In this uni student day-in-the-life, I put the iPhone 17 Pro Max through a real battery test the way I actually use my phone—classes, doom scrolling, gym, studying, and a full-on night camera session. I started at 100% with my usual settings: always-on display ON (with wallpaper), auto brightness, Siri suggestions OFF, background app refresh OFF, and adaptive power OFF. Since this is the eSIM-only version, I wanted to see if it really lives up to the “best possible iPhone battery ever” vibe. By midday I was using the 6.9-inch screen in class because the desks were tiny, then I did the usual student routine: waiting around, grabbing food, and heading to the gym. Later I filmed front camera clips (the new square front camera is honestly the headline feature for me because I can hold the phone in portrait while shooting landscape and still keep eye contact). I also tested using AirPods Pro as an external mic—passable in a pinch, but not a replacement for a real mic. The battery results were genuinely impressive: 25% at 8:21 p.m., 22% after a quick FaceTime, and I still pushed it down to 7% by 10:50 p.m. while using it like a regular phone and even taking rainy night photos. For a heavy-ish student day with navigation and camera testing, the 17 Pro Max felt super comfortable.