iPhone 17 Pro Launching Later This Year With These 12 New Features

[tunne]

I think we should see this in the context of shift in manufacturing base for iPhones. Apple cannot risk throughput by introducing too many radical changes. It’ll be mostly incremental changes for the next few gens.

 

[boswald]

I guess my next phone will be the 15 or 16.

 

[blap]

🤣I just can't get over how many people actually give a crap what their phone looks like. It's a rectangle with a screen, who cares!

 

[zenmacx]

PowerBook G4 Titanium -> Aluminum again

Annoyances aside, I did enjoy my Titanium G4 PowerBook, it handled the rather heavy workflow very nicely. The PowerBook name was iconic, the name MacBook not so much.

After many iPhones over the years I'm sticking with my Titanium iPhone 16 Pro Max over the mundane aluminum frame models.

Apple will laugh all the way to the bank with the extra profit an aluminum iPhone will generate.

 

[beowulf70]

I am a little concerned about the apple designed wifi chip, I don't believe it will be better or same than Qualcomm.

What's your source on why you "don't believe it will be better or same than Qualcomm"?

 

[Allen_Wentz]

Have you considered getting an actual camera? I don’t mean to poke at you, just curious because you said you want the best possible camera. I think we’re at a point where a camera has a phone built in rather than the other way around. Somehow I like the idea of 16E with a single-dual camera, but I wish the phone was smaller.

Wish away for less camera smaller phone. Fortunately [for me] those folks wanting more capable cameras seem to be driving demand, not you.

FYI many of us have many $thousands of "actual camera" and lenses, but a fat Nikon + lens is not pocketable and hence not constantly available.

 

[jasbur17]

I just can't with that monstrosity.

 

[thiscatisfat]

Wish away for less camera smaller phone. Fortunately [for me] those folks wanting more capable cameras seem to be driving demand, not you.

FYI many of us have many $thousands of "actual camera" and lenses, but a fat Nikon + lens is not pocketable and hence not constantly available.

I don’t wish for Apple to take away your phablet. My 14 Pro isn’t really that pocketable, can’t imagine what people do with the “Max”.

 

[Kwstas]

that's ugly and I don't buy ugly things

 

[whitby]

The move back to aluminum is interesting given that the marketed point of the move to stainless steel and then titanium (though it appears as if the amount of titanium is microscopic according to the iFixit break down videos) was for structural rigidity and more resistance to aesthetic damage. If the back is moving partly to aluminum there may be a reduction in weight since glass is more dense and heavier than aluminum. All in all the whole change to the 17 series iPhone's construction seems motivated toward cost reduction rather than environmental robustness which has been one of my bug bears. Repeating my mantra here, I want a light, long battery life phone which does not self destruct when dropped without a case.

 

[JDAM]

I’m sure the case manufacturers this year are really scratching their heads. How do you design an even remotely sleek, attractive case that protects that massive bump? What will the huge “lip” look like? There will be some really, really awful-looking cases out for this year.

Regards the titanium/aluminum debate….it really makes you wonder what kind of buffoons Apple has in the planning and marketing departments. As others have said, the amount of talk and advertising playing up the titanium “feature” was incredible….and now they have to reverse all that and explain why “inferior” aluminum is just as good?

 

[Hero1]

I don't like the aluminum back panel, which makes it more susceptible to corrosion. I don't like the extended camera window, which makes my hand always touch the uneven position. The Chinese market in 2021 has proved the failure of the large camera window design. Don't repeat the same mistake.The elongated camera window of the 17pro is a sign of Apple's decline. The camera button of the 16pro is very fragile and the repair cost is very high. It is recommended to change the material of the camera button. We will vote with our money and wait another year.