- IPhone 17 Pro Max could have a 5,000 mAh battery
- That would make it over 300 mAh higher capacity than the iPhone 16 Pro Max’s
- This may be one of the most important spec -upgrades on this phone
We’ve heard a lot about the iPhone 17 Pro Max at this time, but surprisingly, one of the biggest potential upgrades is just leaked.
According to Leaker Setsuna Digital (via Gsmarena), the iPhone 17 Pro Max could have a 5,000 mAh battery, and although it is a common capacity for Android phones, it is far higher than we have seen from an iPhone so far.
The iPhone 16 Pro Max has the largest battery that Apple has so far put in a phone, but it’s still only 4,685mAh. So if this leak is correct, the iPhone 17 Pro Max will have an extra 315mAh to play with.
Increasing the battery to 5,000 mAh would finally make Apple’s battery specifications more comparable to Android phones, and that would probably mean that the actual life of the iPhone 17 Pro Max is far greater than most Android hand sets as iPhones tend to be very effective.
A greater lift than usual
So this is all good news, even though we would take this with a pinch of salt, as while the source of this tip has a solid track record, we haven’t heard this from anyone else yet and it would be a slightly larger battery jump than we tend to see from Apple.
But if the iPhone 17 Pro Max really has a 5,000 mAh battery, it can create one of the most exciting upgrades on a phone that so far does not sound like it will be a huge improvement on the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
When you go for current leaks, the most important change can be to the design – although the chipset and some of the cameras are likely to be improved as well. So a boost in the life of the battery can help this phone feel more like an upgrade than it could otherwise.
And while this leak is only talking about the iPhone 17 Pro Max, if it really gets a big battery boost, there is a reasonable chance that the other iPhone 17 models will too. We had to find out in September as it is probably when Apple reveals these new handsets.
