Huge rear camera bar, new glass panel: is this really the iPhone 17 Pro Max?
A massive rear camera bar, new glass panel, and leaked iPhone 17 Pro Max design spark fan backlash, memes, and debate ahead of Apple’s September 9 launch event.
- Sep 8, 2025,
- Updated Sep 8, 2025 1:40 PM IST

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A leaked video just showed a rear camera bar so massive it makes the iPhone 16 look tame—stretching edge to edge in an unapologetic hardware flex.

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Fans are already calling it ugly. The internet isn’t holding back after a viral leak showed Apple’s most radical iPhone redesign since the home button vanished.

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Gone is the minimalist elegance—replaced by a giant glass slab stamped with the Apple logo. Is this sleek innovation or design overkill?

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Three large lenses. Two small sensors. One horizontal camera island spanning the top. It’s iPhone meets Pixel—with a twist no one expected.

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The leak hit Weibo first. Now the avalanche of hot takes, memes, and disbelief is flooding the internet. And the event hasn’t even started.

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“This can’t be real,” wrote one fan. But what if it is? The leaked unit’s box even bears the iPhone 17 Pro Max name—bronze trim and all.

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Among the leaked lineup may be Apple’s lightest, thinnest iPhone ever: the rumored iPhone Air, so slim it might disappear in your pocket.

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Silver. Matte black. Grey. But where’s the orange? The viral clip hints at bold new hues—but also keeps the most anticipated ones hidden.

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The ‘awe dropping’ launch is locked for September 9. But has Apple’s biggest surprise already slipped through the factory gates?
