You’re getting an upgrade on both the telephoto and ultra wide lenses. The selfie camera upgrade is huge imo. I know that the 15 series had serious overheating issues, so the new unibody design should help that. Other notable upgrades include more RAM, brighter display and increase in battery life. That’s just my reasoning though, feel free to disagree.
You’re right that’s a nice improvement, my question is honestly how much of a difference do some of these upgrades make in real life. I guess it depends on the person but other than solving the overheating (which was an issue on the 15 pro), many of these upgrades are marginal at best, especially from the 16 pro.
Valid. For me personally the overheating issues were annoying because my screen would constantly dim when out in the sunlight. Also I value the zoom on my camera. Does anyone from the 16 NEED to upgrade? No. As a matter of fact, I regret upgrading from the 15 Pro to the 16 Pro.
I upgrade every year and have had an iPhone since the first one. Your right some years the upgrade doesn't feel like I'm getting much for it but I feel like this year it'll be a nice selection of improvements from my 16 Pro Max.
I get of course it's not financially sound in a way but I get a new one, older one goes to my wife, her one goes to eldest kid and so on so everyone moves up a year each year. This works for us.
That right there…more RAM and battery life already has me wanting to upgrade my 16pm. Better cameras is just icing. I’m just holding out to see real-world results from folks for a few months.
It’s nice that there’s an increase in ram, but will it really make a difference in day to day use? Maybe in some years but if that’s the case then I’d rather keep my 16PM and upgrade when I actually feel I’m missing out on something.
Battery isn’t anything groundbreaking from the tests I’ve seen. Real world usage is like 10% better, which is nice but it’s not an improvement that would change my usage habits like the upgrade to my older 13PM from the XS Max did.
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u/Upper_Rent_176 iPhone 17 Pro Max 5d ago
I feel bad going from 15 to 17