The iPhone 17’s 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Unlimited chart.
The iPhone 17’s 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Unlimited chart.
The iPhone 17 Pro’s 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Unlimited chart.
The iPhone 17 Pro’s 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Unlimited chart.
The iPhone 17’s 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Unlimited chart.
The iPhone 17 Pro’s 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Unlimited chart.
The iPhone 15 Pro’s 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Unlimited chart.
The iPhone 15 Pro’s 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Unlimited chart.
And the iPhone Air’s 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Unlimited chart. Note that for the others, the numbers changed but the shape of the line did not. The more aggressive thermal throttling here affects performance disproportionately toward the end of the run. The iPhone 17 Pro doesn’t have this problem.
And the iPhone Air’s 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Unlimited chart. Note that for the others, the numbers changed but the shape of the line did not. The more aggressive thermal throttling here affects performance disproportionately toward the end of the run. The iPhone 17 Pro doesn’t have this problem.
The iPhone 15 Pro’s 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Unlimited chart.
And the iPhone Air’s 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Unlimited chart. Note that for the others, the numbers changed but the shape of the line did not. The more aggressive thermal throttling here affects performance disproportionately toward the end of the run. The iPhone 17 Pro doesn’t have this problem.
The CPU performance of the iPhone 17 Pro is also marginally better than this year’s other phones, but not by enough that it will be user-noticeable.
As for battery, Apple’s own product pages say it lasts for about 10 percent longer than the regular iPhone 17 and between 22 and 36 percent longer than the iPhone Air, depending on what you’re doing.
I found the iPhone Air’s battery life to be tolerable with a little bit of babying and well-timed use of the Low Power Mode feature, and the iPhone 17’s battery was good enough that I didn’t worry about making it through an 18-hour day. But the iPhone 17 Pro’s battery really is a noticeable step up.
One day, I forgot to plug it in overnight and awoke to a phone that still had a 30 percent charge, enough that I could make it through the morning school drop-off routine and plug it in when I got back home. Not only did I not have to think about the iPhone 17 Pro’s battery, but it’s good enough that even a battery with 85-ish percent capacity (where most of my iPhone batteries end up after two years of regular use) should still feel pretty comfortable. After the telephoto camera lens, it’s definitely the second-best thing about the iPhone 17 Pro, and the Pro Max should last for even longer.
Pros only
Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro.
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Andrew Cunningham
I’m taken with a lot of things about the iPhone 17 Pro, but the conclusion of our iPhone 17 review still holds: If you’re not tempted by the lightness of the iPhone Air, then the iPhone 17 is the one most people should get.
Even more than most Pro iPhones, the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max will make the most sense for people who actually use their phones professionally, whether that’s for product or event photography, content creation, or some other camera-centric field where extra flexibility and added shooting modes can make a real difference. The same goes for people who want a bigger screen, since there’s no iPhone 17 Plus.
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