The iPhone 16 Pro could have a strange camera, reminiscent of an electric shaver

By James On Feb 26, 2024

Apple has largely kept the same camera design on its Pro iPhones since the launch of the iPhone 11 Pro, but with the iPhone 16 Pro and the iPhone 16 Pro Max, there could be a big change.

This is according to the leaker Majin Buwho – posting on

Or rather, it will retain the square block of the iPhone 15 Pro, but the lenses inside will be housed in a raised triangle, rather than protruding individually from the square. You can see what this might look like in the post below.

Breaking news: I was able to consult several sources and both claim that there will be a change in the design of the new iPhone 16 Pro. It is said that the design will not resemble a fidget spinner, as I already reported, but will look more like a razor, they also say… pic.twitter.com/7DTj7CJYdGFebruary 24, 2024

You can see that the flash and LiDAR scanner are inside the square, but not inside the triangle, which only houses the trio of lenses.

It looks a little weird here, but this image is for “demonstration purposes only”, where the information received by Bu is simply that the design will “be shaped like a triangle” and “look more like a razor”, as shown. So even if this leak is true, the exact design may differ slightly from this image.

Apparently, this design change would “allow more cameras to be added to the module in the future,” although it’s not clear how a raised triangle would help with that.

An unlikely update

However, we would take this leak with a huge dose of salt. The source has a mixed track record, claiming that “I have no way of verifying that this information is 100% accurate or true.”

Even more devastating, another leak (@Uredditor) responded claiming that this design is not real, and followed that up by saying “unless they developed an alternate backplate design in complete secrecy – possible but highly unlikely.”

So at this point we suspect this won’t be the design of the cameras on the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max. But it certainly seems time for a new camera design, so we don’t rule this out completely.

We probably won’t be sure about the design of the iPhone 16 Pro for a while, as it will likely land in September alongside the rest of the iPhone 16 line. But before then, we’re sure to hear a lot more rumors and leaks.