iPhone 17 Pro With All-New Camera Bar Design Allegedly Revealed

[nfl46]

Do these people actually take a step back and look at these terrible renders before they post them? I doubt Apple would do something this ugly.

Sadly, it’s likely true. I think Jon P. is spot on.

 

[anthogag]

With a camera bar like that Apple could add a more powerful flashlight and better microphone and LIDAR. Who doesn't want a smartphone with a powerful flashlight?

 

[JapanApple]

Another YouTube assumption. 😚 I wait to see the final release Ty

 

[ThisIsMike]

is it too much to ask that the right side has a small display of some kind? otherwise this is ridiculous.

 

[nCode]

Does Macrumours sponsor this guy or something?

 

[Adreitz]

Sigh…… my idea of a camera on every corner was better.

No matter where you hold it, your finger is always in the way!

 

[frownface]

it looks like a tumor

 

[cwwilson]

This ain’t it, Chief.

Hard pass.

 

[spartan1967]

The bulge is growing? This could be competitor propaganda with other phone makers getting rid of the bulge like the 9A.

 

[Yr Blues]

Just hide the entire back behind 1 way glass and put a larger battery in it. Voila!

 

[Gengar]

They’re just doing stuff just to do it now 😂

 

[dannyyankou]

Do these people actually take a step back and look at these terrible renders before they post them? I doubt Apple would do something this ugly.

Everyone called the iPhone 11 Pro design leak ugly, and they released it anyway, and people got used to it.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2019-iphones-triple-lens-rear-camera-design-allegedly-showing-in-new-renderings.2164010/

 

[paul4339]

Could it be to make more room for something on the front of the phone? Eg, maybe for a smaller dynamic island?

I would get a black colored one so the black on black doesn’t make it as noticeable.

 

[PhotonPandur]

would be cool if phone no longer wobbles on table, otherwise don’t see the point.

 

[Jodeo]

That. Is. Hideous!!!

I have a 12 Pro Max and was holding out for a 17 or even an 18. If they look like that, I'll have to settle for a 16.
Yeeesh.

 

[maruyama]

This is reminding me of a decade ago when the leaks showed those ugly antenna lines on the iPhone 6 and I thought there was no way Apple would actually ship that… and then they actually did (and I bought one and used it in a case and ultimately didn’t care).

This is so wildly ugly that I think it’s less likely than the old iPhone 6 antennas, but given past experience, I would give it a greater than zero percent chance of happening.

 

[ikramerica]

Do you have any idea how many times this has been said about a leaked design that turned out to be true?

7?

 

[ikramerica]

it looks like a tumor

It’s not a toomah!

 

[davidg4781]

Apple has done about 16 iterations of the iPhone and it's almost perfect (I still love my 11 Pro!). Loads of people complain that Apple never changes their design.

Maybe Apple listened and this is what you get.

Now, what have you learned?

 

[Artemiz]

I dig it!

 

[GeneticBloom]

There’s gotta be something missing here if this is really it. They wouldn’t make it bigger for no reason. It’s like the Dynamic Island before anyone knew about the fill, the leaks had it right in terms of hardware but it just two dots and looked odd. The software fill between made it what it is.

 

[LightProtector]

It looks incredibly ugly

 

[sbrhwkp3]

The only thing Apple seems to be killing it with nowadays is TV+

 

[ThisIsMike]

If they just extend this down the entirety of the phone, they could do away with the camera bump altogether!!!

 

[SeaFox]

It doesn't make any sense to make the "camera bar" take up the entire top third of the chassis, but still crowd the cameras in the corner.

If course it does. It's to:

1. Encourage people to upgrade by giving the new model a unique look that will tell other people at a glance you have the latest and greatest(?) model.
2. Make sure it's not compatible with existing cases, requiring you to buy a new one.