ApplesmartphoneLast featured Sept 2026
Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
I'd buy itI'd buy this.
The best choice for anyone wanting a big screen and battery now the Plus is gone, especially in eSIM-only countries.
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- Price when I covered it
- $1,199
- Featured in
- 11 videos · 2025–2026
- Category
- Phones · Flagship
What I liked
- 10 hours 36 battery
- Strong battery life for its small capacity
- Runs cool with aluminium frame
- Spectacular battery life
- Improved thermals and speakers
- Improved signal
What I didn't
- Less detail in photos than the 18 Pro Max
- Smallest battery capacity at 4,823mAh
- iOS and Siri lag behind
- Smaller battery than the Xiaomi
- Front camera lacks depth compared with the Xiaomi's rear camera
- Expensive at $2,000 for 2TB
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“Left is 18 Pro Max and right is 17 Pro Max.”
“the 17 Pro Max, which hit 10 hours 36”
“this is an amazing result considering that it's working with the smallest battery capacity of the whole bunch”
“sitting down yesterday at 3 p.m. with almost 80% left on my Pro Max”
“the iPhone 17 Pro Max top of the pile with 13 hours to the minute”
“the iPhone 17 Pro's front camera experience is probably the best I've ever used on a phone”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
8:28iPhone 18 Pro Review - My Last iPhone?Used as the comparison for camera photos, where the 18 Pro Max showed noticeably more detail.
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2:14iPhone 18 Pro Unboxing - This Needs ExplainingLast year's big Pro lasted 10 hours 36 and has a narrow vapor chamber, used as the main benchmark for the 18 series.
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3:28I Tested Smartphones from Every CountryUsed only as a benchmark to show how Turkey's tax inflates phone prices.
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0:10The Ultimate 2026 Battery TestFinished fourth, which he calls an amazing result given it has the smallest battery of the group, and it runs cool.
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3:24The BEST Smartphones of 2025!Spectacular battery life and the best gaming phone for most people, though iOS and Siri feel behind.
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0:28Xiaomi 17 Pro Max review - Apple are you seeing this!?Used as the benchmark: Xiaomi's phone beats its battery, weight, selfie camera and matches its rear camera detail.
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3:00iPhone 17 Pro Review - Something’s MissingThe best choice for anyone wanting a big screen and battery now the Plus is gone, especially in eSIM-only countries.
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0:06iPhone 17 Ultimate Battery Test!Longest-lasting phone in the test at 13 hours, though the 'enormous leap' claim seems to apply only to eSIM-only models.
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0:00iPhone 17 Pro vs Samsung S25 Ultra Camera Comparison!Winner of the camera comparison, with better detail, skin tones, stabilisation and front camera, though Samsung is more vibrant and better at long zoom and night dynamic range.
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0:00iPhone 17/Air/Pro Unboxing - What Apple didn't tell you!Highest performance and stability of the range with much better signal, but the 48MP telephoto is only a modest improvement.
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0:07iPhone 17/Air/Pro Hands on - Everything’s changedSame function-first approach as the Pro with the longest battery life yet, but at a high price.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Battery hero
“sitting down yesterday at 3 p.m. with almost 80% left on my Pro Max”
▶ 3:00 - Battery hero
“the iPhone 17 Pro Max top of the pile with 13 hours to the minute”
▶ 8:14 - Iterative
“you shouldn't be expecting any kind of transformational change”
▶ 15:09
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