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If you're successful the marketplace for a caller iPhone this year, oregon conscionable plain curious, present are 20 rumored features coming to the iPhone 17 lineup adjacent month.
1. iPhone 17 "Air"
iPhone 17 Plus
Apple plans to motorboat an all-new iPhone 17 model with a "significantly thinner" design, reports The Information. The device, which could beryllium called "iPhone 17 Air," volition diagnostic a "major redesign" that volition diagnostic a azygous rear camera located connected a horizontal camera barroom moving on the apical of the device, on with a narrower Dynamic Island, according to Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo believes the iPhone 17 Air volition beryllium 5.5mm heavy astatine its thinnest point, which apt means it volition person a 5.5mm chassis with a thicker rear camera bump area. The instrumentality is rumored to person a 6.6-inch show size, and is apt to regenerate the Plus exemplary successful Apple's lineup. Other reported features see an aluminum chassis, an A19 chip, Apple's C1 modem, an Action button, a Camera Control button, and a 24MP beforehand camera. See our iPhone 17 Air rumor roundup for more.
2. New All-Aluminum Design
All iPhone 17 Models
Apple is reportedly readying to bring each its devices backmost to aluminum with the iPhone 17 lineup. The 2 flagship iPhone 17 Pro models volition people the instrumentality of aluminum frames to high-end iPhones for the archetypal clip since Apple began distinguishing betwixt Pro and non-Pro models. In caller years, aluminum frames person been reserved for lower-end devices similar the iPhone SE and iPhone 16, portion premium models featured stainless alloy frames until the iPhone 15 Pro, which introduced a titanium chassis arsenic a large upgrade. This displacement successful materials for the iPhone 17 lineup signals a unified approach, with aluminum frames acceptable to instrumentality crossed the full instrumentality range.
3. Significantly Redesigned Camera
iPhone 17 Pro & iPhone 17 Pro Max
This year's iPhone 17 Pro models volition person a major redesign, specifically centering astir changes to the rear camera module. Apple volition determination distant from the acquainted quadrate camera bump to a distinctive aluminum camera barroom that spans the device's width, according to recent reports. The camera country volition beryllium the aforesaid colour arsenic the remainder of the device. The redesigned camera module is not expected to widen to the regular iPhone 17.
The devices are rumored to diagnostic a caller rear plan combining aluminum and glass. The apical fractional of the backmost volition beryllium aluminum, incorporating a caller camera bump made from aluminum alternatively of the accepted 3D glass. The bottommost fractional volition stay solid to alteration wireless charging. While Apple has utilized a solid backmost since the iPhone 8 and iPhone X successful 2017, earlier iPhone models – but the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 5C – had aluminum rears.
4. New Display Sizes
iPhone 17 & iPhone 17 Plus
Last year's iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max got bigger show sizes, going from 6.12- and 6.69-inches to 6.27- and 6.86-inches, respectively. For 2025, Apple is besides expected to bring the larger 6.27-inch show size to its modular iPhone model, portion the equivalent "iPhone 17 Plus" exemplary (provisionally called "iPhone 17 Air") could follow completely caller show dimensions.
5. 120Hz ProMotion (Always-on Display)
iPhone 17 & iPhone 17 Plus
Rumors bespeak Apple intends to expand ProMotion to each iPhone models successful 2025, allowing each models to ramp up to a 120Hz refresh rate for smoother scrolling and video contented erstwhile necessary. Previously, lone "Pro" models successful Apple's iPhone lineup person had the feature. Notably, ProMotion would besides alteration the show connected the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 "Air" to ramp down to a much power-efficient refresh complaint arsenic debased arsenic 1Hz, allowing for an always-on show that tin amusement the Lock Screen's clock, widgets, notifications, and wallpaper adjacent erstwhile the instrumentality is locked. Most recently, 1 leaker has disputed that the non-Pro models volition get ProMotion, claiming that they volition travel with fixed 120Hz screens to support immoderate differentiation.
6. Apple-Designed Wi-Fi 7 Chip
iPhone 17 Pro & iPhone 17 Pro Max
Apple's premium 2025 models are expected to beryllium equipped with an Apple-designed Wi-Fi 7 spot for the archetypal time. Wi-Fi 7 enactment would let the "Pro" models to nonstop and person information implicit the 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz bands simultaneously with a supported router, resulting successful faster Wi-Fi speeds, little latency, and much reliable connectivity. The Wi-Fi spot would besides let Apple to further trim its dependance connected outer suppliers similar Broadcom, which presently supplies Apple with a combined Wi-Fi and Bluetooth spot for iPhones.
7. 48MP Telephoto Lens
iPhone 17 Pro & iPhone 17 Pro Max
An upgraded 48-megapixel Telephoto lens connected Apple's premium devices is expected to beryllium optimized for usage with Apple's Vision Pro headset, though we don't however immoderate details connected however it volition interface with the Vision Pro. The upgraded Telephoto would marque the iPhone 17 Pro models the archetypal iPhones to person a rear camera strategy composed wholly of 48-megapixel lenses, making it susceptible of capturing adjacent much photographic detail.
8. 8x Optical Zoom
iPhone 17 Pro & iPhone 17 Pro Max
The upgraded Telephoto lens connected Apple's iPhone 17 Pro models volition person up to 8× optical zoom, compared to up to 5× optical zoom connected the iPhone 16 Pro models, according to one rumor. The lens tin seemingly move, allowing for continuous optical zoom astatine assorted focal lengths. This could explicate wherefore the devices are expected to person importantly larger rear camera bumps compared to erstwhile models – the parts that would let the lens to determination connected the iPhone 17 Pro models could beryllium housed wrong the mediate of the camera bump, successful the country betwixt the lenses and the LED flash, rear microphone, and LiDAR Scanner.
9. 8K Video Recording
iPhone 17 Pro & iPhone 17 Pro Max
Apple reportedly tested 8K video recording connected the iPhone 16 Pro models, but specified functionality is inactive not available. With the iPhone 17 Pro models expected to person wholly 48-megapixel rear cameras, determination is simply a bully accidental that 8K video signaling volition debut connected those devices. Several rival smartphones presently connection 8K video signaling capabilities, specified arsenic the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and the Google Pixel 9 Pro (via AI upscaling). Even though 8K video signaling isn't wide utilized by contented creators close now, determination are inactive usage cases for it. For example, shooting 8K would let videographers to grounds utilizing the Ultra Wide camera and past harvest successful 50% and inactive execute 4K resolution. Notably, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman successful February reported that Apple plans to stress the iPhone 17 Pro's improved video signaling capabilities erstwhile it unveils the instrumentality aboriginal this year, truthful it's rather imaginable that 8K video signaling volition beryllium 1 of the capabilities that Apple volition tout erstwhile the caller lineup launches.
10. 24MP Selfie Camera
All iPhone 17 Models
The iPhone 17 lineup volition diagnostic a 24-megapixel front-facing camera with a six-element lens, according to 1 rumor. The iPhone 14 and 15 diagnostic a 12-megapixel front-facing camera with 5 integrative lens elements, and past year's iPhone 16 lineup features the aforesaid hardware. The upgraded solution to 24 megapixels connected the iPhone 17 volition let photos to support their prime adjacent erstwhile cropped oregon zoomed in, portion the larger fig of pixels volition seizure finer details. The upgrade to a six-element lens should besides somewhat heighten representation quality.
11. Scratch Resistant Anti-Reflective Display
All iPhone 17 Models
The iPhone 17 volition diagnostic an anti-reflective show that is much scratch-resistant than Apple's Ceramic Shield recovered connected iPhone 15 models, according to 1 rumor, though the caller iPhone 16 Pro models bash person the latest-generation Ceramic Shield, which has an precocious formulation that is 2x tougher than solid connected immoderate different smartphone. The outer solid connected the iPhone 17 is said to person a "super-hard anti-reflective layer" that is "more scratch-resistant." It's not wide whether Apple is readying to follow the Gorilla Glass Armor that Samsung uses successful its Galaxy S24 Ultra, but the statement of Corning's latest exertion matches the rumor. That said, 1 oft-reliable root who spoke to MacRumors has suggested Apple whitethorn person canceled its plans for the scratch-resistant coating.
12. More Memory
iPhone 17 Pro & iPhone 17 Pro Max
At slightest 1 exemplary successful Apple's iPhone 17 lineup volition travel with 12GB. Jeff Pu of concern steadfast Haitong has claimed that the base iPhone 17 volition travel with 8GB of RAM, portion some Pro models volition travel with the upped RAM, portion Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo believes lone the iPhone 17 Pro Max volition diagnostic 12GB. In contrast, different reliable source has claimed that each iPhone 17 models volition person 12GB of RAM. For comparison, the modular iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus person 6GB of RAM, and the iPhone 15 Pro models person 8GB of RAM, portion each iPhone 16 models person 8GB of RAM. Any specified summation would let for improved multitasking connected the iPhone, arsenic good arsenic supply further resources for Apple Intelligence features that necessitate large-language models to beryllium nonmigratory successful memory.
13. Smaller Dynamic Island
iPhone 17 Pro Max
Apple's highest-end 2025 iPhone volition diagnostic a importantly narrower Dynamic Island, acknowledgment to the device's adoption of a smaller "metalens" for the Face ID system, claims Haitong's Jeff Pu and a Chinese leaker. While a accepted iPhone camera has curved lenses that redirect airy towards the representation sensor, a metalens is simply a bladed and level lens with microscopic patterns etched onto it that tin absorption airy much precisely. Assuming this results successful a narrowed Dynamic Island, it would beryllium the archetypal clip that Apple has changed the diagnostic since it debuted connected the iPhone 14 Pro successful 2022.
14. A19 Processor
All iPhone 17 Models
Apple typically upgrades iPhones with faster and much businesslike spot exertion each year. While we are not expecting the iPhone 17 bid to get TSMC's next-generation 2-nanometer chips, Apple's A19 spot exertion is apt to beryllium built connected an upgraded 3-nanometer process. The iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are expected to see an A19 Pro chip, portion the iPhone 17 and the iPhone 17 Air could person the modular A19 spot oregon even the A18 chip. TSMC is moving connected its N3P process, with wide accumulation acceptable to statesman successful precocious 2024, truthful that's the spot exertion that we're expecting Apple volition usage for the iPhone 17 lineup. Compared to earlier versions of 3nm chips, the N3P chips connection accrued show ratio and accrued transistor density.
15. New Thermal Design
All iPhone 17 Models
The iPhone 17 lineup volition diagnostic a vapor enclosure heatsink to amended thermal performance, according to 1 report. Vapor enclosure exertion is already utilized successful galore high-end Android devices. Vapor chambers enactment by spreading vigor evenly crossed a larger aboveground area, preventing thermal throttling and maintaining accordant performance, which is peculiarly beneficial successful slim devices. The study claims that each exemplary successful the iPhone 17 bid volition follow the improved thermal vigor spreader.
16. Reverse Wireless Charging
iPhone 17 Pro & iPhone 17 Pro Max
Apple has reportedly tested a wireless reverse charging diagnostic for its upcoming iPhone 17 Pro models that would marque the iPhone susceptible of delivering powerfulness to different Apple devices, according to the Weibo-based leaker Instant Digital. The Chinese leaker claims that Apple is investigating a 7.5W wireless charging diagnostic for iPhone 17 Pro models, and it could beryllium utilized to complaint different Apple accessories similar AirPods, Apple Watch, oregon perchance an upcoming MagSafe Battery Pack.
17. Larger Battery
iPhone 17 Pro Max
Apple is said to person accrued the extent of the iPhone 17 Pro Max to 8.725mm, up from 8.25mm connected the iPhone 16 Pro Max, which would beryllium a 0.475mm quality successful thickness. The summation "surely means a larger battery," according to 1 leaker. Apart from depth, the iPhone 17 Pro Max's framework reportedly remains unchanged, and is different identical to the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
18. Qi 2.2 Wireless MagSafe Charging
Supports Up to 50W
The iPhone 17 bid whitethorn beryllium the archetypal Apple devices to enactment the next-generation Qi2 25W wireless charging standard, based connected regulatory filings. The filings uncover 2 caller MagSafe charger models that enactment the standard. In contrast, the existing Qi 2 modular maxes retired astatine 15W (although iPhone 16 models enactment upgraded MagSafe charging – with a 30W charger, the iPhones tin complaint astatine up to 25W). In summation to faster charging, Qi2 25W offers improved magnetic alignment and charging ratio compared to its predecessor.
19. New Colors
iPhone 17 & iPhone 17 Pro
The basal iPhone 17 exemplary is rumored to beryllium coming successful six colors, comprised of the existing Black and White colors, and 4 caller ones: Steel Gray, Green, Purple, and Light Blue. The all-new iPhone 17 Air is said to beryllium coming successful Black, White, Light Blue, and Light Gold. As for the iPhone 17 Pro models, Black, White (or Liquid Glass?), and Gray are said to beryllium accompanied by caller Dark Blue and Orange colors.
20. 256GB Minimum Storage
iPhone 17 Pro
The iPhone 17 Pro exemplary volition motorboat with a minimum 256GB of storage, doubling the basal capableness of the existent iPhone 16 Pro, according to a rumor retired of China. Currently, the iPhone 16 Pro starts astatine 128GB for $999, portion the 256GB mentation costs $1,099. By contrast, the larger iPhone 16 Pro Max already begins astatine 256GB for $1,199. A caller 256GB basal exemplary could beryllium priced astatine $1,049, replacing the 128GB exemplary astatine $999. Rather than a straightforward $50 terms hike, which has been rumored crossed the lineup, this determination could beryllium perceived by customers arsenic amended value, offering much retention for lone a humble summation – and simplifying the lineup successful the process.
This article, "20 Reasons to Wait for the iPhone 17" archetypal appeared connected MacRumors.com
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