This year brought a significant shake-up in Apple’s mobile phone line– if you avoided the Tuesday statement, have a look at our summary here. The iPhone Pros have a makeover, there’s a brand-new tier called “Air” and the vanilla design got such a significant upgrade that lots of may avoid the little Pro and get it rather. The little Galaxy S and Pixel Pro may be sweating today.
Let’s begin with the Apple iPhone 17– what’s the huge offer? It lastly has a ProMotion screen, Apple talk for 120Hz LTPO, and it even has an anti-reflective finishing. That’s something that Samsung reserves just for the Galaxy S Ultra, the remainder of the series (S, S+ and S Edge) do not get it. The display screen is bigger now, determining 6.3″ rather of 6.1″ too.
Apple iPhone 17 at a look
The iPhone 17 has a brand-new Apple A19 chip with efficiency enhancements and base storage is now 256GB– the Pixel 10 Pro and Galaxy S25 still begin at 128GB. The ultra-wide cam was updated to 48MP and the selfie electronic camera has a brand-new sensing unit and OIS.
Plus a larger battery and faster charging– what’s not to like? Even much better, the iPhone 17 expenses the like its predecessor, regardless of the greater base storage capability.
Do you have your eyes set on the Apple iPhone 17 as your next phone? The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus are still offered and with a cost cut to boot.
The Apple iPhone 17 Pro still has the upper hand with the more effective A19 Pro chipset and a devoted telephoto cam– a brand-new 48MP 4x/100mm system. And the 48MP sensing unit in the primary cam is bigger (1/1.28″ vs. 1/1.56″).
Apple iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max at a glimpse
Those aren’t the only distinctions, however the Pro is a fair bit more costly– unlike the vanilla design, the brand-new 256GB base storage design wasn’t lowered to the rate of the old 128GB design. This indicates that the minimum cost of entry for the Pro is now $100/EUR100/ ₤ 100 greater. This implies that purchasing the Pro will cost you $300/EUR350/ ₤ 300 more than the vanilla iPhone 17.
Is that worth it?
The Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max is the very same story, simply larger– the screen is still a 6.9″ panel, however the battery has somewhat greater capability. Keep in mind that Apple is offering just eSIM designs in some areas and those have a little larger batteries than phones with a physical SIM slot.
Anyhow, the previous Pro Max currently began at 256GB base storage, so there’s no modification in rates from in 2015. Is the iPhone 17 Pro Max the one you are opting for?
There’s the brand new Apple iPhone Air (no, not “iPhone 17 Air”). If you think about it as a replacement for the iPhone Plus, you must keep in mind that it costs $100/EUR100/ ₤ 100 more.
It’s not a replacement for the Plus, is it? It’s smaller sized with a 6.5″ screen (vs. 6.7″) and more notably, it’s much thinner and lighter (5.6 mm, 165g) than the Plus (7.8 mm, 199g). This features a huge cut to the battery capability, though (3,149 mAh vs. 4,674 mAh).
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Apple iPhone Air at a glimpse
And you just get a single electronic camera on the back– the 48MP 1/1.56″ module that you can get on the vanilla iPhone 17. The Galaxy S25 Edge a minimum of provides you a 200MP primary video camera plus a 12MP ultra-wide. On the plus side, you do get the A19 Pro chipset.
The iPhone Air is a brand-new item classification for Apple and it stays to be seen how effective it is– more than the Plus and the now-defunct mini? Possibly. What we desire to understand today is whether you prepare on getting the Air rather of another phone.