- A ‘leaked’ photo shows a screen protector for the iPhone 17 family
- And iPhone 17-AIR have a prominent change with a leftist selfie camera
- This boring tip could suggest more than meet the eye
The iPhone 17 air has been tilted to have a front-facing camera on the left side of the dynamic island that the rumored super-slim phone is expected to have.
This comes with permission from Tipster Majin Bu, who has a habit of surfing required leaks taken from Chinese social media on X, often with a mixed track record of accuracy. BU published a photo of screen protectors allegedly for the iPhone 17 set -up.
These images are hardly dynamic and do not suggest major design changes for the next generation of iPhones. But for a picture labeled ‘IP17AIR’, the front-facing camera has been changed from the right side of the dynamic island (as seen on the iPhone 16 models and expected for their next gene colleagues) on the left.
Now, before you yawn yourself from this article, let me explain why it could be more interesting than you think.
Moving a camera is not a big deal, especially since Apple is likely to make sure iOS 26 takes this into account when using them as the reworked camera app to flip selfies and so on.
But Apple tends to rarely do things for it or just too little design flair. Rather, I think this change can be a clue how Cupertino may have reworked the internal layout of its iPhones to produce a super-slim variant of a next general Apple phone.
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If you happen to follow Formula One – like Apple, as it happens, you have made a movie about – do you know how components in an F1 car are packed is crucial to getting the most out of a car; With regard to aerodynamics, weight distribution, weight and so on. The rules of F1 mean that there are restrictions on how much can be changed with each team’s car to make sure you do not have an unreasonable advantage over the others.
And I think the same logic can be used from an F1 car to make super slame phones, yes, to some extent, so carry with me.
This is because consumers have certain expectations from phones- especially those from the largest brands such as decent performance, back and front-facing cameras, a solid battery life and a decent screen. And given phones have basically got some iterative generation for generation, there are undoubtedly restrictions on what can be done to make a phone slim and light without too many compromises.
As such, this tilted camera placement on the dynamic island is a potential hint that Apple is working to pack the internal components and structures of the iPhone 17 air in such a way that it makes it seriously slim.
Given Samsung, Apple beat the punch with the Galaxy S25 Edge, I think Tim Cooks crew needs something special to stand out and avoid being planned to follow in his rivals’ footsteps instead of leading.
Of course, the iPhone 17 Air could still be rumors and speculation where screen protection manufacturers respond to the tips rather than any official design. But at this point, a form of iPhone 17 air seems quite likely; We are sure to find out that more is coming to the expected September Apple event.
