iPhone 14 Pro rumored to feature a more rounded design to match larger rear camera array

The iPhone 14 Pro may have significantly rounder corners to match the larger rear camera array.

Zelbo, known for creating renders based on leaked information for upcoming Apple devices including the Mac Studio, Studio Display, rumored mixed reality headsets, and more, believes the ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ Models may have larger-radius corners. By cross-referencing CAD renderings with dimensions, schematics, images of accessory production molds, and other information, it's clear that the ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ has been repeatedly depicted as having larger rounded corners compared to the iPhone 13. Corner radii for a more rounded front and rear look Pro. On the other hand, the ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ Max appears to have almost the same radius as the ‌iPhone 13 Pro‌ Max.

Apple may be forced to change the corner radius of the iPhone 14 Pro due to changes to the rear camera array. ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ models are expected to feature a larger rear camera array, promoting a new 48MP camera system and a 57% larger sensor.

Zoom Rendering of the rear of the ‌iPhone 13 Pro‌ (right) and ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ (left), apparently to exact dimensions, by Ian Zelbo.

The rear camera arrays of the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max roughly match the corner radius of each device's frame, but when Apple increased the size of the camera arrays of the ‌iPhone 13 Pro‌ and iPhone 13 Pro‌ Max, neither device Match its corners. While the differences between the ‌iPhone 12 Pro Max‌ and ‌iPhone 13 Pro‌ Max's camera arrays are minor, the differences between the ‌iPhone 12‌ Pro and iPhone 13 Pro‌ are significant.

It seems plausible that as sizes increase again this year, the inconsistency between the curve of the camera platform, the lenses, and the corners of the stainless steel frame itself became too severe on the iPhone 14 Pro, causing Apple to revise the design . According to Zelbo, the new larger corner radii still don't exactly match the rounded corners of the rear camera array platform, but are significantly closer.

Zoom Rendering of the front of the ‌iPhone 13 Pro‌ (left) and ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ (right), with seemingly accurate dimensions provided by Ian Zelbo.

‌iPhone 14 Pro‌’s redesigned display may also have contributed to this change. A centered pill- and punch-hole-shaped front-facing TrueDepth camera array in place of the notch is expected to be one of the device's major upgrades, and its bezels around the display are rumored to be 20 percent thinner. It would be necessary to redesign the display to implement these changes, so changing the corner radius at the same time is feasible.

Similar information related to the iPhone 14 shows that the device does not share new corner radii, which may indicate that the more rounded design will become another differentiating factor between the standard and "Pro" iPhone product lines.

Zelbo is producing detailed renders of the iPhone 14 Pro based on a number of sources to provide a seemingly accurate look at what Apple's next Pro ‌iPhone‌ will look like when it's released later this year.

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