iPhone 17 Pro
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iPhone 17 Pro
All out Pro.
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The iPhone 17 Pro is a smartphone designed and marketed by Apple, announced on September 9, 2025, and released on September 19, 2025, with the iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. Under the slogan "All out Pro," it reversed the two-year titanium story: the frame returned to aluminum — a full unibody, milled around a Ceramic Shield rear window — because the generation's priority was thermal, not material. A vapor chamber welded into the chassis, the first in an iPhone, lets the A19 Pro sustain loads that throttled every predecessor.
The camera system went all-48: three 48-megapixel Fusion cameras, with the new telephoto reaching 4× optically and up to 8× at optical quality through sensor cropping — the longest zoom on an iPhone. RAM rose to 12 GB, the front camera became the 18 MP square-sensor Center Stage, and pro video gained ProRes RAW and genlock. Cosmic Orange — the loudest Pro color ever offered — became the generation's visual signature.
The 17 Pro remains on sale as of 2026, alongside its Max sibling at the top of the current lineup.
1 Design✎
The aluminum unibody trades titanium's density for heat spreading and weight (206 g), its full-width camera plateau flowing out of the same milled piece, with a Ceramic Shield window set into the back for MagSafe and wireless charging. Cosmic Orange, Deep Blue, and Silver; the latest Ceramic Shield 2 front; Action Button and Camera Control; IP68. Reviewers split on the plateau aesthetics and united on the practical effects: cooler sustained performance and better drop behavior than glass-backed steel.
2 Hardware✎
| Developer | Apple |
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| Generation | 19th |
| Announced | September 9, 2025 |
| Released | September 19, 2025 |
| Discontinued | — (on sale) |
| Predecessor | iPhone 16 Pro |
| Related | iPhone 17 · iPhone Air · iPhone 17 Pro Max |
| Display | 6.3-inch Super Retina XDR OLED 2622 × 1206 (460 ppi) ProMotion 1–120 Hz · Always-On 3,000 nits peak · Dynamic Island |
| Chip | Apple A19 Pro (6-core GPU) · 16-core Neural Engine · vapor-chamber cooling |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 256 GB · 512 GB · 1 TB |
| Rear cameras | 48 MP Fusion main, f/1.78, OIS + 48 MP Fusion ultra-wide, f/2.2 + 48 MP Fusion telephoto (4×–8×) + LiDAR · ProRAW · ProRes RAW · genlock |
| Front camera | 18 MP Center Stage (square sensor) Dual Capture |
| Controls | Action Button · Camera Control |
| Battery | 3,988 mAh · MagSafe 25 W · Qi2 |
| Connectivity | USB-C (USB 3) · 5G · Wi-Fi 7 (N1 chip) Bluetooth 6 · Thread · satellite features US models eSIM only |
| Colors | Cosmic Orange · Deep Blue · Silver |
| Launch price | $1,099 (256 GB) · $1,299 (512 GB) · $1,499 (1 TB) |
| OS | iOS 26 ~ current |
The A19 Pro's six-core GPU with neural accelerators in each core, fed by 12 GB of RAM and drained by the vapor chamber, produced the generation's real performance story: sustained throughput — gaming, ProRes RAW capture, local AI models — at levels prior Pros touched only in bursts. Apple's N1 networking chip (shared with the generation) handles Wi-Fi 7/Bluetooth 6/Thread; the Qualcomm modem remains at the Pro tier, the C1X still maturing beneath it. The 256 GB floor became Pro-standard.
3 Camera✎
Three 48-megapixel Fusion cameras made sensor-crop framing a system: the telephoto's 4× native length crops to a 200 mm-equivalent "8× optical quality" — the longest reach ever on an iPhone — while the main and ultra-wide continue 24 MP default output and macro. Video's professional turn deepened: ProRes RAW recording, genlock for multi-camera sync, and Apple's stage demonstrations of broadcast workflows built on iPhones. The 18 MP Center Stage front camera auto-frames landscape group selfies from a portrait grip and records front-and-back Dual Capture.
4 Software✎
Shipped with iOS 26 — the Liquid Glass design year — with Apple Intelligence fully resident on 12 GB. Current release train since.
5 Release and reception✎
Cosmic Orange sold out first and colonized every hands-on thumbnail; the aluminum return and plateau design drew launch-week debate that cooled as thermal results landed — sustained-performance benchmarks showed the largest generational gain in years, and the 8×-reach camera reviews scored the system the year's best. Early-cycle scuff reports around the plateau's edges ("scratchgate" headlines, modest substance) echoed launch traditions past. The Pro pair leads current lineup demand in the established pattern.
6 Legacy✎
Standing on the current lineup, the 17 Pro's mark is already visible: the vapor-chamber thermal design and all-48 MP sensor-crop camera system define the present Pro formula, ProRes RAW and genlock moved the iPhone from "used on film sets" to "wired into broadcast trucks," and Cosmic Orange proved the Pro tier could carry color as identity. Its aluminum-unibody reversal reframed premium as engineering rather than material — the argument its successors will inherit.