The cellular antennas may be moving to a new location.
Among the many rumors about the upcoming iPhone 17 is that it will feature a new camera bar design across the back of the body. It’s a major change from the upper-corner placement that has been on iPhones since the beginning. The iPhone 17 Pro, in particular, may have a large camera bar to accommodate the three lenses that stretches across the entire back of the phone.
That bar may have a role in cellular connectivity, too. Leaker Majin Bu reported on Monday that Apple is going to move the cellular antenna on the iPhone 17 Pro around that big camera bar. The company is taking a cue from the Apple Watch Ultra, which has its cellular antenna “near structural and functional elements of its chassis,” according to Bu.
