iPhone 17 Screen Size
The iPhone 17 has a 6.3 inch screen with a resolution of 1206 × 2622 pixels, about 458 pixels per inch. The screen itself is 2.6 in6.7 cm wide and 5.7 in14.5 cm tall (6.7 cm2.6 in × 14.5 cm5.7 in), measured as a rectangle before the rounded corners.
- Screen
- 6.3 in 16.0 cm
- Resolution
- 1206 × 2622
- Pixel density
- 458 PPI
- Released
- 2025
How big is the iPhone 17 screen?
- Screen (diagonal)
- 6.3 in (16.0 cm)
- Screen width
- 2.6 in6.7 cm · 6.7 cm2.6 in
- Screen height
- 5.7 in14.5 cm · 14.5 cm5.7 in
- Screen area
- 15 sq in97 sq cm
- Aspect ratio
- 19.5:9 (2.17:1)
- Resolution
- 1206 × 2622
- Total pixels
- 3.2 million
- Pixel density
- 458 PPI
- Pixels per cm
- 180
- Pixel size
- 0.055 mm
- Released
- 2025
Which iPhones came out in 2025?
Apple released 5 iPhones in 2025: the iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 and iPhone 16e. Their screens ran from 6.1 to 6.9 inches. It shared its 6.3 inch screen size with the iPhone 17 Pro that year.
The iPhone 17 Pro Max is about half an inch bigger corner to corner, with about a fifth more screen area. The iPhone Air is about a fifth of an inch bigger corner to corner, with a little more screen area. The iPhone 17 Pro has the very same screen.
The iPhone 16e is about a fifth of an inch smaller corner to corner, with a little less screen area.
How did the screen change from the iPhone 16?
The iPhone 17 replaced the iPhone 16 from 2024. The iPhone 17 screen is 0.2 in (0.5 cm) bigger diagonally, with 6% more screen area than the iPhone 16. Pixel density went from 461 to 458 PPI.
How sharp is the iPhone 17 screen?
At 458 pixels per inch, single pixels vanish for 20/20 vision beyond 7.5 in19.1 cm (19.1 cm7.5 in). You hold a phone closer than that only when reading small print, so the screen looks smooth.
The iPhone Air was sharper that year, though the gap is too small to see. Across our list, fourteen iPhones have a higher pixel density.
Where does the iPhone 17 rank among iPhone screens?
Of the thirty-eight other iPhones in our list, thirteen have a bigger screen, twenty-two a smaller one and three the same size. When it came out, twelve of the thirty-five iPhones in our list up to then had a bigger screen.
This exact screen first came on the iPhone 16 Pro. The iPhone 17 marked its second year in use, shared with the iPhone 17 Pro. Apple used it again on the iPhone 18 Pro.
What is the iPhone 17 screen size in CSS pixels?
Websites see the iPhone 17 as 402 × 874 CSS pixels in portrait, with a device pixel ratio of 3. Each CSS pixel uses 3 × 3 screen pixels, which gives the full 1206 × 2622 resolution.
- Viewport, portrait
- 402 × 874
- Viewport, landscape
- 874 × 402
- Device pixel ratio
- 3
- One CSS pixel
- 0.166 mm
A common text size of 16 CSS pixels measures about 2.7 mm (0.10 in) on this screen. The visible area in Safari is smaller than the viewport, because the address bar and toolbar take space. The same 402 × 874 viewport is used by the iPhone 17 Pro and 16 Pro.
How does the iPhone 17 compare with other iPhones?
The table shows the iPhones released around the iPhone 17. Width and area are measured against the iPhone 17.
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What are the iPhone 17 screen dimensions in cm?
The screen is 6.7 cm wide and 14.5 cm tall, with a diagonal of 16.0 cm. The phone body is bigger than the screen.
Is the iPhone 17 screen 6.3 inches wide?
No. 6.3 inches (16.0 cm) is the diagonal, measured corner to corner. The screen is 2.6 in (6.7 cm) wide.
How many pixels does the iPhone 17 screen have?
It has 3,162,132 pixels, about 3.2 million, at 458 pixels per inch. Each pixel is 0.055 mm across.
Which iPhones have the same screen as the iPhone 17?
The iPhone 18 Pro, 17 Pro and 16 Pro have the same 6.3 inch screen and 1206 × 2622 resolution. Cases still differ, because the bodies and cameras are not the same.
How we measure
Width = diagonal × resolution width ÷ √(width² + height²), and the same for height, using the pixel counts. Pixel density is the pixel diagonal divided by the screen diagonal.
Diagonal and resolution from Apple's technical specifications. CSS size and pixel ratio from Apple's Xcode iOS Simulator device profiles. Last checked 2026-10-08.