Yesterday we learned about three potential new features for the iPhone 17 Pro camera. A test unit may have been spotted in the wild today, which could give us our first glimpse of one of those rumored features.
Honestly, I was a little skeptical about Tip MacRumors who anonymously claimed that the iPhone 17 Pro will feature three hardware and software camera features that weren’t already leaked or rumored. However, since publishing, I’ve become more convinced that their advice is legitimate (and I’m generally very skeptical of everything).
Maybe I’m just feeding my own beliefs now, but I can’t help but see that the rumored second camera control was mentioned yesterday in today’s alleged iPhone 17 Pro leak.
The degrees of uncertainty around this are stacking up, but some things are stacking up. First, yesterday’s rumor was based on an iPhone 17 Pro announcement being produced. It showed, among other things, a second type of camera control near the top edge of the device. Second, if this is some sort of capacitive touch scrolling surface, the placement makes sense. You can hold your iPhone in landscape orientation using the main camera control under your right index finger and this new addition under your left index finger.
But why? Apple may have heard feedback that the scroll surface features already complicate the existing camera control button, and moving those functions to a separate piece of hardware might help. Another idea is that Apple could connect zoom to the left button without switching modes to the right button.
Or maybe it’s all fake! We’ll find out in about six weeks. Apple usually unveils new iPhones in early September. What do you think? Sun glare? pneumatic? Creators chasing attention? Or maybe this is the first look at a new hardware feature that Apple is announcing in September?
Here’s the X source post to see everything in context.
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