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iPhone 17 Pro Launching in Three Months With These 12 New Features
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13 pro here… money burning holes in pockets but reasons lacking
In other words, the new iPhone will be LESS sturdy and uglier - other than the usual slight camera improvements (which 99% of the world doesn’t care about), all other “features” are not worth mentioning at all.
The iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are three months away, and there are plenty of rumors about the devices.
Below, we recap key changes rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro models as of June 2025:
Check out our iPhone 17 Pro roundup for even more rumors.
- 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.
Article Link: iPhone 17 Pro Launching in Three Months With These 12 New Features
Given all the negativity in comments about the design, I still like it. It looks fresh, even tho this is just a mockup. Let me try to address all the stuff that other posters have noted:
- Aluminum while not superior to titanium in terms of structural integrity and melting point, is still a good material. After all most Android phone makers (including highly praised, “award winning” Google Pixels) have been making them from unrecyclable plastic until 2019. All the mid tier models are solely plastic. While I wouldn’t really mind even if my iPhone was plastic, aluminum is thousand times better. And recyclable, I don’t have any guilt if I give it to Apple for the metal to be scrapped for a brand new model, while I certainly would have felt guilt if my Android plastic dumbphone would have ended on the landfill.
Why not stainless? It is very heavy. Believe me. My iPhone 11 Pro often feels like a hammer in a hand;
- Camera bump is here to stay if you want triple camera setup. I personally think that ultrawide camera is still very much useless in smartphones and even my ancient GoPro Hero 5 takes sharper images than many ultrawide cameras in smartphones, minus the focusing ability in new models and fancy new macro mode that is half-computational.
Is it ugly?? Well not uglier than Pixel😀 I kinda like that. After all, even if it is “ugly”, would anyone see that behind a thick silicone case?
P.S: nothing can be uglier than regular iPhone 16 back camera setup.
- Design. Look at it. Doesn’t it stand out from the crowd?? Look at the crowd, since 2019 we have same three camera setup. Pro models look all like the same, it ain’t fun when you spot an iPhone in the wild and can’t tell if that is 12 Pro or 16 Pro
- Aluminum while not superior to titanium in terms of structural integrity and melting point, is still a good material. After all most Android phone makers (including highly praised, “award winning” Google Pixels) have been making them from unrecyclable plastic until 2019. All the mid tier models are solely plastic. While I wouldn’t really mind even if my iPhone was plastic, aluminum is thousand times better. And recyclable, I don’t have any guilt if I give it to Apple for the metal to be scrapped for a brand new model, while I certainly would have felt guilt if my Android plastic dumbphone would have ended on the landfill.
Why not stainless? It is very heavy. Believe me. My iPhone 11 Pro often feels like a hammer in a hand;
- Camera bump is here to stay if you want triple camera setup. I personally think that ultrawide camera is still very much useless in smartphones and even my ancient GoPro Hero 5 takes sharper images than many ultrawide cameras in smartphones, minus the focusing ability in new models and fancy new macro mode that is half-computational.
Is it ugly?? Well not uglier than Pixel😀 I kinda like that. After all, even if it is “ugly”, would anyone see that behind a thick silicone case?
P.S: nothing can be uglier than regular iPhone 16 back camera setup.
- Design. Look at it. Doesn’t it stand out from the crowd?? Look at the crowd, since 2019 we have same three camera setup. Pro models look all like the same, it ain’t fun when you spot an iPhone in the wild and can’t tell if that is 12 Pro or 16 Pro
There are different grades of aluminum, some of which are high quality and durable.
Unless your phone is falling apart, or losing support, just stick with what you have.
The purpose of 8K video recording is to provide headroom for video editing like cropping, scaling and rotating video, to still get out 4K quality after such operations.
There are two different renders showing around. One is the lower area looking as a separate unit with a logo on darker shade, other is just same colour continued while rest being same. I personally find the latter more elegant & Apple-like.
The iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are three months away, and there are plenty of rumors about the devices.
Below, we recap key changes rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro models as of June 2025:
Check out our iPhone 17 Pro roundup for even more rumors.
- 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.
Article Link: iPhone 17 Pro Launching in Three Months With These 12 New Features
I would actually prefer a plastic back to the current glass, for example like the Apple MagSafe battery pack.
It still won't be completely wobble-free, just reduced
Because that would foil their plans for the 20th-anniversary iPhone.
If iPhone pro 17 has 12G of RAM, any future iPad Pro models should have more than 8G of RAM, Possibly 16GB for 512SSD and 24GB for 1TB SSD.
Waiting for Apple to completely remove Apple Intelligence and free up space from iOS
Good thing for my 14 Pro that all this additional memory is filled with AI-models so apps are not designed with 12 GB of RAM in mind😄
Me to. Plastic can feel just as nice and premium (no clue how people don't know this) plus added benefits of it being way lignter and tougher then any glass or aluminum etc
Will RCS ever allow us to "leave" a group message that has a mix of iMessage & RCS users?
Not the aluminum AAPL uses. They are cheap!!! Charge the most and give the least. I have dropped my titanium iPhones countless times and no scratches and never broken a screen. Drop stainless and it’s scratched. Drop aluminum and it’s screwed with massive dents and broken glass. Fact!!!
I don’t know why many people don’t like the looks of the best iPhone ever created from the ground up to work magically with Apple Intelligence. They’re going to love it after all.
