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Apple’s Mexican microdrama puts iPhone 17 Pro on camera
Apple’s new Mexican microdrama, Nido de Villanas, was filmed entirely on iPhone 17 Pro and released as 14 YouTube Shorts.
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Apple is promoting Nido de Villanas, a Mexican microdrama filmed entirely on an iPhone 17 Pro and released as 14 YouTube Shorts. Each episode runs for about two minutes.
The company’s first-look video describes the story as “a microdrama full of ambition, secrets, and betrayals,” centered on four women competing for the Iturribiaga fortune. Apple frames the premise with the tagline: “Four women, one inheritance, no mercy.”
The project is part of Apple’s long-running Shot on iPhone campaign and doubles as a showcase for the iPhone 17 Pro’s camera system. The episodes feature:
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- Action Mode
- 8x optical-quality zoom
- Slow motion
- Focus adjustments
With exaggerated performances, dramatic music and sound effects, sudden plot twists, and deliberately theatrical camera work, Nido de Villanas plays as a parody of classic Mexican telenovelas. Its format also gives Apple a compact way to demonstrate how the iPhone 17 Pro handles different shooting styles.
The first-look video is available on Apple’s YouTube channel. All 14 episodes can be watched through the channel’s Shorts gallery.
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via 9to5Mac
