iPhone 15 Pro 15 Pro/PM users, upgrading?

[ISignedUpToAskThis]

Yup. 15 Pro -> 17 Pro Max. Not blown away by the 17PM, it's just the upgrade for me is free so why not.

 

[maverick22]

My launch day 15 Pro Max has been stuck at 86% battery health for a long while now and it drains faster than it use too. I have to charge it twice to make it through the day now. Upgrading to the 17 Pro Max in deep blue.

Same - mine is at 88%, and I can barely make it through the day.

Leaning towards the 17PM in orange. I’m not sure if I’ll try for day 1 or wait for camera reviews. One of the things I’m looking forward to is 4k slo mo video (since that started with 16).

 

[Fozziebear71]

Already have my 17 ProMax, Cosmic Orange, 2 TB pre authorized with Apple along with AirPods Pro 3 and a couple of cases.
Current 15 ProMax is going to my wife who doesn't get excited about new phones.

 

[Ifti]

Still in 2 minds. Currently have a 15PM 512GB.
Im waiting to see them in store before I decide - not going to pre-order this time.

 

[mproudfoot]

I will be moving from 15 Pro Max to 17 Pro. Mainly as my better half wants a bigger phone than her 13 Pro (and we can finally get rid of the lightning cables lying around the house/car) and she doesn't use her phone as much as I do (and I want to return to the smaller phone, especially as it now seems like the smaller 17 pro is better on battery life than the 15 pro max).

 

[Reeneman]

15 Pro here - kind of tempted to upgrade but will probably stick it out another year. I love the titanium and think I might miss it if I upgrade. All covered under AC and have plenty of storage. Think I’ll just treat myself to a new case and be happy.

Totally fine. You have a great phone with the 15 Pro and you most likely will still get the AI features next year.
Upgrading every 1-2 years doesn’t bring a huge benefit anymore.

 

[ZMAN Z28]

I wasn't going to upgrade my 15 PM 512GB. The reasons I may now upgrade is on my Harley, my 15PM gets hot and the display dims making it harder to use GPS. I feel the extra brightness and thermal cooling would be beneficial.

 

[yeah3x]

I have a question. I'm an ATT customer and have a 15 Pro. I have 12 months (of the original 36) of bill credits remaining that I would like to keep but would also like to upgrade. Can I buy a $200 iPhone 13 (from Walmart or something) and trade in that 13 towards the new 17 Pro. Will that allow me to keep my 15 Pro's 12 months of remaining bill credits as well as get the 17 Pro? Or will it cause issues when I activate the 17 Pro as my phone?

 

[phillies3429]

My 15PM gets warm and battery is pretty bad with normal usage. Only reason I’m considering it. Sounds like the next big upgrade will be a year or two after. Don’t see myself getting the first gen foldable because I’m sure that’ll have a huge sticker shock.

 

[jedivulcan]

I have a 15 Pro Max w/ 256gb of storage. I'd consider a base iPhone 17 w/ 512gb of storage or even a iPhone 17 Pro w/ 512gb (I will probably miss the USB-3 speeds and LIDAR).

Just weighing in the importance of iCloud and managing storage in different ways across many different devices (iPhone, iPads, Mac, Apple Watch) ... that whole ecosystem, rather than the power of any particular device at the moment. Everything kind of works to my needs. Apple's definitely got me in their services ecosystem.

 

[WishyWashyUK]

I have a launch day 15PM on 92% BH and yeah totally get the heating thing quite regularly so I’m tempted. What struck me though is for me is every option is a compromise in some way:

iPhone 17: no telephoto
Air: No telephoto/ultrawide, worse battery
17 Pro: Downgrade in screen size
17 PM: Thicker, heavier

I know there are some pro’s to the above options to weigh against the cons, but it would be nice if I’m paying £800-1200 to not feel like some aspect is a downgrade or at least sideways. Is it too much to ask to have just an upgrade that is unquestionably better??

If anything I’m thinking 17 Pro may be the one as it’s the least compromised…but is that enough??

 

[PlaceofDis]

Not doing a thing here. My 15 Pro is working just fine and I don't see any reason to upgrade yet. These minor upgrades year after year have me waiting longer and longer. nothing that wows me and is pushing me to go get one. Especially not in this economy.

 

[Devyn89]

I might, I’m looking to downsize and the only reason I bought the pro’s originally was the ProMotion and AOD. Haven’t fully decided though.

 

[Momof2.1107]

Don't you guys think to get the best resale and minimal upgrade difference its better to sell now?

I’m trading in. Apple’s trade in value dropped $80 on Tuesday.

 

[Momof2.1107]

My launch day 15PM has 80% battery health and has to be charged twice a day. Also I think the modem sucks as I’m always stuck with 1-2 bars throughout the day, and I know it’s my phone as my SO has Verizon and he has 5 bars with zero issues at home.

 

[ToddH]

None for me this year... I jave moved to Android for better cameras options & image quality. I now have two Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra phones. I still have my 16 pro max as well. I'm tired of waiting on apple to update their cameras. Instead, they just do minor upgrades to one camera each year Just so they can sell more phones. Apple has had the technology to better the cameras years ago, but they string us along with minor updates it seems.

 

[dukebound85]

no, I am not upgrading. I would likely not tell ANY difference for the price paid

 

[jmgregory1]

I’m so tempted to upgrade/downgrade to the iPhone Air, but I’m not sure I can deal with the single rear camera. I’m definitely ordering my wife an Air to replace her 14 Pro that can’t get through a day, even though she might then need the MagSafe battery pack. I use my 15 PM for taking work photos that includes a lot of macros, as well as some videos, so the 17 PM seems like it would make more sense for my situation, but I really love the idea of a lightweight compromised phone that looks and feels different than the slabs I’ve used the past10 years.