Iphone 17 Leak Reveals Pro Models Will Get Exclusive New Camera App Feature

One point astir nan iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max has been clear for a while: Apple plans to thin difficult into beefing up nan Pro camera strategy moreover while scaling cameras back connected nan iPhone 17 Air. Now, a caller leak from Jon Prosser reveals an exclusive package characteristic coming to nan Camera app for this year’s Pro models.

Simultaneous video signaling pinch beforehand and rear cameras coming to iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max

Last nighttime Jon Prosser posted a caller video containing immoderate of nan champion looks yet astatine what iOS 19’s caller design mightiness look like.

He ends nan video pinch a astonishment leak that’s technically iOS 19 related, but really has much to do pinch Apple’s upcoming iPhone 17 line.

Prosser says nan iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max will person an exclusive characteristic for nan Camera app: nan expertise to grounds beforehand and rear-facing video simultaneously.

As seen successful nan mockup above, this will look a batch for illustration being connected a FaceTime call, pinch nan bulk of nan surface dedicated to nan rear camera view, while a smaller model shows nan front-facing video.

The iPhone for years has supported signaling from aggregate cameras astatine erstwhile utilizing third-party apps. But Apple has ne'er antecedently brought that characteristic to nan built-in Camera app, and apparently it plans to do truthful this year.

9to5Mac’s Take

This will nary uncertainty beryllium a bully characteristic to person for YouTubers and different video creators, but making it exclusive to nan 17 Pro and Pro Max is surely disappointing—especially since third-party apps tin already do this connected a wider scope of devices.

Perhaps nan A19 Pro spot that will beryllium Pro-exclusive makes nan characteristic imaginable successful a measurement nan modular A19 can’t. Or there’s thing typical Apple’s doing that third-party apps haven’t yet achieved. Of course, Apple could besides conscionable want to supply much reasons to upgrade to a Pro model—as it does each year.

In immoderate case, I find it funny that this leak happened conscionable hours after I wrote nan pursuing astir accepting nan iPhone 17 Air’s azygous camera limitation:

Will Apple present immoderate fancy caller camera features connected nan iPhone 17 Pro that make maine reconsider? Possibly. But based connected what I cognize now, I consciousness a batch much comfortable saying nan iPhone 17 Air is for me.

Would you usage this caller iPhone 17 Pro camera feature? Let america cognize successful nan comments.

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