Updated June 28 with further images claiming to show the design of the iPhone 17 series.
Although it’s around 12 weeks until the next iPhones go on sale (read exactly when they will launch here), there have been numerous reports and leaks. The latest comes from a regular leaker, and aims to show exactly what the iPhone 17 Pro will look like in black. The same leaker has now posted more images, showing what the iPhone 17 Air and other models in the range will look like: more on that and images of the whole iPhone 17 series in the form of dummies below.
Of course, it’s not yet known exactly what colors the next iPhones will come in, or what they’ll be called, but it’s highly likely that there will be a new black color this time around (which will be similar, perhaps, to the current titanium black found on the iPhone 16 Pro.
The leak comes from serial tipster Majin Bu who has a strong, though not perfect, track record. Their latest post on X reads, “iPhone 17 Pro Black, absolutely beautiful,” and the caption shows two images of what it will look like, it’s claimed.
It’s a persuasive replica, with lots of detail and convincing materials. But the reason it’s interesting is that it shows the new camera panel design in a way that many will find attractive. Previously, I’ve been skeptical about how the predicted wider camera panel will work in practice. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman revealed that the panel would not be black on all models, that it would match the color of the iPhone.
So, it’s not yet clear what models in other colors will look like, but the images here show a panel which seems in keeping with the handset, and even makes the three camera lenses look less dominant than they do on the iPhone 16 Pro.
In the dummy, the panel looks as though it rises out of the phone more deeply than before, perhaps to create a greater distance between the lens and the sensor beneath. The lenses are still raised on top of the panel.
This is the iPhone 17 Pro, and it’s the Pro Max model which is rumored to be the thickest iPhone Pro yet, so this looks, well, not super-thin, but not chunky.
Of course, however carefully researched a phone dummy is, it can only take us part way to understanding what the real thing will look like. But these images make the iPhone 17 Pro look better than some had been expecting.
The same could be said for the iPhone 17 Air, which Majin Bu has also featured, in a post on X captioned, “iPhone 17 Air looks fantastic,” and showing two images of dummies claiming to show what the slim iPhone, nicknamed the Air, will look like.
If you’ve already seen images said to be the iPhone 17 Air, you’ll know that it has quite a different look on the rear of the phone (let alone its profile).
There’s only one camera expected on the iPhone 17 Air, and it seems it will sit on the left side of the phone’s back, as Apple’s cameras always have. But the raised camera panel which is one of the biggest design changes in the iPhone 17 series stretches across the width of the phone. It’s a controversial look that is most noticeable on the one-camera slim phone. That said, it looks more persuasive in this dummy than has previously been seen.
And then there’s the profile: turn the phone sideways and this dummy shows how strikingly thin it is.
Majin Bu has also posted more images, including a group shot of the entire iPhone 17 series, showing them in a pale color, silver, perhaps. Seeing them together shows a distinct and consistent design language which, did we but know it at the time, began with the iPhone 16 in September 2025.
All models apart from iPhone 17 base model have a camera panel that stretches the width of the phone. It again makes one ask why the panel is that wide on the slim model with its single camera. My only guess is to separate it in design from the iPhone 17 and iPhone 16e, which will still be on sale.
Plus, it seems it’s going to be a pricier model than the iPhone 17, so the slim iPhone needs something else to set it apart. Plus, of course, with a phone that thin, you may need to use some of the camera bump to squirrel away components for which there’s otherwise no space.
By the way, if you look at the dummies, you know that’s what you’re looking at: the leaf at the top of the Apple logo is missing on the supposed iPhone 17 Air. I think it’s pretty clear that that’s not a design change we should be expecting.
