Final iPhone 17 Pro Rumors: Orange and Blue, Vapor Chamber, and More

Monday September 8, 2025 7:48 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol

On the eve of Apple's special event, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has listed some of the key new features he expects for the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max.

iPhone 17 Pro Dark Blue and Orange
Gurman expects the following for the devices:

Orange and Blue will be the unique new color options
Improved optical zoom, with perhaps an 8× limit, up from 5× on the iPhone 16 Pro models
A vapor chamber cooling system for improved heat dissipation
External design changes, including a redesigned rear camera system with three 48-megapixel cameras

All of those things have already been rumored, but extra corroboration is always nice, as we count down the final hours until Apple's official announcements.

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Top Rated Comments

BGrifter

15 months ago

I still can’t get over how ugly those renders look. It’s hard to believe Apple would release something that looks so bad.

Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Dashey

15 months ago

Seriously, why do so many people upgrade each year? Everyone complains about how incremental and small the upgrades are and how they don’t have the money, but then those same people proceed to go buy the $1000+ phone every year. I upgraded from a iPhone SE 2nd gen to a 16 and yea it was a good upgrade, but I don’t see any reason why upgrading this year would make any sense.

Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)

gleepskip

15 months ago

People just like to bitch about how they would upgrade if only it were "worth" it. And then likely do so anyway. Ad nauseam. Every ****ing year.

I'm on iPhone 13. Still waiting for something "worth" it.

Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)

DrRadon

15 months ago

Apple's prowess of pulling off incremental upgrades when it would be so tempting to innovate is unmatched.

The trick is to not buy a new phone/whatever each year.

Unless something silly happens in terms of pricing I am looking for a upgrade from my 12 mini to a 17 pro. Always wanted that Tele lens and the raw photography option, bigger sensor makes it look like the time to get it.
Beyond that I also hope for a phone that has much higher battery capabilities compared to my 12 mini because honestly my 12 mini can do everything beyond the missing lens perfectly fine except for its battery wich was terrible from day one. To me it feels like it should be a massive upgrade and probably good enough to actually get a battery replacement in 4-5 years instead of a new phone.

Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Jeweller

15 months ago

Seriously, why do so many people upgrade each year? Everyone complains about how incremental and small the upgrades are and how they don’t have the money, but then those same people proceed to go buy the $1000+ phone every year. I upgraded from a iPhone SE 2nd gen to a 16 and yea it was a good upgrade, but I don’t see any reason why upgrading this year would make any sense.

People just like to bitch about how they would upgrade if only it were "worth" it. And then likely do so anyway. Ad nauseam. Every ****ing year.

Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)