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iPhone 17/Pro/Air Unboxing: 1 Hot Take!

2025-09-17 Science & Technology
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Marques Brownlee
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iPhone 17 Series Unboxing and Initial Deep Dive

Evaluate the iPhone 17 lineup's box contents, component upgrades (A19 chips, RAM), and discover why the base iPhone 17 may be this year's best value.

Short Summary

  • Base iPhone 17 offers the best value, incorporating 120Hz and a 256GB starting storage tier.
  • The iPhone Air is remarkably thin but sacrifices key features like stereo speakers and a full camera array compared to rivals.
  • Pro models see significant increases in battery capacity, with the Pro Max exceeding 5,000 mAh for the first time. This overview covers initial hands-on impressions of the iPhone 17, 17 Pro, and the ultra-thin 17 Air, focusing on design, color reception, and early performance benchmarks before full reviews drop.

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Unboxing every new iPhone 17 series phone and taking a second look. Reviews incoming. Check out the tank case at https://dbrand.com/shop/iphone-17 Apple iPhone 17 Air: https://geni.us/Z8kz4 Apple iPhone 17 Pro: https://geni.us/qvBF Apple iPhone 17: https://geni.us/HAo8K MKBHD Merch: http://shop.MKBHD.com Playlist of MKBHD Intro music: https://goo.gl/B3AWV5 Phones provided by Apple for review. ~ http://twitter.com/MKBHD http://instagram.com/MKBHD http://facebook.com/MKBHD 0:00 Unboxing Every iPhone 5:47 Benchmarks 6:12 Let's talk batteries 8:19 The most interesting Air (vs Edge) 10:30 Hot Take 11:28 There's more

Top Comments (10)

@no_e738 2025-09-17

NEED THAT BATTERY TESTING REVIEW!!!!!!!

15.5k 135 replies
@Evgeeny 2025-09-17

Step 1: Make the thinnest iPhone ever. Step 2: Sell the battery separately. Result: Thickest iPhone ever. 😂

12.2k 96 replies
@TheGoodOldBen2 2025-09-17

3:43 Bend it... Do it, you know you want to, do it... Let the voices win...

8.0k 39 replies
@Decroiss 2025-09-17

This year base model 17 is so much appealing

4.9k 82 replies
@Mahdi.Ouhdach 2025-09-17

“Apple engineers crack me up — they make the world’s thinnest phone, then slap on an external battery and boom, it’s the thickest phone around.”

3.3k 62 replies
@EzioAuditore-b5c 2025-09-17

I miss the days when they’d include pamphlets, a charging brick, cables, earphones, stickers and their mum in a box

2.2k 18 replies
@XxTUOMExX 2025-09-18

How thoughtful of them — they took the battery out and decided to sell it separately. Truly Fascinating !

2.1k 12 replies
@kaiperdaens7670 2025-09-17

8:38 they even took the colour from the phone to make it thinner, that's REAL INNOVATION

1.7k 9 replies
@1Ricky 2025-09-17

Everyone : iPhone17 unboxing Mkbhd : I have been using it for the past several days .

1.7k 11 replies
@ujjwalbiswas3327 2025-09-18

Someone predicted it 5 years ago they are going to sell the batteries separately and here we are...

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