00:00I have in my hand the iPhone 17 Pro Max and this one is all about the cameras and you can see that
00:05they take up the whole back of the device and there's a good reason for that. Three 48 megapixel
00:10cameras. We're going to get into all the new features right now. The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max
00:17feature a pretty big redesign that you're either going to love or hate. The so-called plateau on
00:21the back houses a seriously upgraded camera system that stretches across the back of the device
00:25and houses a lot of components to make way for bigger batteries. I actually like the new look
00:30of the iPhone 17 Pro as the huge camera array feels more pro than before and the two-tone
00:35design on the back stands out versus previous iPhones. The iPhone 17 Pro colors include deep
00:40blue, cosmic orange, and silver. I would definitely go for the orange as the Pro iPhone finally gets a
00:45fun color. Apple ditched titanium for a lighter aluminum unibody design but it's not just about
00:50the weight. Aluminum is 20 times better for dissipating heat than titanium. I don't know if it is but it
00:57actually feels lighter in my hand and I think it's because of the aluminum that they're using
01:01and they they went from titanium to aluminum. This is what they call the plateau which is larger than
01:08life but they're all 48 megapixels. In terms of cameras you get a 48 megapixel wide 48 megapixel ultra wide
01:17and now a 48 megapixel telephoto zoom lens with up to 8x optical quality zoom. The camera crops in
01:23giving you a 12 megapixel photo. There's also a 40x digital zoom option which is an improvement but
01:29still way behind the 100x zoom on the Galaxy S25 Ultra and Pixel 10 Pro XL. The center stage front camera
01:36is a killer upgrade for selfies because the square 18 megapixel sensor is smart enough to switch from
01:41portrait to landscape mode when the iPhone 17 Pro senses there's more people in the frame. When it comes
01:46to video the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max can record using the front and back camera simultaneously
01:50using dual capture. The iPhone 17 Pro chip is pretty powerful offering a six core CPU and six core GPU
01:58complete with neural accelerators built into each core for better AI performance. But how long will
02:04that performance last? The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max use a new vapor chamber cooling system that's
02:09designed to deliver better sustained performance. So you should be able to game for longer without
02:13overheating. It's like a baby brother. The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max pack bigger batteries than before
02:19and the result is longer battery life. The iPhone 17 Pro Max is rated for 39 hours of video playback
02:24compared to 33 for the previous model and the iPhone 17 Pro gets a bump from 27 hours to 33 hours.
02:31The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max finally offer faster charging too promising a 50% charge in just 20 minutes.
02:37At $10.99 for the iPhone 17 Pro and $1,199 for the iPhone 17 Pro Max, Apple has held the line on pricing,
02:44sort of. The Pro is $100 more, but you get 256 gigs of storage to start, matching the Pro Max. So what would
02:51I get? I'd go for the iPhone 17 Pro Max for the biggest battery and the biggest display possible. The Pro looks
02:57almost cute by comparison, but it's certainly capable. That's our quick overview of the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max.
03:03For me, I want to know how long that battery life lasts, but what do you want to know? What kind
03:07of questions do you want us to answer in our full review of the Pro and Pro Max? For Tom's Guide, this is Mark Spoonower.
03:22I'm not sure what I think about the two-tone design.
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