iPhone 17 FINAL Leaks! New Confirmed Features!

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00:00All right, we are almost there. The iPhone 17's release in less than a week. So today I want to

00:05go over the final leaks and rumors that we have been hearing. We've got some last minute design

00:09changes that have surfaced, a couple of things that have been confirmed, and a look at all of

00:13the weird accessories that Apple has planned for this generation. But we'll get to that a bit later

00:18in the video because I want to start off with the updated final design on the iPhone 17 Pro.

00:24For months now, we've known about the larger camera bar that's coming, but we didn't know

00:27it would end up being a central design element of a redesigned antenna band array as well. See,

00:33on current iPhones, the way that Wi-Fi and cellular transmit through metal is via these small

00:38transparent slots that sit around the corners of the phone. You can see it in action right now on

00:43all of the corners for the iPhone 16 series. But on the iPhone 17 Pro, this is completely changing.

00:49Apple is removing the cutouts at the top and the bottom and extending those on the side to now wrap

00:54around the different elements, in particular going all the way around the new camera bump.

00:59And if this looks a little familiar, it actually might. It's because Apple's antennas on the Apple

01:04Watch Ultra work exactly like this, wrapping around the top of the watch and using that as a funnel for

01:10cellular. So on the iPhone 17 Pro, Apple saw another opportunity. And while it's not clear if this is

01:15going to enable like better or faster 5G, I like that Apple is giving us a reason for the camera bump

01:21getting larger. They could have changed it, sure, just for the sake of changing it. But there is

01:26really going to be a lot of functionality underneath baked into this new aesthetic. And speaking of

01:31aesthetics, that two-tone Pro design with aluminum and glass, that is 100% confirmed at this point

01:37because we've just gotten a new leak of Apple's clear case for 2025. And let's just say it's not

01:43exactly a clear case anymore. Yeah, on the iPhone 17 Pro clear case, Apple's got this white block down at

01:50the bottom. And if you're wondering why they're doing that, it's because they want to hide the

01:54way MagSafe looks. See, Apple's changing up MagSafe this year by moving the ring down a little bit and

01:59taking some pieces from the bottom. And if you put the Apple logo in the middle, it would end up

02:04looking like this in a clear case, which admittedly is one of the most ugly designs I've ever seen in

02:10history. So what is Apple's solution to their own problem? Well, just color the entire section in and

02:16then you can't see MagSafe at all from the outside. I don't really know what to say about this one

02:21other than you can't really call that a clear case, but it is something that Apple will have on sale

02:27alongside the Pros this year. And I'm very curious to see what the reaction from the rest of the

02:33community will be. This being said, I do think the new cutout is going to be worth it because according

02:37to yet another rumor, Apple has tested reverse wireless charging on the iPhone 17 Pros specifically.

02:44And it suggests in addition to being able to charge your AirPods on the back, you could also

02:49wirelessly charge something like your Apple Watch, which I think this alone would be more than enough

02:54to justify the new look, considering you can now travel without the extra charger just for your watch.

03:01I mean, just zoom out and take a look at this MagSafe area. It essentially looks like a mini

03:05wireless charging pad on its own, which is going to be something Apple heavily markets as a reason

03:10this new design is worth it. Keep in mind that Apple is also downgrading titanium for aluminum

03:15on the Pros too. It's one of the first rumors we ever heard for these phones. And I have to say,

03:20as I started to look a little bit closer at the teaser for this year's Apple event, I think it's

03:24all starting to make sense. The more I looked at this, the more it looked like a heat map. And side

03:29by side, they are scarily similar with temperatures going from cooler blue colors to warmer reds as

03:36temperature changes. And all of a sudden, Apple getting rid of titanium started to click. I mean,

03:41at its simplest base level, aluminum is much more thermally conductive than titanium. It means it's

03:47easier for heat to dissipate and get out of your phone with aluminum than the titanium design.

03:52Coincidentally, we've also heard that a vapor chamber cooling system is coming on the Pro models,

03:57which would allow the phone to run more powerful for longer without overheating. I think Apple realized

04:02that titanium is great, but that they backed themselves into a thermal performance corner.

04:07So in order to start moving forward again, Apple had to go back to a material that can cool

04:11quickly. This is just an idea. I don't know any of this 100% for sure, but I have to say the puzzle

04:17pieces are definitely lining up. And now knowing all of that, I think I'm cool with titanium going

04:22away. I think it'll be worth it, especially long-term. Following that, you would think that using the

04:27iPhone 17 Pro and Apple products in general means that you and your data is safe, but that is

04:32unfortunately not the case. There are a ton of data breaches that happen every year. And whenever

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05:27it. On the other hand, something we haven't heard much about is the front display on the 17 Pros this

05:32year. And unfortunately, rumors are still split pretty much down the middle on whether or not

05:37the Dynamic Island is actually getting smaller. But according to one rumor, Apple is making the

05:42displays even brighter. And it's said that in direct sunlight, it'll be much easier to see what's

05:47on your screen. Right now, iPhones go up to about 2,000 nits of peak brightness. So potentially,

05:52like the Apple Watch Ultra, we could see it go up to 3,000. And while generally,

05:56a brighter display would mean worse battery life, this same rumor says that Apple is doing

06:00some significant battery improvements on the Pro models too, giving them what is called the

06:05best battery life in iPhone history across both units. As we've heard previously, this will be

06:10achieved by Apple making the batteries physically larger as well as redesigning the pack that sits

06:15inside. And I think Apple may have, after all of these years, actually cracked iPhone battery life.

06:21It'll finally be great. However, the remaining days of the physical SIM tray in the

06:26iPhone will not be that long term. As this year, in more countries than ever, Apple will be

06:31transitioning to eSIM. They have sent out some new training materials to some authorized providers,

06:37especially in the EU, letting us know that the physical SIM will be going away on more models than

06:42ever. But we do see evidence that it's not going away entirely. Some iPhone 17 Pros probably in China

06:48will once again have a physical SIM tray, and we've seen the evidence for such. So it's just like

06:53every year, Apple's trying to remove a few more countries, and they want everybody to do eSIM,

06:58which ultimately is easier for everybody. I don't know if it's better, but it is really easy once you

07:03start using eSIM. Following that, we actually have some good news on iPhone 17 pricing, as it might not

07:08actually be as bad as we thought. According to a new report from one analyst, only one of the iPhone

07:1317 models is getting a true price increase year over year, and that's the base iPhone 17, which

07:19currently starts at $999, but is said to go up $100 to $1099. In order to rationalize this, Apple

07:25will cleverly be doubling the base storage from 128 to 256 gigabytes, so technically it's the same

07:32price as last year, there's just no cheaper option anymore. As for the other models, everything would

07:37stay pretty much the same as it is right now, meaning that the base cheapest iPhone 17 would remain at

07:42$799, which I do think would be pretty impressive if it happens. Just because Apple is facing the

07:48increased costs of tariffs specifically in the United States, and it's a lot of money that they

07:53would probably rather pass on to the consumers, so we have to wait and see, but this is good news.

07:58Now, finally for the iPhone 17s, if the phones weren't different enough this year, there are some

08:02really different accessories Apple is working on. First, for the iPhone 17 era, we're hearing that

08:08they have considered doing a bumper case, which is an instant callback to the iPhone 4, I think the

08:13last time Apple has offered an official bumper case. The idea would be to keep the phone thin and

08:17lightweight while also offering some level of protection, but I just think any case on the

08:2217 era is going to make it the thickness of every other phone, so you would probably want to go caseless

08:27regardless. Next, Apple's also going to be introducing a new type of case this year called

08:31a techwoven, which is going to be the long sought after replacement for finewoven, which was that

08:37disastrous like micro material that did not age well at all because it did not hold up. From what we can

08:43see in the photos alone, techwoven seems to be much more robust and durable with a thicker weave.

08:49I just think it looks not great. I don't think these cases look very good is the problem. Apple's

08:54just on this quest to get rid of leather in a bunch of their products because it's not good,

08:58and I get that, but also leather cases are nice for a reason. Leather is just a nice premium material,

09:04and while Apple can continue to look outside for something that is environmentally friendly,

09:08at the end of the day, I think people still want the Apple leather cases back,

09:11and until then, I don't necessarily see this being a hit. Then there's the last accessory Apple's

09:16introducing this year, which is an additional lanyard for their official cases. It's going to

09:21come in all kinds of different colors per these leaked images. I just don't know if people use

09:27lanyards in 2025. As soon as I heard this, all I could think about was the iPod Touch 5 so many years

09:34ago that had that built-in lanyard hook, but the problem is I don't think people used it then,

09:38and I don't think they're going to use it now. Maybe I'm just a hater and I'm missing something

09:41because I have been thinking about it for days, and I'm like, lanyard, lanyard, lanyard? No,

09:49no lanyard. Okay, thanks for watching this video. We are so close to the iPhone 17 5. I hope you

09:54enjoyed it and you learned something new. If you did, drop a like down below and hit subscribe for

09:58more on the iPhone 17 very soon. I'm beyond excited for this year, and I hope you are as well. So,

10:03thanks for watching. I've been Sam, and I will catch you in my next video. Bye-bye.

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