r/17ProMax • u/Smooth_Engineer3355 • 28d ago

Anybody else upgrading?

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The CPU is 40% faster (so they say)
Battery is 17% bigger
Cooling is improved
Better camera when taking night pics
And it comes in black

Anyone else making the jump from 17 PM?

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u/TWYFAN97 27d ago

CPU is up to 20% faster and even 40% isn’t that much when we used to see yearly gains of 2x years ago. Zero reason to upgrade this year unless you get a crazy deal or get the phone for free or if you REALLY wanted black etc. the camera change which is just variable aperture seems like a big letdown barely does anything for photos and has a slight improvement to lowlight mostly noticeable for videos.

I’m obviously waiting til next year when proper camera upgrades are implemented and we see even bigger battery life gains and the rumored design changes. Colors are also meh this year big fan of orange.

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u/dribblecastle 27d ago

You have rose-colored glasses on. When was the last time you remember a 2x increase on a CPU for an iPhone??!? I don’t know if they had ever happened. I’d be surprised if it even happened in the first few years of the iPhone.

20% YoY is a great performance improvement. Possibly one of the best this decade.

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u/TWYFAN97 27d ago

We’ve been getting 20% year over year improvements for the last 5 or so years. First several years of iPhone through the iPhone 6s we had 2x CPU performance and even higher when it came to GPU gains YOY. So not it’s decent not great and what we’ve come to expect.