The iPhone 17 is a screaming deal

Apple made a batch of sound astir its super-slim iPhone Air and super-citrusy iPhone 17 Pro this week, but the institution gave the basal iPhone 17 immoderate major updates that marque it an perfectly screaming woody — and each without raising its $799 starting price.

Let’s commencement with the iPhone 17’s display, which is present bigger and has a higher refresh complaint with a load of features that person been exclusive to the iPhone Pro for years. 

Here’s a speedy rundown: Apple has bumped the iPhone 17’s surface size up to 6.3 inches and, connected insubstantial astatine least, it’s the aforesaid surface you’ll find connected the iPhone 17 Pro. The surface finally has Apple’s ProMotion tech, meaning it has an adaptive refresh complaint of up to 120Hz, which makes scrolling and games smoother. It besides has an always-on show with a max surface brightness outdoors of 3000 nits — adjacent brighter than past year’s iPhone 16 Pro. Finally, the institution promises the surface has “3x amended scratch resistance” acknowledgment to the caller Ceramic Shield 2 that has a “new Apple-designed coating.” 

The iPhone 17 besides offers Apple’s caller 18MP Center Stage beforehand camera that’s disposable connected each of its latest phones, which tin seizure horizontal selfies without making you crook your telephone sideways. The beforehand camera tin dynamically grow the tract of presumption if you person a batch of radical successful the shot.

And Apple is doubling the basal retention connected the iPhone 17 from 128GB to 256GB — the aforesaid starting constituent for Apple’s different caller phones — giving you a batch much country for storing photos, videos, and apps. It has the caller N1 wireless networking spot with Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread, conscionable similar the different phones. It has improved artillery life, too; Apple touts 30 hours of video playback, up from 27 connected the iPhone 16 Pro.

The iPhone 17 is missing a fewer bells and whistles you’ll get connected the iPhone 17 Pro. There’s nary Ceramic Shield connected the back; it has an A19 spot alternatively of the A19 Pro chip, 3 less hours of video streaming artillery beingness compared to the 17 Pro, and determination isn’t a 1TB retention option. It’s missing the dedicated telephoto camera you’ll find connected the Pro, too.

For the immense bulk of people, and fixed however akin the specs are betwixt the iPhone 17 and the iPhone 17 Pro, the basal enactment volition beryllium a fantastic prime for a overmuch little price. And adjacent though there’s nary orange iPhone 17, astatine slightest Apple offers it successful black.