#iphone-17-pro-max

#iphone-17-pro-max

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Black Friday is coming up fast, and Verizon has a killer new deal on its website. Starting today, new customers on select Unlimited plans can get an , an , and an , all for free -- no trade-in required. Bought separately, those devices would cost over $2,000, so this is quite the deal. (T-Mobile is running a similar bundle deal right now, too.)

As is always the case with "free" device deals from carriers, it's not really free outright. You'll have to pay for the devices, but you'll get paid back over the course of 36 months in monthly installments (you can find the here). But if you were going to buy any of these devices anyway, this is still a great deal in terms of being paid back over time.

When I got my iPhone 15 Pro Max in September 2023, I decided that I'd do everything I could to make the battery last. Well, an accident destroyed that handset, so I restarted the experiment in March 2024. CNET: iPhone Battery Showdown: 3 Years of Data Show How the iPhone 17 Models Measure Up I wanted to see just how much lifespan I could get out of the battery.

We're in that part of the year where smartphone makers duke it out for the proverbial heavyweight belt. In the United States, Apple's iPhone tends to be the undisputed champ year after year. The challengersalmost exclusively Google and Samsungare young and hungry's preferred by some tech editors, but ultimately fall short on cultural impact or widespread appeal. The fact that there is an entire subsection of internet jokes focusing on "green text bubbles" proves that more than any real stat could.

The usual chip and connectivity updates are here courtesy of the Apple A19 Pro SoC, the base memory has been upped to 256 GB for the rest of the lineup, while the Pro Max which was already there last year gains a new 2 TB storage option. The battery life got better, the charging got faster, and iOS got more features.

The Melrose Gate of Paramount Pictures Studio located at 5555 Melrose Ave in Hollywood. A sexual assault suspect who was arrested on the Paramount lot early Monday after a 90-minute standoff with police has been identified as Bryan Gudiel Barrios. Fullerton Police Cpl. Billy Phu said that Barrios, 36, is currently hospitalized with non-lethal, self-inflicted knife wounds. Hollywood on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib/The Los Angeles Times/TNS) TNS

The latest smartphone from Apple hit stores this weekend and reportedly the bell of the ball is the iPhone 17 Pro Max. Customers want it for its advanced telephoto lens, large display and battery life. Investors want it to keep up with the Joneses. While Apple remains one of the globe's most valuable tech companies, there is growing concern on Wall Street that the industry leader is lagging behind some of its rivals when it comes to artificial intelligence. Ideally the new model addresses some of that chatter.

The company introduced its first stainless steel phone, the iPhone 4, way back in 2010, but switched to aluminum with the iPhone 5. These past couple of years, Cupertino experimented with titanium to try and fight the steadily increasing weight of the Pro and especially Pro Max models. The experiments are over and this year Apple is using aluminum for all models but the Air.