{"id":15068085,"date":"2026-03-27T17:54:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/apples-iphone-17-family-includes-my-favorite-hardware-improvement-in-years\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T01:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:25:23","slug":"apples-iphone-17-family-includes-my-favorite-hardware-improvement-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/apples-iphone-17-family-includes-my-favorite-hardware-improvement-in-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s iPhone 17 family includes my favorite hardware improvement in years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feat-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/02\/cosmic-orange-17-pro.webp?w=1600\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Apple\u2019s iPhone 17 Pro is a big improvement over the more fussy iPhone 16 Pro. The vapor chamber and switching to aluminum from titanium both make a noticeable difference in sustained performance and improved thermal management. However, my favorite hardware improvement in years isn\u2019t limited to the Pro series.<\/p>\n<p> <a data-layer-pagetype=\"post\" data-layer-postcategory=\"iphone-17,iphone-17-pro\" data-layer-viewtype=\"unknown\" data-post-id=\"1045415\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/27\/apples-iphone-17-family-includes-my-favorite-hardware-improvement-in-years\/#more-1045415\" class=\"more-link\">more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/27\/apples-iphone-17-family-includes-my-favorite-hardware-improvement-in-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tech \u2013 Apple \u2013 9 to 5 Mac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s iPhone 17 Pro is a big improvement over the more fussy iPhone 16 Pro. The vapor chamber and switching to aluminum from titanium both make a noticeable difference in sustained performance and improved thermal management. 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