Here's a first look at the iPhone 17

"Apple's big fall event just wrapped up, and we rushed out of the Steve Jobs Theater to get our hands on the latest iPhones. Here's a look at the new iPhone 17, Apple's base model this year, which is joined by the thinner iPhone Air and beefier iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max - there's no Plus this time around."

"The first place to start is the rear camera. Not because a lot has changed here, but rather because it hasn't: while the iPhone 17 Pro and Air have both adopted new horizontal camera "plateaus," the regular 17 has the same two vertically stacked lenses as last year. That means this is the only iPhone 17 that actually looks like the iPhone 16 range - which could be a good or a bad thing, depending on your perspective."

"The dual rear cameras look the same, but there's been a big change. Both lenses now use 48-megapixel sensors - a big upgrade for the ultrawide, which was previously 12 megapixels. Apple claims that the main camera will double as a 2x telephoto, while the ultrawide handles macro duties, but don't expect a camera as versatile as those on the Pros - still, it's better than the single lens on the Air."

Apple's iPhone 17 serves as the base model alongside the thinner iPhone Air and the higher-end iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max; there is no Plus model. The regular iPhone 17 retains the vertically stacked dual rear lenses and thus visually resembles the iPhone 16 range, while the Pro and Air adopt new horizontal camera plateaus. Both rear lenses on the iPhone 17 now use 48-megapixel sensors, notably upgrading the ultrawide from 12MP. The main camera can act as a 2x telephoto and the ultrawide handles macro. The front-facing camera is now 18MP with Center Stage and orientation-aware framing. Feature-wise, the base iPhone remains less versatile than the Pros but surpasses the Air's single lens.

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