The iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max in Dbrand cases.
Credit: Dbrand
If you’re curious about what Apple’s next-generation iPhones will look like, you might not need to wait until its “Awe dropping” Sept. 9 event to find out. Dbrand, a go-to smartphone and gaming accessories maker, appears to have beaten Apple to the punch by distributing an email full of iPhone 17 photos. Those photos link to new product pages on Dbrand’s website.
On Thursday afternoon, Dbrand sent an email to prior customers with the subject line “Pretend that today is September 9.” The email itself, which begins with the header, “Meet the iPhone 17,” starts with a photo of two iPhones—reportedly the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max—in transparent MagSafe cases with silicone bumpers. Both devices feature three back cameras arranged in a triangular formation, but unlike the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max, the devices’ LIDAR sensors, flash, and rear-facing microphone sit some distance away. This means the camera bump is a horizontal, rounded rectangle, not a square.
A quick scroll through the email reveals the angled profile of what Dbrand claims to be the iPhone 17 Air, which also features an elongated camera bump (albeit narrower) and a single camera.
iPhone 17 Air in a Dbrand case.
Credit: Dbrand
“It took Apple nine whole years to make a phone that’s genuinely too thin for a 3.5mm jack,” the snarky email reads.
Finally, at the bottom of the email, Dbrand included images of the regular iPhone 17 and some of its colorful skins. If this really is the iPhone 17, it will feature a vertical, oval-shaped camera bump containing two lenses and a mic, with the flash sitting just outside.
iPhone 17 wearing various Dbrand skins.
Credit: Dbrand
Dbrand’s cases for each model are now available on its website, where pictures of the empty cases abound. Still, the accessories offer yet another peek at what the iPhone 17 lineup will probably look like—and hopefully with more reliability than a photo of some guy walking around San Francisco. Now we’ll just have to wait to see what colors the phones come in.
An Apple representative did not immediately respond to ExtremeTech’s request for comment on the legitimacy of Dbrand’s iPhone photos.