Oops! Apple accidentally outs the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus early on Twitter

posted by Ben R. / Sep 07, 2016, 12:31 PM

Oops! Apple accidentally outs the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus early on Twitter

Update: The Apple Phone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are now official. For all of the major details, be sure to check out our full round-up of the features.

Apple's event is underway, and although the company hasn't gotten around to actually announcing the new smartphones, its newly-activated Twitter account has accidentally spoiled the surprise. In short, both devices are water-resistant, while the iPhone 7 Plus gets its duo camera with 2x optical zoom. Both models have stereo speakers, better batteries, and as you can see, the Piano Jet Black rumors were spot on.

Those with gripes about those antenna bands will be pleased to learn that they're not so prominent this time around. In line with what we've heard and seen, they're now discreetly tucked away at the top and the bottom. Oh, and that headphone jack is most definitely a goner.

Here's a short clip of the iPhone 7 Plus in its shiny new shade of Jet Black:

Leaked iPhone 7 video! pic.twitter.com/UwUkp37UdC
— Dom Esposito (@macmixing) September 7, 2016

The leak also confirms that pre-orders begin this Friday, with general availability from September 16th. Stay tuned.

These are the three Apple promoted tweets that leaked the iPhone 7 way too early pic.twitter.com/uJ9bDkHPyq
— James Cook (@JamesLiamCook) September 7, 2016

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11 Comments

1. LebronJamesFanboy

Posts: 671; Member since: Mar 23, 2013

Looks gorgeous in the glossy black.

posted on Sep 07, 2016, 12:35 PM 8

8. Kumar123 unregistered

I hope that the rumored optical zoom feature is there because I saw LinX presentation slide. It's awesome.

posted on Sep 07, 2016, 12:46 PM 0

9. sarcastic_nerd unregistered

I'm guessing it will be made out of ceramic since glass would be too fragile.

2. Bankz

Posts: 2482; Member since: Apr 08, 2016

Monster!!!

posted on Sep 07, 2016, 12:38 PM 1

3. Bankz

posted on Sep 07, 2016, 12:39 PM 0

4. Fona13A unregistered

That iPhone is wetter than a horny mermaid.

posted on Sep 07, 2016, 12:41 PM 2

5. Doakie

Posts: 2478; Member since: May 06, 2009

Queue the "Apple copied Samsung in water resistance" fanboys in 3, 2, 1....

posted on Sep 07, 2016, 12:42 PM 1

14. lyndon420

Posts: 6480; Member since: Jul 11, 2012

Couldn't have added something of substance to this thread eh? But we get it...apple never copies - just catching up to what everyone else is doing with the exception of the headphone jack problem. If you guys were to stop dropping your phones into the toilet you'd probably still have a standard headphone jack...just saying.

posted on Sep 07, 2016, 1:14 PM 0

6. frydaexiii

Posts: 1476; Member since: Dec 01, 2011

So the real reason the headphone jack is gone, isn't because of some pretentious "technological advancement" excuse, but because they couldn't find a way to waterproof it and decided to just remove entirely (while still being able to reap mass profits from it's absence)? Yup, sounds exactly like what Apple would do. Also, people actually wanted the glossy, fingerprint magnet black from the i3GS times back? Ooookaayyy...