Apple launched the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max on Tuesday, using a new design and an upgraded camera system.
The device comes with a new A19 Pro chipset and has a larger battery, Apple said. Furthermore, we noted that the ESIM-only model has a slightly larger battery compared to the Pro model with a physical SIM.
The new Pro Phone comes with an aluminum unibody instead of the titanium used in the previous year’s iPhone.
The company said it has designed a new steam chamber thermal system along with the new unibody. Apple has added Ceramic Shield 2 protection on the front and previous generation ceramic shields on the back.
The company has upgraded its telephoto cameras from a 12-megapixel sensor to a 48-megapixel sensor. The sensor changes allow users to get an 8x optical zoom. It is one of the highest optical zoom capacity on the market, and the Vivo X200 offers 8.7x optical zoom with a Periscope kit.
Apple offers 40x digital zoom. This is less than 100 times that Google or Samsung offers, but it’s not clear whether Apple uses AI to play digitally like those companies.
All of these have a new rectangular camera bar covering the entire width of the back of the iPhone, and Apple chose to call it “Plateau.”
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The selfie camera has been upgraded from 12 megapixel to an 18 megapixel sensor. Apple can also allow video recording simultaneously from both the front and rear cameras.
The iPhone 17 Pro starts at $1,099, while the iPhone 17 Pro Max starts at $1,199. These devices are available for pre-order on Friday and will be available on September 19th. Both models now start with 256GB of base storage, and the company also offers a 2TB model of the 17 Pro Max.
