Recently I saw a rumor that the iPhone 17 could finally get a slim model, something we have seen numerous times before. However, there was one interesting tidbit in the rumor: the iPhone 17 Slim might only have a single camera.
This is a big deal for several reasons, but the main one is what it means for how we view phones and cameras. Today, it would be unheard of for a smartphone to be sold without at least two cameras and a wealth of shooting options. The push to build better and smarter cameras has been so constant that the sales of actual cameras have dropped. The idea that an 2025 Apple phone, even one aiming to be cheaper, would only have a single camera is insane.
