iPhone 17

[...] Used it to capture photos on a trek and now my sister uses it regularly to make Instagram content. [...]

And I've already got my case shows out the same case I use on all my iPhones because it's got 15 ft drop protection on it and I know it works because I dropped my phone on my tile floor over the years and not a scratch on it after 2 years

[...] I'm loving my iPhone 17 in Black. [...]

my first iPhone was the original SE (which was essentially iPhone 4 expanded to 16:9 screen) and I'd say it was the perfect size of a phone, the reason why I opted for a larger screen even though my hands are kinda small for a man is that website and application design has completely shifted towards those large screens and small screens are unusable (and for me this has been true since 2019 when I switched to a larger screen) it is kinda annoying, but apparently the consensus of modern design includes both lots of useless horizontal margins (lots of them just for the sake of visible rounded corners) and lots of vertical space taken by ads (iPhone 17 is actually 19.5:9, not 16:9, so ads take less vertical space on such a screen)... and after a few months of using a larger screen I learned how to use it with one hand so it is possible - I rest my phone on 4 fingers and use thumb to interact, I only use two hands when typing (well two thumbs, but whatever)... [...]

I used to think I preferred a smaller phone until I upgrade from an SE3 to an iPhone 17. It’s not even that much bigger, less than the screen size suggests because of the end-to-end screen and taller aspect ratio. And that extra screen area is extremely useful. [...]

The smaller screen sizes doesn't seem to be something that anyone really tests for anymore. If I have to lookup something on my phone it's pretty often that I just give up in anger. Websites will have a header, and maybe a footer or some sticky element and even on the iPhone SE2/3 the result is having maybe 25% of the screen for actual text/content. In the review the author write: The iPhone Air is the perfect solution to this, its screen size sits right in the middle of the normal Pro and Pro Max sized phones That's probably true for them, and a lot of other people, but I'd argue that it's WAY to large. [...] It's also larger than the iPhone 17, but lighter and thinner. [...] To some extend I get the larger screen, because it's just because it's not made for me. I don't use my phone for much other than calls and a few apps, but for a ton of people it's their only computing device, so a slightly larger screen makes a difference. I just wish that Apple would also make a device for people who just needs their smartphone or the occasional parking app and mobile payments, but who doesn't care about the browser, video and to some extend the camera.

[...] In my work I get frustrated that our own software is difficult to use and buggy. [...] I also read about how other technologists buy new iPhones and throttle them so they won't doomscroll. [...] That is for the peons without self-control or throttled iPhone 17.

I made the mistake of switching to an iPhone 17 from an S24. [...] Chrome sometimes when opened, opens up the address bar and there is no close button, I need to navigate away from the page I was on, or refresh. [...] The biggest annoyance would be the back button or rather the lack of it. [...] It could be a left swipe in some apps, a back button on top left, a tick box on top right. [...] We zoom through multiple apps and get things done. [...] Back button was only an annoyance when I either used non-apple apps or do things fast. [...]

[...] I first noticed this with the iPhone 16 - in an Apple Store, if you took a picture of the product card sitting on the other side of the table at a specific distance, it would turn into complete hierogyiph-looking gibberish. [...] I went back when the iPhone 17 was released and got the exact same result. [...] It seems to help with clarity on small letters and the kind of background text you'll usually find in city pictures, which is what most people care about - but I find the results very poor, especially, as the author mentions, compared to older phones.

[...] As a counterpoint (not sure if this was t-mobile, apple, or both), I just upgraded from an iPhone 11 with physical sim, to iPhone 17 with esim. [...] It sounds like t-mobile support has gone downhill. [...]

[...] Sometimes it works with the front camera on one smartphone but doesn’t with another (iPhone 17’s distortion), sometimes it recognizes your face on one day, but desperately fails to recognize you on another. [...] Anything their system flags as suspicious, anything, will trigger the same video identification flow again, which effectively blocks your money in the account. [...] Simply because it’s way too easy to lose access to my money in the account with them. [...]

[...] The camera on a phone, for me, is a nice to have in the moment, I'm not a photographer and I have never felt the need to have such an incredible camera at my disposal (except that my eyes are failing so using the zoom to see the distance has been nice... [...] :( Bear in mind, I still have an iPhone 17 for work, and a 15 Pro for home... [...]

I love my iPhone 17. This version of iPhone was the best since for the base model you got 256 GB of storage same screen quality as a pro iPhone along with the same chipset as the pro iPhone. [...] I don't mind the smaller battery since it takes about 20 minutes to go from 0% to 50%. [...]

[...] This year, I broke my habit of always buying black and got the base iPhone 17 in white. [...] Nowadays, annual upgrades barely show any difference anyway—you really need to wait two or three years to get your money's worth.

[...] Don’t know how worth it will be for $900 now that Apple inflated the price but if you can find a good deal like I did through an Apple certified reseller for €700 just go and get it! I recommend this phone a lot because it is the first iPhone that I can say feels just like a pro iPhone without a 3rd camera. [...]

I’ve been using a dbrand case on my iPhone 13 Pro Max since I got it and there hasn’t been a single crack on the screen or back and no scuffs. And I’ve accidentally dropped my phone from a 3 story building, been throwing it around, dropped it from waist height, and dropped it on all four corners. I usually roll my eyes when youtubers push sponsored stuff but this is actually a really good case.

I’m experiencing an issue with my iPhone 17. The edges of the screen sometimes don’t register touch at all, so I have to try several times before it works. [...] The touchscreen is also very slow. Sometimes, it feels like it registers my touch several seconds later, which gives the whole phone a really buggy and laggy feeling. [...] Before this, I had an iPhone 14 Pro Max, and it was a thousand times smoother and more responsive than my iPhone 17.

I only got this phone because my father wanted to gift it to me and honestly this is the best phone i have, as i am not too much of a photo clicker i bought this because it great and and with pro model zoom ability is the only thing you will sacrifice on, that is how much good they made this years base model my friend has pro model so i just airdrop photos of which they have better zoom so, if you don't mind that extra zoom go for this that's only difference with the base model and pro or just wait iphone 18 to come out

[...] The battery obviously scared me at first but I’m noticing absolutely no negative repercussions. If you’re not a Linus who uses the phone professionally but are happy with Youtubing and gaming, the battery is great. [...] I miss my pro cameras. [...]

[...] Ideally I think a reasonable price for a phone, for my use case, is around $200 (incl. [...] Right now I'm using a 2nd generation iPhone SE, it solves the same problems that my iPhone 6 did and I don't see how an iPhone 17 would make parking, mobile payments or charging my car any easier. People keep talking about how good the cameras have become, yet they don't even bother switching to portrait mode when taking pictures of people close up. When we're out my photos are often then ones people ask for and use, because I actually spend a few minutes on it, yet my phone have the shittier camera!

because apparently what we have to offer is worth spending a ton of cycles to calculate the Anubis challenge. [...] I noticed the other day that lists.ffmpeg.org had moved to Anubis difficulty level 6, which takes 180sec for my iPhone 17 to solve at 100KH/s, making the site unusable. [...] Here's a sample prompt that ought to one-shot the task: Build an iOS Safari Web Extension that accelerates Anubis proof-of-work using a native C ARM64 SHA-256 kernel. [...]

Is this the new dictation engine that I'm not allowed to run on my 1-YEAR-OLD IPHONE 17 because it's not Pro?

[...] Source: happened a few months ago with the promo on my newish iphone 17 when I thought I'd try appletv out to watch pluribus.

Had mine for almost 12 months now, best iPhone hands-down. Don't see myself getting another phone for at least 4 years.

I bought an iPhone 17+ last year. [...]

Been watching you for a while now Carter bro, as we both hold onto our iPhone 11s for so long and we both upgraded last year to the 17. I got mine in lavender and after a year the phone is still kicking ass. I love my 17 it is the best purchase I have made from Apple!

I got my iphone 17 in mist blue color almost 9 months ago and I love it. Battery life is very good and camera is great. Don't have any real problems with it.

I got the 17 a year ago as well and I gotta say it's really good but yes if it had touchid it would be the perfect phone no doubt .. aaaaahhh I miss touchid so much

Bro im honestly confused on why your not showing your battery health you were legit in the battery setting and didn’t even check it you had the phone for nearly a year and you didn’t think the audience would wanna see that im surprised there’s no comments about this🤣

[...] I think I know more people with 4-6 year old iPhones than with an iPhone 17. Apple stores will replace the battery for you for a very reasonable fee and the phone will carry on for many years more. This is a common thing to do and you can find battery replacement services for popular Android phones too.

[...] I tried the iPhone 17 for two weeks, came running back to the Mini. [...]

I think they made iOS run slower for 60Hz devices. Like 2-3 version ago they changed all the animations and it makes it unbearable to use my iPHone 17 on 60Hz when I used to prefer running my old Samsungs on 60Hz several years ago.

[...] But I have big hands, and I can't use my iphone 17 now without two hands. [...]

[...] But I have big hands, and I can't use my iphone 17 now without two hands. [...] If they would take modern display technology with approximately that width and expand it to 16:9, I think it would kill, even if it were relatively underpowered compared to the modern top of the line.

[...] But I have big hands, and I can't use my iphone 17 now without two hands. [...] If they would take modern display technology with approximately that width and expand it to 16:9, I think it would kill, even if it were relatively underpowered compared to the modern top of the line.

[...] I'll keep my phone for as long as possible and not feel the need to upgrade. I personally don't care if Siri is the worst LLM of the big players, as long as it can answer my basic questions and search my texts, I'm happy. [...] As for dictation, they say the new dictation is much better, requiring an iPhone 17. [...]

When IMEI is blocked (for not paying the tax) SIM will not work. Let's say I have Iphone 17, it would have to 70% tax of its value to get sim working.

Ran at 15-16 fps on my iPhone 17 air, horizontally (2211x1245) , for about a minute until my phone got ridiculously hot and thermal throttled down to 10-12fps.

Thank you so much for this link :-) I'm studying old operating systems, because it's very interesting how we've been so productive with less screen pixels than we have today. It's basically mind blowing that 800x600 pixels have been a long time enough to get work done. Currently I'm typing this on an iPhone 17 with a larger screen and after all the years there is nothing like a good charting, dashboarding or spreadsheet on it.

[...] It’s usable but definitely slower than iOS 18. My iPhone 17 visibly struggles with basic browser UI rendering. [...] Here’s hoping they improve performance in 27.

[...] When I bought my iPhone 17 the sales associate even tried to pitch signing up for the trial in person as he guided me through the purchase process. [...]

Disappointing to see 128 GB base storage. I thought they were done with that after all the iPhone 17 models got the bump to 256 GB.

[...] Another banking app has failed to identify me a couple of times (I attribute it to iPhone 17’s front camera distortion) and fell back to the snail mail id code as a 2nd factor. [...]

[...] that is my phone twin!! she is up in the sky appreciating her cool iphone 17!!! [...]

[...] I finally upgraded my phone to an iPhone 17, traded in my 11 and watch, only had to pay like $300 for it. [...]

I just got my 17 mist blue upgrading from the 11. I haven’t even touch the surface of what this phone can do and i love it i hold it with such delicacy lol

I'm using the 17 Pro but since the normal iPhone 17 dropped, Im really looking forward to the new iPhone 18 regular.

4:57 Dude, I definitely am with you on pro-camera control button, same as you I don't use the capacitive touch stuff but I do enjoy a quick access button for the camera (I'm not a content creator)

I bought my IPhone 17 in black just before you did. The phone is superb and the colour will never get boring. Hopefully it will last at least 6 years so I get my monies worth.

[...] The 13 mini would suffice as my daily driver, but I like the larger screen of the 17 for my work related tasks. No upgrade for me until the battery drops below 80%.