Apple has finally launched the new iPhone 17 series of devices. The Cupertino Tech Giant unveiled four new devices at its "Awe-Dropping" event on September 9th. Although it was pretty much clear from insider leaks and rumors that there will be four smartphones in the iPhone 17 lineup. These devices include iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max.
Although the star of the "Awe-dropping" event was the iPhones, Apple introduced a couple of other things. Primarily, it was the AirPods 3 in the audio segment, whereas in the watches segment, it was three new additions: the Apple Watch SE 3, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and the Apple Watch Series 11. Meanwhile, iOS 26 with the all new Liquid Glass feature has also been launched. Overall, it was an eventful night for Apple who unveiled a slew of products.
However, first and foremost, we are going to talk about the iPhone 17 Pro Max model. The iPhone 17 Pro Max has been unveiled with significant upgrades in all departments including Display, Battery, and Chipset. Therefore, to make things easy for you, we have laid out all the features of the new iPhone 17 Pro Max to make things simple.
iPhone 17 Pro Max Display
The iPhone 17 comes with a 6.9-inch Pro Motion Display OLED panel. Moreover, the brightness this time has been cranked up to 3000 nits for bright outdoor viewing angles. Moreover, an anti-reflective coating on the display along with an LTPO panel has been provided for the first time in a Pro iPhone model. Along with this, Ceramic Shield 2 has been provided for better screen protection and to prevent fingerprints.
iPhone 17 Pro Max Camera
In the camera, significant improvements have been made, but no Night and Day difference, so to speak. The camera module is a horizontal one with a primary 48MP OIS primary sensor and the secondary one being the same 48MP ultrawide sensor, while the third one is a 48MP telephoto. Although the main improvement is the 18MP selfie shooter. Lastly, the camera has been provided with all the bells and whistles of an iPhone, including ProRes Log codec.
iPhone 17 Pro Max Processor
Under the hood, the iPhone 17 Pro Max is powered by the Apple A19 Pro silicon chipset. The chipset is fabricated on the 3nm technology by TSMC, which is better in battery efficiency. The processor has a 6-core structure, which includes 2 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores. Additionally, to facilitate the on-device AI tasks a 5-core GPU has been included too. Lastly, a bigger vapour cooling chamber to reduce thermal issues and advanced modem chips have been used.
iPhone 17 Pro Max Design
Apple has this time ditched the Titanium frame for an aluminium unibody frame. Moreover, the frame has been polished at the sides and rounded at the corners for a better grip. People who are interested in buying the device can choose from Deep Blue, Cosmic Orange, and Silver colour options.
iPhone 17 Pro Max Price
The price of the iPhone 17 Pro Max has been set at $1399 in the US, which translates to around Rs 1,89,900 for the higher variant, which is the 8GB and 1TB one