iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max Tipped to Debut With Upgraded Telephoto and Selfie Cameras

iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max may arrive with two digicam upgrades, in response to particulars shared by a tipster on Weibo, the Chinese microblogging platform. The firm’s successors to the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are usually not anticipated to reach till later this yr, however particulars of the handsets have already been leaked over the previous few months. This yr, Apple is anticipated to introduce a redesigned rear digicam island for the iPhone 17 Pro fashions, with a horizontal digicam structure.

iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max Camera Specifications (Leaked)

Digital Chat Station (translated from Chinese) writes in a post on Weibo that Apple will equip the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max with a 48-megapixel telephoto digicam with 5x optical zoom, which is an upgraded model of the 12-megapixel digicam on the iPhone 16 Pro fashions.

Photo Credit: Weibo/ Digital Chat Station

 

The iPhone 17 Pro fashions may also be outfitted with a 24-megapixel selfie digicam, in response to the tipster. It’s price noting that each the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max fashions characteristic a 12-megapixel TrueDepth digicam.

This isn’t the primary time that details about Apple’s upgraded iPhone 17 Pro digicam specs have leaked on-line. In January 2024, TF Securities International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that the iPhone 17 fashions could be outfitted with a brand new 24-megapixel selfie digicam.

Last November, a report steered that Apple plans to maintain its Tetraprism telephoto lens, which permits assist for 5x optical zoom, unique to its Pro fashions. Previous reviews had indicated that the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Air could be the primary non-flagship fashions outfitted with a telephoto digicam.

Previous leaks have additionally hinted on the arrival of different upgrades on the iPhone 17 Pro fashions, together with an under-display Face ID know-how that might end in a smaller digicam cutout. The iPhone 17 fashions is perhaps outfitted with Apple’s A19 chip, together with 8GB of RAM, whereas the Pro fashions may characteristic an A19 Pro chips paired with 12GB of RAM.