hello. This is Technologytodaynow. Regarding Apple news, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman once claimed that the iPhone 17 Pro’s design with a circling camera bump was not the actual design. However, he seems to have recently reversed this claim. According to Gurman, there will be no particularly bold new design on the iPhone 17 Pro.
iPhone 17 Pro Design Not Expected to Change Much
According to reports, early rumors about the iPhone 17 suggested a bold design change compared to last year, but there will not be any major design changes at the current stage of development. Here, the ‘big design change’ seems to refer to a change to the front display. Until last year, the main rumor about the iPhone 17 Pro lineup was a big change to the dynamic island. According to previously known iPhone display roadmaps, the iPhone 17 Pro will be equipped with a single punch-hole camera like Android smartphones including Galaxy smartphones instead of the current oval punch hole.
Changes in Dynamic Islands
Until now, this roadmap has been evaluated as reliable data because the iPhone’s display has changed. However, the iPhone 17 Pro seems to have changed from the original plan. After it was claimed that it would be difficult to apply a single punch hole camera to the 17 Pro, there was also a possibility that a new dynamic island with a smaller size than the current dynamic island would be introduced. However, it is said that a punch hole of the same size as the current dynamic island will be applied without change. However, there was a different comment about the rear design.
iPhone 17 Pro Rear Design and Color
While the front design of the iPhone 17 Pro is similar to that of the 16 Pro, the rear camera will look quite different. It is expected that there will be some differences between the expected design image of the iPhone 17 and the actual design. According to Mark Gurman, the iPhone 17 Pro will not be a two-tone color, but a matching rear color like the original iPhone. Unlike the combination of a silver body and a black camera island seen online, the camera bump’s color will also remain the same as the body, so a two-tone color is unlikely to be released.
The iPhone 17 Pro is expected to use an aluminum frame throughout, with glass applied only near the Apple logo for wireless charging. The leaked images so far have shown the colors of the glass and aluminum parts to be different, but the rest of the body color is said to be the same. Therefore, the color of the bottom part is also expected to be unified.
Materials and Finishes
One of the materials that is currently unknown about the iPhone 17 Pro is whether the camera bump will be made of glass or all aluminum. The design of the glass module does not seem bad, but there is the problem of increased weight compared to aluminum. I am curious to see what the actual design of the iPhone 17 Pro will be like.