Apple

May 17, 2024BF3E-0022Not comparable

The Information: thinner iPhone 17 to move camera up top

The thinner iPhone 17 model could relocate its rear cameras to the top center.

The Information reported that Apple's planned thinner iPhone 17 could relocate its rear cameras from the top left corner to the top center, part of a major redesign akin to the iPhone X.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedThe thinner iPhone 17 model could relocate its rear cameras to the top center.
  2. Who said it, and whenThe Information reported it on May 17, 2024 in MacRumors.
  3. What happened, and whenApple iPhone Air (1st gen) was announced on Sep 9, 2025, 480 days after this report.
  4. The verdict, and whyNot comparableThis measured a different thing from the number the company published, so the two cannot be compared.Why: The assertion says Apple could use a top-center camera layout; the final layout does not establish whether that option was considered.
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Wrong
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Moving target
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Never settled
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Not comparable
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No outcome yet
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Moving target
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Reported by
The Information
We read it in
MacRumors
Product
Apple iPhone Air (1st gen) · reported as “iPhone 17 Slim”
Read it at MacRumors

The story of this report

  1. May 17, 2024The Information reported it · MacRumors
  2. Sep 9, 2025Apple iPhone Air (1st gen) was announced · official source
  3. VerdictNot comparableWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

The Information · Publication

34 reports in the Reporting Record. Of the 10 we have checked, 10 held up. The other 24 are not part of that number: 5 never settled, 2 not comparable, 17 no outcome yet.

Every report from The Information

What we know now

Other reports about Apple iPhone Air (1st gen)

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Questions about this report

Did this Apple iPhone Air (1st gen) report turn out to be true?
Not comparable. This measured a different thing from the number the company published, so the two cannot be compared. The assertion says Apple could use a top-center camera layout; the final layout does not establish whether that option was considered.
Who reported it first?
The Information reported it on May 17, 2024 in MacRumors.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 480 days before Apple iPhone Air (1st gen) was announced on Sep 9, 2025.