With seven months before the launch of the next generation of Apple flagship smartphones (and a new iPhone on a budget that can appear well before), we already have a good idea what to expect the iPhone 17. To start, according to the latest report, we are almost sure that Apple will considerably change the design of the rear camera module on pro models, and how. We don't know why.
The camera module on pro iPhones remained essentially the same (other than a slight increase in size of 12 pro to 13 pro) for six consecutive generations: a square with rounded corners housing a trio of lentils in a familiar triangular configuration . But recently, experts have formed a trembling consensus according to which 2025 will be the year when he will finally change more visible.
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From towards the turn of the year, the main theory has been that the three objectives will be instead arranged in a horizontal line like the Google Pixel 9 Pro, the module of the camera passing to a long centered bar stretching at the top from the rear of the rear of the rear of the rear back of the rear back of the rear back of the rear back of the rear back of the rear of the l 'Rear rear of the rear back of the rear of the rear back of the rear back of the rear of the phone. But this theory is entirely wrong, according to the YouTube personality and the technological flight Jon Prosser, who affirms in his last video that the internal arrangement of the components of the dynamic island means that it is “not possible. Some may say impossible.
This leaves two options, he says. Apple could press the horizontal configuration, but lower it lower at the back of the chassis so that it does not come up against the dynamic island. Or he could keep the triangular design, which, according to him, was originally designed to keep away from the notch of the iPhone 11 Pro. But that would mean a seventh generation of design stagnation, which the company wishes to avoid.
According to Prosser, the current cutting edge solution to Apple Park is to maintain the triangular layout of the lenses but to extend the module in which they are seated so that it extends over the entire width of the phone. It will not be a thin bar: it will be the same height as the 16 pro module, stretched about twice the width. It is an important and very visible change that will guarantee that everyone knows that you are using an iPhone 17 Pro.
But in addition to giving your friends an FOMO and a desire to upgrade seriously, would this redrawn camera module provide real advantages? Maybe, but prosser for we can't see what they are. For the moment, it looks like a solution that helps Apple's marketing service, not iPhone customers. There is no doubt that the September launch event will make the advantages much lighter.
It is necessary to underline at this stage that none of this should be considered a proven fact; These remain theories, although those with reasoning and coherent sources. The plans could change by fall and Prosstradamus could have been wrong. It has a shape. And throwing cold water on the whole is a position of Mark Gurman, who says that the renderings of prosser “seem to be based in a false sketch in late January”.
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