WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:08.800 Sorry. Now that I'm getting to be a middle-aged man, I just have to check my 00:00:03.679 --> 00:00:12.320 pros pros. My Apple iPhone 17 Pros. 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:14.799 We've got the Pro and the Pro Max. And 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:20.080 it's like Apple is trying to get me to switch to an iPhone. They even did one 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:22.400 in my color. It's hideous. But that's 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:25.519 okay. We don't care about that. And we don't care about the fact that Apple 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:32.320 includes almost no accessories with their phones anymore. just a simple USB 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:34.399 2 type-C to type-C 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:41.040 and a piece of paper that says you no longer need a SIM card or a, you know, 00:00:37.760 --> 00:00:42.559 USBC to 3 and 1/2 mm adapter or any of 00:00:41.040 --> 00:00:47.039 the things that Apple used to include in the box. But hey, you're going to like 00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:51.360 it anyway because these things look flipping sick. Around the outside, we've 00:00:49.440 --> 00:00:56.079 got two trailer part girls. Sorry. No, we've got Apple's new aluminum unibody 00:00:54.239 --> 00:01:00.559 frame that they claim along with their new redesigned vapor chamber gives them 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:05.680 better cooling than any iPhone before and perhaps more importantly, if you are 00:01:02.800 --> 00:01:13.520 a professional user, more battery life than any iPhone before with the Pro Max 00:01:09.119 --> 00:01:16.960 measuring, and this is crazy, 26 hours 00:01:13.520 --> 00:01:20.400 of continuous video playback streamed in 00:01:16.960 --> 00:01:24.159 the real world on a single charge. That 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:27.840 is nuts. These really are, in my mind, 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:30.240 the first iPhone Pros that are for 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:34.640 professionals, not just people who cosplay as professional or enthusiasts 00:01:32.960 --> 00:01:39.119 who just want to have, you know, smoother screen swiping or whatever the 00:01:37.119 --> 00:01:44.240 case may be. And the biggest part of that is the cameras. All three, the main 00:01:42.320 --> 00:01:49.040 shooter, the ultrawide, and the telephoto are 48 megapixels. So there's 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:52.880 not a single one that they've cheaped out on with the pixel count. And perhaps 00:01:51.119 --> 00:01:58.479 more importantly, they have support for Apple log 2 along with professional nice 00:01:55.920 --> 00:02:02.320 to haves like improved time sync with Genlog. So if you are running a 00:02:00.399 --> 00:02:05.759 production where you've got a whole bunch of different cameras and 00:02:03.600 --> 00:02:09.679 microphones in your ecosystem and you're trying to sync it all up on the timeline 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:14.720 after the fact, you will finally be able to do it with the iPhone 17 Pro. This is 00:02:12.720 --> 00:02:18.160 potentially a gamecher for us around here because I'm looking at this going, 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:21.760 "Why would I ever buy another action cam? They're IP rated, so I can take 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:26.720 them freaking underwater. They have an outstanding built-in mic. So, in terms 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:33.519 of getting scratch audio, boom, I'm taken care of there." Like, seriously, 00:02:28.959 --> 00:02:36.640 give me a reason. Oh, right. the price 00:02:33.519 --> 00:02:39.599 1,100 bucks, but that's going to get you 00:02:36.640 --> 00:02:44.319 only 256 gigs of storage, which for Apple is pretty good for a starting 00:02:41.920 --> 00:02:48.640 configuration. But if you want the 1 TB for the 17 Pro, you're going to be 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:54.400 spending $1,500. And if you want the 2 TB spec for the 17 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:56.239 Pro Max, that'll set you back a cool 2 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:59.280 grand. I'm getting ahead of myself a little bit, though. Let's have a look at 00:02:57.519 --> 00:03:04.560 the IO. On the bottom of all of them, you get a USB 3 type-C port that can do 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:07.519 up to 10 Gbit per second. Unlike the Air, you get a bottom speaker. Thank you 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:12.319 very much, Apple. It's good that you didn't completely take it away. On the right, you get a lock button as well as 00:03:10.959 --> 00:03:16.480 camera button. Personally, I don't really like it for the shutter. Um, but 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:19.920 I like having a quick launch button so that I can quickly open up my camera. 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:23.120 Wish it had a touch sensor in it, but hey, whatever. That's a conversation for 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:26.560 another time. Over on the left side, you've got your action button. just hold 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:29.519 that down and, you know, go to silent or ring or whatever you'd like to configure 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:33.840 it to, as long as it's one of Apple's authorized things, as well as your volume rocker. And then on the top, 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:39.040 you've got I guess that's just an antenna spot for the unibody to go along 00:03:36.480 --> 00:03:42.560 with their antenna stripes all over the place. With all that out of the way, 00:03:40.720 --> 00:03:47.840 it's time to take a look at the display. This is Apple's best yet with them 00:03:45.040 --> 00:03:52.720 claiming 3,000 nits maximum brightness outdoors and up to 1,600 nits max in HDR 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:58.319 content with what is perhaps more important to me, a minimum level of just 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:01.920 one nit if you use their reduced white point mode. This is great for when it's 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:05.920 late at night and you don't want to freaking sear the backs of your retinas. 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:09.760 We weren't quite able to reach Apple's claimed 3000 nits, but we got darn close 00:04:08.239 --> 00:04:14.480 and we think it could have to do with our methodology just because they do have a couple of ambient light sensors 00:04:12.799 --> 00:04:18.400 and getting both of them exposed to direct daylight in order to get it to 00:04:16.320 --> 00:04:23.199 boost to maximum can be a little tricky. As with the last few generations of 00:04:20.320 --> 00:04:29.199 iPhone Pros, you get an up to I hate trains. Up to 120 Hz maximum refresh 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:33.520 rate prootion display, which unlike previous generations of iPhones, does 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:38.880 not set the Pro apart from the regular nonpro iPhone 17. Meaning that unless 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:44.320 you really value the extra camera lens and the extra camera features, there's 00:04:41.280 --> 00:04:47.600 actually not that much to set the Pro 00:04:44.320 --> 00:04:50.080 model apart from the regular iPhone 17. 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:55.040 Oh, other than the processor, of course, it uses the A19 Pro rather than the 00:04:52.960 --> 00:04:58.240 regular A19. But we'll talk about that in a minute after this message from our 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:04.240 sponsor. Oh, it's Dbrand. That kind of figures. 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:09.039 Every other time we call up Dbrand, it's like, "Oh, no. I couldn't possibly. I'm 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:13.520 far too poor. You know, I'm only in Best Buy now, selling out like immediately, 00:05:11.520 --> 00:05:17.199 and they can't keep the product in stock, but oh, oh, it's an iPhone. Oh, 00:05:15.919 --> 00:05:21.039 now all of a sudden we can find the money. Sure. You know what, Dbrand? I'm 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:27.199 fine with it. They sent over their new Ghost 2.0 case. It stays clear longer 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:30.800 than you will stay alive. What a weird uncomfortable thing to say about your 00:05:28.960 --> 00:05:35.600 product. Oh, yeah. I didn't even know what this one was. I was like, "Oh, that 00:05:32.400 --> 00:05:38.800 looks and feels cheap." Um, I I kind of 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:41.199 figured it I thought maybe Dbrand had 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:45.759 fallen off. Like, look at this. Look at this bottom. Like, you couldn't even 00:05:43.280 --> 00:05:50.800 finish your case. How can Apple be a company that prides itself so much on 00:05:48.320 --> 00:05:56.560 design and materials and then let Dbrand, some upstart two bit ass company 00:05:53.919 --> 00:06:00.960 from Toronto, out compete them to this level? Get yours today at my boss is a 00:05:58.960 --> 00:06:04.400 short narcissistic asshole.com >> or 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:09.840 >> nope. I'm going to make them buy it. Anyway, coming back to the performance, 00:06:06.080 --> 00:06:13.440 the A19 Pro SOC outperforms literally 00:06:09.840 --> 00:06:17.280 any other phone that isn't also called 00:06:13.440 --> 00:06:19.360 iPhone 17 Pro or iPhone 17 Pro Max. Both 00:06:17.280 --> 00:06:23.840 of these managed to perform within I think it's about a percent of each other 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:28.240 basically across the board. And impressively, while we did note that 00:06:26.080 --> 00:06:33.360 both phones did thermal throttle under extended load, what we did see was a bit 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:36.880 of a slower decay curve compared to what we're used to seeing. So, if you have a 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:41.440 sustained load, whether it's a game or some kind of professional application, 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:47.039 you should expect to have a longer period of quite high performance before 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:51.840 it trails off to the minimum. With that said, even the minimum performance that 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:57.360 we saw out of these phones was extremely impressive compared to anything that 00:06:53.440 --> 00:07:01.120 isn't each other and especially compared 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:03.680 to the Pixel 10 Pro. My goodness. Like, 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:10.880 it's freaking embarrassing that Google is this far behind on CPU, GPU, 00:07:07.919 --> 00:07:15.280 basically anything you. On the Qualcomm side of things, it's a little bit less 00:07:12.880 --> 00:07:19.759 humiliating with the Galaxy S25 Edge managing to hang with the A19 Pro 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:24.240 sometimes, but even then, it wasn't that close. 00:07:22.080 --> 00:07:27.599 Now, it is worth noting the S25 Edge is not the ideal comparison to these 00:07:25.840 --> 00:07:31.680 phones. We tested that because we had the iPhone Air unboxing to do and also 00:07:29.919 --> 00:07:35.120 because Samsung doesn't usually leave their phones with us, so we didn't have 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:38.400 any other S whatever Ultras kicking around. Samsung, we've talked about 00:07:36.960 --> 00:07:44.880 this. I told you this was going to happen. The point is, if you want the 00:07:41.440 --> 00:07:47.039 utmost in mobile performance, A19 Pro is 00:07:44.880 --> 00:07:50.160 it. And if you want more details on how it it is, we're going to have the lab's 00:07:48.479 --> 00:07:53.199 website linked down below where you can check out their accompanying article. 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:56.879 They'll also have a bunch more information about charging. In general, 00:07:55.039 --> 00:08:01.039 we were able to validate most of Apple's claims with respect to charging speed. 00:07:58.400 --> 00:08:05.440 We got about 40 watts max on the Pro Max and about 30 watts max on the regular 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:09.440 Pro. And both of them charged to full in about 2 hours, which doesn't sound that 00:08:07.520 --> 00:08:14.240 impressive in this day and age, except that they both reached about 50% in just 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:17.599 about 20 minutes. I know that's a lot of abouts. If you want more details, you 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:22.080 can go check that out. The point is, Apple kind of reduces the charging power 00:08:20.400 --> 00:08:26.240 aggressively toward the end, which is better for your battery, but does mean 00:08:23.840 --> 00:08:30.240 that topping all the way up might be done overnight. Now, let's play around 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:34.320 with the camera. And I am expecting this thing to be flipping awesome. Is it 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:39.279 supposed to be any different from the air for just, you know, the main shooter? Doesn't really seem any 00:08:37.680 --> 00:08:43.760 different. Let's try the telephoto, though. I want to try the telephoto. 00:08:40.719 --> 00:08:45.440 Hello, Mr. Bell. That is actually far 00:08:43.760 --> 00:08:50.080 from the best performance I've seen on this in terms of not being all washed 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:56.240 out and crappy looking. In terms of sharpness, though, my god, so unfair for 00:08:54.160 --> 00:09:00.480 Apple because if it was anyone else, like if I was holding a Vivo phone or 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:05.519 something, I'd be blown away right now. I'd be so impressed. But with Apple, I 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:09.760 like I expect it to be really good. And so when it's anything other than head 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:15.279 and shoulders above anything else I've ever seen, then I'm just not that impressed. It's it's like it's rough to 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:18.959 be on top. Hey, Apple. It's it's I mean, it's great obviously, but there are 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:22.800 areas that I'm looking at going like, "Yeah, that TV is not pink." Even just 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:26.720 here on the set, there's a couple of little things that I'm looking for, and 00:09:24.560 --> 00:09:30.160 that's one of them. So, like any smartphone camera, it's going to be a 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:33.360 little situational. It does a pretty poor job of this. And it's a shame 00:09:31.680 --> 00:09:36.480 because you can actually see it looks better in the live photo before they 00:09:35.040 --> 00:09:40.399 apply their processing and then it just looks like crap. Man, I'm excited for 00:09:38.560 --> 00:09:45.760 the video camera though. Like some of this is just flipping unnecessary. Does 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:48.800 anybody really need to do 4K 120 frames 00:09:45.760 --> 00:09:51.680 per second Dolby Vision? Anyone? Buler. 00:09:48.800 --> 00:09:58.160 But with this you can you won't be storing a ton of that unless you spring 00:09:53.600 --> 00:10:00.800 for like a 1 TB or a two TB model. 00:09:58.160 --> 00:10:04.880 Give me that smoothness. But damn. Also, I know some people 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:10.399 didn't really like liquid glass. They call it like liquid ass or whatever. I 00:10:06.640 --> 00:10:12.399 love it. I love this. This is so cool. 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:16.640 Holy Like, every time I'm looking at an Android phone, I like to look at 00:10:14.079 --> 00:10:22.640 like the Android Jutter. Like, none of them handle stabilization like Apple 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:25.120 does. It's so smooth. It looks like I 00:10:22.640 --> 00:10:29.200 have it on like a a gimbal or something. And if I want even more stabilization 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:33.839 than this, it has an action mode that will apply even more. That is really 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:37.600 impressive. You know what I'd rather talk about right now? The selfie camera. 00:10:35.760 --> 00:10:41.920 This thing is freaking awesome. It uses a new 18 megapixel square sensor that 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:47.200 using Apple intelligence will automatically frame either in portrait 00:10:43.920 --> 00:10:49.040 or landscape depending on what is best 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:52.240 for the current situation. So, it'll have a look and go, "Oh, yeah. You're 00:10:50.959 --> 00:10:58.320 holding your phone in portrait right now, but there's a whole bunch of people crowding in to get into the picture." 00:10:55.600 --> 00:11:02.079 Boom. It'll crop it landscape, make it wider, and you can snap your picture. I 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:06.959 actually took this picture on the Air, but the entire iPhone 17 family and the 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:10.560 Air features the same front-facing camera, and I freaking love it. It's 00:11:08.880 --> 00:11:14.959 awesome. I mean, I might as well take a picture or two on the Pro. I don't know 00:11:12.640 --> 00:11:18.640 why it went wide there. There. Let's just not go wide. Okay. Okay, so it 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:26.240 doesn't always make the best decisions. That is an extremely wide and worse 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:28.720 selfie. Man, the Pro Max is big. 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:32.320 They both feel so heavy compared to the Air. Oh, we should try the speakers. 00:11:30.959 --> 00:11:35.839 That's one thing that could convince me to get these instead of the Air. The 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:39.640 speakers on the Air are so bad. Or should I say speaker? 00:11:40.959 --> 00:11:47.120 As usual, the iPhone Pro is better than any phone has any right to be. Although 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:51.279 I wouldn't say that this is a night and day difference over last gen by any 00:11:49.040 --> 00:11:54.279 stretch of the imagination. How's the Max? 00:11:55.120 --> 00:12:01.120 Yeah. For better or for worse, the difference between the 17 Pro and the 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:05.040 Pro Max has never been less. It pretty much just boils down to more battery 00:12:03.040 --> 00:12:09.279 life on the Pro Max, a bigger screen, and of course, up to two terabytes 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:12.880 instead of just 1 TB of storage. But that's not a bad thing. They're kind of 00:12:10.880 --> 00:12:17.519 the best iPhones ever. Apple's new Ceramic Shield 2 is the first front 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:21.600 glass and is present across this entire generation of iPhones that has ever led 00:12:20.079 --> 00:12:24.959 Zach from JerryRig Everything to say anything other than scratches lately at 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:29.920 level six with deeper scratches at seven. Instead, it's lightly at seven 00:12:27.040 --> 00:12:35.120 with deeper scratches at eight. That's kind of flipping incredible. Uh they've 00:12:32.560 --> 00:12:38.160 all got Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6. We've got faster mag safe charging than ever 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:41.519 before, up to 25 watts >> on the Pro models, along with a return 00:12:39.839 --> 00:12:45.440 of some of Apple's really cool emergency features like detecting a severe crash 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:49.600 and contacting authorities or allowing you to contact an emergency contact via 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:53.279 satellite if you are lost and not able to get cellular signal. None of that is 00:12:51.760 --> 00:12:57.839 unique enough to drive me to switch to the iPhone. I have to give credit to 00:12:54.800 --> 00:12:59.760 that to iOS 26. Looks freaking awesome. 00:12:57.839 --> 00:13:04.639 Apple has slowly but surely been chipping away at all the little things 00:13:02.160 --> 00:13:09.680 that have kept me off of it. We have T9 dialing now. We can put desktop icons 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:13.040 anywhere we freaking want to for the most part. And they've got a bunch of 00:13:11.839 --> 00:13:16.959 really cool new stuff. Their call screeny looks amazing. My phone doesn't 00:13:15.040 --> 00:13:21.839 even ring for an unknown number until they've stated their purpose to an Apple 00:13:18.959 --> 00:13:26.000 AI. And I hate sitting on hold. Yes, it's not a new feature, but it's new to 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:32.880 Apple. And being able to have my phone just tell me, "Yeah, they're ready to talk to you." H oh, absolute lifesaver. 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:36.639 So, I have a plan. I'm going to switch to iPhone for 30 days again, but I'm 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:43.040 going to do it a little bit differently this time. I'm going to put three different iPhones in my pocket. The 00:13:40.079 --> 00:13:47.440 regular 17, the Air, and one of the Pros, and see which one I gravitate to 00:13:45.680 --> 00:13:50.639 over the course of the month. Make sure you're subscribed to LTT so you can 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:53.600 check that out. And make sure you subscribe to ShortCircuit.