iPhone 17 Pro

September 25, 2025

Switched from iPhone 15 Pro → 17 Pro.

Pros:

  • Gaming performance is incredible. Even when it gets burning hot, almost no throttling. I couldn't play GRID Legends for more than 15 min on the 15 Pro without huge brightness/FPS drops. On the 17 Pro I played a long session on flight without issues. Pair it with a Backbone and it genuinely feels like a small Steam Deck
  • Feels faster and more responsive everywhere
  • Camera improvement is not huge but noticeable, and that 8X zoom is solid
  • Display feels almost identical, but the 3000 nits in sunlight are nice and also fewer reflections
  • Battery life is feeing good so far

Cons:

  • The "blue" color is meh. Looks almost violet in daylight, definitely worse than a dark gray
  • Rounder shape feels nice but when I picked up my old 15 Pro it felt lighter and nimble in comparison

Overall happy with the upgrade 👌

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Fabrizio Rinaldi

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