{"id":49210,"date":"2025-09-09T15:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=49210"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T20:38:24","slug":"iphone-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/09\/iphone-17\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2025\/09\/apple-debuts-iphone-17\/\">Apple<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H3KnMyojEQU\">video<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=45186091\">Hacker News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/09\/09\/apple-announces-iphone-17\/\">MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2025\/09\/apple-debuts-iphone-17\/\">\n<p>Apple today announced iPhone 17, featuring the new Center Stage front camera that takes selfies to the next level; a powerful 48MP Fusion Main camera with an optical-quality 2x Telephoto; and a new 48MP Fusion Ultra Wide camera that captures expansive scenes and macro photography in more detail. The 6.3-inch Super Retina XDR display with ProMotion is bigger and brighter, enabling supersmooth scrolling, immersive gaming, and improved efficiency. And with the new Ceramic Shield 2, the front cover is tougher than any smartphone glass or glass-ceramic, with 3x better scratch resistance than the previous generation and reduced glare. It is all powered by the latest-generation A19 chip for higher performance and longevity.<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 17 will now be available starting with 256GB of storage &mdash; double the entry storage from the previous generation &mdash; and a 512GB option, in five beautiful colors: black, lavender, mist blue, sage, and white.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 17 introduces N1, a new Apple-designed wireless networking chip that enables Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>It looks like they&rsquo;re getting rid of the Plus.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/09\/iphone-17-pro-and-iphone-17-pro-max\/\">iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/09\/iphone-air\/\">iPhone Air<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/10\/ipados-26-announced\/\">iPadOS 26 Announced<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/09\/iphone-16-and-iphone-16-plus\/\">iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"iphone-17-update-2025-09-10\">Update (<a href=\"#iphone-17-update-2025-09-10\">2025-09-10<\/a>): See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=45186023\">Hacker News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"iphone-17-update-2025-10-08\">Update (<a href=\"#iphone-17-update-2025-10-08\">2025-10-08<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/09\/17\/apple-iphone-17-camera-glitch-fix\/\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/09\/17\/apple-iphone-17-camera-glitch-fix\/\"><p>Apple is planning to release a fix for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-air\/\">iPhone Air<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-17-pro\/\">iPhone 17 Pro<\/a> camera bug that causes black boxes to appear in photos. <em>CNN Underscored<\/em>&rsquo;s Henry Casey discovered the issue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/cnn-underscored\/reviews\/iphone-air\">in an iPhone Air review<\/a> when snapping photos at a concert.<\/p><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dflieb\/status\/1969439845564235969\">David Lieb<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dflieb\/status\/1969439845564235969\"><p>Got my new iPhone yesterday!<\/p><p>Spent the entire evening trying to log in to nearly every single app again. <\/p><p>My annual reminder that no team ever actually cares about the onboarding experience, since they rarely have to do it themselves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/09\/review-apples-injects-just-the-right-amount-of-pro-into-the-regular-iphone-17\/\">Andrew Cunningham<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/09\/review-apples-injects-just-the-right-amount-of-pro-into-the-regular-iphone-17\/\"><p>This year, ProMotion finally comes to the regular-old iPhone 17, years after midrange and even lower-end Android phones made the swap to 90 or 120 Hz display panels. And it sounds like a small thing, but the screen upgrade&mdash;together with a doubling of base storage from 128GB to 256GB&mdash;makes the gap between this year&rsquo;s iPhone and iPhone Pro feel narrower than it&rsquo;s been in a long time. If you jumped on the Pro train a few years back and don&rsquo;t want to spend that much again, this might be a good year to switch back. If you&rsquo;ve ever been tempted by the Pro but never made the upgrade, you can continue not doing that and miss out on relatively little.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/13\/iphone-17-pro-fast-charging-psa\/\">Michael Burkhardt<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/13\/iphone-17-pro-fast-charging-psa\/\"><p>With the iPhone 17, Apple announced that they&rsquo;ll be capable of charging even faster than previous iPhone models: up to 50% in just 20 minutes. <\/p><p>In its tech specs for the iPhone 17 models, Apple says: <\/p><ul><li>Up to 50% charge in 20 minutes with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/shop\/product\/MGKN4AM\/A\/40w-dynamic-power-adapter-with-60w-max\">40W adapter<\/a> or higher (available separately) paired with USB&#x2011;C charging cable<\/li><li>Up to 50% charge in 30 minutes with 30W adapter or higher paired with MagSafe Charger (both available separately)<\/li><\/ul><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/review\/iphone-17-reviews-choosing-the-standard-iphone-no-longer-means-missing-out\/\">Tim Hardwick<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/review\/iphone-17-reviews-choosing-the-standard-iphone-no-longer-means-missing-out\/\">\n<p>The first set of reviews are out for the new 6.3-inch base iPhone 17 model ahead of the full  iPhone 17  lineup launching on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/pc-components\/cpus\/apples-a19-becomes-the-fastest-single-core-cpu-in-the-world-on-passmark-beating-pc-chips-and-apples-own-m3-ultra-passively-cooled-iphone-17-chip-catapults-past-power-hungry-competitors\">Hassam Nasir<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=45398802\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/pc-components\/cpus\/apples-a19-becomes-the-fastest-single-core-cpu-in-the-world-on-passmark-beating-pc-chips-and-apples-own-m3-ultra-passively-cooled-iphone-17-chip-catapults-past-power-hungry-competitors\"><p>In PassMark&rsquo;s single-threaded benchmark, the A19 produced <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PassMarkInc\/status\/1971365505710817321\">the best numbers of any chip<\/a> available, including fully-fledged desktop SKUs. It did that while consuming significantly less power and being passively cooled. At least in this hyper-specific case, Apple&rsquo;s A19 has become the fastest CPU available.<\/p><div><\/div><p>Both the A19 and A19 Pro benchmarked within the margin of error of each other; however, officially, it was the regular A19 that posted 5,149 points to claim the single-thread performance crown.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p id=\"iphone-17-update-2025-12-15\">Update (<a href=\"#iphone-17-update-2025-12-15\">2025-12-15<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/12\/03\/iphone-17-makes-standard-screen-protectors-not-so-useful\/\">Ryan Christoffel<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/12\/03\/iphone-17-makes-standard-screen-protectors-not-so-useful\/\">\n<p>In theory, Ceramic Shield 2 should give iPhone 17 users more confidence in going without a screen protector.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>But a study <a href=\"https:\/\/astropad.com\/blog\/iphone-17-fresh-coat-reflection-data\/\">published today by Astropad<\/a> offers another reason to skip standard screen protectors.<\/p>\n<p>Per the company&rsquo;s testing, the iPhone 17&rsquo;s new anti-reflective upgrades are completely lost&mdash;and then some&mdash;with the average screen protector.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple (video, Hacker News, MacRumors): Apple today announced iPhone 17, featuring the new Center Stage front camera that takes selfies to the next level; a powerful 48MP Fusion Main camera with an optical-quality 2x Telephoto; and a new 48MP Fusion Ultra Wide camera that captures expansive scenes and macro photography in more detail. 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