5s?What was the last iphone model that could stay flat on a table btw?![]()
5s?What was the last iphone model that could stay flat on a table btw?![]()
It seems like they tried changing the tone once in a while recently, seen it a couple times already, always with articles where there wasn't a lot to say except for the headline.Is this written for TMZ or MacRumors? The tone of this article seems really off compared to what’s typically posted.
“Your guess is as good as ours”, “Who knows”, and “Allegedly!” It just feels weird this got past the editor as it was written. If they even have an editor 🤨
Doesn’t really reveal anything we don’t already know is coming ATP. Still confused why the flash is so far away though?
Apple’s already filed a couple of “spatially adaptive flash” patents that describe tiny lens-array/light-pipe optics which fan the LED’s beam across the whole frame even when the emitter is off to one side. Pair that with the usual Night-mode style burst (one frame with flash, one without, aligned via gyro and LiDAR depth) and most side-light artefacts disappear before the picture even hits the Photos app. Night mode, Deep Fusion and Photonic Engine already do heavier maths than that every time you tap the shutter.As for the back, won’t having the flash so far from the main lens elements cause there to be more shadows on the edge of subjects in low light?
Then I'll be that sucker 😂. Who doesn't want a mini iPad mini that folds open into an iPad mini? I'll be opening and closing that sucker over and over again... it'll be the ultimate fidget gadget 😊.Lmao, right. A short and fat iPhone that is itself a design compromise that no one wants, all so it can unfold to almost the size of the worst iPad. Which you can have for the low price of $2k, even though you can get a better iPhone and a better iPad for less, lmao. Never has there been a bigger sucker device.
It looks staged 😳
While the iPhone 17 Pro is not expected to launch until September, a prototype of the device has potentially been spotted in the wild. However, the mysterious device could be just about anything, so this might simply be a false alarm.
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X account @Skyfops today shared two somewhat blurry photos of the mysterious device. The post was later shared by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
"I just spotted a test development iPhone in the wild," the post said.
Everything that we have wrote below is purely speculation.
In one of the photos, a person wearing reflective sunglasses can be seen holding what appears to be an iPhone inside of a thick black protective case, which might be intended to disguise the design of the iPhone 17 Pro in public. They are also holding what appears to be an iPhone 16 Pro with a sticker on the back of it, which could be hiding a data matrix code that allows Apple to track internal iPhones used by employees for development purposes.
What might make the disguised device an iPhone 17 Pro? Well, rumors indicate that the back of the device will have a rectangular camera bump, with the LED flash, rear microphone, and LiDAR Scanner expected to be vertically aligned on the right side of the bump. And in the photo, the back of the device seems to have circular openings in the top-right corner for what could be the LED flash and LiDAR Scanner. Your guess is as good as ours, though.
Gurman seems to think the photos might be the real deal. "This looks legit," he said. Or maybe he's just being sarcastic. Who knows.
Adding to the intrigue, @Skyfops said "the guy on the right was security and trying to go in front of the iPhone to hide it." Allegedly!
The user is located in Los Angeles, according to the account's bio.
Even if this really was an iPhone 17 Pro prototype in the wild, these photos do not really show anything that is not already rumored. But who doesn't love an old-school 2010-era rumor in mid-summer, as we count down the days to Apple's announcement?
Article Link: iPhone 17 Pro Spotted in the Wild?
You can see the new button on the top side
That's just light reflecting on the curved corner.OH MY GODDDDDD IT REALLY HAS ANOTHER BUTTON (top left)
It’s just “Click Bait” 🥴well, if that guy with those sunglasses is an Apple employee ... might not have that job much longer
these photos show way too little from what we allegedly "know" ...
I don t think soThat's just light reflecting on the curved corner.
It won’t, because the camera rings still stick out considerably. The bump being wider only reduces the wobbling a bit.Plus it will stop it wobbling on a table!
No, only the iPhone Air will be single-lens.i thought they were switching to a a single lens design on the Pro instead of a 3 lens design on the Pro?
Is it "Bring Your Child to Work and Let Them Write an Article Day" at MacRumors?Everything that we have wrote below
MacRumors is the new TMZ. There hasn't been any innovation coming from Apple in a very long time. This place used to be strictly about Apple products, now they have Samsung Foldable articles, chargers etc. They'd have 0 articles if this was ACTUALLY about apple products and how they've innovated. Now it's just "this years iphone will have a different camera bump!!!!! INNOVATION!!!"Is this written for TMZ or MacRumors? The tone of this article seems really off compared to what’s typically posted.
“Your guess is as good as ours”, “Who knows”, and “Allegedly!” It just feels weird this got past the editor as it was written. If they even have an editor 🤨