Our electronics writer lived with Apple’s best iPhone for three months, and one feature made it especially hard to go back to his iPhone 15 Pro Max.

A known and generally reliable leaker has weighed in on iPhone 17 rumors, and believes that the iPhone 17 Pro Max will be a bit thicker, perhaps to accommodate a larger battery.

Apple's all-new ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air shares the same dimensions as the iPhone 17 Pro Max, with the only difference being in the thickness

In recent times, several flagship range smartphones have been launched including the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, OnePlus 13, and others. However, a new flagship competitor has entered the market, which is directly comparing itself to the iPhone 16 Pro Max.

Xiaomi announced its new flagship smartphone at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. In this article, we’ll compare that smartphone to the very best phone Apple has to offer. In other words,