iPhone 17 Pro vs. older iPhones: What key feature is missing in the new model?

 

iPhone 17 Pro vs. older iPhones: What key feature is missing in the new model?

 

When a user buys a new smartphone, his first expectation is that he will get the best and latest features.

Older devices usually get many new features through software updates, but some very interesting and important capabilities are usually reserved only for the newest handsets.

According to the technology news platform ‘Tech Radar’, there has been an unexpected turn in the world of iPhone where there is a feature that older iPhones can easily use, but surprisingly, users of iPhone 17 Pro models are deprived of this facility.

What feature is missing from the iPhone 17 Pro?

According to a report by TechRadar, users on Reddit and some Apple forums have claimed that it is not possible to use Night Mode when taking portrait shots on the iPhone 17 Pro.

A user named ‘Catalytic Clover’ on Reddit complained that ‘portrait photos at night are not as good as they could be and it is a low-level thing compared to the quality obtained from previous models.’

This claim has also been confirmed by ‘Macworld’, according to which Apple’s support document includes models from iPhone 12 Pro to iPhone 16 Pro Max among the devices that are capable of using both these camera features simultaneously, while the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max have been excluded from this list.

It is currently unclear why the latest iPhone models are unable to use Night Mode and Portrait Mode at the same time. This is disappointing news for users who want to take slightly more ‘artistic’ and aesthetic shots at night.

Typically, Portrait Mode gives the option to blur the background and Night Mode enables long exposures in low light. If the two are combined correctly, the best and most dramatic photos can be obtained in night light.

Despite all this, other significant camera upgrades have been made in the iPhone 17 Pro models. Compared to the iPhone 16 Pro, all three of its lenses are now offered with 48 megapixel resolution.

In addition, the front camera of the iPhone 17 Pro has also been upgraded, allowing the user to take both portrait and landscape selfies without rotating the phone.

Not only that, but now video recording can also be done simultaneously with both the front and rear cameras.

Looking at it this way, not all the benefits are gone, but there is no doubt that removing the simultaneous operation of Night Mode and Portrait Mode from the iPhone 17 Pro's feature list certainly seems a bit strange. It is also possible that there is a technical reason for this.