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iPhone 17 Pro Poised to Deliver 'Awe Dropping' Battery Life

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The tagline for Apple's special event tomorrow is "Awe dropping," and the iPhone 17 Pro's battery life might live up to the hype.

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As we recently reported, alleged battery capacities for all of the iPhone 17 models have surfaced in a Chinese regulatory database. The alleged capacity for the iPhone 17 Pro is particularly impressive, and it is worth discussing in more detail.

The smaller iPhone 17 Pro model with a 6.3-inch display will apparently be equipped with a 4,252 mAh battery for configurations without a SIM card tray. If that information is accurate, that is a nearly 20% increase (18.7% to be precise) in capacity over the iPhone 16 Pro's 3,582 mAh battery, which is a significant year-over-year improvement. This will likely translate to Apple saying the iPhone 17 Pro offers hours of additional battery life.

While the iPhone 16 Pro Max's 4,685 mAh battery would still top the iPhone 17 Pro, the A19 Pro chip should deliver more power efficiency improvements, so we will see if the iPhone 17 Pro can get close to current Pro Max battery life.

Apple removed the SIM card tray from iPhones in the U.S. starting with the iPhone 14 series, but it has simply put a piece of plastic where the tray used to be inside those devices. As a result, all iPhone 14 through iPhone 16 models sold in the U.S. have the same battery capacities as the equivalent models sold in other countries.

Starting with the iPhone 17 series, it appears that Apple will now include a larger battery in models without a SIM card tray, rather than filling the void with a plastic piece. This change helps to explain why it appears that the iPhone 17 Pro's battery capacity will increase in a meaningful way this year. The timing of this change coincides with expectations that Apple will eliminate the SIM card tray in more countries, with the iPhone 17 series likely to be eSIM-only in the EU and select other regions. iPhone 17 models sold in China will likely still have a SIM card tray or even two, due to local regulatory hurdles.

The lengthy iPhone 17 rumor cycle is finally drawing to a close. Stay tuned for in-depth coverage of Apple's event tomorrow, starting at 10 a.m. Pacific Time.

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Livin’ dangerously like it’s 2014 and talkin’ about battery life, ffs.

What does your phone do? Oh it can do 5 things based on agentic Gemini.

My phone has longer battery life.

I have sold my soul, wallet and part of my portfolio to Apple but Gemini ads have started to grow on me.
 
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DMG35 said:
Once again the "This chip is going to be so much more efficient on battery life argument" goes out the window as Apple straps a massive battery inside their phone again.
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why? since the iphone max fall behind just to android 6000mAh batteries...so software+SoC are insane on Apple world
Macs as well
 
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The tagline for Apple's special event tomorrow is "Awe dropping," and the iPhone 17 Pro's battery life might live up to the hype.

iPhone-17-Pro-on-Desk-Centered-1.jpg

As we recently reported, alleged battery capacities for all of the iPhone 17 models have surfaced in a Chinese regulatory database. The alleged capacity for the iPhone 17 Pro is particularly impressive, and it is worth discussing in more detail.

The smaller iPhone 17 Pro model with a 6.3-inch display will apparently be equipped with a 4,252 mAh battery for configurations without a SIM card tray. If that information is accurate, that is a nearly 20% increase (18.7% to be precise) in capacity over the iPhone 16 Pro's 3,582 mAh battery, which is a significant year-over-year improvement. This will likely translate to Apple saying the iPhone 17 Pro offers hours of additional battery life.

While the iPhone 16 Pro Max's 4,685 mAh battery would still top the iPhone 17 Pro, the A19 Pro chip should deliver more power efficiency improvements, so we will see if the iPhone 17 Pro can get close to current Pro Max battery life.

Apple removed the SIM card tray from iPhones in the U.S. starting with the iPhone 14 series, but it has simply put a piece of plastic where the tray used to be inside those devices. As a result, all iPhone 14 through iPhone 16 models sold in the U.S. have the same battery capacities as the equivalent models sold in other countries.

Starting with the iPhone 17 series, it appears that Apple will now include a larger battery in models without a SIM card tray, rather than filling the void with a plastic piece. This change helps to explain why it appears that the iPhone 17 Pro's battery capacity will increase in a meaningful way this year. The timing of this change coincides with expectations that Apple will eliminate the SIM card tray in more countries, with the iPhone 17 series likely to be eSIM-only in the EU and select other regions. iPhone 17 models sold in China will likely still have a SIM card tray or even two, due to local regulatory hurdles.

The lengthy iPhone 17 rumor cycle is finally drawing to a close. Stay tuned for in-depth coverage of Apple's event tomorrow, starting at 10 a.m. Pacific Time.

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Yes keep it plugged always
 
supergt said:
Is it weird that I don't care that much about battery life? The pro iPhones since the 13 have been more than adequate, and I am never that far from a charger. Would love to see the newer, higher-density battery tech implemented, but it's a want, not a need.
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For me, of all the things that could be improved battery would be easily at the top spot.
 
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DMG35 said:
Once again the "This chip is going to be so much more efficient on battery life argument" goes out the window as Apple straps a massive battery inside their phone again.
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Main battery consumption during the daily usage is coming from the display. There aren’t any magic new A chips that will lowering the consumption that much. For the displays there aren’t currently not these huge changes, so I don’t get this talk about a more efficient processor anymore.
 
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Longer battery life would be great… until it gets chewed up by all that AI and Liquid Glass eye candy.
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On my 15 Pro the battery life is a bit lower in the latest iOS 26 beta compared to iOS 18 before but it’s not that huge. Furthermore the phone gets two years old and the battery already has a lower capacity after this time.
 
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