{"id":254385,"date":"2026-05-19T00:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/best-iphone-in-2026-heres-which-apple-phone-you-should-buy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T17:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:55:21","slug":"best-iphone-in-2026-heres-which-apple-phone-you-should-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/best-iphone-in-2026-heres-which-apple-phone-you-should-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"Best iPhone in 2026: Here&#8217;s Which Apple Phone You Should Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/best-iphone\/\">Best iPhone in 2026: Here&#8217;s Which Apple Phone You Should Buy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/best-iphone\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/best-iphone\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-19 00:45:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnet.com\">www.cnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-keep=\"\" class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">We&#8217;ve tested and reviewed the powerful <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><span>iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max<\/span><\/span>, the thin and light <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><span>iPhone Air<\/span><\/span>, the solid <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><span>iPhone 17<\/span><\/span> and the newer <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><span>iPhone 17E<\/span><\/span> to determine our best picks. After extensive testing, we think the iPhone 17 is the best choice for most people. The features it offers for its price and its battery life make it a standout. Recently, <span section=\"shortcodeLink\"><span>We tested the charging abilities of 33 phones<\/span><\/span>, and the iPhone 17 Pro earned a CNET Lab Award for fastest wireless charging.<\/p>\n<p>With the iPhone 17, Apple has significantly narrowed the chasm separating its baseline model from its Pro counterparts. The $829 iPhone 17 (or $799 if you activate with a carrier) shares many of the same camera features with the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, like Dual Capture and Center Stage. It also finally gets a display with a 1-120Hz variable refresh rate, so you can enjoy smoother scrolling and enable the always-on display and see your notifications at a glance. And support for iOS 26 across the full iPhone 17 lineup means you can access Apple&#8217;s most talked-about new software features like live translation, call screening and the Liquid Glass redesign. All that without spending upward of $1,100 for a Pro model, albeit with slightly scaled-back battery life and cameras.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"c-bestListPrecap_prosCons-jumplink\"><br \/>\n              Jump to details<br \/>\n               <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"c-bestListPrecap_prosCons-title\">\n              Pros<br \/>\n            <\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgraded 1-120Hz display<\/li>\n<li>New camera features<\/li>\n<li>Longer battery life<\/li>\n<li>Faster charging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"c-bestListPrecap_prosCons-title\">\n              Cons<br \/>\n            <\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Minimal design updates to last year<\/li>\n<li>Apple Intelligence can still feel like a work in progress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <span class=\"c-bestListPrecap_prosCons-toggleText\"><br \/>\n        Expand Pros &#038; Cons<br \/>\n      <\/span>   <span class=\"c-bestListPrecap_prosCons-toggleDivider\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>From the first moment I picked up the new $1,199 iPhone 17 Pro Max and $1,099 17 Pro, I was beguiled by their bold, bright redesign. 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The square camera bump of previous Pro models is now a body-wide bar that Apple calls the &#8220;camera plateau.&#8221; The 17 Pro and Pro Max now come in actual colors &#8212; you won&#8217;t find one in black or space gray&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/best-iphone\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best iPhone in 2026: Here&#8217;s Which Apple Phone You Should Buy https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/best-iphone\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-19&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/10933d1cecdba93fc45694c12689d2a5c9b7a1db\/hub\/2025\/10\/07\/64dd2a8f-f87c-4faa-8210-6bf0071fb3c9\/p1032405-1.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[69,77,80],"class_list":["post-254385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-ios","tag-ios-26","tag-iphone-17"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254387,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254385\/revisions\/254387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}