Whereas the iPhone 17 Pro just isn’t anticipated to launch till September, a prototype of the gadget has probably been noticed within the wild. Nevertheless, the mysterious gadget could possibly be absolutely anything, so this would possibly merely be a false alarm.
X account @Skyfops immediately shared two somewhat blurry photos of the mysterious gadget. The submit was later shared by Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman.
“I simply noticed a check growth iPhone within the wild,” the submit stated.
The whole lot that we’ve wrote under is solely hypothesis.
In one of many images, an individual sporting reflective sun shades could be seen holding what seems to be an iPhone within a thick black protecting case, which may be meant to disguise the design of the iPhone 17 Professional in public. They’re additionally holding what seems to be an iPhone 16 Professional with a sticker on the again of it, which could possibly be hiding an information matrix code that permits Apple to trace inside iPhones utilized by staff for growth functions.
What would possibly make the disguised gadget an iPhone 17 Professional? Effectively, rumors point out that the again of the gadget can have a rectangular camera bump, with the LED flash, rear microphone, and LiDAR Scanner anticipated to be vertically aligned on the best facet of the bump. And within the photograph, the again of the gadget appears to have round openings within the top-right nook for what could possibly be the LED flash and LiDAR Scanner. Your guess is pretty much as good as ours, although.
Gurman appears to assume the images may be the true deal. “This appears to be like legit,” he said. Or possibly he is simply being sarcastic. Who is aware of.
Including to the intrigue, @Skyfops stated “the man on the best was safety and attempting to go in entrance of the iPhone to cover it.” Allegedly!
The consumer is positioned in Los Angeles, in accordance with the account’s bio.
Even when this actually was an iPhone 17 Professional prototype within the wild, these images do not likely present something that’s not already rumored. However who does not love an old-school 2010-era rumor in mid-summer, as we rely down the times to Apple’s announcement?