r/iphone17

Hello, i'm looking for a case for 17 pro max and i'm really shocked that i can't find something that covers my need.

1.I want a transparent case that keeps my original iphone color.

2. No yellowing (easy to achieve)

3. Magsafe.

4. Camera cover either through kickstand or slide i don't mind both as long as it's easy to move to the side and doesn't block vision in photos with zoom out.

All those i found are colored which annoyed me, except one named Vofata. But as far as i see it's not top quality.

I bought a Silver iPhone 17 Pro (256GB) for around ₹1,33,000 on 29 June from an Apple Authorised Reseller (iDelta).
Everything was working perfectly until the night of 3 July.
I charged it for more than an hour, but it was still completely dead. No Apple logo, no vibration, nothing.
I called Apple Support and explained the situation. The representative told me that since I purchased it from iDelta, the replacement policy depends on the reseller. She also mentioned that if the phone had been purchased directly from Apple, they could have arranged a replacement (depending on the case) and even provided a temporary phone during the process.
I then visited the iDelta service centre, where I was told that the motherboard is dead and the phone will need a motherboard replacement.
This is where I’m frustrated.
Why should I have to accept a repaired phone when I paid ₹1.33 lakh for a brand-new flagship device? I didn’t drop it, there is no physical or water damage, and it failed in just 3 days. They are also refusing to provide a temporary replacement phone while mine is away for repair.
What worries me even more is the long-term reliability. If the motherboard has already failed within three days, how can I be confident that the phone won’t develop more issues later? I bought a new phone expecting peace of mind, not a major repair almost immediately.
The experience so far has been:
iDelta says: “Talk to the service centre.”
Service centre says: “Talk to your dealer.”
Apple Support says: “The phone will be sent to Bangalore for repair.”
Everyone is pointing me to someone else, but nobody seems willing to take responsibility for the fact that a three-day-old premium phone has already suffered a major hardware failure.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? Were you able to get a replacement instead of a repair? I’d really appreciate any advice on what my options are.

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Introduction:

I am an s21 ultra user. A relative of mine has randomly purchased for me an unlocked iphone 17 I can do what i want with it. I was going to just sell it but i thought about it. I have not used an apple device in years. The last one i set up was an ipad for my dad in 2016. Why not switch to it and do a tell all on my thoughts given its been such a long time since i used IOS then sell it or keep it.

My history with iphone:

My most recent apple device was an Iphone 4. To say I was entrenched in ios is an understatement I was an extreme power user. I jail broke. I made my own apps. When i set up the 17 i looked at my app store history. from 2011 to 2012 i installed over 1200 apps. I was annoying to everyone about how much I legitimately thought what the iphone 4 was represented the future of what phones would be. I was right about that. The current iphone and samsung phone still use a glass sandwiched uniform with a metal band sealing the phones edges.

The problem is I just was not impressed with what apple to offer in the years following. The 4s and the 5 models did not improve enough for me. At the start of 2014 my iphone 4 died. I just got an android. the LG g3. I cant complain about it. It was cheap the camera was newer and the screen while being worse was larger. I just never really found interest in what apple was showing from that point.

The s21 ultra: ​

Before I compare my experiance with both let me explain what the s21 ultra means to me. I went in in 2021 originally to purchase a used s10. I didnt much care for new phones the latter half of the 2010s.This smart phone era had left me unenthusiastic. Most design moves were feeling lateral. I saw an eventual phone who has specs I am just happy with and would not want more of. As they were getting the refurbished s10 box they asked me if I wanted to see the newer phones just for fun. I played with the new Samsung ones and was kinda struck by the s21 ultra. I asked if I could just try one. The man running the store let me try his. I sat there for an hour taking photos. running multiple apps. trying out the 120hz screen. While using it I had the nervous conclusion that wow. This is it. This is a phone whos specs I legitimately do not see myself ever needing more of. The camera the screen the speakers the storage. It's all I could ever want. I was nervous about buying it but 5 years later it is still one of my favorite pieces if tech. On vacation the 108mp images still impresses people. It still runs 120hz and multiple apps woth no issue. I can open an app I have not used in a week and it is still where I left off. I have kept it pristine because its my favorite phone ever.

So let's look at the switch and my experiance on ios 27 and iphone 17 and see what I think. Much of this will be in comparison to the s21 ultra and that sounds kinda unfair but let me cook.

Camera:

Comparing the camera on a 5 year old ultra vs a new base model seems kinda unfair but its not. The pixel binning technology in these cameras is very similar. The iphone bins at 4 to one turning 48mp into 24. The s21 ultra bins at 9 to one from 108mp down to 12.

Who wins? well the s21 ultra. But its important to remember it only because the sensor and mp count is larger but not in standard photos. The s21 crunches down to 12 mp and the iphone does 24. It is notable the iphone wins in this scenario. I only like to use pixel binning in low light though. I will generally always shoot at max size for editing purposes. In this scenario the 21 ultra wins it just has more detail. It has to be understood that these phones are very close to eachother the 21 is winning by inches.

One thing I can say is that both use computational photography and both are equally capable of pulling out details that could easily be missed but also at missing details that should have been pulled.

Screen:

I'll be out with it. The iphone wins. It has a better peak brightness and these days I really love my mini led monitor. Having peak HDR brightness over 1500 nits even in a sub 30 percent window is impressive as hell for a device this small. If the s21 ultra was a 10 when I got it. It's now a 9 because the 10 is the iphone 17.

I do have one complaint. I dont like true tone. I am EXTREMELY sensitive to white balance if its even a little off I notice it and it bothers me. The last 5 years I legitimately thought they just made worse displays for iphones and that iphone users dont notice. That is not the case.

I turned off true tone and used the slider in the settings to actually calibrate the screen and now the Iphone has the closest to perfect 6500 white balance on any screen I own. It is genuinly impressive. It made me have to recalibrate my TV and monitor. I didnt test the color accuracy but this feels like a screen you can professionally edit on. I dont trust the s21 with that It.

Finally screen size the s21 has a 6.9 vs 6.3 on the iphone. I give the iphone the yay. Compared to something like an iPhone 13 which my boyfriend uses. The 17 is meaningfully wider while being held in portrait. Its just going from like 2.5. to 2.8 or 3 inches but it makes all the difference. This phone is compact but it doesnt "feel" small.

Battery:

I read multiple reviews on this subreddit to get an idea of what I should say and I must say we are failing the battery discussion. So many people buy this base iphone and are disappointed by it because of course they will be. If you regularly use a lot of this devices function. Texting on multiple apps while recording videos on a phone call while tik toking and watching YouTube in a PIP window. Then you are a power user. its not a case of it surviving the day. Its a case of the phone surviving you. A base model won't survive this usage. Idk why people keep trying. I use my phone mostly take pictures text and watch TV and listen to movies. The Iphone 17 is easily lasting me the day and partly into the next one. It just has not been a problem. ​If the extra hundred dollers worries you just bite the bullet you won't regret it. Get a pro

Media:

This for me is where the iphone fails brutally. Not having base level access to the file system is frustrating. They make apple devices a terrible software on purpose. The thing that gets me is they don't have to do this. I would put money on 95 percent of you not doing what I just said ever. That's the thing though. Apple looses essentially no money by letting people easily put and organize TV shows and music on their device. It is fundamentally what their mobile devices started as.

What should have been sliding two folders onto this phone was days of sorting and moving files over Apple devices in a way I simply cant organize over 25 year old usb speeds on a computer that can easily move dozens of Gb to an external drive in a minute . If vlc didnt do all the organizing for me after I just threw 15000 songs shows and movies on I would be selling this phone. ​ Full stop. All is well I suppose I use vlc on android too and now my media use is effectively the same on both devices.

Software:

This is going to be a bit of a disappointing section I hate to say. I expected this to be the biggest one but honestly. I didnt even do the process to move all my files accounts and contacts and this move has been really easy media aside. Took me a few days but I got used to gesture based navigation. I even changed my 21 ultra to it. Accounts are similar I just signed into my apple one instead of samsung. Got all my other accounts signed in. I've been using both phones at the same time all week and its just not an issue for me. I can utilize either just fine even not havung used ios in 12 years. I dont know why the move is such a large point of contention. The avenues you get things done through may be different but if you are proficient with your devices both android and ios are very user focused.

Conclusion / Am I selling it:

If you read this far I dont think it should be any suprise that yes. I am keeping the iphone 17 It is my new main phone. I would go as far to say that I absolutely adore my iphone 17. Ios has changed so much but it may suprise you to know using my iphone 17 has been a nostalgic experiance. It still feels like a iphone Just like the 4 did. Spec wise it its fighting right along side the 21 ultra (Its performance destroys the ultra by a ton but day to day feel is the same). it honestly feels like a smaller 21 ultra more than anything to me Its time for my 21 to rest and be a home phone. For the time being im one of you now.

I spent $18 on a dura glass screen protector, but I didn’t realize it had blue light protection, and I heard it can make the screen worse, what should I do?

I ordered Iphone 17 today, please suggest me with the good back case preferably transparent, glass and protection lens etc..

I received a new 17 base model and noticed a pretty clear difference compared to the one I bought at launch. The front speaker grille is a good example, on my original unit, the holes were noticeably larger, and dust would actually get visibly stuck in there, so I had to keep cleaning it out. This new one has much smaller, tighter hole, and it doesn’t even look like dust could get in there easily.

Another thing that changed is the weight distribution, or maybe even the overall weight. I clearly remember my original feeling heavier toward the camera area, kind of front-loaded. This one feels much more evenly distributed across the whole body of the phone.

Not sure if these are official spec changes or just quiet manufacturing revisions between batches, but the difference is definitely noticeable side by side.

Heading out on a two week trip this summer and my old power bank isn't cutting it anymore. Want something built for the iPhone 17 before I go, curious what everyone's using.

Main things I need: magnetic wireless so I'm not dealing with cables, enough juice for a full day of photos and navigation, and light enough to carry around all day.

From what I've seen it's either fast but bulky, or slim but charges slow. Anyone found one that does both? thx

Bit of a backstory here, I was an Android fan (and still am because of rooting) until I got my Galaxy ZFold4. That device was so fragile that when I was doom scrolling news articles on the commode, i dropped it maybe 3 feet and the middle of the screen turned completely green. I had no choice but to upgrade to a new phone. I decided it was time to give iPhones a try. I don’t know why, but the 16PM i had SUCKED! It was slow & constantly burning up. And, to put the cherry on top, it was JUST as fragile as fhe Z Fold. I could lightly toss it on the counter and it would break my back glass like nothing.

Well since my 16PM decided it would be a great time to throw SMB kernel panics during my vaycay trip, i decided it was just time to upgrade. My carrier (Verizon) had a deal going on if you got a new line, you could get the 17 for only $5/mo. It seemed like a downgrade at first but I needed a new phone ASAP. Plus, I’ve already bought into the Ecosystem at this point.

Not at all! Its been actually A LOT fatser then my 16PM. No lag, no heat, no issues. I really didnt use the Telephoto so I wont be missing it. I may just be missing the battery life because of the smaller size but in my humble opinion, its a great trade off.

If you’re in the boat of getting a 16PM or a 17 & you dont use most of the features of the PM (I mainly just used it for USB3), then I would say get the 17 and save your wallet a bit of cash. Its a good phone for the price!

EDIT: Reddit didnt let me finish my post lol & spelling

Just got an iPhone 17 and I’m still figuring things out 😭 Drop your best beginner tips, hidden settings, battery tricks, camera hacks, shortcuts, useful apps, or anything you wish you knew when you first got an iPhone!