iPhone 17 Pro Why do YOU buy a iPhone pro?

[eoblaed]

It’s not just an extra camera lens.

It’s the entire camera system, superior to the other models, which, to me, is of great value. It’s faster CPU, faster GPU, faster Neural Engine, often more RAM, better battery life. It’s an enhanced set of capabilities all across the board.

For me, for a device I use so frequently, those enhancements are absolutely worth getting the Pro model.

 

[DarthBradicus]

It’s all about the camera for me. I get the smallest phone with the best cameras, so I get the Pro, except the 12 and 15 when the Max had a better camera.

I’d love the Air, and I could maybe live without ultra-wide, although I do use it. But I don’t wanna go without the telephoto. I wouldn’t mind the battery life; it’s pretty close to the 16 Pro. I might miss the stereo speaker, don’t mind one less graphics core, and while I’m rarely in an area where it exists, I’d still like to have mmWave for the few times I am.

If they ever figure out a way to squeeze a telephoto in the Air, it’ll be a lot harder to decide.

 

[leebroath]

It’s not just an extra camera lens.

It’s the entire camera system, superior to the other models, which, to me, is of great value. It’s faster CPU, faster GPU, faster Neural Engine, often more RAM, better battery life. It’s an enhanced set of capabilities all across the board.

For me, for a device I use so frequently, those enhancements are absolutely worth getting the Pro model.

Geekbench has 12gb RAM for the Pro and Pro Max

 

[LacrosseChic]

For me it is battery. I have the base 15 now and its fine batterywise but I feel like I always have to have a charger handy in case. I also miss the camera - especially the macro from my 14 pro max.

With all that said I am not buying this with my own money, my company buys them for all their employees. So if I was buying myself I would have kept the 15 at least another year, or possibly upgraded to the base 17. The pro max would have been too expensive for me personally.

 

[armandxp]

I received $1100 in trade in value for my old phone, makes the choice easy for me. Also, I want the best of the best of the best, sir. LOL

 

[Lab1]

Cameras basically, All year I've been really wanting the Air but when it came down to it I'd have missed the wide and telephoto lenses so Pro Max it was.

Same. I even had an Air all set up for preorder. But I realized I didn’t want to give up the cameras of the pro. I use the telephoto lens a lot and would miss it. I like the new look and colors of the pro anyway.

 

[Recon73]

Larger screen and battery life.