Leaked iPhone 17 Pro image shows first front design change since iPhone 14 Pro
iPhone 17 renders | Image Credit - Majin Bu
In 2022, the iPhone 14 Pro abandoned the notch for a Dynamic Island, and in the two years since, no changes have been made to the shape-shifting cut-out. That's set to change this year, per a leak from the Chinese outlet My Drivers.
As opposed to traditional lenses that smartphone manufacturers currently use, metalens, or metasurface lens, is an optical lens that uses nanostructured materials instead of relying on the curvature of their surface to manipulate light. They are flat and light, allowing companies to free up space by replacing bulky traditional lenses and other optical components with them.
The iPhone 17 Pro could feature a smaller Dynamic Island than current models. | Image Credit - My Drivers
The report also includes a concept image that depicts what the smaller Dynamic Island may look like. It also says that the phone will have smaller bezels. So even though an all-glass iPhone is not coming anytime soon, the iPhone 17 Pro would be an important step towards it.
Analyst Pu had said that only the iPhone 17 Pro Max would feature a metalens, so the other three models in the lineup may have the same-sized Dynamic Island as current models.
Meanwhile, conflicting leaks are circulating about whether Apple will adopt a horizontally stacked camera array for its new phones. Either way, it does look like Apple is at least considering refreshing the design, and if we get lucky, at least one of these leaks might materialize.
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