Lanyard rumors: Does Apple take the iPhone 17 on a leash?

If you don’t want to keep your iPhone out of your pocket, to use it briefly or take a photo, put it on the chain: with a lanyard worn around your neck, which in turn depends on a special envelope that sells numerous accessory providers. The smartphone then dangles around the side similar to a bag and is still always at hand. Now Apple also seems to be interested in the approach: According to Lanyard holes for the Airpods Pro 2, Apple Leaks from Asia Plant a similar approach for the iPhone 17 Pro, which is expected in September. Apple is probably not realizing the necessary leash itself, but leaves this provider.

Four holes for the lanyard implementation

Like the Leakers Majin Bu and Duanruiwho have sources from China claims, Apple relies on new (of course paid) covers that have lanyard support. According to the first CAD recordings or mockups, the new case for the 17-seater iPhone comes with a total of four new holes. These are located on the underside on the right and left on the edge next to loudspeaker holes and USB-C passage.

The look is similar to the AirPods Pro 2 approach, whereby the (here only) two lanyard holes are embedded directly in the charging shell. The CAD recordings that Duanrui published indicate that the four Lanyard holes are metallically reinforced-apparently so that nothing falls off here. It is still unclear whether the covers really come from Apple or the daughter Beats will bring them onto the market (as with the iPhone 16).

What kind of chain comes?

Whether Apple sells a lanyard chain itself or this from providers Like Incase (As with the AirPods Pro 2), you don’t know yet. The attachment would be made on both sides. Due to the open design, only the loops have to be made to match the holes in order to enable attachment.

By the way, ligaments or chains for larger Apple products are not completely new. The iPod Touch 5G once had a small metal wheels that could be folded out to have a (sold by Apple) Loop linyard to attach. However, this was not intended for the neck, but around the hand-similar to the incase lanyard for the Airpods Pro 2. For iPhones, this solution should be rather unsuitable.