Apple iPhone 17e review Comments
- JeanPierre12
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Forsi147, 07 Apr 2026I had been unfortunate enough to have to deal with iOS at my job on a daily basis for 6 whole ... moreStop crying, isnt a bad OS just cuz you cant install your "Great" themes
- Forsi147
- CxW
IQ200, 27 Mar 2026That's just for people thinking iOS don't matter but it does matter for many users a... moreI had been unfortunate enough to have to deal with iOS at my job on a daily basis for 6 whole years on 3 separate devices (6S, 11 and 14Pro+) and honestly I have no idea how people can use this frustratingly restrictive and bafflingly anti consumer crap. Even the most basic stuff like menu navigation, basic file management, text selection and a simple file attachment in Outlook or Viber is made in the most idiotic and convoluted way possible. Additionally the 6S's battery was lobotomized with a software update literally 6 months after I unpacked it to the point it cannot be used for more than an hour and the 14Pro+ was so bafflingly heavy, thick, with ugly ass bezels and an absolutely eyesore "island" that make watching any video frustrating. Thank god I had kept my personal Android at the whole time and now I am fortunate to also use a S25+ as a work phone, just to be able to do my daily job without going insane. Oh yeah, and 17 e-waste is still an idiotic and ugly product with even more idiotic pricing.
- Anonymous
- nG9
Anonymous, 01 Apr 2026You don't live in real life...
In 2000/2010, people used mostly compact for holiday...I ... moreI'm not denying people have used such cameras on their holidays. And lots of people to that matter. But those people don't care about photography.
And I agree, people do use smartphones nowadays as their main cameras on their holidays. That just again proves that they don't care about photography whatsoever and that they do not understand/care how digital sensors are not the right tool for that job. Especially small sensors in that regard.
If you compare iPhone camera quality from 10 years ago to today, those old 1/3 inch sensors produce largely the same quality as today's smartphone sensors. The only big difference compared to 10 years ago is computational aka algorithmic and AI processing - aka not the stuff that was in the picture originally. Skin smoothing, texture altering/replacement, unnatural sharpening, Samsung replacing light sources at night with the moon and the list goes on...
- Anonymous
- 0L6
Anonymous, 01 Apr 2026Those cameras you mentioned are not holiday cameras - they are utilitarian cameras used by est... moreYou don't live in real life...
In 2000/2010, people used mostly compact for holiday...I used the A1100 up to 2016 as my last one (after a sony DSC-P73).
Nowaday people mostly uses smartphones ! That's what you can see everywhere !
It's maybe not your taste, but it's reality.
285's 300mm or A1100's 140mm has nothing to do with expertise on car or real estate agent !
There's not a single photophone with fullframe !
1" is the best sensor you can get...1/2.55" on 17e is a piece of shit
- Anonymous
- nG9
Anonymous, 01 Apr 2026Photophone doesn't replace professional cameras.
Photophone replaces mr everybody's... moreThose cameras you mentioned are not holiday cameras - they are utilitarian cameras used by estate agents to take snapshots of the state of the properties they go in, and also used by car insurance providers to document any bodywork damage after small accidents. Bringing such cameras on holiday means using the wrong tool for the wrong job.
Same for smartphones - they are not meant to replace your holiday cameras. Smartphones sensors are ok for taking pictures of documents, taking a snapshot of the surrounding area to share with someone as a reference when they are trying to get to your location, basically utilitarian use. There is no point in taking holiday pics with digital sensors unless you feel like manually editing thousands of individual pictures afterward, correcting all the flaws of digital.
Holidays are for 35mm film. Compact cameras and rangefinders. Maybe a lightweight SLR and a pancake lens would work too. The optimal tools for holidays!
Digital is just a waste of time when you are on holiday.
- Anonymous
- 0L6
Anonymous, 30 Mar 2026>"cares about photography"
>proceeds to argue about 'quality' of 1/... morePhotophone doesn't replace professional cameras.
Photophone replaces mr everybody's compact camera ! The one people uses for holiday
Things such as Canon Ixus 285....
I won't get a crappy 17e even to replace my old 2009's Canon Powershot A1100
- justasmile
- uQx
Android Trumps iOS, 01 Apr 2026Meanwhile, iOS can't even do proper multi-tasking without having to freeze apps in the ba... moreRead and reply to that comment first
- Anonymous
- 0L6
Anonymous, 31 Mar 2026Yeah, that's just typical for Android due to its requirements for huge amounts of RAM whe... moreTell this to iPhone 15 ! 6GB, no Apple Intelligence...what you said was right...on iOS6 when it didn't support real pre-emptive multitasking
Anonymous, 31 Mar 2026Yeah, that's just typical for Android due to its requirements for huge amounts of RAM whe... moreMeanwhile, iOS can't even do proper multi-tasking without having to freeze apps in the background.
Wake me up when you get a feature like second space on iOS, then we can talk why Android needs more RAM.
A lightweight operating system which took 10 years to deliver basic app drawer and widgets? Ewwww!!!
- Anonymous
- nG9
justasmile, 31 Mar 2026Your problem for not listening to the other sideYeah, that's just typical for Android due to its requirements for huge amounts of RAM when running mere simple tasks.
Most likely hit the RAM limit halfway through reading your post and had to force close.
IQ200, 29 Mar 2026imagine you want an ios device and the next phone can only be iphone. imagine you don'... moreTL;DR
- Anonymous
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Anonymous, 28 Mar 2026No ! I care for exemple about things like photography....Apple (And Google and Samsung) are fa... more>"cares about photography"
>proceeds to argue about 'quality' of 1/1.3" 1/2.55" sensors
Anyone who cares about photography would get a dedicated camera and not treat smartphone cameras as anything more than utilitarian, a convenient option to take a few snapshots here and there.
1/1.3" is nothing.
1/1" is nothing.
Micro 4/3 is nothing.
APS-C is nothing.
Full Frame is acceptable.
Medium Format smaller than 6x8 is ok.
Medium Format 6x8, 6x9, 6x12 are good.
Large Format 4x5 is great.
Large Format 8x10 is sweet.
And anything larger is just awesome and amazing.
- justasmile
- uQx
Anonymous, 28 Mar 2026I'm a tech enthousiast, I build my desktop devices myself. I'm not a fashion victim ... more'I'm not a fashion victim who think he is a tech guy !...Apple (and Google) are overpriced and overrated.'
See, you're not really one.
- IQ200
- 3LT
Android Trumps iOS, 19 Mar 2026They just want to proclaim to the whole world that they bought an Apple iPhone.
The year, mod... moreimagine you want an ios device and the next phone can only be iphone.
imagine you don't drive mostly with public transportation where you can see the same people, mostly younger audience using their iphones, maybe you'd see some other users going for iphone not just a bunch of "i don't know who am i, i'm still searching for my self, i have to be accepted" kids.
sure, apple is considered by many just as a status symbol, but are they just that?
I don't know you tell me.
so are the adidas, nike, levi's, puma, vans, bmw, mercedes and many other more brands in the world, yet towards apple is some special kind of "love". it's somehow so easy for many people to well.. don't like apple or their users. which is... really.. i mean.. imagine you judge people who they are because of the phone they're using. lmao. anyway..
imagine you work at a medium size corporation with 80+ people and get for your work phone some base model iphone, because everyone are working on macs at your work so you have to work with ios on your phone too even if you personally use android phone.
imagine you have a bunch of working colleagues and friends using facetime or some other features you can't have in android world.
imagine some old grannies who are using iphones for the past almost 20 years and you trying to persuade them they need to get used to something else because it's cheaper and waaaaay better. do you think they need better or just to use what they got used to? do you really think the switch from ios to android is that easy?
sorry, it's a rhetorical question, you don't have to answer.
imagine you are buying all your iphones through carriers with 3 or even 4 years of repayments in rates like many people buy iphones because they got used to doing that for the past almost 20 years.
imagine you for a change see people that actually liked ios experience the same way you did the android and that it's not that easy to left that ecosystem.
the real question for you is, would you buy any of new iphones if they cost for example 200€ or 300€ instead of circa 1000€?
imagine all that one by one.
i know you can imagine if you try.
will you?
i will even say the magic word.
please?
- Anonymous
- m8g
justasmile, 29 Mar 2026Unfortunately the world doesn't revolve around photography. And definitely not around the... moreIt's an exemple...autonomy is an other side where iphone and Pixel are destroyed...
Apple is behind in every way !
- justasmile
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Anonymous, 28 Mar 2026No ! I care for exemple about things like photography....Apple (And Google and Samsung) are fa... moreUnfortunately the world doesn't revolve around photography. And definitely not around the specsheet as original commenter commented
But I agree, the Oppo Find X9 Pro is a good phone 👍
- Anonymous
- 6rs
justasmile, 28 Mar 2026If you care about specs only, you're not a real tech enthusiast No ! I care for exemple about things like photography....Apple (And Google and Samsung) are far from Find X Pro serie....you don't even need to.go for Oppo/Vivo/Xiaomi Ultra...
And yes, it's mainly linked to hardware...physic is physic !
Get for real a 2 years old Xiaomi 14 Ultra and the last iphone 17 Pro Max (the first is probably harder to find). I did, old Xiaomi is a better photophone.
Get a Xiaomi 13T Pro and a Pixel 7, it's the two devices I compared the more...both 1/1.3" f/1.9 main sensor...I did, impossible to find a winner !
When you've got a 1/2.55" on 17e, you will have horrible low light photos...it's as certain as if you put a Citroën 2CV's engine in a Ferrari you won't drive up to 300km/h
- Anonymous
- 6rB
justasmile, 28 Mar 2026If you care about specs only, you're not a real tech enthusiast I'm a tech enthousiast, I build my desktop devices myself. I'm not a fashion victim who think he is a tech guy !...Apple (and Google) are overpriced and overrated.
It's a matter of marketing, media's propaganda and ignorance...
- justasmile
- uQx
Anonymous, 22 Mar 2026Even 17 Pro Max has nothing really amazing today ! A19 Pro ? Both 8 Elite Gen 5 and Dimensi... moreIf you care about specs only, you're not a real tech enthusiast
