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Aug 2, 2024BF3-0296Wrong

Jeff Pu: iPhone 17 lineup to get a 24MP front camera

All four iPhone 17 models were expected to have a 24MP front camera with six plastic lens elements.

Jeff Pu reported that all four iPhone 17 models would get an upgraded 24-megapixel front camera with six plastic lens elements, up from the 12-megapixel, five-element camera on iPhone 15.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedAll four iPhone 17 models were expected to have a 24MP front camera with six plastic lens elements.
  2. Who said it, and whenJeff Pu reported it on Aug 2, 2024 in MacRumors.
  3. What happened, and whenApple iPhone 17 was announced on Sep 9, 2025, 403 days after this report.
  4. The verdict, and whyWrongIt did not turn out this way.Why: iPhone 17 models launched with an 18MP Center Stage front camera, not the predicted 24MP front camera; Apple also does not publish the claimed six-element lens construction.
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Reported by
Jeff Pu
We read it in
MacRumors
Product
Apple iPhone 17 · reported as “iPhone 17”
Read it at MacRumors

The story of this report

  1. Aug 2, 2024Jeff Pu reported it · MacRumors
  2. Sep 9, 2025Apple iPhone 17 was announced · official source
  3. VerdictWrongWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

Jeff Pu · Analyst

39 reports in the Reporting Record. Of the 19 we have checked, 11 held up. The other 20 are not part of that number: 7 never settled, 13 no outcome yet.

Every report from Jeff Pu

What we know now

Other reports about Apple iPhone 17

13 reports about Apple iPhone 17 from 5 sources. Of the 13 we have checked, 9 held up.

See all 13 reports about Apple iPhone 17

Other claims sourced to the same article

The article above is cited on these roadmap entries too. That is a shared source, not a statement that this report was about them.

  • A second rear camera is expected, a 48MP ultra wide · Apple iPhone Air 2

    A second rear camera is reported at 48MP ultra wide.

  • The front camera was reported as 24MP · Apple iPhone 17

    The 24MP front-camera prediction turned out wrong.

Questions about this report

Did this Apple iPhone 17 report turn out to be true?
Wrong. It did not turn out this way. iPhone 17 models launched with an 18MP Center Stage front camera, not the predicted 24MP front camera; Apple also does not publish the claimed six-element lens construction.
Who reported it first?
Jeff Pu reported it on Aug 2, 2024 in MacRumors.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 403 days before Apple iPhone 17 was announced on Sep 9, 2025.