- An ‘filtered’ image shows a screen protector for the iPhone 17 family
- And the iPhone 17 air has an outstanding change with a left -oriented selfie camera
- This boring tip could insinuate more than it seems
It has proposed to have a front camera on the left side of the dynamic island that is expected to have a front camera on the left side of the dynamic island that is expected to have the super thin phone.
This is courtesy of the informator Majin Bu, who has the habit of emerging claiming leaks taken from Chinese social networks in X, often with a mixed precision history. BU published an image of screen protectors that are supposedly for the iPhone 17 line.
These images are barely dynamic and do not hint large design changes for next -generation iPhones. But for an image labeled as ‘IP17Air’, the front camera has moved on the right side of the dynamic island (as seen in the iPhone 16 models and is expected for its next generation counterparts) to the left.
Now, before hasting this article, let me explain why it could be more interesting than you think.
Moving a camera is not a big problem, especially because Apple would probably ensure that iOS 26 take this into account when using the re -elaborated camera application to take selfies, etc.
But Apple tends to rarely do things for good or simply for a little design style. Rather, I think this change could be a track of how Cupertino could have reworked the internal design of its iPhones to produce a super thin variant of a next -generation Apple phone.
IPhone formula
If you follow Formula one, which, as happens, Apple has made a film, you will know that how the components in a F1 car are packaged is vital to obtain the highest performance of a car; In terms of aerodynamics, weight distribution, weight, etc. F1 rules mean that there are limitations on how much can be changed with each team’s car to ensure that one does not have an unfair advantage over others.
And I think the same logic can be applied from an F1 car to make super thin phones, well, to some extent, so have patience with me.
This is because consumers have certain expectations of the phones, especially those of the largest brands, such as decent performance, cameras oriented to the rear and frontal part, a solid battery life and a decent screen. And since the phones have basically had a generation to the generation of a generation, there are possibly limitations to what can be done to make a phone thin and light without too many commitments.
As such, this replacement of the inclined camera on the dynamic Island is a potential track that Apple is working to package the internal components and structures of the iPhone 17 air in such a way that it makes it seriously thin.
Since Samsung beat Apple with the Galaxy S25 Edge, I think the Tim Cook crew will need something special to stand out and avoid being scheduled to follow the steps of his rival instead of leading.
Of course, the iPhone 17 air could still be rumors and speculation, with the manufacturers of screen protectors that react to the tips instead of any official design. But at this point, an air form of the iPhone 17 seems very likely; We are sure to obtain more information to the expected Apple event in September.
