Abstract
- A brand new dummy unit iPhone 17 Professional hand-on from Majin Bu is making its rounds on the web.
- The brief video, which is posted on X, offers us a real-world glimpse at what Apple’s up to date Professional digital camera hump design may appear like.
- The video additionally showcases the thicker chassis design that is rumored to reach on the upcoming iPhone 17 Professional and 17 Professional Max fashions later this 12 months.
One other day, one other glimpse of the
This time round, the web is abuzz with a brief 34-second video from tech business leaker Majin Bu on T̶w̶i̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ X. On this temporary hands-on, Bu showcases the bodily design of an iPhone 17 Professional dummy unit, which is more likely to have been 3D printed based mostly off rumored dimensions and rogue CAD recordsdata.
At this level, we’ve got a reasonably good concept of what Apple has in retailer with its upcoming iPhone 17 Professional and 17 Professional Max fashions, that are anticipated to debut round September of this 12 months. Main leaks and rumors level to a redesigned rear digital camera protrusion, which
will feature a more Google Pixel-like
‘digital camera bar’ styling. There are some indications of Apple switching over from titanium to aluminum for the facet frames of those subsequent Professional iPhones, in addition to a doable new glass-and-aluminum hybrid rear panel.
After all, these supposed adjustments to the iPhone Professional’s supplies aren’t conveyed by means of Bu’s dummy mannequin. What’s discernible, nonetheless, is the elevated chassis thickness of the upcoming handset. When in comparison with the prevailing iPhone 16 Professional’s 0.32-inch (8.25 mm) thickness, the iPhone 17 Professional
is expected to be
a number of millimeters thicker, which Bu’s unit corroborates right here.
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A story of two iPhones
On the daybreak of the iPhone Air’s debut, Apple is taking its Professional lineup in a really totally different route
A thicker iPhone is not a nasty factor — it gives extra inside quantity for a bigger battery capability, extra strong thermal administration, and larger optical sensors. Professional-tier iPhones are filled with premium technological elements, and a thicker physique offers room for these high-tech handsets to breathe. The added girth can even work within the gadget’s favor by way of sturdiness and robustness — we do not need a repeat of the iPhone 6’s notorious
bendgate
, in any case.
The fascinating half about this growth, nonetheless, is that it is anticipated to reach in live performance with the
long-rumored debut of an iPhone Slim
mannequin, which some analysts confer with because the iPhone Air. Skinny is in once more not solely at Apple,
but also at Samsung
, and it is fascinating to see a simultaneous embrace of tanky chassis design inside the exact same iPhone 17 lineup that’ll carry us the thinnest iPhone ever engineered.
Skinny is in once more not solely at Apple, but in addition at Samsung.
After all, nothing has but been confirmed by Apple, and we can’t know the true accuracy of those leaks and design mock-ups till the tech large takes the wraps off its next-generation handsets within the fall. Apparently, newer rumors level in the direction of
a possible shift in iPhone launch strategy
, with Apple reportedly wanting right into a staggered launch of Professional and non-Professional fashions of the iPhone 18 collection in 2026. In any case, Pocket-lint will likely be conserving a detailed eye on all issues Apple, notably as we enter
WWDC 2025 software season
subsequent month.
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