One of the large advantages of shopping for a “Pro” iPhone is at present that you just get a flowery high-refresh fee OLED show, however which will change into commonplace throughout the iPhone 17 lineup, in keeping with a Weibo leak from Digital Chat Station noticed by MacRumors. The outlet notes that Digital Chat Station leaked correct particulars in regards to the iPhone 15 line’s digicam sensors and the show panel of the iPhone 12.
The rumor is a bit obscure, saying solely that the bottom iPhone 17 can have a excessive refresh fee. But it follows some extra particular provide chain whispers we’ve heard in current months. MacRumors pointed to at least one in February that instructed Apple will use the identical LTPO panel tech, which drives Apple’s variable refresh fee “ProMovement” iPhone 16 Pro shows, for all of subsequent yr’s telephones. That was later echoed by others, together with show provide chain analyst Ross Young in September.
The subsequent set of iPhones can be anticipated to switch the bottom mannequin “Plus” iPhone with an iPhone 17 “Slim” in 2025, which Young instructed can have ProMovement, too. Instead of differentiating by show tech, Apple might stratify the lineup in several methods, like by giving the iPhone 17 Pro Max a smaller Face ID sensor and Dynamic Island cutout, in addition to 12GB of RAM for each sizes of iPhone 17 Pro and 8GB for the usual and Slim fashions.
The complete line is rumored to have 24MP front-facing cameras as a substitute of the 12MP present in present iPhones, they usually could all use an Apple-designed Wi-Fi / Bluetooth chip for the primary time.
