iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max Hands-On

[jayducharme]

I genuinely want to know, if you do a lot of photography and videography, why are you using a phone and not a camera?

I travel a lot and make videos on the go. As the saying goes, the best camera is the one you have with you. My current iPhone has done a respectable job in that regard, so I see no need to carry around another device (one that would be considerably bulkier and yet give me similar results).

 

[PaladinGuy]

Just wait until that aluminum comes into contact with anything remotely hard. Chips, dents, scratches for certain. You won’t be able to replace the camera module or the back of the phone now for the pro.

I don’t like that from a durability perspective.

 

[UltimaKilo]

I saw that. It would be yet another incremental upgrade over the current model. But the 17 Pro would probably take care of my needs for quite a while. If not, I could always trade up next year.

Try and hold off! I believe it will be pretty meaningful and produce some really impressive photography.

 

[Dr Nobody Important]

Apple introduced the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max yesterday and gave members of the media some hands-on time with them. MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera was able to take a look to check out the new design and share his first impressions.

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Rather than using titanium and glass, the iPhone 17 Pro models have a unibody aluminum frame. There's aluminum around the camera plateau and at the back except for where there's a Ceramic Shield insert for MagSafe charging. The camera plateau is much bigger, and there's a two-tone look thanks to the aluminum and Ceramic Shield design.

The updated iPhones feel solid and well built, and Apple promises that durability and scratch resistance have improved. Apple added a new anti-reflective coating, and while it's not a dramatic change, it does cut down on glare.

The new dark blue and orange color options are attention grabbing, but Apple didn't provide a space black or space gray kind of option. It's silver, orange, or dark blue only this year.

There's a new Telephoto lens that supports up to 8x zoom, and an upgraded front-facing camera that lets you take selfies in portrait or landscape mode without rotating your phone.

Apple is launching the new iPhones on September 19, and we'll have a more comprehensive review then. We also took a look at the iPhone Air if you want to check out that video.

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I decided to upgrade to the iPhone 17 Pro Max in Deep Blue because the gold color was not available. I am not sure how Cosmic Orange will go this time around.

 

[Dr Nobody Important]

“one of the better iPhone designs that we’ve seen in the last few years”.
Good thing I don’t visit MR for actual reporting or any sense of reality. This is easily one of the ugliest phones I have ever seen.

There are no journalists today that do actual reporting.

 

[Ortiz83]

I think you really need to go look at this device’s specs. It’s the biggest jump since the iPhone 13 Pros. It will be a major update for a lot of people.

I love the new design. You are “objectively” wrong.


Damn, I do not have any overheating issues with my 16 Pro Max, but I would upgrade if I did.

I was once a yearly upgrader too with T-Mobile’s Jump! plan, but I’ll hold onto the 16 PM for another year and see what Apple’s 2nm A20 brings next year, hopefully with 16GB of RAM and even better battery life with a 144hz refresh screen and a much smaller Dynamic Island.

I just purchase them up front and have no problem selling the old ones for a good price. If I don’t sell them, I give them to my parents.

 

[transpo1]

Once a case is installed on the iPhone 17 Pro line, the two tone could be hidden and probably only the plateau color is seen. On my iPhone 16 Pro Max, only the camera square color is visible. So not to worry if the iPhone color is not what you hoped it would be.

What if you hoped it to be black? A Pro device needs to come in black as well as blue.