The iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max went connected merchantability this week successful Germany, on with 64 different countries successful the archetypal wave. If you person your eyes acceptable connected an iPhone Duo, you volition person to hold for implicit a period much to get it.
As for the caller Pro models, present is simply a reminder of their prices – the tiny iPhone 18 Pro starts astatine €1,450, portion the larger iPhone 18 Pro Max starts astatine €1,600. As is tradition, Apple stopped selling the aged Pros erstwhile the caller ones were unveiled – lone non-Pro models past much than a twelvemonth connected Apple.com. But that doesn’t halt third-party retailers from selling older Pros arsenic you’ll spot below.
The iPhone 17 Pro launched astatine €1,300 for a 256GB portion past year, present you tin person it for less. That said, determination are reasons to wage the other premium for the caller 18 Pro models. For example, the caller exemplary brings Apple’s archetypal 2nm chipset – the A20 Pro is a beast – and it has a smaller punch spread for the FaceTime camera and Face ID system. There’s besides a adaptable aperture and faster charging (50% successful 15 minutes alternatively of 20 minutes).
The iPhone 17 Pro Max was €1,450 past twelvemonth (for a 256GB unit). Now it's not cheap, but it is cheaper. What bash you suffer by going with the year-old model? We already mentioned the chipset and cameras and there's more. The iPhone 18 Pro Max is the fastest-charging iPhone yet and it tin scope 50% complaint successful conscionable 15 minutes, compared to the 17 Pro Max, which needs 20 minutes.
The iPhone 17 and iPhone Air are inactive disposable connected Apple.com. After the terms hike, they outgo €1,100 and €1,300, respectively, for the basal 256GB models. This is €150 and €200 much than what they outgo astatine launch! At slightest that’s what Apple is asking for them, their prices are overmuch much tenable connected Amazon.
Meanwhile, the Samsung Galaxy S26 is €370 off. It’s thinner (7.2mm vs. 8.8mm) and lighter (167g vs. 211g) than the iPhone 18 Pro, portion having a tiny artillery vantage – 4,300mAh vs. 4,056mAh (for an eSIM iPhone version). Those 10MP 3x/67mm telephoto and 12MP ultra-wide cameras are rather outdated, however, particularly erstwhile compared to the 48MP 4x/100mm and 48MP modules connected the iPhone 18 Pro. And no, Samsung inactive doesn’t bash magnetic charging.
The Samsung Galaxy S26+ and S26 Ultra are some €450 off. We’re leaning towards the Ultra, adjacent though the S26+ is beauteous inexpensive for a 512GB unit. The Ultra is better-equipped to spell caput to caput with the iPhone Pros successful a camera shootout – it has a 200MP main (1/1.3”), a 50MP 5x/111mm periscope (and that aforesaid 10MP 3x/67mm tele), positive a 50MP ultra-wide. It besides has a 6.9” Privacy Display with an S Pen. And it is the lone Galaxy to enactment 60W wired and 25W wireless charging.
The Xiaomi 17T and 17T Pro are moving humble discounts astatine the moment. The vanilla 17T is smaller with a 6.59” surface and a 6,500mAh artillery (67W wired charging). It’s powered by the Dimensity 8500 Ultra. It has a 50MP main camera (1/1.55”), 50MP 5x/115mm periscope and a 12MP ultra-wide.
The Xiaomi 17T Pro is larger with a 6.83” surface and a 7,000mAh artillery (100W wired, 50W wireless charging). It uses the flagship Dimensity 9500 chipset. Its 50MP main camera has a larger sensor (1/1.31”), portion the 50MP 5x periscope and 12MP ultra-wide are the same.
Our canvass this week volition beryllium astir the Redmi Note 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max. We person a sneaking suspicion radical volition not o.k. of their MSRPs. Luckily, you don’t person to wage anyplace adjacent to that – the 17 Pro is €200 disconnected and the 17 Pro Max is €150 off. Also, if you person an progressive Prime Student subscription, you tin get a 15% discount.
Both models are beauteous airy connected RAM, arsenic you tin see. They usage Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 and Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 chipsets, respectively, which aren’t astonishing either. And this procreation dropped the 200MP cameras of the Note 15 Pro models. At slightest you get ample batteries – 8,340mAh (67W) and 9,210mAh (100W).
Then determination are the Redmi 17 and Redmi Note 17. Both are immense with 6.9” and 6.99” displays, but the Redmi 17 has a 720p+ IPS LCD, portion the Note 17 has a 1080p+ OLED. Battery capableness connected some is fundamentally the same, 7,500mAh vs. 7,700mAh with 45W charging. Funnily enough, the Redmi 17 has the amended chipset – well, “better” is comparative arsenic it is simply a Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 vs. Snapdragon 4 Gen 4. Still, since they are astatine the aforesaid terms close now, we’d urge the Redmi Note 17, unless you really, truly similar LCD implicit OLED. By the way, the Note 17 besides has that 15% discount for Prime Student subscribers.
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