The iPhone 17 Pro Max was announced on September 9, 2025, and released on September 19, 2025. Here’s a detailed breakdown of its features and specifications:
Design and Display
- Design: The iPhone 17 Pro Max features a new aluminum unibody design with a horizontal “camera plateau” that spans the entire width of the phone’s back. This design change reportedly allows for a larger battery and improved thermal management.
- Materials and Colors: The phone’s frame is made of an aluminum alloy, a change from the titanium used in the iPhone 15 Pro. It is available in three colors: Silver, Cosmic Orange, and Deep Blue.
- Display: It boasts a large 6.9-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display with ProMotion technology, offering an adaptive refresh rate up to 120Hz. The display has a peak outdoor brightness of 3000 nits and is protected by Ceramic Shield 2, which is said to be three times more scratch-resistant than previous versions.
Performance and Specifications
- Processor: The iPhone 17 Pro Max is powered by the new Apple A19 Pro chip, built on a 3-nanometer process. It includes a 6-core CPU and a 6-core GPU with Neural Accelerators.
- RAM and Storage: It comes with 12GB of RAM and is available in storage options of 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, and a new 2TB option.
- Cooling: It features a vapor chamber cooling system that uses deionized water to help dissipate heat, allowing for up to 40% faster sustained performance compared to its predecessor.
- Operating System: It runs on iOS 26, which includes new features for Apple Intelligence.
- Connectivity: The iPhone 17 Pro Max supports Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, and a new Apple-designed N1 networking chip. It also retains the USB-C port.
Camera System
- Rear Cameras: The iPhone 17 Pro Max has a triple-camera system, with all three lenses featuring 48MP sensors:
- Main: 48MP wide lens.
- Ultra Wide: 48MP ultra-wide lens with a 120-degree field of view.
- Telephoto: A new 48MP “tetraprism” telephoto lens with 4x optical zoom and the ability to achieve 8x optical-quality zoom through sensor cropping. It also supports 40x digital zoom.
- Front Camera: It has an 18MP “Center Stage” front camera with a unique square-shaped sensor. This allows for both landscape and portrait photos without having to rotate the phone. It also supports “Dual Capture” video, which lets you record with the front and back cameras simultaneously.
Battery and Charging
- The iPhone 17 Pro Max features the largest battery ever on an iPhone, providing what Apple calls the best battery life of any iPhone, with up to 37 hours of video playback.
- Wired charging supports getting to 50% battery in 20 minutes with a compatible charger.
- It supports MagSafe and Qi2.2 wireless charging.













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