My wife has a 17PM and based on my experience with it I'm guessing people are having buyers remorse: its just too big and heavy. It truly is the dump truck of phones lol. Its powerful and capable if you can handle it.
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iPhone 17 Pro Max Curiously Becomes Most Traded-In Smartphone
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Recession indicator? People needing to sell off their new phones to free themselves of the $60/month payment?
Rychiar
macrumors 601
I've barely noticed the difference for in hand feel since the 6 plus
Rychiar
macrumors 601
its not really much different than the last few rounds of pro maxes 🤷♂️ I upgraded from the 15 and can't tell the difference. and its prob lighter than my old 13
Every Pro Max is a dump truck, you're just used to it.
ikramerica
macrumors 68020
Haven’t used a phone 1 handed in a decade and I have big hands.
Nobody in my family does 1 handed phone stuff no matter what size phone they have.
Is this a big deal?
Rychiar
macrumors 601
Plutonius
macrumors G4
I think that most of the users are switching to the Air 🙂 /S.
Even the base pro feels too heavy to me. I had hopes for the Air -- hopefully they will improve the cameras.
ghostface147
macrumors 601
I guess I’m one of the dozens and dozens of satisfied blue 17 Pro Max fans.
I did exactly this. It’s too freakin big and heavy. The regular pro is honestly a bit small. The air is the perfect screen size, I wish they would come out with a 6.5” pro.
Futurix
macrumors 6502a
Maybe it has something to do with iPhone 17 Pro Max being the buggiest iPhone hardware ever?
The bottom speaker makes a cracking sound when the charging cable is plugged in, all the cameras (including FaceID) make an audible click when they are turned on, the back camera array makes an audible hiss sound when it's on, etc.
Nothing that completely ruins the phone, but I fully expect something to fall off or stop working sooner or later.
The bottom speaker makes a cracking sound when the charging cable is plugged in, all the cameras (including FaceID) make an audible click when they are turned on, the back camera array makes an audible hiss sound when it's on, etc.
Nothing that completely ruins the phone, but I fully expect something to fall off or stop working sooner or later.
This is so convoluted and wasteful. Just get a prepaid plan and save that way. I pay $25 a month for unlimited everything with visible.
My 17 pro does none of these things. You may have a defective model.
fontman
macrumors 6502
LeeW
macrumors 601
When I saw the Pro Max in the store, my first thought was that's a laptop, not a phone.
gaximus
macrumors 68020
I feel like I read the article pretty thoroughly, yet I can't find "what" it is being traded in for. Knowing what the iPhone 17 Max was traded for adds context. If they are trading for iPhone 17 Pro, then it might not be size, it could be battery life. I know a few people that have the Max varient just due to the extra battery. This year the Pro's battery is so good you don't need the Max. Its interesting that its the highest traded in phone, but without knowing what it was traded for it makes it hard to make sense of this.
This is sad... if you can't afford a $1200 dollar phone, don't get one. It's that simple.
omiks
macrumors member
I find this very interesting because it is the first iphone that I don't regret upgrading to since my upgrade from 8 to 11 (that jump was insane). I upgrade every two years. So from 11 to 13 it was a bit better, from 13 to 15 I regretted a lot. 14 and 15 were sht... I have never touched a 16.
But they finally got most things right with the camera on 17, and it is not over sharpening anymore. The best iPhone by far.
But they finally got most things right with the camera on 17, and it is not over sharpening anymore. The best iPhone by far.
Taq'aix
macrumors 6502
