This is Rumor Replay, a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: iPhone 17 Pro camera upgrades, pricing, colors, and more. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.
iPhone 17 Pro-exclusive camera features
Citing an anonymous tipster, MacRumors reported that three iPhone 17 Pro-exclusive camera upgrades are coming:
8x telephoto zoom Second Camera Control button at top of device New ‘pro camera’ app
Separately, a test iPhone 17 Pro unit spotted in the wild might just lend credence to the Camera Control claim.
My takeaways
This is a tricky one to evaluate. On one hand, it’s easy to dismiss an anonymous tipster with no prior track record of Apple leaks. However, their request that MacRumors remove references to the company they work for makes the leak seem more plausible. And while that test unit spotted in the wild doesn’t show anything conclusive, it does add a little more fuel to the fire.
I do expect Apple to lean hard into features for actual “pros” this year. But I’m unsure an 8x telephoto lens or yet another Camera Control button truly qualifies. Overall, I’m pretty skeptical of these claims, but not immovably so.
Full iPhone 17 color lineup in dummy models
Reporting on the expected iPhone 17 color lineup is nothing new, but this week we got our first good looks at dummy models for the new colors.
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