iPhone 17 Pro Launching in Three Months With These 12 New Features

[CoMoMacUser]

Preserving the triangular camera configuration is key if you rock a case. Otherwise, other people won't be able to see at a glance that you own an iPhone.

 

[Lioness~]

Cut off the camarea section, give the remain phone a smal camera.
Voilá we have a iPhone mini 17 😁

 

[kcwookie]

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:

• 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.

Check out our iPhone 17 Pro roundup for even more rumors.

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

I like my 15 Pro with Titanium frame. Aluminum scratches easily.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

Did they hire someone legally blind as a designer due to "no discrimination" policies? This is the ugliest design possible. Everyone's complaining about camera bump? Apple is here to make the bump bigger, more visible, and thicker. I don't know what's wrong with them lately.

Real buyers like me do not mind the bump if the camera keeps getting more competent like it has been doing. My guess is that the "Everyone's complaining about camera bump" that you refer to are mostly just whiners, not buyers every year. So Apple keeps the bump and great camera performance out of a smartphone.

 

[Digital Dude]

I’m not too worried about the bump either because the first thing I do is throw it into one of those ugly Defender OtterBox cases anyway. 🤷‍♂️

 

[ThailandToo]

I’m not too worried about the bump either because the first thing I do is throw it into one of those ugly Defender OtterBox cases anyway. 🤷‍♂️

I can’t stand cases. Use one sometimes when traveling, but it just ruins the enjoyment of using a well-crafted device with nice materials to touch. Apple dumping the leather cases sucked also.

 

[Veinticinco]

If you understand the poor heat dissipation on the 15 and even 16 series (slightly better), you'll understand why they are going back to aluminum. Aluminum is plenty "premium" on the iPad and MacBook Pro models.

If you understand economics, you'll also understand why switching back to a material they spent YEARS (since the AW launch) reminding us wasn't as premium as steel or titanium, has absolutely nothing to do with heat dissipation.

Apple isn't run by designers or engineers anymore. It's run by marketeers overseen by the Beancounter-in-Chief who the world knows "is not a product guy".

 

[mrr]

I wish it would support the Apple Pencil.

 

[Jackbequickly]

Case makers will not cover the hump, leaving a large area of the phone exposed to damage. Wish they would leave it like it is with the smaller hump!

 

[nfl_brah]

Most of these are just not impressive improvements what-so-ever.

The titanium is a beautiful build quality on any phone. Switching back to aluminum is a mistake.

Rear camera layout is still ugly and isn't flush with the rest of the phone. Needs to be upped to 200 megapixels and 100x zoom on the pro models.

Larger battery is nice. Too bad it isn't thick enough to make the camera flush with the back. Apple should be using the 'iPhone Air' as the new lightweight phone, while the pros are thicker and heavier -- with great battery life. Aim to set a new benchmark in battery life within the industry.... 60 hours of video playback on a single charge.

Wi-Fi 7 chip... Unless confirmed via legitimate leaks, I won't hold my breath.

24 MP front facing camera... Fair and a welcome improvement.

8K video recording is a waste. I'm not replaying videos on a movie cinema screen at the local theater.

Extra RAM is a welcome improvement, but only if Apple did their research and determined that actual needs of on device AI performance.

I doubt there will be a vapor cooling system in any of the iPhones this year.


How about we get, at least in the pro models:
Under display fingerprint reader
The above things I've written in bold
Nanotexture display
60W charging (plugged in) on the pro models
A pro (or ultra) model that has a similar casing to the Samsung XCover series



Apple needs to set the bar higher for the next Galaxy S Ultra phone with the Pro Max -- not the other way around for a change.

Nice list.

 

[NightFox]

Some of these are the kind of features that wouldn't even have made it out of the small print on iPhone releases in the Good Old Days™

 

[Bobajobbob]

The new bulge better be to incorporate a periscope lens or extra battery because otherwise its a pointless exercise to force the purchase of a new case just like every other year millimetre change to phone size. Even with the extended bump the phone still wont sit flat on the desk.

 

[dwsolberg]

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[Rgill]

Is the rectangular camera bump considered one of the new features?

 

[OGdrknight]

Baby got back!

 

[sflagel]

Specs, specs, specs, specs.
Even car manufacturers are more innovative than Apple these days.

 

[MRrainer]

oh look, I managed another year without buying an iPhone.

 

[Scal89]

the change back to aluminum must be for better heat dissipation. Id like to not think that its a cost cutting measure

 

[wlev]

Give me a thicker phone with a flat back; fill the extra space with battery. I'd take the extra weight and thickness and better appearance in exchange for needing to charge it only 2 or 3 times per week.

I guess this end result is what battery-case companies will create for this phone.

 

[dantay]

As a 16 Pro owner I will be (for the first time) sitting out this upgrade cycle and waiting for a folding iPhone, this phone really is getting stale now.

 

[neutrino17]

Looks fine to me. I mostly keep it in my pocket. If it works well and takes great pictures and video count me in. I get a new iPhone every three years so I’ll be passing on my iP14 to family and getting this one in September. Can’t wait.

 

[carrrrrlos]

Now that’s my kinda iPhone.

 

[GUNSTAR1]

Going from Titanium to Aluminum is just a cycle game again. In a few years they will reintroduce Stainless steel as a new and more premium material, then after that, back to titanium.. Rinse and repeat. The cherry on top is implementing the rectangle and STILL having a camera bump..

hopefully these renders are wrong because I'd skip this cycle and look at alternatives.

 

[HighwaySnowman]

I’m hoping that we get another color besides blue.

Apple is TERRIBLE at colors these days. The last ones I've liked are the product red and the dark green from several years ago. The pastels are just plain fugly.

 

[HighwaySnowman]

Stainless steel was the one thing about my 13 pro that I hated the most. I hated the shiny finish and I hated the weight. I do care about phone weight...the lighter, the better.

..and my next phone won't be a pro unless the weight goes down.

I get it, some people don't like heavier phones.

Heavy doesn't bother me. And I really like bigger screens. Gotta have a good solid frame for that.

I don't mind shiny finish, my favorite iPhone color was the piano black iPhone 7. I've still got that one somewhere, I think it's a lightswitch now. (Hue app and permanent power connection, I've got Zigbee lights all over the house now. I love being able to play with light colors, probably because while I work in IT and have for decades now I've got a degree in theatre lighting.)