Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max

The iPhone 17 Pro Max takes the structural redesign, enhanced cooling, and baseline triple 48MP camera setup of the standard 17 Pro and pushes them to absolute maximum capacity.

It is Apple's ultimate flagship, combining the largest screen footprint in iPhone history with staggering battery life and up to 2TB of storage capacity.

The Massive Screen & Two-Tone Redesign

• 6.9-Inch Form Factor: It matches the sprawling 6.9-inch screen size introduced on the 16 Pro Max, but reduces display borders even further for a near bezel-less experience.

• Two-Tone Aluminum & Ceramic Design: In a major visual departure, the 17 Pro Max drops titanium for a precision-engineered, aerospace-grade aluminum unibody chassis. The antenna bands have been relocated to wrap around the raised, horizontal camera "plateau" on the back. The rear panel features a unique two-tone aesthetic, seamlessly fusing matte aluminum with high-durability Ceramic Shield accents.

• Anti-Glare, 3,000-Nit Screen: The LTPO Super Retina XDR display introduces a specialized, super-hard anti-reflective coating that improves outdoor contrast by 2x. It tops out at a blinding 3,000 nits peak outdoor brightness, yet can drop down to a dim 1 nit to save power for the Always-On display.

Maximum Performance & The 12GB Upgrade

• Advanced Vapor Chamber Cooling: To maximize the efficiency of the 3nm A19 Pro chip, Apple embedded a liquid-filled, laser-welded vapor chamber into the frame. This rapidly transfers heat away from the processor during intensive generative AI processing or console-quality gaming.

• The 12GB RAM Standard: To fully support advanced, on-device Apple Intelligence models, the memory has been boosted to 12GB of RAM (a 50% upgrade from the iPhone 16 Pro Max).

All-48MP Professional Camera System

The 17 Pro Max features three rear cameras that all share a matching 48-megapixel resolution baseline, meaning no detail is lost when jumping between ultra-wide shots and high-zoom telephoto framing.

• 48MP Fusion Telephoto (4x & 8x): Built around a tetraprism layout and a 56% larger light sensor, the optical telephoto lens captures native 4x optical zoom ($100\text{mm}$). By utilizing a high-fidelity crop of the massive sensor's central pixels, it also produces a lossless 8x optical-quality zoom ($200\text{mm}$), with digital zoom reaching up to 40x.

• 18MP Center Stage Selfie Cam: The front TrueDepth camera upgrades to a square 18MP sensor with automatic focus. This unlocks a hardware-based "Center Stage" feature that dynamically crops and pans to keep you perfectly framed during video calls or vlogs, regardless of phone orientation.

• Dual Capture Video & Pro Recording: Professional features include the ability to shoot Dual Capture video (simultaneously recording 4K Dolby Vision video from both the front and rear cameras at 30 fps), ProRes RAW at 4K/120 fps, and hardware Genlock support for multi-camera video syncing.

Record-Breaking Battery & Power

• The 39-Hour Battery: Thanks to the expanded internal volume of the Max footprint and the efficiency of the A19 Pro chip, the 17 Pro Max delivers the longest battery endurance ever seen in an iPhone, rated for up to 39 hours of video playback.

• Blazing-Fast Charging: Fast charging has been optimized to hit 50% battery in just 20 minutes via a compatible wired USB-C charger, alongside 25W MagSafe and Qi2 wireless charging support.

• Apple N1 Networking: Powered by Apple’s custom-designed N1 wireless chip, unlocking native, hyper-efficient support for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0.

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