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iPhone 17 Pro Will Make Sports History This Weekend

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Apple today announced that this Saturday's Major League Soccer match between the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo FC will be captured entirely with the iPhone 17 Pro.

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Apple said this will mark the first time an iPhone will be used to capture the entirety of a major professional live sporting event broadcast, rather than studio cameras, so the iPhone 17 Pro will make sports history this weekend.

"iPhone 17 Pro will capture live footage throughout the match, including team warmups on the pitch, player introductions, in-net goal angles, and the atmosphere inside the stadium," said Apple. "With cameras positioned throughout the venue, the broadcast will deliver the pristine video quality fans expect, alongside dynamic new perspectives that bring viewers closer to the action, made possible by the small form factor of iPhone."

Apple TV subscribers will be able to stream the match live on Saturday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time. For the 2026 season, only an Apple TV subscription is required, with a separate MLS Season Pass subscription no longer necessary.

Apple already used the iPhone 17 Pro to capture select moments and cinematic Fenway Park footage during a Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers last year, but other cameras were also used. For the Major League Soccer match this weekend, the iPhone 17 Pro will exclusively capture all footage.

Earlier this year, the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum added one of the four iPhone 17 Pro devices that captured the Red Sox's thrilling walk-off win over the Tigers to its permanent collection in Cooperstown, New York, so the device already made sports history, and now it will repeat the feat in an even bigger way.

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Ben11 said:
Wonder how it’s going to come out
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If they attach this with an usb charger during recording of the whole game. I suspect you will hear a static noise this generation phones exhibit during the recording because Apple saved pennies on proper shielding.
 
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I hope we will be able to make calls and play on balckmagic broadcast cameras soon. buy on amazon, and scroll in tinder..
 
“Sports History”? Like anyone actually cares what cameras are used for things like that? It may make “Phone Hostory” or “Camera History” but it won’t be “Sports History”.
 
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t0rqx said:
If they attach this with an usb charger during recording of the whole game. I suspect you will hear a static noise this generation phones exhibit during the recording because Apple saved pennies on proper shielding.
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I'm unaware of this issue, as I have the prior year's model... but assuming that what you're describing is actually a known issue that universally affects the entire 17 Pro lineup: I expect that whoever is in charge of hardware deployment will simply sidestep the problem by not using a USB charger. They can either opt for wireless MagSafe chargers, or they can opt for hot spares charging right next to each cameraman. The latter is an expensive solution to be sure... but if Apple is directly involved in this venture, (which the press release would seem to suggest) I'm sure money isn't going to be a limiting factor.
 
jdawgnoonan said:
“Sports History”? Like anyone actually cares what cameras are used for things like that? It may make “Phone Hostory” or “Camera History” but it won’t be “Sports History”.
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Exactly this. If the event itself was something of really significant world-wide importance - an international competition such as the Olympics, or a World Cup for some sport, then it might have a claim to being properly historic. No offence intended, but it's just a footy match.
 
Do I really make Space history, if I'm the first person capturing a rocket start entirely with an iPhone?! 🤔 🤣
 
My bet is they are running every feed through a AJA FS HDR, primarily to sync the signals so that they can run them into the production switcher; shading these is going to be a total pain in the ass.

It probably is not that hard to tether something. Probably using something from Black Magic Design maybe also.

Probably this

Too bad they did not do a SDI output for this thing.

Black magic is ok if you stay in there eco system, but for professional sports broadcast -- I don't get it.
 
Are they going to have guys running around the field with an iPhone so we can get a close up of the action?🤔 Maybe body cams on the refs and players? Take the professional 'rasslin' concept of stuntmen doing their own acting🤭 on step further. Stuntmen doing their own acting and filming. Y'all gotta agree some of the best acting you've ever seen has been during a football/soccer match.😁
 
UliBaer said:
Do I really make Space history, if I'm the first person capturing a rocket start entirely with an iPhone?! 🤔 🤣
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Yes -- IF you're doing it in your professional capacity while working for a company which routinely publishes press releases that can say pretty nearly anything that your lawyers will sign off on.
 
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