The iPhone 17 Professional won't have a Pixel-like digicam in any case

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A brand new leak suggests the iPhone 17 Professional’s digicam will preserve its triangle structure, and never swap to a Pixel-like bar setup, counteracting different leaks.
The present digicam structure has developed since 2019, getting greater and extra highly effective every year.
The iPhone 17 Professional continues to be 9 months out from launch, and plenty might nonetheless change between at times. Take leaks with a grain of salt.

Should you’ve been following leaks and rumors lately concerning the iPhone 17 Pro, you could have heard the hypothesis that the telephone might characteristic a Pixel-like digicam bar setup. A brand new leak says in any other case, although.

In keeping with recognized tipster Setsuna Digital on the Chinese language social media website Weibo, the iPhone 17 Professional’s digicam will not endure a large redesign that reassembles the Pixel 9 Pro’s digicam setup. As an alternative, it’ll reiterate its present design.

The tipster says (translated through Google Translate), “my sources advised me that the again has certainly modified, however the triple-camera structure continues to be a triangle, not the horizontal strip that’s at the moment circulating on-line.” Their sources are a thriller, so take this with a grain of salt.

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The present digicam structure dates again to 2019

It began with the iPhone 11 Professional and has gotten greater since

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The present triangle-camera structure on the iPhone 16 Pro dates again to the iPhone 11 Pro, launched in 2019. Yearly since, the digicam on the Professional fashions has gotten greater and extra highly effective. There isn’t any query that the iPhone 17 Professional may have an improved digicam setup. Apple loves upping its digicam sport yearly, however what that design will appear to be subsequent 12 months stays a thriller.

The Pixel-like digicam rumors started when a recognized leaker named Digital Chat Station posted on Weibo that the iPhone 17 collection would have a brand new digicam setup and shared a concept render of the telephone with a Pixel-like elongated oval digicam bar. A report from The Information in November claimed that the iPhone 17 Professional will characteristic a much bigger rectangular digicam bump.

The latest leak from Setsuna Digital counteracts this rumor, and a few of their earlier leaks have turned out to be appropriate, such because the iPhone 16’s battery capability and the M4 iPad’s nano-texture show choice (through MacRumors). That mentioned, the iPhone 17 collection continues to be 9 months away, and lots might change between at times.