Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max Design: New Leak Hints At Major Upgrade

Apple’s flagship range of iPhones is coming this fall and a new report claims that one model, the iPhone 17 Pro Max, has a thicker body than the iPhone 16 Pro Max it will replace. Which could mean room for a bigger battery, it’s claimed—something that hasn’t been suggested before and is, of course, very good news.
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPhone 16 Pro
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The leak comes from a source with a solid reputation, Ice Universe. In a post on X, they claim that the next Pro Max will be 8.725mm thick, instead of the 8.25mm thickness of the iPhone 16 Pro Max. That’s just under 0.5mm bigger. I know, tiny, right? Except that could be slim enough to be unnoticeable in the hand, but thick enough to handle a bigger cell inside. Which could be a major upgrade.
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The leak says that in other ways the measurements of the iPhone 17 Pro Max are identical to the current Pro Max—which is unsurprising, given that the current look only debuted a few months ago, and Apple rarely changes a design significantly on an annual basis.
That said, it’s possible the camera panel could change, if other reports are to be believed, and that the rear of the phone could be part-aluminum instead of almost all glass all over as it is now. Which could constitute a bigger design change.