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iPhone 17 Pro Launching Later This Year With These 8 New Features

While the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are not expected to launch until September, there are already plenty of rumors about the devices.



<div class="center-wrap">(https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2024/11/iPhone-17-Pro-Dual-Tone-Feature-1.jpg)iPhone 17 Pro concept based on rumors</div>

Below, we recap key changes rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro models as of January 2025:



<ul><li><strong>More aluminum:</strong> iPhone 17 Pro models are rumored to have an aluminum frame (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/25/first-iphone-17-pro-design-leak/), whereas the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro models have a titanium frame, and the iPhone X through iPhone 14 Pro have a stainless steel frame. The back of the devices will supposedly have a new "part-aluminum, part-glass" design. The frame could end up using a combination of both aluminimum and titanium (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/07/24/kuo-ultra-thin-iphone-17-specs/).</li>

<li><strong>Rectangular camera bump:</strong> On a related note, the devices are expected to have a "larger rectangular camera bump (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/25/first-iphone-17-pro-design-leak/)" made of aluminum. There are conflicting rumors about the camera lenses sticking with a triangular arrangement (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/18/iphone-17-pro-to-stick-with-triangular-camera/) or being repositioned horizontally or vertically.</li>

<li><strong>A19 Pro chip:</strong> iPhone 17 Pro models are expected to use Apple's next-generation A19 Pro chip, which will reportedly be manufactured with TSMC's newer third-generation 3nm process (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/18/a19-and-a19-pro-n3p-rumor/). Like usual, expect modest year-over-year performance gains and power efficiency improvements compared to the current iPhones.</li>

<li><strong>Apple-designed Wi-Fi 7 chip:</strong> At least one iPhone 17 model is rumored to get a Wi-Fi 7 chip designed by Apple (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/31/kuo-iphone-17-apple-wi-fi-7-chip/) rather than Broadcom. However, another report said the chip will support Wi-Fi 6E (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/12/apple-tv-homepod-mini-2025-launch/) like iPhone 16 models.</li>

<li><strong>24-megapixel front camera:</strong> All four iPhone 17 models are said to feature an upgraded 24-megapixel front-facing camera (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/02/iphone-17-24mp-front-camera-rumor/), whereas all iPhone 16 models are equipped with a 12-megapixel front-facing camera.</li>

<li><strong>48-megapixel rear Telephoto camera:</strong> An upgraded 48-megapixel Telephoto camera (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/07/25/iphone-17-pro-max-48mp-telephoto/) is rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro models (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/18/iphone-17-pro-rumored-features/), up from the 12-megapixel Telephoto camera on iPhone 16 Pro models.</li>

<li><strong>12GB of RAM:</strong> An increased 12GB of RAM was initially rumored exclusively for the iPhone 17 Pro Max (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/28/kuo-12gb-ram-iphone-17-pro-max-exclusive/), but later the iPhone 17 Pro as well (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/18/iphone-17-pro-rumored-features/). This upgrade should help to improve the performance of Apple Intelligence and multitasking. All four iPhone 16 models have 8GB of RAM.</li>

<li><strong>A smaller Dynamic Island for iPhone 17 Pro Max:</strong> A change rumored exclusively for the iPhone 17 Pro Max is a "much narrowed Dynamic Island (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/06/iphone-17-pro-12gb-ram-rumor/)," as a result of Apple adopting a "metalens" for the Face ID system.</li></ul>Bookmark our iPhone 17 roundup (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-17/) to stay up to date with more rumors over the coming months.<div class="linkback">Related Roundup: iPhone 17 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-17/)</div>
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