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Apple Debuts iPhone 17

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Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 17

#21
post #15

No Mini. Not surprised. I guess I'm gonna replace the battery in my 13 mini finally. Wonder if we'll ever see folding phones. I'm not concerned with the thickness but the overall foot print that's pocketable would be amazing.

The iPhone Air is definitely a testing ground for folding phone technologies.

Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 17

#22
post #3

Still no reason to upgrade. My shift from iPhone 8 to iPhone 13 was qualitative. Now much of the barrier to improvement is software, and they’re all gated by Apple.

Even an iPhone X was running great in 2025, until it finally gave up to age and the network module stopped working. iPhone 13s are lightning quick for me still.

Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 17

#24
I’m still using iPhone 12 mini running iOS 26 beta and it’s good enough. OS is definitely not polished, some of the design choices don’t even make sense but in general I believe it’s the right direction - spatial + maxing out visual looks.

Being able to turn Liquid Glass off to sth like flat design would be nice but this probably won’t happen.

Now when it comes to the event itself, it felt so cartoonish.

Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 17

#26
post #15

No Mini. Not surprised. I guess I'm gonna replace the battery in my 13 mini finally. Wonder if we'll ever see folding phones. I'm not concerned with the thickness but the overall foot print that's pocketable would be amazing.

The iPhone Air is definitely a testing ground for folding phone technologies.

How so? That would be great either way.

Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 17

#29
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mind walking through what you saw that helped you make the decision?

> Mind walking through what you saw that helped you make the decision? I upgrade every year to impress friends, family, and colleagues. I don’t use a case. I’ll be ordering the orange 17 pro.

Being able to impress people with 1099$ sure is strange

Re: Apple Debuts iPhone 17

#30
I really like the new unibody design on the 17 Pro, as well as the orange. That seems like the first iPhone might feel like bypassing the case. However, seeing as I just got a 16 Pro last year, I don't think I can justify an upgrade just yet.

Overall this year seemed much better than last year.

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