Apple iPhone 17, Air, 17 Pro/17 Pro Max Review (Apple Bitz XL, Ep. 355)

Apple Bitz XL w/ Brian Tong

Apple Bitz XL Podcast w/ Brian Tong

Tech News, Technology, News

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Special Guest Ray Wong from Gizmodo joins the pod to go deep and talk all things iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max. Which one did we land on, and what makes this the most compelling iPhone lineup in years. You can help support this show and my independent work at www.patreon.com/briantong THANK YOU! Call into the show by recording a Voice Memo and sending it to [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.7	Today is the day. It is iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro 3, AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3 launch day.
0:29.1	We're going to focus here on the iPhones. I got a special guess. So you know what time it is? Let's get to the show.
0:43.9	What's up, everybody?
0:45.0	Welcome to the show.
0:46.6	It's the Apple Bits XL.
0:48.0	Brian Tong here, your host,
0:52.4	doing the most for everything good and bad inside the world of Apple.
0:58.3	Yes, some of you listening got up in the morning, went out to an Apple sort of hand,
1:01.6	pick up your new products, your new goodies.
1:06.1	Some of you are waiting at this moment for them to arrive to your door.
1:12.6	Some of you are waiting for the FedEx truck who sometimes makes their rounds late at night around 8 p.m. And you know what? For those you who aren't spending a single penny and are just sitting back
1:17.6	and like, hey, you know what, I don't need to upgrade this year. Kudos to you all. But you know what?
1:21.6	We're going to talk about everything iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro.
1:28.0	We've got a special guess for the show because really to me, this is arguably, this is, no, the most compelling iPhone lineup that we have seen in years.
1:39.0	There's a whole different energy around it as well, whether or not you're going to make that upgrade.
1:44.8	So I'm going to stop talking.
1:46.7	Let's just get right into it.
1:48.4	All right, everybody.
1:49.6	We have him on the show because he's a pro.
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