The iPhone Air may have stolen the show with its thinness in Apple’s Big event today, iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max may have the best features, but also have the iPhone 17. It also made its official start, and it is actually a very impressive upgradation.
It comes with a large and bright 6.3-inch super retina XDR screen, which for the first time in a non-pro iPhone, a promotional-acadeeptive refrese rate of up to 120Hz. Thanks to this, you also get always a display, showing time, widget and live activities at a glance, because the refresh rate can go down to 1Hz when the display is not used.
Apple’s ceramic shield at the top of the screen is 2, with a new apple-designed coating is three times better for scratch resistance and has improved anti-reflection to reduce the dazzle. Peak brightness is 3,000 nits, the highest on the iPhone, and you also get two times better outdoor contrast with iPhone 16.
Powering the iPhone 17 is Apple’s new A19 chip, which is made on the 3Nm process. According to Apple, its six-core CPU is 1.5x faster than the A15 Bionic in the iPhone 13, and the A15 Bionic has a five-core GPU more than double. If you are wondering why Apple is comparing the performance of a four -year -old iPhone, it is most likely because its purpose is to switch to iPhone 13 owners to the iPhone 17.
Of course, the iPhone 17 has a better nervous engine and supports Apple Intellation, and also has an updated display engine and ISP. Apple says that you can get a video playback for 30 hours on a charge, and the iPhone 17 in 20 minutes with an alternative “high-wattage USB-C power adapter with 60W Max with new 40W Dynamic Power Adapters such as Apple’s new 40W Dynamic Power Adapter”.
The iPhone 17 also has the Apple N1 chip, including Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and thread support. The N1 is also asked to improve the overall performance and reliability of features such as “individual hotspots and aircraft”. In Bahrain, Canada, Guam, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, US and US Virgin Islands, iPhone 17 will be available with ESIM only.
The device has two 48 MP rear cameras for the first time in a non-pro iPhone. You get 48 MP main camera and 48 MP ultravide with macro capabilities, while the main snapper captures the defective 2x optical zoom shots. With photographic styles, you can adapt your photos by adjusting color, highlights, and shadows in real time “with better understanding of skin tones”, and iOS 26 has a new bright style that will brighten the skin tone and “apply a pop of vibration in the image”.
The iPhone 17 now starts with 256GB storage for $ 799 in the US. It is introduced in lavender, haze blue, sage, white and black. It will be on 12 September for pre-order in 63 countries and regions, and will be released on 19 September. It will be available in 22 other countries and regions on 22 September.
