iPhone 17 Lineup Rumored to Feature All-New Slim Model Above Pro Max With 'Major Redesign'

[MacRumors]

Apple is planning to launch an all-new iPhone 17 model next year with a "significantly thinner" design, according to The Information. The report says the device could have a higher price tag than the Pro Max model, which currently starts at $1,199, suggesting that the device would become the new highest-end model in the lineup.

The device will allegedly feature a "major redesign" akin to the iPhone X, and this could involve the rear cameras being relocated from the top-left corner of the device to the "top center," along with a narrower Dynamic Island. The device will have between a 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch display size, the report adds. Other potential features mentioned include an aluminum chassis, an A19 chip, and an improved front camera.

As part of this plan, the report says that Apple does not plan to release an iPhone 17 Plus next year, so the lineup would still consist of four models.

This is the third time that a slimmer iPhone 17 model has been rumored this month, following reports from Apple supply chain analyst Jeff Pu and display industry expert Ross Young, who said the device will have a 6.5-inch screen.

The report cautions that Apple is still testing multiple designs for this new iPhone, and potential delays could push the device's release beyond 2025.

Article Link: iPhone 17 Lineup Rumored to Feature All-New Slim Model Above Pro Max With 'Major Redesign'

 

[turbineseaplane]

Slim is nice, but we need something small please

And by small I mean "iPhone 13 Mini sized" (or smaller)

 

[HeavenDynamic]

Not sure if we will ever get something as transformative as the iPhone X.

 

[SmugMaverick]

Heard that before. 🥱

Nothing is changing until sales tank some more.

Jeff Williams should not be head of hardware design.

 

[profets]

Whatever happened to that supposed ‘Ultra’ model that we were going to get? Either replacing the Pro Max or sitting above it in the lineup? Was that part of the 16 rumors?

 

[BradGD]

Sounding more and more like the 16 will just be a 15s type release.

 

[jz0309]

“Major redesign” - it’s still going to be a slab, other than a foldable, nothing is going to change that.
But, people will buy it…

 

[redbeard331]

Yea where’s the ultra and why would a “slim” phone be a flagship?

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

"Slimmer battery, emptier wallet, same great 'another record quarter...'. We think you'll love it!"

Oh and we're only about 6-to-8 weeks from the "crucial part is in short supply" rumor to start stirring up some fear about being able to get one in our lifetimes... but then magically, they'll find a way to ship just about all anyone wants by Christmas anyway.

 

[nfl46]

Yeah right. They will rinse and repeat.

 

[turbineseaplane]

"Slimmer battery, emptier wallet, same great 'another record quarter...'. We think you'll love it!"

Oh and we're only about 6-to-8 weeks from the "crucial part is in short supply" rumor to start stirring up some fear about being able to get one in our lifetimes... but then magically, they'll find a way to ship just about all anyone wants by Christmas anyway.

The entire schtick is so beyond tired

They are devoid of any imaginative or creative product leadership direction anymore.

They have no new good ideas

 

[Cirillo Gherardo]

Heard that before. 🥱

Nothing is changing until sales tank some more.

Jeff Williams should not be head of hardware design.

What are you talking about? This is not "changing" anything, this is about adding yet another model at yet another higher price point to keep pushing the envelope on what people are willing to pay and drive revenue up further...a gambit Tim Cook has been succeeding with every venture except Vision Pro.

 

[cdsapplefan]

That’s it! I’m now waiting on the 17 pro max

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Yea where’s the ultra and why would a “slim” phone be a flagship?

Jim Croce foretold all...

"You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with Slim"

 

[MrGimper]

Apples product ranges are becoming more cluttered than the mess Steve had to sort out (the four quadrants) on his return.

 

[Cirillo Gherardo]

Whatever happened to that supposed ‘Ultra’ model that we were going to get? Either replacing the Pro Max or sitting above it in the lineup? Was that part of the 16 rumors?

That's probably an early version of this rumor.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Apples product ranges are becoming more cluttered than the mess Steve had to sort out (the four quadrants) on his return.

Apple's a wee bit bigger than when Jobs came back and had to borrow money from Bill Gates to keep the doors open. You can't be this much bigger and have hardly any products. No other multi-trillion-dollar company has fewer main products... including the biggest of big oil.

 

[Account25476]

If iOS18 is going to be mediocre, Apple will lose a lot of customers (as it is already doing given its increasingly poor attention to software and basic HW capabilities sold like it's gold) at that point, combined with the "higher price tag" I really want to see who buys the device.

Good luck Apple.

 

[cgs1xx]

Apples product ranges are becoming more cluttered than the mess Steve had to sort out (the four quadrants) on his return.

Slight exaggeration but, yes, I share the sentiment. I do miss the times when there were one or two designs to choose from.

 

[JPack]

The report added that the device will feature a "major redesign" akin to the iPhone X, and this could apparently involve the rear cameras being relocated from the top-left corner of the device to the "top center."

Mate 60 says hello.

 

[sw1tcher]

Whatever happened to that supposed ‘Ultra’ model that we were going to get? Either replacing the Pro Max or sitting above it in the lineup? Was that part of the 16 rumors?

That was a rumor from Mark Gurman about the iPhone 15 Pro Max being renamed 15 Ultra

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But as usual, he was wrong.

 

[Bigg Macc]

Above 17 Pro Max? So basically the 17 Ultra will be 17 Slim?

 

[kingtj1971]

What are you talking about? This is not "changing" anything, this is about adding yet another model at yet another higher price point to keep pushing the envelope on what people are willing to pay and drive revenue up further...a gambit Tim Cook has been succeeding with every venture except Vision Pro.

I'm not sure the new Mac Pro and its price-tag was a raging success either?

Apple definitely keeps trying to test the waters to see how much people will pay for the "high end" gear, though.

 

[JPack]

The device will have somewhere between a 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch display size, the report added.

This is basically a rehash of what Ross Young and Jeff Pu previously reported - this is a Plus model. Don't see how this is an Ultra model.

 

[VisceralRealist]

These rumors just keep getting weirder.

At first, the Slim was rumored to be a replacement for the Plus. That makes sense--the Plus is the worst-selling iPhone, just as the Mini was. They've had trouble with their "fourth option". But now we're hearing that the new fourth option is going to be an even more premium phone? "Above Pro Max" is also just strange marketing. I thought "Pro Max" was supposed to the pinnacle. Now there's going to be an "even more Pro Max" phone?

Why not just make the entire line thinner and lighter, if it's possible?