Apple Iphone 17 Pro Vs. Iphone 16 Pro: I Compared Both Models, And Here Are The Differences

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Apple's long-awaited iPhone 17 lineup is here, and arsenic speculated, it replaces nan Plus exemplary pinch an iPhone 17 Air. However, nan attraction remains connected nan much costly Pro series. The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max now connection amended thermals to support nan instrumentality cool, an aluminum build for much funky colors, and a fewer different basal quality-of-life improvements. If you're eyeing nan iPhone 16 Pro astatine little prices successful nan marketplace aliases ain 1 already, here's really nan latest-gen iPhone compares to its predecessor.

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Specifications

Buy nan Apple iPhone 17 Pro if…

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1. You want a much durable iPhone

Apple says nan iPhone 17 Pro is nan astir durable iPhone ever. It features Ceramic Shield 2 connected nan front, which is said to beryllium 3x scratch-resistant than before. Additionally, there's Ceramic Shield connected nan back, said to beryllium 4 times stronger than before. If your existent iPhone is prone to scratches and it is bothersome to you, nan iPhone 17 Pro would beryllium nan cleanable caller phone. 

2. You request a amended display

I americium an iPhone 16 Pro user, and my biggest problem pinch it is surface legibility successful nonstop sunlight. I request to swipe nan show whenever I want to usage it outdoors. It gets smudgy and doesn't get agleam capable for a comfortable viewing experience. Apple seems to person fixed this rumor pinch nan iPhone 17 Pro.

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As mentioned, nan caller Pro iPhone sports Ceramic Shield 2 connected nan front. It isn't conscionable much resistant to scratches but besides adds a 7-layer anti-reflective coating connected apical of your screen. This is paired pinch a show that is rated to spell up to 3,000 nits successful highest brightness outdoors (vs. 2,000 nits connected nan 16 Pro). Theoretically, it is simply a quality-of-life improvement, which should connection a much legible experience.

3. You want improved capacity and artillery life

Apple besides improved nan capacity and artillery life connected its caller iPhone 17 Pro. According to nan company, it tin past up to 8 hours longer (in video playback) than before. 

The caller Apple A19 Pro chipset is mixed pinch a vapor cooling enclosure to connection amended thermal management. It offers 40% amended sustained capacity than before. The Cupertino elephantine said this is "MacBook Pro levels of compute successful an iPhone." We'll trial to find retired successful our review, but nan claims do look promising.

4. You sprout a batch of beforehand camera videos

The iPhone 17 Pro houses a caller 18MP selfie camera pinch support for Center Stage and "ultrastabilized" video recording. If you are personification who records themselves regularly, nan beingness of these 2 features will beryllium immensely useful successful your creations. Now, while running, you tin grounds clear videos without each nan shaky movements, and Center Stage will support you successful nan frame, too.

Buy nan Apple iPhone 16 Pro if…

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1. You for illustration nan aged creation better

The Apple iPhone 17 sports its astir experimental rear creation alteration successful years. Until past year, Apple stuck to a creation it pioneered years agone pinch nan preamble of a three-camera layout connected nan iPhone 11 series. 

The camera module has only gotten bigger successful nan past 5 generations, but pinch nan iPhone 17, it now extends to nan different broadside of nan phone. This mightiness not beryllium a creation that die-hard Apple users wanted. And if you are 1 of them, nan iPhone 16 Pro is nan amended telephone for you. 

2. You tin get a caller iPhone 16 Pro for nether $800

The Pro iPhones are only getting much expensive. But if you tin get 1 adjacent nan value of an iPhone 17, moreover if it is simply a last-gen product, it makes consciousness to prevention a fewer 100 dollars and get nan iPhone 16 Pro complete nan iPhone 17 Pro. It'll still springiness you versatile cameras, ProMotion screens, nan goodness of iOS 26, and a decent artillery life. With nan iPhone 17 lineup going connected waste successful nan coming weeks, nan iPhone 16 Pro should beryllium disposable for little prices, and if you tin get a bully deal, spell for it!

3. You want a lighter Pro iPhone

The Pro iPhone bid has been getting heavier each twelvemonth since Apple announced nan lightest iPhone 15 Pro (187 grams). It changeable up to 199 grams pinch nan iPhone 16 Pro, and nan iPhone 17 Pro now sits astatine 206 grams (back to iPhone 14 Pro weight) connected nan scale. A 200g+ telephone mightiness not beryllium for everyone. So, if you want nan lightest imaginable instrumentality retired of these two, nan iPhone 16 Pro is nan telephone to spell for.

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