iPhone 14 Pro iPhone 14 Pro upgrade to iPhone 17 Pro?

[iJohnnyG]

I’ve had my iPhone 14 Pro since release day, the phone works great and has been looked after but it does need a new battery (73% capacity). I use it probably for around 7-10 hours a day, the main thing I do when I’m outside with it is take photos with it. I can see on the comparison chart on apples website that the main camera is 48mp, is there much of a difference between the 2 phones?

I’d probably keep the 17 Pro for 3 years again, so would upgrade to 512gb as im running out of space! Looking for opinions and if anyone else is in the same boat?

 

[xxFoxtail]

I'm keeping my (launch day) 14 Pro for at least another year, I got a battery replacement at the beginning of summer. The camera on it is good enough, zero complaints on it. I just feel like if I got the 17 Pro, it's just more or less going to be the same experience.

 

[Eggtastic]

I have a 14 PM and am in the same boat minus the battery life (mines at 83%) and works for my uses.

I too want to see what the camera upgrades are all about vs. 14 series.

I have a feeling waiting another year unfortunately will be the move.

 

[ZeroInspo]

For minute there I considered upgrading to the base 17, which is an upgrade in almost every way except that it doesn't have the telephoto lens (which I don't use). The main reason is battery, mine is already at 77% and if I get a new battery in it I would be out of $100 while next year I'll lose another $100 on trade-in/resale value. That's a opportunity cost of $200. However upon further consideration I think I'll keep my 14 Pro one more year and upgrade to the 18 base instead since I work from home and I'm almost never too far from a power outlet.

 

[Dulcimer]

The main camera hasn’t been upgraded at all for 4 generations (14 Pro through 17 Pro). Only the ultra wide and telephoto has improved over the years (and stuff like 4k120 Dolby vision).

Although you are finally getting USB-C, >30% bigger battery, faster more efficient chips, better thermals (pretty useful out in the sun), etc.

 

[iphone1027]

The main camera hasn’t been upgraded at all for 4 generations (14 Pro through 17 Pro). Only the ultra wide and telephoto has improved over the years (and stuff like 4k120 Dolby vision).

Although you are finally getting USB-C, >30% bigger battery, faster more efficient chips, better thermals (pretty useful out in the sun), etc.

Agree. And those are some of the reasons why I will be going from a 14 PM 256 GB to a 17 PM 512 GB. I take lots of videos and photos and tend to keep them locally available. My battery is pretty decent at 85% but I find that I have to charge my phone a little bit at about 3-4 pm (taking it off the charger at 5 am). Does replacing the battery come out cheaper, yes but even having a USB-C to charge and transfer data is a big deal to me since my household has mostly everything on USB-C i.e. newer iPads, Macbook, other individuals with iphone 15s and 16s and Im the only one with a lightning supported device. It just makes sense to me to upgrade.