The one-and-a-half-year iPhone 17 launch officially kicked off on May 6.
Jeff Pu, a well-known analyst, mentioned in a new report that the iPhone 17 series will have a smaller Dynamic Island, a stronger 24-megapixel front, and a new model, the iPhone 17 Slim (which will replace the original Plus series).
slim means thin,Coupled with the previous revelations of battery shrinkage,The core selling point of this wave of large-screen standard version may be knifed:
iPhone 17:6.1 英寸屏幕
iPhone 17 Slim：6.6 英寸屏幕
iPhone 17 Pro:6.3 英寸屏幕
iPhone 17 Pro Max:6.9 英寸屏幕
Jeff Pu预测iPhone 17/17 Slim会用上8GB内存,Pro版会有12GB内存(iPhone 15 Pro系列是8GB,iPhone 15标准版是6GB内存)。
And on May 2, the year-long iPhone 18 series launch conference also began.
Display analyst Ross Young said on X that Apple's under-display FaceID has been postponed to 2026 (i.e., the iPhone 18 Pro series), and his original prediction that Apple's under-display FaceID will appear on the iPhone 17 Pro series in 2025.
A year ago, Ross Young broke the news that Apple's iPhone 16 Pro series will use LG's under-display camera component, so that FaceID is hidden under the screen.
But in fact, the strongest under-screen camera products are now in China, but only in the vein of ZTE/Nubia/Red Devils. And Samsung's under-display camera technology for the Galaxy Z Fold5's inner screen is still biased towards "entertainment" effects.
PS: The two whistleblowers this time are the 3rd and 7th places in the last iPhone Breaking News Contest respectively