iPhone · Retina & Beyond · 2016

iPhone 7 Plus

The dual-lens 7 Plus introduced optical zoom and the depth-blurred Portrait mode that reshaped phone photography.

iPhone 7 Plus (2016), iPhone by Apple

iPhone 7 Plus: key facts

When was the iPhone 7 Plus released?

The iPhone 7 Plus was released in September 16, 2016. Apple discontinued it in September 2019.

How much did the iPhone 7 Plus cost?

The iPhone 7 Plus launched at $769 in 2016 — about $1,007 in today’s money (approximate, US CPI).

What are the iPhone 7 Plus’s specs?

The iPhone 7 Plus used a Apple A10 Fusion running at 2.34 GHz, with 3 GB of memory and 32 GB of storage. It ran iOS 10.

Why does the iPhone 7 Plus matter?

First dual-camera iPhone, enabling 2× optical zoom and Portrait mode.

Full specifications

CPUApple A10 Fusion · 2.34 GHz
Cores4
Memory (RAM)3 GB
Storage32 GB
Display5.5" Retina HD LCD, 1920×1080
GPUPowerVR (6-core)
PortsLightning
Weight188 g
Dimensions158.2×77.9×7.3 mm
Operating systemiOS 10
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2016
DiscontinuedSeptember 2019
Launch price$769

How the iPhone 7 Plus compares to today

A 16 GB Apple Silicon MacBook Pro has about 5.3× more memory than this device shipped with.

At 2.34 GHz, the clock is roughly 1.4× slower than a single performance core of a 16 GB Apple Silicon MacBook Pro — and that is before counting cores, width and IPC.

This held about 8,190 modern phone photos — a respectable library even today.

Launched at $769 in 2016 — about $1,007 in today’s money (approx., US CPI).

Cross-architecture speed figures are clock-only and approximate; inflation figures use US CPI.

Did you know?

Portrait mode arrived as a "beta" weeks after launch via a software update.

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Last updated: 2026-06-25