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Other Pro to Base 17 Thread
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This... If I decide to buy outright, I'll trade in with Apple for a regular 17 from my PM. Otherwise I'll find an old phone lying around and trade it in with AT&T for a free 17 Pro, but then I'm locked in with AT&T for the next 3 years.
I'm not in a rush to preorder and get on release day this time around. I'll wait for the smoke to clear and see what I want to do after some reviews and the hype dies down.
Honestly, you can probably wait a couple more years before upgrading and not lose out on anything major.
We still have the iPhone 12 and 13 that we use for travel abroad (physical SIM) and they work just fine. The 13's battery life is actually still pretty decent. The 12 needs a power bank by afternoon.
Yes! I never thought I would be so excited about "downgrading" haha. Something about it feels so clean and fresh
I am laughing that I have the first pickup appointment on Friday for this 
Same for me: 17 (256 gb) is smaller and lighter and I can upgrade from my 14 PM 512 gb for 250€.
15 pro owner here
Yeah my Iphone 15 Pro's battery health is not great, it think it's due to the 15 Pro overheating/having a poor cooling system
But it's still a great phone and I love my titanium blue
I'm not upgrading this year BUT if I did , I would go with the base model - the hardware upgrades are really good compared to the previous base models
The 17 Pro is better but not $400 better than the base 17
The 17 Pro is also ugly and chunky
(and the base model has better colour choices)
I would miss the telephoto lense but I can live without it; what I would really miss is ProRaw photography though; I'm a pro photographer but I don't have my camera with me 24/7 lol
So I preordered the 17 Pro and I have been debating this all week. Then the other night we had the Northern Lights. My son took a picture with his 16 and I used my 16 Pro. I could see the picture quality difference between the two. That sold me on staying in the pro line.
If the rare occasion of northern lights is worth the price difference for you thats great! In the end everyone should pick what they can afford and what they need. And no one else can decide this.
i will buy base iphone17 because i am so unhappy with the constant overheating and weight of my iphone15pro
do you think the iphone 17 will less heaten up in daily use?
do you think the iphone 17 will less heaten up in daily use?
Yes. As far as I can recall, the main problem with the 15 Pro was overheating issues and throttling under load.
The battery doesn’t seem quite improved enough for me to justify moving from my 13PM. I’ll probably just let the battery degrade until I can get the free replacement and then check up on next year’s lineup.
Good just thinking about if the Pro would have been the better choice for a lil longer battery life. But in the end the price difference is really big and the 17 is also more lightweight.
I have always been a Pro Max user and have bought several. This is the first time I am buying the base model for myself. It is absolutely not a cost decision, it is just that the base 17 has every Pro feature that I personally want or need in a phone and is much lighter than my 15 Pro Max.
The 14 Pro Max has a larger sensor, so no unless the imaging processing has helped over the years
Base feels excellent - noticeably more comfortable/lighter than the pro I felt in store this morning, very similar to the 15 Pro, almost a bit sleeker even though a teeny big "bigger" if that makes sense. Extremely snappy/smooth. So far, very happy with it - setting up fresh so taking a bit but well worth it!
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14 Pro to base 17 in white, reporting in! It feels like the perfect blend between the Air and the new Pro. Enjoying the lighter weight and USB-C in particular.
Exactly what I thought! Love the white too even though I felt like I had the most boring order in there
So far this is running noticeably better than my 15P, and I'm not missing what's missing.
I just finished setting up my base iPhone 17 last night (replacing my 16 Pro as my primary). Seems very much the same, but noticeably lighter in-hand. Screen is just as good as the Pro now with the ProMotion. Gonna use this as my primary for a while and see if any downsides or other noticeable upsides.
I got the base too but with a GVC screen . If I move the base of the phone away from and tilt the top towards me I can see a distinct green tint.
. If I move the base of the phone away from and tilt the top towards me I can see a distinct green tint.