Image: Apple Apple has announced its latest lineup of smartphones, the iPhone 17 and 17 Pro. It features two cameras, including an upgraded ultra-wide model, and retains the Camera Control button from the previous generation.
iPhone 17 Pro
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The company says it designed the iPhone 17 Pro "from scratch. " It now features an aluminium frame, rather than a titanium one.
While the main and ultra wide cameras appear to have been untouched, the telephoto camera has gotten an upgrade, making it so all three rear cameras are now 48MP. Previously, the telephoto camera was only 12MP. Perhaps more importantly, the sensor has around 56% more area as well: it's now 23. 5mm
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The larger sensor comes at the cost of a little less reach; the iPhone 16 Pro's telephoto camera was a "5x" 120mm equiv. , while the 17 Pro's is a 4x 100mm equiv. model. However, the company uses the extra resolution to provide an 8x mode, taken from a center crop of the telephoto camera's sensor, similar to the 2x mode for the main camera.
iPhone 17 Pro / Pro Max
Focal length
Pixel count
Sensor size
f/number
Crop factor
Main (24mm equiv. )
48MP
Type 1/1. 28 (71. 5mm
F1. 78
~3. 5x
Ultra wide (13mm equiv)
48MP
Type 1/2. 55 (23. 5mm
F2. 2
~6. 2x
Telephoto (100mm equiv)
48MP
Type 1/2. 55 (23. 5mm
F2. 8
~6. 2x
The new front-facing camera lets you take landscape selfies without having to turn your phone.
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The phone also gets a new F1. 9 "Center Stage" selfie camera, which Apple says is twice as large as the previous model. While the company is a bit cagey on details, the iPhone 16 had a Type 1/3. 6 sensor, which was around 12mmero 11 Black.
On the video side, the iPhone 17 Pro can now record in ProRes Raw, which Apple says will provide even more room to edit your footage in post. You can't shoot with the codec in the standard camera app, but it's available in the Final Cut Camera and BlackMagic Camera app. Apple has also worked with BlackMagic to create a dock for the phone, which adds Genlock support.
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The phone is powered by the A19 Pro SOC, which Apple says is now attached to a newly-designed vapor chamber, designed to keep the chip performing well without making the phone uncomfortably hot to hold. It moves heat away from the back of the phone and spreads it out across the aluminum frame.
Under that heatsink, the A19 Pro features 16 GPU cores, and the company says it should provide up to 40% better performance than the processor found in the iPhone 16 Pro. It features what Apple says is the "biggest battery in any iPhone," which can power up to 33 hours of video playback on the regular-sized model, and 39 hours on the Pro Max.
The 17 Pro will start at $1099 with 256GB of storage. That's a de facto $100 bump in price compared to the base 16 Pro, which came with 128GB of storage, though it's less than the 256GB iPhone 16 Pro. The Pro Max starts at $1199 for a 256GB model, and is available with up to 2TB of storage.
iPhone 17
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The iPhone 17's camera setup has been improved, with the ultra-wide camera being upgraded to use a 48MP sensor, rather than a 12MP one. The phone will also now default to 24MP output files, rather than 12MP ones. It also gets the upgraded Center Stage selfie camera found in the Pro.
iPhone 17
Focal length
Pixel count
Sensor size
f/number
Crop factor
Main (26mm equiv. )
48MP
Type 1/1. 56 (48mm
F1. 6
~4. 3x
Ultra wide (13mm equiv)
48MP
Type 1/2. 55 (23. 5mm
F2. 2
~6. 2x
The phone's main camera appears to be the same 48MP model used by its predecessor, with the ability to crop in to the center region for a 2x zoom.
The display is bigger, but there's no longer a larger option.
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The iPhone 17 has a 6. 3" display (compared to the 16's 6. 1" model) with a 3000 nit peak brightness and "ProMotion," meaning it can run at 120Hz, rather than 60. It uses an adaptive refresh rate, so it doesn't spend a ton of power refreshing the screen while nothing's happening. The company has done away with the "Plus" model, which featured a 6. 7" display.
The 17 comes with a new processor, the A19, which Apple says is substantially more power efficient than the A18. It starts with 256GB of storage, double what the iPhone 16 started with. The phone starts at $799, the same as its predecessor.
Apple also announced the iPhone 17 Air, a thinner and lighter model than its more typical offerings. You can check out our story about it here.
. dpreview.com2025-9-10 20:33
