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iPhone 17 Pro Clear Case Leak Reveals Three Key Changes
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Yeah, we were waiting to see how they dealt with the relocation of the MagSafe magnets, causing the Apple logo to be repositioned to off centre. I guess the solution they came up with was to just cover it up entirely. 🤣
Maybe the phones are all going to have a white back panel, hence why duplicating it on the case makes it appear “clear” with any of the color options.
A two tone look might look interesting and distinct. If it’s done right.
A two tone look might look interesting and distinct. If it’s done right.
Nothing, its just to change the design so people will 'silently' judge those with old models. Right now you can't see a difference between iPhone 14Pro vs iPhone 16Pro. Now that we will have new back Apple will again 'force' those that are superficial to upgrade again and put the rest in the 'museum' 
Hideous! And that is not a word I would ever use in Apple Land, but that's bad!
If the new magsafe doesn't work with my currnet Magsafe wallets and chargers, this will make me hesitate, or even prevent me from upgrading this year. Between the cost to upgrade the phone, and a new case, I'd have to pay to upgrade my chargers and wallets. I don't see anything in the rumor-mill for iphone 17 that is worth all that expense.
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So a phone that's black, orange or blue and a clear case with a huge white rectangle on it. Nothing about that makes sense to me.
As long as I can use it in a pinch to fry up some tasty bacon like I can with my 15 pro.
The big white area negates my reason for getting a black / space gray iphone. I want a dark phone for when I'm taking pictures through a window. It minimizes the reflection in the glass. I guess I'll have to look for a third party case to get one that's truly clear.
Guys could it be that this is for the white Pro only, and the other cases will have the rectangle colour matched accordingly?
Not so new! When I was fixing Macs in the late 1980s, we regularly got just-discontinued Apple Service binders from someone who did that sort of thing, and one of the sheets had a headline something to the effect of "Your repair department is your major source of revenue!" But that was when Macs contained parts that burned out a lot.
There’s no way that Apple would ship something which such ugly unbalanced corner radii. So either it’s fake or removable.
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well in a sliver of hope, this is not official apple packaging. The font that is used to say 'clear case' is Myriad, a font that was fazed out in 2017. The current apple font i believe is SF Pro, and is on the 16 Pro packaging:
This means that this not-so-clear case is definitely not made by apple, but may be a replica. Either way, that is not an apple product.
Edit: In fact i believe all of the wording on this not-so-clear case product is in Myriad, I just happened to pick up on the 'Clear Case' looking weird first.
This means that this not-so-clear case is definitely not made by apple, but may be a replica. Either way, that is not an apple product.
Edit: In fact i believe all of the wording on this not-so-clear case product is in Myriad, I just happened to pick up on the 'Clear Case' looking weird first.
I think you can see the same thing on the image printed on the box, suggesting this isn't supposed to depict a removable label. Not saying there cannot be a removable sticker on the inside of the case when it ships, but a MagSafe case has to have a magnet integrated into the case back, which also isn't depicted on the box in the image.
Good catch! I remember there were earlier designs where they had the Apple logo and the MagSafe circle and it looked off.
