A new look is coming to the iPhone 17 series, it’s reported. If correct, it will mean that the Pro models will have a strikingly different Dynamic Island for the first time since the feature launched. There will also be changes to at least two of the Pro’s cameras, it seems.
New Dynamic Island
The new phones will include a “much narrower Dynamic Island,” according to a research note for investment bank Haitong International by analyst Jeff Pu, and spotted by MacRumors.
This would be the first change to the display feature since it arrived on the iPhone 14 Pro. It will be made possible by Apple adopting a smaller metalens, as it’s referred to, for the Face ID system.
The magic of the Dynamic Island is it hides the front camera and other sensors by circling it in a lozenge of blackness, growing and shrinking to add extra information to the display. So, a smaller island would only add to the effect. The analyst specified the Pro Max but I’d guess the Pro will have it, too.
Better Cameras Coming
Pu had other things to say. The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max will see a significant upgrade to two of the cameras: the telephoto and front-facing cameras, to be precise.
Both currently have 12-megapixel resolution sensors but Pu claims the front-facing camera will move to 24 megapixels, while the telephoto will gain a 48-megapixel sensor. It will mean that all rear cameras on the Pro models will be 48-megapixel resolution next year.
More RAM, New Chip, Same Display
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. That’s up from 8GB in the entire iPhone 16 series, which is more than the 6GB on the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus.
And the display sizes will remain the same as on the current models, that is, 6.3-inches and 6.9-inches respectively on the two Pro models.
Finally, the A19 Pro chip will be what’s powering the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max and they will use a 3-nanometer process, not the 2nm tech predicted by some—that’ll arrive with the iPhone 18 series, it seems.
Big changes are coming, it seems.
