The iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max could arrive with two camera upgrades, according to details shared by a tipster on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo. The successors to the company’s iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max aren’t expected to arrive until later this year, but details of the handsets have already leaked over the past few months. This year, Apple is expected to introduce a redesigned rear camera island with a horizontal camera layout for the iPhone 17 Pro models.

iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max Camera Specs (Leak)

Digital chat station (translated from Chinese) writes in one. Post on Weibo that Apple will equip the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max with a 48-megapixel telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom, which is an upgraded version of the 12-megapixel camera on the iPhone 16 Pro models.

Photo Credit: Weibo/Digital Chat Station

According to the tipster, the iPhone 17 Pro models will also be equipped with a 24-megapixel selfie camera. It is worth noting that both the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max models have a 12-megapixel TrueDepth camera.

This is not the first time that details about Apple’s upgraded iPhone 17 Pro camera have been leaked online. In January 2024, TF Securities International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that iPhone 17 models would be equipped with a new 24-megapixel selfie camera.

Last November, a report suggested that Apple plans to keep its Tetraprism telephoto lens, which enables support for 5x optical zoom, exclusive to its Pro models. Previous reports indicated that the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Air will be the first non-flagship models equipped with a telephoto camera.

Previous leaks have also hinted at other upgrades coming to the iPhone 17 Pro models, including under-display Face ID technology that could result in a smaller camera cutout. iPhone 17 models may be equipped with Apple’s A19 chip with 8GB of RAM, while Pro models may feature A19 Pro chips paired with 12GB of RAM.