Effectively-known leaker Majin Bu posted a picture (above) on X of what he claims to be the casing for an iPhone 17 (in protecting plastic wrap). if it’s actual—and it’s far too early to know for certain—then the iPhone is about to undergo some massive adjustments.
The picture appears to indicate one giant rear digital camera on the left facet of a large “camera bar,” with one other spherical cutout on the appropriate facet for a flash, focus illuminator, LiDAR, or different sensor. This strains up with earlier rumors for the brand new ultra-slim iPhone 17 mannequin.
It’s slightly early for a leak of this nature—the iPhone 17 Air (and all different iPhone 17 fashions) are anticipated to be launched this September as ordinary, so quantity manufacturing, and the availability chain and manufacturing leaks that include it, received’t start till the summer time. However Apple is understood to shore up iPhone designs years upfront, so components and prototypes are floating round.
It’s an enormous shift from the design of present iPhones, which bunch all of the cameras and related {hardware} collectively right into a sq. within the upper-left nook. Apple has positioned the digital camera in a sq. array for the reason that iPhone 11, which was launched in 2019.
The “camera bar” design has been rumored for at the very least the iPhone 17 Air (the widespread identify for a rumored ultra-slim mannequin) and even perhaps for the complete iPhone 17 line. For extra, take a look at our roundup of all of the iPhone 17 leaks and rumors.
