New design promised in latest report

A new look is coming to the iPhone 17 series, it has been reported. If correct, this will mean that Pro models will have a surprisingly different Dynamic Island for the first time since the feature’s launch. There will also be changes to at least two of the Pro’s cameras, it appears.

New Dynamic Island

The new phones will include a “much narrower Dynamic Island,” according to a research note from investment bank Haitong International, owned by analyst Jeff Pu, and spotted by MacRumors.

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This would be the first change to the display feature since it arrived on the iPhone 14 Pro. This will be possible if Apple adopts a smaller metalens, as it is called, for the Face ID system.

The magic of the Dynamic Island is that it hides the front camera and other sensors, circling them in a rhombus of darkness, zooming in and out to add extra information to the screen. Therefore, a smaller island would only increase the effect. The reviewer specified the Pro Max, but I think the Pro will have it too.

Better cameras coming

Pu had other things to say. The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max will have a significant upgrade to two of the cameras: the telephoto and the front, to be more precise.

Both currently have 12 megapixel resolution sensors, but Pu claims that the front camera will increase to 24 megapixels, while the telephoto camera will gain a 48 megapixel sensor. This will mean that all rear cameras on the Pro models will have a 48-megapixel resolution next year.

More RAM, new chip, same screen

There have already been reports that the 17 Pro and Pro Max will be the first iPhones with 12GB of RAM as discussed in detail here. This is more than the 8GB of the entire iPhone 16 series, which is more than the 6GB of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus.

And the screen sizes will remain the same as the current models, i.e. 6.3 inches and 6.9 inches respectively on the two Pro models.

Finally, the A19 Pro chip will be what powers the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max and they will use a 3 nanometer process, not the 2nm technology predicted by some – which will arrive with the iPhone 18 series, it seems.

Big changes are coming, it seems.

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