There is a buzz around iPhone 17 rumors and leaks just ahead of Apple’s WWDC announcement, further exciting the iPhone fans as they are anticipating the release date of the new iPhone line.

The latest lineup, iPhone 17 Pro is rumored to have better video capabilities and a new slim iPhone 17 Air allegedly having a thin design balanced by improved battery technology.

In general, there’s a lot of speculation to cut through.

When To Expect iPhone 17 Release?

If we follow the earlier trend, Apple has consistently announced its new phones in the first half of September for the last several years.

So, this will likely be the case with the full iPhone 17 lineup.  But, there is going to be an exception of the iPhone 17E as it could arrive in early 2026, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

It appears that the iPhone 17 lineup may be the last to follow this fall-release model.

For the next lineup iPhone 18, Apple will reportedly split its phone releases so that lower-cost iPhones launch in the first half of the year and the higher-end Pro models become available later in the year.

Although, this is not expected to happen until 2026, so the iPhone 17 Pro will become available this fall.

Preorders for a new iPhone typically begin the Friday after the announcement, with the phone shipping a week later.

iPhone 17 New Colour

The speculations regarding a new color option for the iPhone started in April.

This all started when a Twitter user and leaker Majin Bu (not the Dragon Ball Z character) posted that the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max could get a sky blue option.

As we already know that the latest MacBook Air models come in sky blue.

It could give you some idea of the soft hue we’ll see on the iPhone if it goes in the same direction.

Last year, the iPhone 16 and Plus made a splash with their debut of pink, teal and ultramarine color options, alongside the standard white and black.

Camera Bump Redesigned In iPhone 17 Pro

As rumoured, the iPhone 17 Pro’s camera has been the subject of multiple rumored changes.

But the most notable one would be that Apple could add a horizontal camera bar that spreads across the width of the phone.

Besides this its front-facing “selfie camera” could also be getting an upgrade.

Bu posted a leaked image on X suggesting that the phone could feature a pill-shaped camera bar that looks a lot like the camera bar on Google’s Pixel 9 phone during January.