iPhone 17 Pro: Here's What It Could Look Like

[carrrrrlos]

I don't hate it.

 

[sledgehammer89]

In 2025 we have MacBook displays with a notch, a fantastic MacBook Air that isn't allowed to run macOS because they call it iPad Pro and a ridiculous iPhone Pro design still with a fat pill.

 

[shatalin]

In case someone from Apple marketing department reads this (I don't care if you are just an intern - please get my message to Tim), I just wanted to say that I absolutely love this design and I wish they come up with the same aesthetic (silver aluminum / black glass / white plastic) for Apple Watch Ultra.

It's from an era when Apple products would complement each other (just like a white iMac could compliment a white iPod in the 00s). But since 2010 iPhone design seems to be all over the place. iPhone was like some rich spoiled kid who would put on a different persona every year trying to figure out who he really is. It tried to be Sony (iPhone 4), Oakley (iPhone 7 Jet Black), a piece of jewellery (iPhone 14 Pro), a kids toy (iPhone 5C). The kid who couldn't quite figure out how to wash his black clothes: they would either fall apart (iPhone 5 and 7 in plain Black) or loose color (50 shades of "Space" grey). Now this kid finally grew up, figured it all out and started to dress just like his dad.

So I guess this year they will make the iPhone Pro finally acknowledge it's moniker and fall in line with all the other products from the "Pro" category: silver and black / space black. Plus a couple of gypsy/girly/trendy colours like gold and "whatever the Pantone orb tells them to".

 

[TomaxXamot]

It tried to be Sony (iPhone 4), Oakley (iPhone 7 Jet Black), a piece of jewellery (iPhone 14 Pro), a kids toy (iPhone 5C). The kid who couldn't quite figure out how to wash his black clothes: they would either fall apart (iPhone 5 and 7 in plain Black) or loose color (50 shades of "Space" grey). Now this kid finally grew up, figured it all out and started to dress just like his dad.

So basically the only iPhone designs you approve of are the first three which were only actually two designs- the original and the 3G/3GS.

 

[VaruLV]

Fgly

 

[scrm]

Can’t believe that the lens on the right doesn’t align with the Apple logo. Basic design error!

 

[thefrost]

There's just no way it's going to look like that.

 

[RonzyFeel]

It would make sense to have a wider area for the cameras, but not in the way it’s currently rendered. I believe the wider area should be achieved by placing cameras on both ends to capture a wider field of view for spatial video. I’ve always felt that the cameras are too close together, which doesn’t accurately represent the distance between the eyes of actual humans. This lack of distance between the cameras prevents them from capturing a true field of depth for a 3D image or video. Placing the cameras further apart would make more sense.

 

[CatalinApple]

I completely agree.

I still have my old 4s in a drawer (it's functionally dead) but I take it out every now and then just to admire how precise and compact it was.

Also have my old 6s, which still technically works, but it's in the same drawer. I remember when it came out the camera sticking out slightly bugged me; now I hold it and it is so slim and sleep and just beautiful to hold.

iPhones have gotten so chunky and inelegant. My 15 Pro feels fine until I hold my old 6s, and then it actually feels like less-advanced hardware than that 11 (!) year old phone.

I'm not asking for smaller phones, as that ship has sailed, but I am asking for a svelte device that feels compact and comfortable to hold. My 15 Pro is legit slightly uncomfortable to hold for long periods, because I've never used cases on my iPhones.

I'm personally excited about this "17 Air" because I want a sexy iPhone that feels good to hold again!

Seriously, if you have a 6 series phone somewhere, take it out and hold it. It makes the modern phones feel like bricks with ****** tolerances between the materials.

Oh, damn. You are making me feel the nostalgia. I gave my iPhone 4 to my sister when I bought the iPhone 5 at lunch day in 2012. Later she sold it without telling me. I am still upset by what she did even if it happened almost 14 years ago. If I knew she was going to sell it 1 year later I would have never given her the iPhone 4. Since the iPhone 4 situation I stopped giving her anything. I told her I'm done being the generous brother.

Prosser gets it wrong more often than the weather man. It amazes me that someone can get it wrong so often and still be considered relevant.

Smart phones have become commoditized like toasters or tires.

Sure, some tires are better than others. There are dollar store toasters, and high end toasters you buy at Williams-Sonoma. It still just makes. Toast.

You can buy Nexen tires or you can buy Michelin’s. It’s still a tire.

I’m a Michelin guy myself, I think cheap things end up being expensive in the long run, but it still is just a different flavor of “stuff”.

I see less and less reason to update my phone every year as I have in the past. Apple intelligence isn’t all that, and the cameras have kinda gotten as good as they need to be.

Apple Intelligence is in its infancy but I have a feeling it's worth the patience and in a couple a years from now it will be a great service to Apple's entire lineup. At the moment I am very happy with my iPhone 13 Pro and I am not planning on buying a newer model.

Apple needed a “refresh” because they have been rehashing the same design since 2019. I know those iPhone designers are bored out of their minds. The engineers and designers want to be creative but top management is like noooo, people will buy it regardless and we need to save money. Tell them the new phone has AI features that won’t be available until next year.

The engineers and designer can't do much if the CEO is not a visionary or is willing to take risks and test the playground.

 

[xiacexi]

So will the 48mp telephoto give it an extra zoom like the 48mp did for the main camera?