The iPhone 17 Pro could get a 48MP telephoto camera, which is way more exciting than it sounds – let me explain

The iPhone 17 series is nearly here – Apple has announced that its annual September event will take place on September 9, which is less than a week away at the time of writing. We’re expecting full reveals for the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max.

Naturally, we’re expecting the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max to bring the most advanced upgrades – one such rumored upgrade concerns the 5x telephoto camera, which has been tipped to get a resolution bump from 12MP up to 48MP.

That’s four times as many pixels total twice as many on both the vertical and horizontal axes – a 48MP sensor would make the iPhone 17 Pro’s telephoto camera better at picking up fine detail, so long as the sensor is of an equivalent or larger size to its ...