Apple's latest phablet is the best yet.

The interesting thing is that until now, Apple has stuck steadfastly to a two-year design cycle (apart from the very first iPhone which was a...

Superb camera; especially on the iPhone 7 Plus; Strong; responsive performance; Cool new home button; Some great new iOS 10 features; The best-looking...

Lack of radically new design may disappoint; Headphone jack removal is controversial; Smaller phone lacks second camera; Better battery life still...

While the design might not have altered a great deal, it's clear that some big strides are made with this year's iPhones. Waterproofing is a huge plus point, and the traditional increase in processing power once again puts Apple at the front of the pack.

Display - 25% brighter The Apple iPhone 7 Plus has a large 5.5" Retina HD display, which is 25% brighter than its predecessor's. The resolution is 1080 x 1920 pixels, giving 401 pixels per inch compared to 326ppi on the iPhone 7.

Apple may have finally solved some of its battery woes with the staggering power pack in the iPhone 7 Plus

Fantastic battery life; great display for watching videos

Expensive handset with few updates; made our hands and wrists ache

The iPhone 7 Plus is, of course, Apple's large screen version of the iPhone. Unsurprisingly, it is in many ways identical, or at least very similar, to the lower cost and smaller iPhone 7.

The iPhone is an almost universal standard; very good performance overall; a pleasure to use; good fingerprint recognition; good battery life; optical zoom on camera

Fairly expensive; entry level memory a bit limited given it can't be upgraded

The iPhone 7 Plus was announced at the same time as the iPhone 7, and is a follow-on from the iPhone 6 Plus. It features two 12 megapixel sensor cameras, each featuring a different lens, one of which is wide-angle, and one which is twice the focal length.

Apple iPhone is now in its ninth year with the iPhone 7 / 7 Plus. With just a year to go for the big 10th anniversary, Apple seems to be saving some goodies for the next year. I will get to that in a bit.

I asked on Twitter what people might want to see from this review, and the consensus seemed to be that people want to know if it's worth upgrading from the iPhone 6s/6s Plus. I would say yes, depending on what you want from a phone.

Ever since the first camera phone was launched in 2002, a race of sorts to beat professional cameras had been flagged off. Over the years we have seen many smartphones being marketed to have cameras as good as DSLRs if not better.