The iPhone 17 Professional may not have a Pixel-like digital camera in any case

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A brand new leak suggests the iPhone 17 Professional’s digital camera will maintain its triangle structure, and never swap to a Pixel-like bar setup, counteracting different leaks.
The present digital camera structure has advanced since 2019, getting larger and extra highly effective annually.
The iPhone 17 Professional continues to be 9 months out from launch, and much might nonetheless change between every now and then. Take leaks with a grain of salt.

For those who’ve been following leaks and rumors not too long ago in regards to the iPhone 17 Pro, you’ll have heard the hypothesis that the cellphone might characteristic a Pixel-like digital camera 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 web site Weibo, the iPhone 17 Professional’s digital camera will not endure an enormous redesign that reassembles the Pixel 9 Pro’s digital camera setup. As a substitute, it should reiterate its present design.

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

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The present digital camera structure dates again to 2019

It began with the iPhone 11 Professional and has gotten larger 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 digital camera on the Professional fashions has gotten larger and extra highly effective. There isn’t a query that the iPhone 17 Professional may have an improved digital camera setup. Apple loves upping its digital camera recreation yearly, however what that design will appear to be subsequent 12 months stays a thriller.

The Pixel-like digital camera rumors started when a recognized leaker named Digital Chat Station posted on Weibo that the iPhone 17 collection would have a brand new digital camera setup and shared a concept render of the cellphone with a Pixel-like elongated oval digital camera bar. A report from The Information in November claimed that the iPhone 17 Professional will characteristic a much bigger rectangular digital camera 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 possibility (by way of MacRumors). That stated, the iPhone 17 collection continues to be 9 months away, and quite a bit might change between every now and then.