Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro has the biggest battery of any iPhone

Apple has announced the iPhone 17 Pro, the top model in its new iPhone 17 lineup, alongside the regular iPhone 17 and all-new iPhone Air. The Pro returns to an aluminum build, adds the biggest battery of any iPhone yet, and boasts what Apple is calling a “full-width camera plateau” on the back.

The obvious change this year is a dramatic redesign of the rear camera module — sorry, “plateau” — which now stretches all the way across the body, rather than only containing the lenses. It looks just a little like the wide camera bar on Google’s Pixel phones, and funnily enough we’re already expecting to see Samsung adopt a similar design in its S26 range next year.

It’s still a triple camera within that new camera island, though there’s been one major upgrade. For the first time this year’s Pro models feature 48-megapixel sensors across all three cameras. The telephoto is the lens getting a bump here, with a significant resolution improvement from the 12-megapixel telephoto lens found on last year’s models. The selfie camera is also improving, with a new 18-megapixel sensor that uses Center Stage to frame every photo.

Earlier this year, Apple announced iOS 26, the latest version of its iPhone software, which brings with it a significant change to the look and feel of your phone: Liquid Glass. It’s got big transparent energy, making various UI elements glossy, glassy, and see-through — it might take some getting used to.

Last year’s iPhone 16 Pro was a relatively cautious update that added bigger screens, better battery life, and a Camera Control button along the side of the phone. The 16 series also marked Apple’s first serious push into AI, with the ill-fated launch of Apple Intelligence, which has long lagged behind competitors and was criticized for failing to deliver on some features announced over a year ago.

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