WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.360 I buy one iPhone and all of a sudden everyone at the office here was like, 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:08.160 "Hey, do you want to take a look at the new iPhone 17E?" 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:11.000 Just because I buy one iPhone, all of a sudden I'm expected to know everything 00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:14.080 about these devices? Well, to be honest with you, I was 00:00:12.440 --> 00:00:19.480 actually pretty excited to take a look at this. Mainly because this phone 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:24.000 I think is going to be perfect for both senior citizens who just want a phone 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:27.920 that just is basic and entry-level for the iPhone, but I also think that a lot 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:32.560 of people who just don't really care about their phone, this might be the 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:36.880 perfect device. I am very happy that we got the pink one though. Man, the pink 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:40.360 looks It's almost too subtle. It's like pastel pastel pink. But anyways, we 00:00:39.040 --> 00:00:45.680 should look at what else is in the box here. You obviously got the iPhone 17E 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:48.800 and our cable. And it's about what, 3-ft 00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:51.720 cable? It is type C to C though, USB 2. 00:00:48.800 --> 00:00:55.320 The iPhone 17E only has a USB 2 port. It doesn't have a USB 3 like the Pro or the 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:58.080 Pro Max. Listen, I actually have kind of a hot take on this. I think that the 00:00:56.720 --> 00:01:01.680 amount of data that people are transferring over a cable from their 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:05.160 phones, they probably [music] don't need anything greater than USB 2. 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:08.560 Look, so many people back things up to Google Drive now or iCloud. 00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:12.800 Realistically, most people just use it for charging, especially at this level 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:16.400 of a device. And besides, if it's a corner that they have to cut in order to 00:01:14.520 --> 00:01:19.800 get the price as low as they did, I think it's a worthwhile corner to cut. 00:01:18.600 --> 00:01:23.880 Around the device, we have our action button and our volume rocker there. On 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:27.800 the top, you got nothing. On this side, you've got your power button. And on the 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:31.560 bottom is that USB 2 port and some down-firing speakers there. Around back, 00:01:29.960 --> 00:01:35.680 you've got your single camera, which is their 48-megapixel fusion camera. And 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:41.880 that's just their fancy marketing term for zooming. But kind of like the last 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:44.360 year's iPhone 16E, the iPhone 17E is 00:01:41.880 --> 00:01:49.240 using the same chip as the rest of the iPhone 17 family. It's using that A19 00:01:46.960 --> 00:01:53.000 chip. In this case, this one has one less GPU core. Which for some people 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:57.720 that might be frustrating. If you want to game on it for example. But you also 00:01:55.440 --> 00:02:01.360 don't get the 120-Hz display that you would get from the other iPhones. In 00:01:59.720 --> 00:02:04.600 that case then, you're probably not going to be gaming at 120 Hz because A, 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:10.240 you don't have the screen for it anyways, and now you have the one less GPU core. If it translates to better 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:13.880 battery savings or just overall better performance of the phone because it 00:02:11.600 --> 00:02:17.520 doesn't overheat, whatever it may be, having it be a cut-down version of the 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:21.320 same chip is nice because then it's the same chip, so you can expect similar 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:24.840 performance without hopefully breaking the bank. And now that I mentioned 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:29.520 battery, they're claiming it has 26 hours of video playback. Which man, 26 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:32.360 hours of battery is amazing. Going back to the point that I made in the intro 00:02:30.920 --> 00:02:36.480 about people who maybe just don't really care too much about what phone they 00:02:34.320 --> 00:02:39.320 have, that is going to be a ton. Because those type of people are going to be the 00:02:37.640 --> 00:02:43.560 ones that just pull it up, answer a quick text message, maybe do a quick 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:47.640 Google, whatever it may be, and then don't touch their phone again. That 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:51.600 could translate to longer than just a day worth of use. In my case, I know 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:55.920 it's not exactly comparable with the Pro Max here. I have found myself getting 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:59.360 several days worth of battery off this thing. And so if you have a less 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:02.960 powerful device that is probably going to be used less, I could see the same 00:03:01.440 --> 00:03:09.080 thing happening. And I think Apple knows that too because right away when you turn this thing on, you can see there's 00:03:06.600 --> 00:03:15.160 kind of a healthy bezel around the edge here. And even that camera notch, man, 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:18.960 that takes up a significant percentage of your screen. Other than the refresh 00:03:17.200 --> 00:03:22.200 rate which I mentioned earlier, I don't think Apple has made too many other 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:29.040 compromises to the screen. It still isn't OLED. It's still super retina XDR. 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:32.000 It's a 6.1-in screen, 2532 by 1170. You 00:03:29.040 --> 00:03:37.400 are getting the same PPI as the iPhone 17, which means content on the screen is 00:03:34.640 --> 00:03:41.200 going to look very very good for those YouTube videos or those movies you're 00:03:38.880 --> 00:03:45.720 going to watch. I do wish they went a little smaller. When I actually bought 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:49.640 my wife an iPhone 17, one of the things she complained about was, "I miss my 13 00:03:48.160 --> 00:03:53.600 mini. Bring back the mini Apple. That was the best iPhone you've ever made in my opinion." I actually just went to hit 00:03:52.320 --> 00:03:56.680 it, but it's not there. You don't get the camera button on the iPhone 17E. 00:03:55.520 --> 00:04:00.680 That's something you only get with the 17 or the 17 Pro lineup. Again, same 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:06.360 thing. I don't think that the people buying this phone are going to be too worried about having that shutter button 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:09.800 to take photos. It's probably a worthwhile cost-cutting measure to get 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:14.480 this a little bit cheaper. We should still look at the camera though. Let's open it up. But I've been told that 00:04:13.040 --> 00:04:19.480 there's mandatory talking points once again by Dbrand, so maybe we should do that first. Wait a minute, are they just 00:04:17.440 --> 00:04:23.359 reusing the exact same screen? I think they are. Let's go. Let's install it. 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:32.440 They sent over their iPhone 17E grip case, which funny enough is actually the 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:34.800 exact same iPhone 16E case. But because 00:04:32.440 --> 00:04:38.080 both of the phones are the exact same, you can reuse it. Thanks Dbrand for 00:04:36.400 --> 00:04:41.040 reusing and recycling. That's super cool. Just like the grip name implies, 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:46.520 they're pretty grippy. Makes it nice and easy to hold on to. And you can make it even more special cuz they have over 40 00:04:44.440 --> 00:04:50.000 different designs to pick from and stick onto the back. This one is called their 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:53.920 sketch 2D design, which kind of makes your phone look like it's coming straight out of a comic book. So if 00:04:52.440 --> 00:04:58.000 you're in the market for an iPhone 17E phone case or hey, any grip phone case, 00:04:56.600 --> 00:05:02.360 head over to mybossisveryshort.com. 00:05:00.400 --> 00:05:06.040 All right, let's take a photo. Let's take a photo of our kitchen set. Then 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:12.360 I'm going to do a 2x and we're going to kind of zoom in on Lucky over there. Man, I have to zoom in a lot a very long 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:17.480 ways before I start having issues with the camera quality. Like even that 00:05:15.320 --> 00:05:22.640 looks impeccable. There is just something special about iPhone cameras. 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:24.520 It's It's just magic. I do feel like it 00:05:22.640 --> 00:05:29.040 might be a little limiting for some people to have just the one camera that 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:32.400 can kind of do everything pretty good versus having your specialized cameras 00:05:30.440 --> 00:05:35.640 that might do their specialized focus really really well. But again, "Oh, I'm 00:05:34.280 --> 00:05:39.720 going to take a picture of little Billy." I want to take a selfie cuz the 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:42.880 iPhone 17 has that square sensor as the selfie camera, right? It seems like a 00:05:41.280 --> 00:05:47.153 gimmick, but once you've used it, it's pretty cool. Reese, I need a friend. 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:49.320 So go get someone else, Reese. No, I'm >> [laughter] 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:54.400 >> All right, we're going to take a photo. Oh, it's just me. Hey, buddy. Oh, it doesn't 00:05:52.640 --> 00:05:58.080 Don't Don't look so sad. [laughter] It didn't do the auto scaling. Maybe I 00:05:56.680 --> 00:06:01.440 need a better friend to help me scale it better. That's That's a little bit of a 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:04.800 bummer. I mean, it doesn't mean the photo is bad. It still looks very good. 00:06:03.640 --> 00:06:10.760 The type of person that's buying this phone doesn't need the highest quality camera. So if that's a cost-cutting 00:06:08.080 --> 00:06:13.600 measure that helps get the price down, I think it's fine. I also just realized 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:18.040 that those photos were on the 24-megapixel setting, which is on by 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:21.840 default. We could also take our photos on the 48-megapixel. Yeah, most people 00:06:20.400 --> 00:06:25.840 aren't really going to care. So I think actually keeping it on the 24 megapixels 00:06:23.640 --> 00:06:29.360 by default is probably a good thing because a lot of people are going to be 00:06:27.760 --> 00:06:34.120 snapping a ton of photos with this thing, right? Whether again it's families or you're just going out for a 00:06:31.960 --> 00:06:39.640 walk, whatever it may be. And having only 256 gigs of storage, you kind of 00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:44.040 want to get your mileage out of 256 gigs of storage. So by [music] in turn 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:47.880 lowering the quality of the photos, you can have more photos. And 256 gigs, I 00:06:46.520 --> 00:06:54.000 quickly glossed over that. I think that's awesome as an entry-level phone, 00:06:49.760 --> 00:06:57.240 right? Before, the 16E had 128 GB. Now 00:06:54.000 --> 00:07:00.480 we're at 256. And in a world where DRAM 00:06:57.240 --> 00:07:02.960 prices are going absolutely insane, the 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:06.720 fact that Apple chose not to gouge that out of us on the entry-level model, I 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:10.520 think is kind of awesome. I think it shows 00:07:08.280 --> 00:07:14.280 respect for consumers and their space. What doesn't show respect is 60 Hz, damn 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:17.880 it. It's It's It's such a weird thing when 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:22.440 you compare this to other entry-level phones, whether it's Samsung's A56 or 00:07:20.280 --> 00:07:26.840 Google's Pixel 10A, those phones have 120 Hz screens. Why can't Apple, damn 00:07:24.960 --> 00:07:29.960 it? But it's an entry-level phone. I've always thought that 120 Hz screens on 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:34.920 entry-level phones seemed kind of weird anyways. At least your iPhone 17 has 120 00:07:32.880 --> 00:07:39.000 Hz now. But once again, going back to who the target market is for this thing, 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:43.280 they don't care about 120 Hz. I I don't know, man. In a world where tech has 00:07:40.960 --> 00:07:46.360 become kind of shitty lately, I feel like Apple's done kind of a lot of cool 00:07:44.960 --> 00:07:50.320 things right. I know this isn't the app the MacBook Neo video. That's a prime 00:07:48.400 --> 00:07:53.920 example right there. Sorry, enough Apple glazing. Let's watch a YouTube video. 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:56.960 Man, this looks good. Other than the 00:07:55.200 --> 00:08:01.000 big off notch. Sorry, pardon my language. That takes up so much of the 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:05.040 screen real estate. You kind of can't watch it in full screen. It gets pretty 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:09.160 bright though. 800 nits, 1200 nits in peak brightness for HDR stuff. It looks 00:08:07.200 --> 00:08:12.680 great. It's an Apple display. It's It's basically the same display as the other 00:08:10.760 --> 00:08:15.320 17 lineup right now, right? So it looks fantastic. This is where it gets weird. 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:19.640 I just complained that I wanted a smaller phone, but when I'm watching content on it, it feels really small. 00:08:19.115 --> 00:08:25.640 >> [laughter] >> Man, consumers really don't know what they want, right? Anyways, we need to 00:08:23.440 --> 00:08:30.840 listen to the speakers on this bad boy. Smaller devices mean worse speakers 00:08:28.520 --> 00:08:34.000 typically. Cool. 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:37.719 I hope you're a bass head. I can I can hear the bass pretty aggressively on 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:42.080 this device. It sounds really good. It's just very bass heavy. And for being such 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:46.800 a small device, I'm surprised at how loud it gets. I'm going to go back down 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:50.920 to 50% volume here. Wow, even that I can hear the bass like 00:08:48.560 --> 00:08:53.560 crazy. Yeah, they they sound good other than the bass. Well, I have to wait for 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:59.080 a game to download. I might as well talk about some of the other specs that come with this phone. It has Wi-Fi 6, 00:08:56.440 --> 00:09:03.880 Bluetooth 5.3, and it has Apple's new C1X modem, which is the exact same modem 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:09.520 that was in the iPhone Air. And the iPhone 16E had the C1, right? That was 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:13.360 the first time that they had moved over to Apple's in-house developed modems. A 00:09:11.760 --> 00:09:18.960 lot of people attributed the great battery life of the 16E to that modem. 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:20.760 We should probably see similar results 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:24.040 in terms of battery longevity with this one if it's using similar architecture 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:27.760 and similar design. We don't have those full numbers today because we just got 00:09:25.680 --> 00:09:31.320 the phone I think basically today. So we didn't quite run battery tests just yet. 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:36.760 I'm sure that once they're done though, they can be up on the lab site. In some of our stress tests, mainly in Geekbench 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:41.320 and 3DMark, it performed basically exactly where you'd expect this to line 00:09:38.520 --> 00:09:45.560 up. Better than last year's 16E and worse than the iPhone 17. So at least 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:48.400 it's not over-punching or under-punching and it is an upgrade from last year. 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:52.280 That's exactly where I'd expect it to land. So I don't know why I'm surprised 00:09:50.520 --> 00:09:56.040 or even talking about it this long. They're still using the ceramic shield 2 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:58.960 glass that the iPhone 17 uses. It's very interesting to me that they managed to 00:09:57.400 --> 00:10:04.200 get this device just a couple hundred bucks cheaper than the base model 17 and 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:07.800 on a lot of cases make it feel the exact same. I do think that some of the 00:10:05.680 --> 00:10:13.800 cost-cutting measures that they did actually were smart. Whether you want 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:16.560 120 hertz or not, I think if cutting it down to 60 hertz is what makes it 00:10:15.040 --> 00:10:21.800 cheaper, then let's go for it. I mean, I'm in game right now and at 60 hertz on 00:10:19.280 --> 00:10:25.160 this size screen while playing, this feels fine. 00:10:23.640 --> 00:10:29.600 Where is the lock? There it is. I found it. It's still got MagSafe. That's 00:10:27.520 --> 00:10:32.680 awesome. So, hypothetical here. You're giving your kids a new iPhone for their 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:36.880 Christmas. You're already have been a long-time iPhone user. You have built up 00:10:34.560 --> 00:10:40.040 your MagSafe army. They can use it now. I think it's kind of cool that they 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:43.920 still managed to get MagSafe built in, unlike the 16e. Which, I guess if I'm 00:10:42.400 --> 00:10:49.360 talking about price, it's finally time to mention it. It's $599 US, which is 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:54.080 more expensive than a lot of other phones' entry-level devices. Like I 00:10:51.520 --> 00:10:58.520 mentioned earlier, that Samsung A56 or even the Pixel 10e. For an entry-level 00:10:56.920 --> 00:11:03.360 phone, it's expensive. For an entry-level iPhone, it's cheap. And I 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:07.520 think that's where this is going again, right? This is going for your family 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:11.240 members that you want to have on iPhone because maybe your family's already an 00:11:08.880 --> 00:11:14.440 iPhone family. Or maybe you just don't want to give them an Android because 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:19.160 there's some things you don't like about it. It might be a little complicated for your relative. Whatever it may be, 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:26.000 this is the device that's going to be perfect for that. Perfect for kids' Christmas gifts. I think that the 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:28.000 compromises that the iPhone 17e makes is 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:31.120 worth it to get it down to that price. I wish they could go a little bit cheaper. 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:36.760 Maybe if it they made it a mini, less material, uh cheaper? I think right now in a world 00:11:35.280 --> 00:11:40.560 where devices feel like they're getting more and more expensive, things are kind 00:11:38.839 --> 00:11:44.440 of terrible in the tech space. I am giving Apple a gold star here. It's 00:11:42.160 --> 00:11:47.600 still expensive as a budget phone, but between everything that they announced 00:11:45.800 --> 00:11:51.520 in the last couple weeks here, who would have thought that Apple's RAM pricing 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:55.240 and SSD pricing, mm, ahead of the curve, baby. But, let me 00:11:53.480 --> 00:12:00.160 know what you guys think down below. If you guys enjoyed this video, go check out the complete opposite end of the 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:05.800 spectrum, the S26 Ultra that I just unboxed on ShortCircuit. I tried to 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:07.640 compare it to my flagship iPhone and uh 00:12:05.800 --> 00:12:12.600 it's a phone. I think Samsung made more compromises on that than Apple did on 00:12:09.400 --> 00:12:12.600 this. Spoiler alert.