iPhone 17 Airs radical redesign teased in supposedly leaked images but is it real?

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Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:53:41 +0000

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New images purportedly depicting the iPhone 17 Air have emerged, but were doubtful.

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leaker posted images claiming to show the iPhone 17 Airs camera design They show a wide bar housing the camera and flash However, there are many reasons to doubt the accuracy of the leak

Apple is widely expected to launch a so-called iPhone 17 Air in the fall, adding a super-slim device to its iPhone roster and dropping the Plus model
in the process. Thats fueled a lot of speculation, some of it quite outlandish, and thats definitely the case for the latest iPhone 17 Air claim.

It comes from leaker Majin Bu, who posted an image on X that they claimed depicted the design of the iPhone 17 Air something that they later claimed was confirmed.

Whats interesting about the image is it shows the rear of the device with an elongated camera module that stretches across almost its entire back surface. Theres a single camera lens on the left, a flash on the right, and a small microphone cutout on the right-hand edge.

The image is very blurry and pixelated, making it difficult to see much in
the way of details. Majin Bu also has a spotty track record when it comes to Apple leaks they accurately predicted the Desert Titanium color name of the iPhone 16 Pro months before it launched, but have also published a slew of incorrect rumors, such as the claim that the iPhone 15 would have two front-facing cameras. Reasons for doubt Based on what was reported by my source, this would be the new iPhone 17 design. I can't be sure if the image is real, but if it were, it would reflect the leaked design. pic.twitter.com/vXhHqunzN7 January 21, 2025

There are other reasons to be skeptical of the leak. For one thing, it would be a complete departure from Apples regular camera design. Every other iPhone places the camera in the corner of the device, and its been that way for years. If Apple was really going to implement a completely new design, youd think some of the more high-profile leakers and analysts would have got wind of it from their sources. Yet theyve all remained tellingly silent so far.

And theres another problem. The iPhone 17 Air is, as the name suggests, expected to be far thinner than Apples other iPhones , which means much less internal space for components. If the camera bar stretches across the entire back frame, it will occupy the same space as the Face ID camera array on the front of the device. Its highly unlikely that Apple will drop a feature as vital as Face ID, which makes it hard to imagine the company using a rear camera design like this.

Ultimately, we wont find out for sure until Apples iPhone launch event in the fall (assuming the iPhone 17 Air is real and will arrive then). Until that time, wed recommend treating this latest rumor with a huge dose of
skepticism. Until more reputable sources confirm its accuracy, its probably safe to assume its wide of the mark. You might also like Here's just how thin the iPhone 17 Air could be and it's thinner than the rumored Galaxy S25 Slim The iPhone 17 Air and Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim could both come with one main drawback I want the iPhone 17 to get rid of the Dynamic Island but not for the reason you think



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