JAKARTA - Images claiming to be the iPhone 17 Pro chassis show Apple switching back from titanium to a combination of aluminum and glass.
In late 2024, leakers were at odds over whether Apple would ditch titanium in favor of aluminum for the iPhone 17 Pro. Now, a new leak from yeux1122 claims to show the chassis—and it turns out to be aluminum.
"Apple's iPhone 17 Pro model with a milled aluminum body chassis has leaked," yeux1122 wrote on the Chinese social media site Weibo (in translation). "The camera bump area shown by many renderings is confirmed to be a solid aluminum structure, not glass."
The comment refers to leaked images that show the camera bump as an extruded piece of aluminum. On the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, the camera bump is part of the glass back panel.
The images also appear to indicate that Apple is eliminating the separate glass back panel. Instead, the aluminum frame appears to enclose the entire iPhone, with a cutout for the lens in the camera bump and a large circle for MagSafe.
If this leak is accurate, it would mean Apple has only used titanium for the iPhone for two years. In fact, Apple is promoting titanium as a key selling point for the iPhone 15 Pro, and Tim Cook is even promoting its color variations.
It's worth noting that yeux1122 has a slightly above-average track record for accurate Apple leaks. He recently showed off a battery that allegedly belongs to the iPhone 17 Air, but also said that the iPhone 16 Pro will have a 2TB storage option.
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