With seven months left before the launch of Apple’s next generation of flagship smartphones (and a new budget iPhone, which is likely to appear long before then), we already get a good idea of ​​what we can expect from the iPhone 17. To start by For the latest report, we are pretty sure Apple will drastically change the design of the rear camera module on the Pro models, and in what way. We just don’t know why.
The camera module on Pro -iphones has remained essentially the same (except for a smaller size increase from 12 Pro to 13 Pro) for six generations in a row: a square with rounded corners that houses a trio of lenses in a well -known triangular configuration. But of late, Pundits have formed a shaking consensus that 2025 will be the year when it finally changes in a more noticeable way.
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Since this year’s swing, the main theory has been that the three lenses will instead be arranged in a horizontal line like Google Pixel 9 Pro, with the camera module switching to a long -centered bar that extends over the top of the back of the phone. But this theory is completely confused, according to YouTube personality and technical leaks Jon Prosser, who in his latest video claims that the internal layout of the dynamic island components means this is “not possible. Some may say impossible.”
It leaves two options, he claims. Apple could press with the horizontal configuration, but bring it down lower on the back of the chassis so that it does not collide with the dynamic island. Or it could keep the triangular design that he says was originally devised to stay out of the way on the chopped on the iPhone 11 Pro. But that would mean a seventh generation of design stagnation that the company is eager to avoid.
According to Prosser, the current leading solution to Apple Park is to preserve the triangular arrangement of lenses, but expand the module in which they sit to span the full width of the phone. This will not be a thin beam: it will be the same height as the module of the 16 pro, stretched to about twice as large width. It is a big and very noticeable change that will make sure everyone knows that you are using an iPhone 17 -Pro.
But apart from giving your friends serious FOMO and upgrading envy, would this redesign camera module provide any actual benefits? Maybe, but Prosser for you can’t see what they are. Currently, it feels like a solution that helps Apple’s marketing department not iPhone customers. Without a doubt, the launch event in September will make the benefits much clearer.
It is worth emphasizing at this time that none of this must be taken as proven fact; These remain theories, albeit those with coherent reasoning and sources. The plans could change between now, and autumn and Prostradamus could have just taken this wrong. He is in shape. And throwing some cold water on it all is a post from Mark Gurman that claims that Prosser’s reproductions “appear to be based in a false sketch in late January.”
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