{"id":126933,"date":"2025-09-10T06:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T06:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/126933\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T06:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T06:07:11","slug":"iphone-17-pro-reintroduces-a-glass-cutout-for-5g-mmwave-antenna-on-u-s-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/126933\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 17 Pro reintroduces a glass cutout for 5G mmWave antenna on U.S. models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iphone-17-pro0004.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple introduced its iPhone 17 lineup today, and the new iPhone 17 Pro models include an interesting new design quirk that the company just got rid of with the iPhone 16 lineup: a glass cutout for 5G mmWave passthrough. This time though, it\u2019s on the top of the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since iPhone 12, Apple has included 5G mmWave support on the iPhones in the US, with the exception of iPhone 16e and the new iPhone Air.<\/p>\n<p>On iPhone 12 through 15, there was a glass cutout on the right side of the phone for this antenna, since it can\u2019t pass through metals. It was exactly where the Camera Control button is now on iPhone 16.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"512\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iPhone-15-Pro-Max-deals-copy.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-974015\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>When Camera Control was introduced on iPhone 16, Apple moved the 5G mmWave antenna to pass through the back glass of the iPhone, that way it was no longer something you needed to see.<\/p>\n<p>Now though, with iPhone 17 Pro \u2013 that can\u2019t work. The iPhone is now largely made of aluminum, requiring Apple to revert to an old design technique: a glass cutout for 5G mmWave passthrough.<\/p>\n<p>Camera Control is still a thing, though \u2013 so Apple has resorted to placing it on the top of the phone:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iphone-17-pro0008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1018386\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In person, it looks fairly subtle \u2013 depending on the lighting. It seems to stick out a lot more on the 3D models. <\/p>\n<p>Either way, it\u2019s an interesting design decision that you might\u2019ve missed if you weren\u2019t paying too close attention.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite Apple accessory recommendations:<\/p>\n<p>Follow Michael:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mbrkhrdt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/michaelb.nyc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/m.brkhrdt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757092812_908_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757092812_746_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4malRlB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1017520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/im-9to5-banner-750x150-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"205\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple introduced its iPhone 17 lineup today, and the new iPhone 17 Pro models include an interesting new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-126933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}