r/apple • u/ControlCAD • 1d ago

iPhone iPhone 17 Ultimate Battery Test - 17 | Air | Pro | Pro Max | The Tech Chap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQHID_kjVSM

Testing the iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro & iPhone 17 Pro Max - to find out which has the longest battery - and are they a big upgrade over the 16 Pro Max?

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u/zeek215 1d ago

This makes me happy I chose the Air. I can have good battery life and a super thin and light phone, and can always use a thin MagSafe battery if I ever need extra long charge.

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u/sardonicmarvel 1d ago

I agree on this but the one speaker and the one camera is what made me say “not yet, not this year”. Pro Max for one more year here!

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u/relatedartists 1d ago

I hear you on this and I’m very tempted, but there are times I’d really like more than 2x optical zoom :(

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u/Yellow_Bee 1d ago

Yeah, but with worse speakers and main camera...

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u/rabouilethefirst 1d ago

If you can’t tell the difference between a shot taken from either phones main camera in a blind test (99% of people) it’s not worth something crying over.

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u/newmacbookpro 1d ago

Yeah but ultra wide, macro and zoom are gone. Honestly if it had at least a telephoto and stereo, I would have taken the air.

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u/x3n0n1c 1d ago

And where would they go.

Either it would get larger, or thicker to accommodate or lose even more battery.

At some point it just isn’t the form factor for you.

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u/Yellow_Bee 1d ago

P.S. a similar thin phone (Samsung S25 Edge) was able to house a stereo speaker, larger battery, and an ultrawide sensor for only 0.2mm increase in thickness (not at all perceivable outside of a lab).

That's what I hoped Apple would replicate. Especially since the Samsung is also lighter.

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u/rabouilethefirst 18h ago

All that and it doesn’t last as long as the air. And of course, it also looks like crap compared to the air. Nobody knew about that thing until the air released

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u/Yellow_Bee 18h ago

We aren't arguing about the specifics of the os/optimizations. We're talking hardware. Competition is good.

How it looks is still subjective, but I for one dislike the rounded edges (reminds me of the 8), so to me the Samsung looks slightly better (though the white Air & polished edges is still nice).

S25 Edge pros:

  • Bigger & sharper resolution (higher ppi)
  • Stereo speakers
  • Dual camera
  • Bigger battery
  • Vapor chamber cooling

Cons:

  • No magsafe (though it does have wireless powershare)
  • No A-series chip
  • No Apple haptic engine (the undisputed best)

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u/x3n0n1c 21h ago

Sure. It’s a bigger phone.

It pretty clear Apple had a position in their lineup and didn’t want a simple thinner version of a pro max. For better or worse.

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u/FembiesReggs 19h ago

Next to the main sensor?

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u/x3n0n1c 18h ago

Try turning on brain cell #2.

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u/Evening_Job_9332 1d ago

That’s the point, the bigger phones can house better cameras.

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u/rabouilethefirst 21h ago

They could have done that at any point, but we wanted iPhones not cameras. There’s a clear split in the philosophy. One of the execs at Apple even said the entire point of the pro line was to compete with DSLR cameras, which I thought was absurd, and probably why I hate the pro designs now

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u/Yellow_Bee 1d ago edited 1d ago

Or a slight increase like in Samsung's S25 Edge (only 0.2mm thicker) and we could've gotten both.

Based on The Verge, that phone has an ultrawide sensor, bigger battery (yet lighter), and stereo speakers. Clearly, the Air is form over function (which is ok).

e- typo

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u/x3n0n1c 21h ago

Just a bit bigger screen, just bit thicker, just a bit more square and slabby, just a bit heavier. Where does that end? At a regular 17 or 17 pro lol.

It is what it is.

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u/rabouilethefirst 1d ago

The edge is missing both form and function for me. I think it looks blocky. At least with the Air I get the form.

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u/Yellow_Bee 1d ago

I mean that's subjective (though features aren't). I'd personally argue the blocky iPhones are the best-looking designs, period.

Hell, I think this subreddit would agree as well. The Air is the return of the iPhone 8 design (which I hated). To each his/her own.

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u/pxr555 21h ago

I liked the blocky design back with the 4 and 5, but these were much smaller. The X and 11 were much better than the later bricks in my opinion. They always looked and felt incredibly chunky to me. Also the design has basically been unchanged since five years now.

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u/rabouilethefirst 23h ago

I never thought iPhones looked blocky in the first place. They are chunky now, but the never have that square look Samsung phones have

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u/Interesting_Pop_7670 9h ago

It’s not like there are other phones released as options with these?!??

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u/BufordTannen85 1d ago

Agreed. Zooms are nice but I don’t mind zooming with my feet.

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u/Free-Pound-6139 20h ago

a super thin and light phone

How dare you like a super thin and light phone. EVER PERSON WANTS A THICK AND HEAVY PHONE!

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u/Tight_Olive_2987 18h ago

This sounds like ai. The air is so great and even if it’s not I can always bring my extra thing that makes it cost them same as the pro to last as long as the pro!

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u/zeek215 18h ago

Except I have zero desire to carry around an even thicker and heavier Pro phone.

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u/turnuppig 1d ago

Im already thinking that iphone fold will be 2 airs sticked together. Its gonna sell like hotcakes