iPhone 17e Thinking of making the switch

[Tune]

Ive not used an iphone since the 5c. I usually am pretty Samsung loyal, but during their last keynote, the latest "innovation" they had was higher prices and said "AI" so many times that if you took a shot everytime you would have blacked out during the show within the first 5 minutes.

Ive been seriously thinking of making the switch back to an iphone. I have tradionally been a "flagship" sort of guy, but if im being honest, phones have gotten pretty boring in the last 2-3 years to me. So ive been eyeing a 17e.

I guess my question is, for those of you who have the 17e or 16e, how is it? Ive tried to look up youtube reviews, but like every youtuber, unless its a flagship, they generally trash every product.

My other question is, how is ios these days? Any former switchers have anything tips on things/annoyances to look out for or that I will to adjust and get used to?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Slix]

I have an iPhone 16e, and I love it. Great battery life, it's fast, it has pretty much every feature I wanted in an iPhone when I got it last year. The 17e has a few more nice additions that the 16e left out. I'd say for most people the only major difference you'll notice is the lack of a second (or third) camera on the back. They have a 2x zoom which is handy, but no 0.5x zoom or anything higher. If that doesn't matter to you, I'd say the 16e or 17e would be a great purchase! I haven't updated to iOS 26, but from what I hear, 27 fixes a lot of things I was hesitant about from 26, so things seem to be looking up in that regard. If you haven't used iOS in 10+ years you would probably not notice the small things I was wary of, but there are some really nice software features that have come out in recent years too!

Best of luck deciding and welcome back to the iPhone club if you decide to make the jump back. 🙂

 

[eyoungren]

Ive not used an iphone since the 5c. I usually am pretty Samsung loyal, but during their last keynote, the latest "innovation" they had was higher prices and said "AI" so many times that if you took a shot everytime you would have blacked out during the show within the first 5 minutes.

Ive been seriously thinking of making the switch back to an iphone. I have tradionally been a "flagship" sort of guy, but if im being honest, phones have gotten pretty boring in the last 2-3 years to me. So ive been eyeing a 17e.

I guess my question is, for those of you who have the 17e or 16e, how is it? Ive tried to look up youtube reviews, but like every youtuber, unless its a flagship, they generally trash every product.

My other question is, how is ios these days? Any former switchers have anything tips on things/annoyances to look out for or that I will to adjust and get used to?

Thanks in advance.

I was on a Pixel for about 9 months in 2020. Mainly it was to see how Android had progressed since the last time I'd messed with it (around 2010 or so). It clarified for me that it's iOS I prefer, so I came back. It's just a smoother, consistent and more polished experience. Google is still trying to figure out how Android is going to work so things tend to change between major releases.

What enabled me to switch back and forth is the fact that the majority of my ecosystem services are Google (and others). These are all cross platform and thus allow me this freedom. There's a fallacy out there that says that when you switch to Apple you have to use Apple's services. I wanted to point out that this is untrue. You can use any of your Google services on iOS.

As to the model of iPhone you're looking at, I can't really help. I'm still using an 11 Pro Max.