10 Days Until the iPhone 17 Pro: All the Rumors

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The all-new iPhone 17 Air volition apt beryllium the standout instrumentality astatine Apple's September "Awe Dropping" event, but the iPhone 17 Pro isn't precisely getting near behind. There are plan updates and caller features coming, and we've outlined everything we cognize truthful acold below.


Design and Colors


The ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ models volition travel successful the aforesaid 2 sizes arsenic the iPhone 16 Pro models: 6.3 inches and 6.9 inches. While the beforehand volition look akin with nary disposable changes to the display, the rear of the instrumentality volition beryllium redesigned.

Rather than a titanium framework for the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ models, Apple is going backmost to aluminum, and besides doing distant with immoderate of the glass. There volition beryllium a part-aluminum part-glass design, and the backmost of the iPhone won't person an all-glass look.


Renders and dummy models suggest that determination volition beryllium a solid country astir the MagSafe charger and Apple logo, portion the remainder of the framework volition beryllium made from aluminum for enhanced durability.

Apple is besides redesigning the camera bump and alternatively of a square-shaped bump astatine the left, determination volition beryllium a rectangular camera bar. Camera lenses volition inactive beryllium arranged successful a triangle signifier astatine the left, but the flash and LiDAR sensor volition beryllium moved to the right, and the bump volition instrumentality up astir of the width of the ‌iPhone‌. As portion of the camera change, Apple could displacement the Apple logo connected the backmost of the ‌iPhone‌ further down.

There whitethorn besides beryllium immoderate tweaks to the antenna system. The small antenna lines could wrapper astir the rear camera bump, improving 5G connectivity. Apple is designing its ain Bluetooth and Wi-Fi spot this year, truthful the updated antenna could beryllium however Apple makes improvements to efficiency. There's besides a accidental determination won't beryllium antenna lines connected the bottommost of the ‌iPhone‌, but this is simply a alteration astir users won't notice.

The ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ models mightiness beryllium conscionable a small thicker than the existent models, coming successful astatine 8.725mm heavy alternatively of 8.25mm thick. The accrued abstraction could beryllium utilized for a larger battery.

‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ colors could beryllium a small antithetic this year. There person been aggregate rumors suggesting that Apple is going with an "orange" color, which whitethorn really crook retired to beryllium much of a copper shade. It sounds similar it volition beryllium much bold than Apple's accepted shades of gold. We're besides expecting a acheronian bluish and the modular black, white, and grey options.

Display


The ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ models are expected to person the aforesaid OLED show arsenic the ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌ models, but determination could beryllium a alteration to the protective glass. Apple has been processing a much durable anti-reflective show option.

It could chopped down connected reflections without notably impacting the visibility of the ‌iPhone‌'s screen, and it mightiness besides beryllium much resistant to scratches and drops. It's supposedly not rather similar the nano-texture show that Apple uses for Macs and iPads, due to the fact that the ‌iPhone‌'s show volition inactive person a glossy appearance.

Supposedly the caller show coating process is much scratch resistant than the Ceramic Shield that Apple uses for the ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌ models.

A-Series Chip


Apple designed a caller A19 Pro spot for the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ models, which is built utilizing TSMC's latest 3-nanometer process. We're not expecting a immense leap successful performance, but it'll beryllium faster and much businesslike than the A18 Pro.

Apple is going to usage a metal-covered artillery and a vapor enclosure cooling strategy to amended vigor dissipation successful the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ models, and that could supply further spot velocity enhancements.

The iPhone 17 models are expected to see 12GB RAM, up from 8GB successful the ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌ models.

Battery and Charging


The ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ could beryllium a spot thicker than the ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌, providing much abstraction for a bigger battery. Battery beingness could spot an improvement, and Apple is rumored to beryllium utilizing a artillery implicit 5,000mAh for the archetypal time.

Qi 2.2 enactment is expected for each of the ‌iPhone 17‌ models, truthful the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ and Pro Max volition complaint astatine 25W connected compatible Qi 2.2 accessories. That's the aforesaid velocity arsenic ‌MagSafe‌, but accessory manufacturers are inactive adjusting to Qi 2 and volition present request to travel retired with a full caller enactment of Qi 2.2 chargers.

Camera


There's a large alteration to the camera design, and there's apt immoderate crushed down it. The ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ models volition person an updated 48-megapixel Telephoto lens, which means each 3 lenses volition beryllium 48 megapixels for the archetypal time.

Some rumors person suggested the caller Telephoto lens volition enactment up to 8x optical zoom (possibly lone connected the Pro Max), and the Main camera could perchance person an adjustable aperture. Apple is readying connected a dual video signaling diagnostic that uses the beforehand and rear camera simultaneously, and determination volition beryllium an upgraded 24-megapixel front-facing camera.

Apple whitethorn besides adhd 8K video signaling for the archetypal time.

Pricing


Rumors astir ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ pricing person been mixed owed to tariff unknowns. Apple is paying retired upwards of $1 cardinal connected tariffs successful its September quarter, and that outgo could beryllium passed to consumers.

There could beryllium a terms increase, though Apple mightiness bounds it to the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌. If that's the case, the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ could beryllium $50 much expensive, but it mightiness besides travel with 256GB of retention arsenic a minimum, up from 128GB.

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