone) Jet Black replacing Space Gray beside Silver, Gold, and Rose Gold, with (PRODUCT)RED arriving in March 2017. The only new visible feature is the wider pill-shaped camera housing holding two lenses.

= Hardware =

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| style="text-align: left;" | [[Apple|Apple]]
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Generation
| style="text-align: left;" | 10th
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Announced
| style="text-align: left;" | September 7, 2016
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Released
| style="text-align: left;" | September 16, 2016
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Discontinued
| style="text-align: left;" | September 10, 2019
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Predecessor
| style="text-align: left;" | [[iPhone 6s Plus]]
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Related
| style="text-align: left;" | [[iPhone 7]]
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Successor
| style="text-align: left;" | [[iPhone 8 Plus]]
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Display
| style="text-align: left;" | 5.5-inch Retina HD IPS LCD<br>1920 × 1080 (401 ppi) · 3D Touch<br>wide color (P3) · 625 nits
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Chip
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Apple A10|Apple A10 Fusion]]<br>(2 + 2 cores, 2.34 GHz)
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | RAM
| style="text-align: left;" | 3 GB (lineup first)
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Storage
| style="text-align: left;" | 32 GB · 128 GB · 256 GB
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Rear cameras
| style="text-align: left;" | 12 MP wide, f/1.8, OIS<br>+ 12 MP telephoto, f/2.8<br>2× optical zoom · Portrait mode<br>4K video · quad-LED flash
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Front camera
| style="text-align: left;" | 7 MP, 1080p
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Battery
| style="text-align: left;" | 2,900 mAh built-in
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Durability
| style="text-align: left;" | IP67 water and dust resistance
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Audio
| style="text-align: left;" | Stereo speakers · no headphone jack
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Colors
| style="text-align: left;" | Jet Black · Black · Silver · Gold · Rose Gold<br>(+ (PRODUCT)RED from March 2017)
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Launch price
| style="text-align: left;" | $769 (32 GB) · $869 (128 GB) · $969 (256 GB)
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! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | OS
| style="text-align: left;" | iOS 10.0 ~ 15.8.4
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The A10 Fusion's 2+2 heterogeneous cores and the Plus-exclusive third gigabyte of RAM — needed to hold two simultaneous 12-megapixel image pipelines — made the 7 Plus the most powerful iPhone of its generation in practice as well as in name. Battery life extended the Plus tradition, rated an hour or more beyond the 7 in every category.

= Dual camera and Portrait mode =

The second lens was the generation's true headline. A 56 mm-equivalent f/2.8 telephoto sat beside the stabilized 28 mm-equivalent wide camera, giving 2× zoom with no resolution loss — tap "2×" and the phone switches lenses — plus digital zoom to 10× that started from twice as close.

Portrait mode followed in the iOS 10.1 update: using the two lenses' parallax to build a nine-layer depth map, the phone kept the subject sharp while progressively blurring the background into a DSLR-like bokeh. Shipped in "beta" and imperfect around hair and glass, it was nonetheless the moment computational photography became a mass-market selling point; within two years a "portrait" toggle was mandatory on every phone at every price. The dual-camera layout itself became the industry's default, and Apple's own Pro line grew directly from this fork.

= Software =

The 7 Plus shipped with iOS 10 and its Plus landscape layouts, gained Portrait mode in 10.1 that October, and received updates through iOS 15 — ending at 15.8.4 in 2025, a nine-year run. Depth data captured by the dual cameras later fed Portrait Lighting and third-party depth APIs introduced in iOS 11.

= Release and reception =

The 7 Plus sold out of launch inventory before stores opened — Jet Black and Plus models were the fall's scarce commodities — and the model mix shifted noticeably Plus-ward versus prior years, evidence the camera was pulling buyers up-tier. Reviews crowned it the best iPhone and the best phone camera of 2016, with the same generation-wide reservations (familiar design, missing jack) and a new one: Portrait mode's beta softness. Samsung's Note 7 recall that autumn removed its most direct big-phone rival mid-cycle.

It was discontinued on September 10, 2019, alongside the [[iPhone 7]].

= Legacy =

The 7 Plus is the origin point of multi-camera smartphone photography as a mainstream expectation: 2× optical zoom and computational bokeh went from its exclusive features to universal defaults in two years. Its 3 GB of RAM began the spec divergence — camera first, memory second — that hardened into the Pro/non-Pro split with the [[iPhone 11 Pro]] era and continues through the current [[iPhone 17 Pro Max]]. The Plus that was merely bigger became, here, the phone that could do more — and the lineup never went back.

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{| style="width: 100%; border: 2px solid #333; text-align: center;" darkstyle="border-color: #48484a;" |- | colspan="5" style="padding: 28px 20px 42px;" | <div style="font: bold 2em/1.2 -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'SF Pro Display', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: var(--wiki-color); margin-bottom: 0.8em;">iPhone 7 Plus</div> <span style="color: #555; font-weight: bold;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-muted);">This is 7.</span> |- | colspan="5" style="padding: 0;" | <div style="max-width: 300px; margin: 5px auto;">![[iphone_7_plus.webp]]</div> |- | style="width: 20%; background-color: #ecc6c1; color: #000;" | '''Rose Gold''' | style="width: 20%; background-color: #e3ccb4; color: #000;" | '''Gold''' | style="width: 20%; background-color: #e2e3e4; color: #000;" | '''Silver''' | style="width: 20%; background-color: #2e3034; color: #fff;" | '''Black''' | style="width: 20%; background-color: #000; color: #fff;" | '''Jet Black''' |- | colspan="5" style="background-color: #333; padding: 8px;" | [https://support.apple.com/kb/SP744?locale=en_US <span style="color: #fff;">iPhone 7 Plus — Technical Specifications (Apple Support)</span>] |} {{iPhone lineup Navbox}} The iPhone 7 Plus is a [[smartphone]] designed and marketed by [[Apple|Apple]], announced on September 7, 2016, and released on September 16, 2016, alongside the [[iPhone 7]]. It shares the 7's whole story — the deleted headphone jack, IP67 sealing, solid-state Home button, A10 Fusion, Jet Black — but adds the feature that defined the generation and reshaped phone cameras permanently: a dual-lens rear system pairing the 12-megapixel wide camera with a second 12-megapixel telephoto, delivering 2× optical zoom and, via a software update that fall, Portrait mode's computational background blur. With 3 GB of RAM (a lineup first, feeding the dual image pipeline) and the generation's larger battery and 1080p display, the 7 Plus was the moment the Plus tier stopped meaning merely "bigger" and started meaning "more capable" — the direct ancestor of the Pro line. It launched with iOS 10, sold out of initial stock before its first weekend ended, and remained on sale until 2019. = Design = The 7 Plus carries the generation's re-engineered 5.5-inch aluminum body: IP67 gasketing, edge-swept antenna lines, stereo speakers, the Taptic solid-state Home button, and no headphone jack — with Lightning EarPods and the 3.5 mm dongle in the box. At 188 g it is marginally lighter than the 6s Plus. The finishes matched the 7: matte Black and gloss (and scratch-prone) Jet Black replacing Space Gray beside Silver, Gold, and Rose Gold, with (PRODUCT)RED arriving in March 2017. The only new visible feature is the wider pill-shaped camera housing holding two lenses. = Hardware = {| style="max-width: 500px; border: 2px solid #555; text-align: center;" darkstyle="border-color: #48484a;" |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left; width: 22%;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Developer | style="text-align: left;" | [[Apple|Apple]] |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Generation | style="text-align: left;" | 10th |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Announced | style="text-align: left;" | September 7, 2016 |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Released | style="text-align: left;" | September 16, 2016 |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Discontinued | style="text-align: left;" | September 10, 2019 |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Predecessor | style="text-align: left;" | [[iPhone 6s Plus]] |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Related | style="text-align: left;" | [[iPhone 7]] |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Successor | style="text-align: left;" | [[iPhone 8 Plus]] |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Display | style="text-align: left;" | 5.5-inch Retina HD IPS LCD<br>1920 × 1080 (401 ppi) · 3D Touch<br>wide color (P3) · 625 nits |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Chip | style="text-align: left;" | [[Apple A10|Apple A10 Fusion]]<br>(2 + 2 cores, 2.34 GHz) |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | RAM | style="text-align: left;" | 3 GB (lineup first) |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Storage | style="text-align: left;" | 32 GB · 128 GB · 256 GB |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Rear cameras | style="text-align: left;" | 12 MP wide, f/1.8, OIS<br>+ 12 MP telephoto, f/2.8<br>2× optical zoom · Portrait mode<br>4K video · quad-LED flash |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Front camera | style="text-align: left;" | 7 MP, 1080p |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Battery | style="text-align: left;" | 2,900 mAh built-in |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Durability | style="text-align: left;" | IP67 water and dust resistance |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Audio | style="text-align: left;" | Stereo speakers · no headphone jack |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Colors | style="text-align: left;" | Jet Black · Black · Silver · Gold · Rose Gold<br>(+ (PRODUCT)RED from March 2017) |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | Launch price | style="text-align: left;" | $769 (32 GB) · $869 (128 GB) · $969 (256 GB) |- ! style="color: #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-color);" | OS | style="text-align: left;" | iOS 10.0 ~ 15.8.4 |} The A10 Fusion's 2+2 heterogeneous cores and the Plus-exclusive third gigabyte of RAM — needed to hold two simultaneous 12-megapixel image pipelines — made the 7 Plus the most powerful iPhone of its generation in practice as well as in name. Battery life extended the Plus tradition, rated an hour or more beyond the 7 in every category. = Dual camera and Portrait mode = The second lens was the generation's true headline. A 56 mm-equivalent f/2.8 telephoto sat beside the stabilized 28 mm-equivalent wide camera, giving 2× zoom with no resolution loss — tap "2×" and the phone switches lenses — plus digital zoom to 10× that started from twice as close. Portrait mode followed in the iOS 10.1 update: using the two lenses' parallax to build a nine-layer depth map, the phone kept the subject sharp while progressively blurring the background into a DSLR-like bokeh. Shipped in "beta" and imperfect around hair and glass, it was nonetheless the moment computational photography became a mass-market selling point; within two years a "portrait" toggle was mandatory on every phone at every price. The dual-camera layout itself became the industry's default, and Apple's own Pro line grew directly from this fork. = Software = The 7 Plus shipped with iOS 10 and its Plus landscape layouts, gained Portrait mode in 10.1 that October, and received updates through iOS 15 — ending at 15.8.4 in 2025, a nine-year run. Depth data captured by the dual cameras later fed Portrait Lighting and third-party depth APIs introduced in iOS 11. = Release and reception = The 7 Plus sold out of launch inventory before stores opened — Jet Black and Plus models were the fall's scarce commodities — and the model mix shifted noticeably Plus-ward versus prior years, evidence the camera was pulling buyers up-tier. Reviews crowned it the best iPhone and the best phone camera of 2016, with the same generation-wide reservations (familiar design, missing jack) and a new one: Portrait mode's beta softness. Samsung's Note 7 recall that autumn removed its most direct big-phone rival mid-cycle. It was discontinued on September 10, 2019, alongside the [[iPhone 7]]. = Legacy = The 7 Plus is the origin point of multi-camera smartphone photography as a mainstream expectation: 2× optical zoom and computational bokeh went from its exclusive features to universal defaults in two years. Its 3 GB of RAM began the spec divergence — camera first, memory second — that hardened into the Pro/non-Pro split with the [[iPhone 11 Pro]] era and continues through the current [[iPhone 17 Pro Max]]. The Plus that was merely bigger became, here, the phone that could do more — and the lineup never went back.