We’ve seen iPhone 17 Pro Max dummy units, and we’ve gawked at iPhone 17 Pro Max cases. Yet when you put the two together, you get a real sense of the shape of things to come.
X account pipfix (@lusiRoy8) posted a photo today that shows off exactly that.
At first glance, I thought I was looking at the existing blue iPhone 16 based on the color of the dummy unit. The story, of course, is the top third portion of the back of the iPhone 17 Pro Max dummy unit and case. That’s where the largest camera bump bar extends in every dimension.
Apple is expected to use this camera bar design on the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. Hopefully, the improvement in photo quality matches the camera bump’s nearly doubled size!
While the standard iPhone 17 will keep the same two-camera system as the iPhone 16, we expect the rumored iPhone 17 Air to replace the iPhone 16 Plus in the lineup. The Air is said to have the thinnest design of any iPhone yet. Despite having a single rear-facing camera, it will also use the camera bar design. Might the iPhone 17 Air feel a bit top heavy in the hand? We’ll find out in September.
In the meantime, here’s what Pro Max customers can expect this fall:
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