Tim Cook has expanded the iPhone again. I show how the size and frame of the display have changed in the new iPhone 17

This year, Apple changed the size of all its iPhones and added one new one.

In similar posts, I have already been authoritative that the company has developed two sizes that have released phones for the last 11 years: “standard” and “Plus/Max”.

But with the release of the iPhone Air, it seemed like the answer was a mess…or was it?

The company already had a smartphone with a 6.5-inch display, the flagship at that time was the iPhone 11 Pro Max.. But I’m surprised that the iPhone Air’s screen is actually even larger.

Below I figured out which model won the most, what secrets the iPhone Air hides, and what record was broken not only by the thin model, but also by the iPhone 17 Pro Max.

Let’s start with the base iPhone 17, which has had the best luck this year.

iPhone 17 has become four generations better at once

The “base” iPhone 17 has been caught up in a super-upgrade cycle that was last seen with the iPhone 12 and before that with the iPhone XR.

The company has been using almost the same 6.1-inch OLED screen with a 60Hz refresh rate and thickness for five years. frames.

And this year, to increase the size of the smartphone, the frames were shrunk, 120 Hz and an Always On screen were added.

For understanding, the same evolution of the microphone on the Pro model over the past four years, starting with the iPhone 13 Pro, which introduced ProMotion on the iPhone 16 Pro, where the screen area increased.

At the same time, it would be unfair to say that the LED module of the iPhone 17 is taken from the iPhone 16 Pro. No, at the location of the model it is better to immediately consider the parameters:

• 3000 nits of brightness (2000 nits on iPhone 16 Pro)
• You can disable PWM.

However, the iPhone 17 is the same width as the iPhone 16. This also means that the base iPhone is now, for the first time, worse than the flagship. model of the same category.

And here’s my bad news for owners Proshek.

The iPhone 17 Pro is wider again. They drive us around in circles

When Apple introduced the iPhone 15 Pro with bezels, I knew it would be the smallest Pro model for several years to come.

And so it happened, look at the height and height parameters:

iPhone 15 Pro (6.1″) – 146.6×70.6 mm
iPhone 16 Pro (6.3″) – 149.6×71.5 mm
iPhone 17 Pro (6.3″) – 150.0 × 71.9 mm.

Although the black glass frames remained the same, the thickness of the frame became 0.2 mm on each side. As a result, the smartphone became 0.4 mm wider.

An increase in thickness of 0.5 mm will not be much noticeable, since the edges of the smartphone at the back have become even rounder.

The company has already tested a similar trick on the iPhone 15 Pro and repeated it on the iPhone 16 Pro. The already obvious rounded body of the iPhone 17 Pro was a legitimate extension. I continue, I sincerely hope for something like this in the future:

In the meantime, what we got this year is very close to the concepts of the thick titanium iPhone Ultra (eighth on the list at the link) that were made after the release of the Apple Watch Ultra.

All these sacrifices were made for the sake of a large battery. We’ll find out very soon if it’s worth it.

Meanwhile, the iPhone 17 Pro Max also broke the size record.

iPhone 17 Pro Max became the longest iPhone in history

As in the iPhone 17 Pro, the frame in the iPhone 17 Pro Max also became 0.4 mm thicker because of this. This is how it turned out to be one of the widest Apple iPhones.

At 78mm wide, the iPhone 17 Pro Max is just 0.1mm behind the iPhone 13 Pro Max and iPhone 8 Plus, which are ruggedly thin at 78.1mm.

The narrowest in the category for a long time also remains the iPhone 15 Pro Max with a record small size of 76.7 mm.

But The iPhone 17 Pro Max has become an absolute record holder in terms of height. At 163.4 mm, it is larger than the iPhone 16 Pro Max (163 mm), which was the tallest among it.

But, as with the iPhone 17 Pro, the phone will be just as comfortable to hold in your hand, as it has become even more rounded.

Although convenient, of course, it cannot be compared with the iPhone Air.

The thinness of the iPhone Air makes it look like a big eye with headphones

iPhone Air’s bezels (including metal ones) are 60% thinner than iPhone 11 Pro Max’s

This image shows, well, Apple was finally able to close the thick frames of the iPhone 11 Pro Max to allow for the play of light on the metal background. body and round glass

Apple probably didn’t hesitate to price the iPhone Air at $999, since the model’s screen size beats the iPhone 11 Pro Max in real estate. He, in turn, started at $1099.

In addition, the model is even narrower compared not only to the promaxes of the past, but also to the 6.1-inch iPhone 11:

• iPhone 11 – 75.7 mm
• iPhone 11 Pro Max – 77.8 mm
• iPhone Air – 74.7 mm.

There is another interesting point.

With the release of the iPhone X, the cutout for Face ID in almost every new generation went deeper into the screen.

But with the iPhone Air he broke all records:

▾ iPhone X – 4.99 mm*
▾ iPhone 11 Pro – 4.99 mm
▾ iPhone 12 Pro 5.3 mm
▾ iPhone 13 Pro and 16e – 5.4 mm
▾ iPhone 14 Pro – 7.8 mm
▾ iPhone 15 Pro – 8 mm
▾ iPhone 16 Pro – 8.4 mm
▾ iPhone Air – 9.3 mm.

*Calculation from the beginning of the screen.

It’s not enough that the iPhone Air’s notch goes lower, the touch sensor is even deeper there

This is likely for the same reason that Face ID still isn’t on the MacBook and won’t be on the foldable iPhone next year.

The cameras are probably too thick to fit into a thick body. 5.6 mmand therefore are shifted lower, where there is room for them in the “plateau”.

Considering that the screen proportions have not changed compared to coronavirus models, The notch in the iPhone Air will “peek out” more often and more strongly while watching widescreen videos and playing games.

These are the changes that happened. It’s great that this year all iPhone models finally have this frame.

Due to this, the screen, while maintaining the same size, is now noticeably larger. How useful this is, using an example, I recently spoke about my impressions of switching from a 6.1-inch smartphone to a 6.3-inch one.

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