5 Biggest Changes Rumored for iPhone 17 Pro

[johnsawyercjs]

Going back to aluminum and more cameras for a phone that has taken, arguably, very good photos since the 13? All for the improvements and they are necessary but if that’s the only improvement over the last 4 years it is getting extremely stale… YAWN

Have you forgotten the richness that is Apple Intelligence?

 

[johnsawyercjs]

Too bad. The titanium frame is the best feature of iPhone 16 Pro. It made the phone so light. It was the reason I preferred the Max version.

While titanium is lighter than stainless steel, if weight is your main concern, aluminum is significantly lighter than titanium, with a density of about 2.8 g/cm³ compared to titanium's 4.5 g/cm³.

It's also been found that Apple's use of titanium may not have made the iPhones containing it stronger, in real-world use, than those made using aluminum (though aluminum is more prone to scratching):

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/titanium-seems-more-prone-to-drop-damage.2403892/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/16p4rlp/iphone_15_pro_drop_test_is_titanium_stronger

 

[johnsawyercjs]

No, No, NO!!!!!! According to everyone here, nobody is going to buy that niche product!

And if you do, it'll eat your dingo baby!!!

 

[m4mario]

Hahaha. Yea right. There’s probably some people who don’t know that the frame is mostly aluminum on the Ti ones and that aluminum is lighter that titanium.

I didn't know about that. But I can say that my 16 Pro Max feels lighter and more premium than my 13 Pro. That is something because the Max is a bigger phone, but feels lighter and easier to handle.

 

[svish]

Happy to hear about the camera upgrades. Improved quality of the front facing camera will be very good. Expecting to see 10x optical quality like zoom with the new 48MP telephoto lens.

 

[GtrDude]

"...fastest most amazing iPhone yet..."

 

[sahajesh]

that’s interesting that you have picked up on that because apparently
For example on the iPhone X keynote they spent about 5 minutes or so on the cameras then every year it’s got consistently longer because apparently that’s one of the top things that people look for when they purchase a smartphone these days

With no noticeable difference year-on-year.

 

[lewchenko]

Here is what a compelling upgrade would be :

Bigger Camera sensors , not just megapixel increases.

A true anti reflective screen coating like the 25U

A proper ram upgrade - 16 GB min.

A 4th camera that could do something unique/special.

No Dynamic Island/notches.

And make the phone a lot lighter somehow.

All we are getting is very small iterative changes and no doubt a huge cost hike this year for US people (thanks Trump!)

 

[Bungaree.Chubbins]

I’m curious as to what people think putting large amounts of RAM in an iPhone will do. I’ve never felt constrained on my iPhone 14, with its 6GB, except for once with a game that would run out of memory and crash, but that was a bug, and they fixed it.

 

[Turbonow]

Please upgrade the ultrawide optics on 17 Pro as well. With the new telephoto, then UWA will be the weakest link. As we see from samples online from 16 Pro, results are not so inspiring but just mediocre.

Instead of using UWA, Apple may opt in macrophotography with the new telephoto if nearest focus distance is near enough. This may allow an enhanced new UWA design for long distance. Unfortunately existing optics could not benefit much from 12 mpx to 48 mpx jump in terms of resolution, details are about the same when compared to previous version even at central area.

Simply, the 13 mm lens needs urgent attention!

 

[Turbonow]

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