Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max vs. iPhone 17 Pro Max
A technical comparison between the iPhone 18 Pro Max and the iPhone 17 Pro Max highlights incremental improvements in battery, cooling, and display design. While the new model offers minor upgrades, the predecessor remains a cost-effective alternative.
Why it matters
Informs consumer purchasing decisions by evaluating the value proposition of iterative hardware updates.
The new iPhone hit the shelves and the first order of business is to pit it against its predecessor. The Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max brings screen, performance, camera and battery improvements over the previous generation and yet the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max gets you a lot of the same at a cheaper price.
So how much better is the Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max? Let's look into it.
For starters, you can compare the complete specs sheets or directly continue with our editor's assessment in the following text.
The two iPhones share the same design and build and if it weren’t for the different color options, it would have been almost impossible to tell them apart.
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