iPhone 17 Pro Launching in a Few Months With These 12 New Features

[MacRumors]

Apple's next-generation iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are around three months away, and there are plenty of rumors about the devices.

Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max in September this year.

Below, we recap key changes rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro models:

• Aluminum frame: iPhone 17 Pro models are rumored to have an aluminum frame, whereas the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro models have a titanium frame, and the iPhone X through iPhone 14 Pro have a stainless steel frame. The back of the devices will supposedly have a new "part-aluminum, part-glass" design.
• Rectangular camera bump: iPhone 17 Pro models are expected to have a large rectangular camera bump with rounded corners. Apple apparently plans to stick with a triangular arrangement for the rear camera lenses.
• Sky Blue finish: Like the latest MacBook Air, the iPhone 17 Pro models are rumored to be available in a Sky Blue color.
• Larger battery: The iPhone 17 Pro Max is rumored to have a slightly thicker design that allows for a larger battery.
• A19 Pro chip: iPhone 17 Pro models are expected to use Apple's next-generation A19 Pro chip, which will reportedly be manufactured with TSMC's newer third-generation 3nm process. Like usual, expect modest year-over-year performance gains and power efficiency improvements compared to the current iPhones.
• Apple-designed Wi-Fi 7 chip: All four iPhone 17 models are rumored to get a Wi-Fi 7 chip designed by Apple rather than Broadcom.
• 24-megapixel front camera: All four iPhone 17 models are said to feature an upgraded 24-megapixel front-facing camera, whereas all iPhone 16 models are equipped with a 12-megapixel front-facing camera.
• 48-megapixel rear Telephoto camera: An upgraded 48-megapixel Telephoto camera is rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro models, up from the 12-megapixel Telephoto camera on iPhone 16 Pro models.
• Dual video recording: According to Jon Prosser, of the YouTube channel Front Page Tech, the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max will allow users to record video with the front and rear cameras simultaneously in the Camera app.
• 8K video recording: Apple allegedly tested 8K video recording on the iPhone 16 Pro models, but such functionality is still not available. With the iPhone 17 Pro models expected to have entirely 48-megapixel rear cameras, perhaps 8K video recording will debut on those devices.
• 12GB of RAM: iPhone 17 Pro models, and even the iPhone 17 Air, are rumored to have 12GB of RAM. This upgrade should help to improve the performance of Apple Intelligence and multitasking. All four iPhone 16 models have 8GB of RAM.
  Improved cooling: All four iPhone 17 models are rumored to feature internal design changes that result in better heat dissipation. A vapor chamber cooling system has been rumored for the Pro models specifically.

Update

A leaker known as Majin Bu this week shared a photo of an alleged copper thermal plate for the iPhone 17 Pro's rumored vapor chamber cooling system.

Many high-end Android smartphones are equipped with a vapor chamber, which is a thin, sealed metal chamber containing a small amount of liquid. When a smartphone heats up, the liquid turns to vapor and dissipates across the chamber's surface area. Eventually, the vapor cools down and condenses, allowing for the process to repeat. In the iPhone 17 Pro models, this system would help to move heat away from the A19 Pro chip.

Check out our iPhone 17 Pro roundup to learn more.

Article Link: iPhone 17 Pro Launching in a Few Months With These 12 New Features

 

[msinn2]

I wonder if the alu frame will be goot for a new bend-gate. I will probably stay wuth my titanium frams iPhone until poven otherwise.

 

[nikhsub1]

Copper makes sense as it has very good thermal properties - in fact, the only other metal on earth that has better thermal properties is silver.

 

[GfPQqmcRKUvP]

An aluminum frame is not a feature. It’s a change.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I cringe every time I see that mockup

God that thing is hideous

 

[mike.coulter]

Not bound for my pocket I'm afraid.

 

[SactoGuy18]

I still wonder if the larger camera bump could be hiding a much more sophisticated telephoto lens system than what people surmised. It's potentially big enough to accommodate a periscope-style telephoto lens system.

 

[ChrisA]

I wonder if the alu frame will be goot for a new bend-gate. I will probably stay wuth my titanium frams iPhone until poven otherwise.

The glass panel on the back will likely not bend. I think the Al frame has to do with unloading heat.

 

[poematik13]

Debating whether to upgrade to this from 15 pro or just wait until the foldable.

Battery at 89% smh

 

[jsmith189]

I’d like to see Apple tackle a new phone release without mentioning the camera or chip and see exactly what we’re left with. We can’t keep focusing on these two things alone year after year.

 

[Moonlight]

Reminds me of this ugly beast

 

[SunMac]

Debating whether to upgrade to this from 15 pro or just wait until the foldable.

Battery at 89% smh

You're charging it wrong.

Next up: You're folding it wrong.

lol jk

 

[sos47]

You're charging it wrong.

Next up: You're folding it wrong.

lol jk

I have the same experience with my 15pro: 93%. 290 cycles.
And i always charge to 80% from day 1.
Even my 12mini was better after 2.5 years

 

[ProbablyDylan]

I’d like to see Apple tackle a new phone release without mentioning the camera or chip and see exactly what we’re left with. We can’t keep focusing on these two things alone year after year.

To paraphrase Kendrick; chip and camera is all they got

 

[poematik13]

You're charging it wrong.

Next up: You're folding it wrong.

lol jk

The phones been running hot lately too, i think its probably a software thing.

 

[SunMac]

I have the same experience with my 15pro: 93%. 290 cycles.
And i always charge to 80% from day 1.
Even my 12mini was better after 2.5 years

Yeah, I learned that the whole charging to 80 or 75 or whatever doesn't do ****! I even used an app called 'al dente' a few years ago on my old MacBook Pro to keep the battery at 70% all the time, did monthly drain to 5% and recharged back up to 100%, and my battery still degraded so much that Apple even replaced it for free! lol I don't care about any of that anymore. I disable every battery option and just leave it at 100%, MagSafe charging my iPhone 16 Pro Max most of the time as well and it's still at 100% battery health.

 

[SSDGUY]

For me it's about time to go back to a "real" camera and a thinner lighter phone. The thick brick with the ever increasing camera bumps are not something I want to pack around all day long anymore.

 

[johnsawyercjs]

Reminds me of this ugly beast
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Ugly? I thought those were cool when they came out, including the chromed drive covers. Except you could poke your finger into the speaker and damage it, since there was no grille covering it. Not sure how well that speaker fared in families with curious little kids.

 

[johnsawyercjs]

I cringe every time I see that mockup

God that thing is hideous

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I don't know. Even the Elephant Man had a certain flair.

 

[johnsawyercjs]

Something not often mentioned in these reviews of the upcoming iPhone Pro features and differences: the maximum optical telephoto zoom level will be decreasing from 5x to 3x, to better achieve an effective 77mm focal length, which photographers prefer for more flattering, less distorted portrait photos if the photographer takes enough steps back from the subject to include some of the subject's surroundings. You'll still be able to digitally dial in higher zoom levels, but these will actually be magnification levels, not true higher optical zoom levels. You won't see 5x at the top end of the zoom adjustment dial, but 3x instead.

For the actual photographers who know this stuff better than I do, I hope I've got this right, or close enough.

 

[PilotWoo]

So nothing particularly useful then. For the last couple of iPhone upgrades, it’s a struggle to notice the difference.

 

[Da_Shiznit]

An aluminum frame is not a feature. It’s a change.

Most of these things listed here are changes instead of features.