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iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max Hands-On
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This is, objectively, the worst iPhone Apple has ever designed. Powerful yes, feature packed yes, but in no way is this pretty or attractive. The only reason why Macrumors are chilling them is because they got invited to the event.
My educated guess is that many people who want the pro will switch to the air once they hold one in person.
My educated guess is that many people who want the pro will switch to the air once they hold one in person.
I am not upgrading this year and will sit tight with my 16 Pro. I can't make sense to replace a perfectly adequate iPhone and will probably be a couple years before I consider upgrading. As of right now my 16 Pro still has 100% battery health so it is sit tight for now. Now my AirPods Pro 2 well that is what I am really interested in as the batteries in those is somewhat concerning as they only last about three hours in noise canceling
Just make sure to use a good self-leveling cabinetry paint, or else the brush marks will showHardware store has various flavors of black paint or a black case could do the trick
Objective means measurable. Battery life, weight, chip speed those are objective. Calling a design objectively the worst makes no sense, because aesthetics are subjective. You can dislike the look, fair enough, but that’s opinion, not fact. Otherwise you’re just dressing up a hot take as truth.
One of the wording use to qualify the camera lenses that is head-scratching to me is "optical-quality". Apple needs to further explain this. When I read this, I process this as this is not hardware optical, but software optical. Previous iPhone specs use the single word "optical". Am I the only one thinking this?
Yes, using a simple general term like "optical quality" seems redundant for a camera lens, since you already know it needs to transmit visible light. But it's shorthand for "don’t worry, this isn’t just a clear piece of cheap plastic, it’s real lens glass or a high-grade polymer designed to minimize distortion and meet standards used in real photography, and the lens surfaces were ground, molded, and coated to tighter tolerances comparable to camera-grade lenses."
With all due respect. This hands-on (and most of them) look like paid ads. I don’t know why anyone would think this is the biggest update when literally the only new features are a couple of camera gimmicks, that previous iPhones could do already with third party apps, and there is no way that this phones look more premium than titanium iPhones….. hate that everyone seems so scared of losing access to apple products and conferences that everybody just praises. All the “early looks” are worthless, IMO
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Ti is a higher end material than aluminum. Hell, the stainless on my 14PM is arguably higher end material as well. Aluminum, however, is cheaper. It also has better thermal properties, so get ready for people to complain about their phone being hot. It won’t be, internally, but it’ll feel hotter because it’ll transmit the heat into your hand better now.
All that being said, I think they look fine. Orange is a welcome addition. I’m gonna use a case so I’m not super worried about the durability of aluminum. The camera upgrades should be nice. The extra RAM will be noticeable. The battery upgrade is needed.
All that being said, I think they look fine. Orange is a welcome addition. I’m gonna use a case so I’m not super worried about the durability of aluminum. The camera upgrades should be nice. The extra RAM will be noticeable. The battery upgrade is needed.
I wonder if the something went wrong with the black color and they’ll introduce it at a later date when they fix the manufacturing issue? The iPhone Air got four colors.
The battery upgrade will be a huge upgrade for me coming from a 14 Pro. I only wish the weight wasn’t identical, but it is what it is.
I just can't stomach for paying more for downgrade from titanium to aluminium for the 17 Pro models in Australia. It is costing around USD150 more than US prices. All because of Tim Apple's greediest to get more money.
Literally, that's not true at all. Find an actual list of the new features to see for yourself. Among other things, there's the vapor chamber to help keep the internals less hot so when the iPhone is being used for heavy-duty tasks, there's a much smaller chance that it will need to throttle down its speed and the display's brightness.
Damn, that back plate or whatever you want to call it is much less subtle than I imagined! Looks like some random sticker attached to the back of the phone.
That design definitely is a ... choice.
That design definitely is a ... choice.