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iPhone 17 Said to Miss Out on iPhone 17 Pro's Rumored Camera Bar

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The rear cameras on iPhone 17 Pro models are expected to be housed in a new rectangular bar with rounded corners. A similar design change has also been rumored for the iPhone 17 Air, but the lowest-end iPhone 17 might miss out.

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The standard iPhone 16​

According to Jon Prosser, who runs YouTube channel Front Page Tech, the standard iPhone 17 will have the same overall design as the standard iPhone 16.

If so, the iPhone 17 would have two vertically-aligned rear cameras in a pill-shaped bump.

This means the standard iPhone 17 would be the most unchanged new model launching this year, in terms of appearances. However, customers who are not fans of the new camera bar might be relieved to know that a more familiar design might remain available for at least one more year. Apple should unveil the iPhone 17 series in September.

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i noted a trend in past years the iphone pro models normal get the new upgrades 1st follow buy the nomral iphones the next year so iphone 18 will see it next
 
According to Jon Prosser, who runs YouTube channel Front Page Tech, the standard iPhone 17 will have the same overall design as the standard iPhone 16.
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More guessing and random speculation. All for clicks.
 
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I mean this has been Apple's formula for over a decade now. New camera features start on the Pro line and even more segmented to the Pro Max then "trickle down" to lower models in subsequent years. Why would they change that now? It is a money maker since it allows them to squeeze more money out of the line up.
 
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Sure is ... at least Steve thought so

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The great irony being Steve was often guilty of "design is how it looks". I wish he had stuck more to his principles, as the idea is sound. Apple mice being one of the many examples where Steve couldn't see the light. Even Ive after all the years of criticism of the Honkey Puck mouse still likes it?, when the design is clearly fundamentally flawed—you cannot readily tell by feel which way it's facing—this disqualifies the mouse immediately. When they had wired EarPods the white area you grab by the jack was slippery without grip, same goes for their wall plugs, slippery, especially annoying in Europe and UK. Heck, all their wall plugs should have two ports now, and obviously so in the case of their Mac wall plugs (with GaN, more watts and even wattage per port with the firmware doing the handshake to work out how much to give each device). Basic stuff. Apple's laptops should be drink-spill-proof and their phones should be designed to better withstand accidental drops. Both aspects would market very well. Their keyboards are better now, but I do wish they would focus on taking them further by making them more tactile and satisfying to use. MBA lacking basis ports for making the thin and light everyday-useful for the office, the school, conference halls and conference rooms, on trains, planes and at home—some people much prefer a thin and light laptop and shouldn't need to suffer basic inconveniences for this preference, having to buy and mess around with silly dongles and adapters. MBP could differentiate in many ways beyond port-gimping the Air, e.g. Thunderbolt 5 and more Thunderbolt ports comparatively. Port variety should be the same, while port power and port-count could be for pro machines, along with more compute power, advanced larger displays and thicker bodies with larger speakers and fans. Much room for improvement from a hardware practicality standpoint across the board. Design is how it works, indeed.
 
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Standard, max, pro, air, SE. Are they all going to sell better than the mini did? Feels hypocritical they said mini was not profitable enough to continue production.
 
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