Fresh iPhone 17 leak gives first close-up look at next-gen Apple smartphones

How would you like to see Apple's iPhone 17 Pro Max ahead of time? Well, maybe you can.

Leaker Majin Bu just posted a short video with the caption "iPhone 17 Pro is beautiful." In the video, we see a hand holding a device that matches the rumored look of the iPhone 17 Pro Max; the device isn't working, but it is shown from all sides. It has a big, rectangular, see-through camera bump that extends throughout the phone's width. We also see that the phone's metallic frame has slightly rounded, soft edges.

This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.

So what's up? Is it the actual iPhone 17 Pro Max?

Probably not. More likely, it's a very elaborate and convincing 3D model based on previous rumors and reports about the upcoming phone.

Bu's got a similarly well-crafted dummy model of the regular iPhone 17, and he posted a comparison between the two models in a pic.

Finally, he also posted a comparison between the iPhone 16 Pro and the (rumored) iPhone 17 Pro camera modules, which implies that the difference, really, is in the camera bump size, with everything else looking roughly the same (aside from the flash and the LiDAR scanner being moved to the side).

Of course, the real difference, according to the rumors, will be inside: The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max are rumored to have a 48-megapixel telephoto camera, and improved, 24-megapixel front camera, as well as 12GB of RAM, among other upgrades.

We'll find out if any of this is real come September, when Apple will probably launch the iPhone 17 series phones.