Ah, the age old question: does size matter? Depends on who you're asking and how painfully honest an answer you want. Even when it's smartphone inches you're eyeing up, size is a major point of contention.

That dual camera is a win; Oodles of power; Stunning graphics/screen combo

It's bloomin' massive; Certain colours don't show much design improvement; Damn you Brexit-based price hikes

Apple's iPhone 7 Plus brings a solid hardware upgrade over its predecessor but fails to impress with substantial improvements in design or looks. Is that an issue? It depends on how you look at it.

We've been using the iPhone 7 Plus (128GB) as our main daily driver for the last 48 hours and we wanted to quickly share with you guys our initial thoughts and observations about it. This is also a great way to validate our previous commentary, "No, You Don't Need to Upgrade to an iPhone 7" .

It takes a decent (though aging) overall design, adds important under-the-hood changes, removes a port that probably didn't need to be removed, adds an awesome new telephoto camera, becomes water-resistant and calls it a day.

Solid; sturdy build quality; Lightning-fast performance; Excellent camera; neat zoom features; Reliable all-day (often multi-day) battery; Water resistance

No headphone jack; Design iconic; but equally dated; Bulky size compared to 5.5-inch Androids; Slow charging; Expensive SIM-free price

Have we all got over our collective shock at the iPhone 7's lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack? Good, because we can begin assessing the phone's true worth – and the iPhone 7 has several other important features.

The iPhone 7 Plus is the best iPhone money can buy, hands down. Like the iPhone 7, it's not an essential upgrade if you have an iPhone 6s Plus that you're happy with, or you want to hold out for the 2017 iPhone, which will be the 10th anniversary and, rumor has it, the big switch to OLED .

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.

With the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus , Apple has taken a risk by, well, not changing very much. We've become accustomed to getting something new and impressive from Apple every two years, but these phones are more renovation than revelation.

The iPhone 7 Plus is a mixed bag of goodies. On one hand, you have options for bigger storage, better performance, better camera and water resistance. On the other hand, you're stuck with basically the same old design for the last 3 years minus the 3.5mm audio port.

* Better performance; * Better camera; * Water-resistance; * Bigger storage

* Missing 3.5mm audio port; * Home button takes time to get used to; * Same old design; * Dual-camera is a bit gimmicky; * Expensive

Here they are: the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus . Officially unveiled merely a month ago, Apple's latest smartphones are now available in Malaysia. Although nothing much has changed on the outside, the inside of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus is a completely different story: they're packed with Apple's...