Every year the same: the identical meme of the man who receives as a gift the same shirt he has labeled the iPhone on duty. Every September, during the presentation, we see Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, affirming with resounding conviction that this (the corresponding number) is the most advanced iPhone to date.
This statement, that to be fair form Part of the speech of each new smartphone model that is launched to the market, it is a truth of perogrulo: launching a worse model that the previous one would not be logical, or profitable. Thus, the statement that “this is the most advanced X model” is equivalent to saying, in a football match “if it had entered was a goal”: an obvious.
That said, How advanced is the iPhone 17 with respect to 16? We go with the specifications. He carries the microchip A19 instead of the A18, logical, although it is not a huge jump: both are very powerful and most users will not notice. Its screen is half a large centimeter. Literally: 6.3 inches instead of 6.1. The frequency of screen update (soda rate) has doubled and reaches 120 Hz.
As for cameras, lAt ultra wide angle passes from 12 to 48 megapixels, the front reaches 18 MPfrom 12, while the main one remains at 48 MP.
Finally, we have the battery that has increased less than 5%: 3561 mAh at 3692 mAh. Fast charging, 40 W, allows you to reach 50% in 30 minutes, which means that you will need almost an hour and a half to complete the load.
The price of iPhone 16 is € 859, while iPhone 17 costs 100 euros plus. If money is not an obstacle, it compensates for the iPhone 17 … in the comparison it. Because for that price, I would stay with the iPhone 15 Pro Max, no doubt.
The final question is what happens to Apple, which is examined in detail its evolution year after year, when the rest of the manufacturers do not always advance much more. The answer has to do with Apple’s ideology: if they are advertised as the most advanced, the best, the safest … it is logical that many question this. And if For more than a five years it has been shown that the advances do not correspond to the statementsmore firewood for the bonfire.