Accidental Tech Podcast656: A Long T-Shirt
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The iPhone event! Reactions and analysis of the iPhone 17, 17 Pro, and Air; the Apple Watch Series 11, SE 3, and Ultra 3; and the AirPods Pro 3.
illustro@atpfm for battery comparison between models using a standardised test, you can look at the EU energy labels for the iPhones found on the Irish Apple website (and likely other EU Apple sites) just above the footers by clicking on the rating image. 1/3
@atpfm also, the product information sheet that accompanies the energy certificate gives a standardised measure of the screen scratch resistance.
General link: https://regulatoryinfo.apple.com/energylabels
iPhone 17 Pro specific product information sheet link: https://regulatoryinfo.apple.com/cwt/api/ext/file?fileId=energyLabels/A3523_V1/A3523/A3523_Product_Information_Sheet_EN_EU.pdf
See pages 10 & 11 of this pdf for the standard battery methodology that is used for this energy label: https://regulatoryinfo.apple.com/cwt/api/ext/file?fileId=whitePaperEnergyLabels%2FEU_Energy_Label_for_iPhone_and_iPad_EN_1749628569689.pdf
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@atpfm The specifics for comparison are:
Battery: "endurance duration" (capacity)
- Air: 40h (3149 mAh)
- 17: 41h (3692 mAh)
- 17 Pro: 47h (4252 mAh)
- 17 Pro Max: 53h (5088 mAh)
- 16 (2024): 37h (3561 mAh)
Scratch resistance (Mohs hardness)
- Air: 5
- 17: 5
- 17 Pro: 5
- 17 Pro Max: 5
- 16 (2024): 4
Workload (see attached image) is different to Apple's historic battery metrics from their website, hence the different numbers, but this one will be comparable between generations
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