I have the same mindset. I find I end up alternating max normal max normal max normal.
Maybe in some weird way, it is my justification for annual upgrades. If the size changes every year, I’ll feel like the phone is different.
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Skipping the iPhone 16 Pro? Here's What's Rumored for iPhone 17 Pro
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I have the same mindset. I find I end up alternating max normal max normal max normal.
Maybe in some weird way, it is my justification for annual upgrades. If the size changes every year, I’ll feel like the phone is different.
I‘m still thinking about upgrading or not upgrading.
My 11 Pro Max I bought 3 years ago works okay, just replaced the previous battery that was at 78% health.
Sure, there are definitely reasons to potentially upgrade… but apart from the occasional stutters with the screen, I don’t seem like I need to just yet. I’m hanging on the “if it isn’t broken, don't fix it“ mindset.
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I really think the 17 is going to be their best phone to date!
I really want the rumored Air, but only if it has the larger screen. That's why I'm going with the 16 Pro Max (6.9 display), because I don't think they'll launch the Air with the premium screen real estate. If they do - I'mma be bummed!!!
Why not both? And the unfolded screen is 10.2” inch, so more like a regular iPad, and at a resolution even higher than the 13” iPad Pro, but at the weight of a mini, and only 38% more volume than an iPhone Pro Max (as opposed to 59% for the iPad mini), while being narrower folded than a Pro Max.
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Based on rumors so far, the 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max will look nearly identical to the 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max. Unless Apple finally has some significant design change under their sleeves?
If you keep waiting for the next big thing then you'll never get a new phone.
Skipping the current offering based solely on rumors of next year’s phone that currently have no fact based foundation is illogical action, in my opinion.
I personally love my 15 PM and see little improvement of anything I want. We will have to see if 17 no beter I might go to 18 Pro line we will see what really drops next year
I think it’s likely the 17 “Air” will get ProMotion/120Hz, but with Tim you never know.
Are there any existing devices (from any manufacturer) that use this sensor yet? All I’m seeing in search results is a bunch of rumors that the 16 Pro would have it and it apparently does not.
What you replied with is very logical. More people need to take heed and stop with the ‘fear of missing out’ mindset.
When will Apple stop treating us like 2nd class citizens just because we do not get the largest phone?
That one camera could actually be a camera based on a patent Apple filed years ago for a single lens camera that does it all, except perhaps spatial videos.
Every year the technies complain about how little the iPhone has changed. Every year it sells like hot cakes. If I were Apple, I'd measure out improvements in milligrams. What are they gonna do, go to Android? Hahahaha
15 Pro, sounds like I’m waiting patiently for the 18 Pro.
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Will definitely be skipping and holding onto my 14 Pro. Shame that the Pro and Pro Max don’t get the same features, honestly, they both are “Pro”, but it seems the quotations are doing the heavy pulling here with Apple devices.
Same as the iPad “Pro” lol
Same as the iPad “Pro” lol
I agree with you. It's like Apple thinks everyone prefers the biggest iPhone while that is not true. I think there are many people that prefer a smaller iPhone because it's easier to use with one hand and it's also easier to put it in a normal size pocket. It reminds me of the iPhone 5 commercial
It would sting for many like it did in the past. I like to have the same parity of features in a smartphone regardless of the screen size.
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I want a phone with no Dynamic Island and no lumpy camera sticking out of the back.
Wouldn’t eliminating the 128GB 17 Pro accomplish that to some degree. You get 256GB at the same price like last year ($1,099). We seem to have an incomplete picture of this new iPhone 17 “Air” model. The single camera could actually be based on a patent Apple filed years ago which described a single lens camera that would combine the functionality of the current three lens camera system into one. Will the iPhone Pro models languish in design stagnation for several more years or could these rumors pointing towards a new model be actually referring to a iPhone Pro model redesign?
Based on rumors, we’re still a few years away from the elimination of the Dynamic Island.
