The first reviews of the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max have arrived, and select YouTube channels and publications have already shared their insights on what the devices improve on and what caveats we can expect. The devices are slated to launch on Friday, and the reviews will give you an early look at what you should be looking forward to.
Reviews of the iPhone 17 Pro highlight aluminum unibody design, powerful A19 Pro chip, 48MP cameras, and battery gains
The iPhone 17 Pro models come with one of the biggest design changes the company has introduced in years, as it reverted back to an aluminum unibody design, ditching titanium after using it only for two generations. While it serves a purpose, the matte finish is more or less the same and would not impact the use case. Apart from the giant plateau that you will see on the back, the device also packs a part-aluminum, part-glass design, which allows the wireless charging feature to remain intact. To be fair, the design is quite practical.
The cameras have been worked on as well, with all three sensors sharing the same 48-megapixel count for improved image quality and better zooming abilities. The A19 Pro chip powering the device is possibly the fastest mobile processor on the market, delivering staggering single-core and multi-core performance gains. The chip’s efficiency also enhances the battery life conjoined with a bigger cell, which could easily allow the iPhone 17 Pro Max to last two days on casual usage. You can check out the reviews below for more details on the devices.
iPhone 17 Pro Battery Life – Tom’s Guide
I’m also seeing solid all-day battery life with my real world use. Most of my time on the phone has been spent surfing the web, taking tons of photos with all its cameras, watching videos on YouTube, and getting in a few sessions with Diablo Immortal and Age of Origins throughout my day. I’ve made a point to not top off its battery during the day, only to find it at about 20% battery life by the end of the night.
I thought I’d notice the difference between 4x and 5x, but unless I had the phones side-by-side, I was unaware. The 17 Pro Max’s telephoto images are brighter and have better details and resolution than ones from the 16 Pro, which is likely the result of the larger sensor.
And similar to the wizardry Apple uses to make 2x photos look good, the telephoto camera is able to achieve 8x images. Telephoto images at 4x taken under good lighting (like a nice sunny day) can stand toe-to-toe with images from the main camera. But when I took telephoto images in less than ideal lighting, the 4x images held up OK, whereas the 8x images had more noise and softness.
I played one of the most demanding games on the iPhone right now—Assassin’s Creed Mirage—and performance was significantly smoother than when I played it on the iPhone 16 Pro last year. The iPhone 17 Pro still got hot, but the heat was spread out over the entire back of the phone, so it didn’t feel as uncomfortable to hold while gaming (unlike the iPhone 17 and Air). I maxed out the graphical settings, and the frames per second were noticeably more stable, and I rarely saw stutters at all.
A19 Pro Performance – Engadget
I do want to commend Apple for the improved performance in Image Playground and Genmoji. It used to take ages for AI-generated pictures or emoji to appear (especially those based on a picture of someone in my photo album), but on the iPhone 17 Pro I was able to get several options in succession before things slowed down. Pictures where I opted to use ChatGPT’s more realistic styles took a lot longer, but by and large I saw a marked improvement in speed here. Those neural accelerators in the A19 Pro’s six-core GPU are certainly pulling their weight.
Video Reviews
You can also check the video reviews below for an in-depth look at the devices and how they perform in everyday life.
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