iPhone 18 Pro is still well over half a year away. Nonetheless, we have some interesting new color rumors for the upcoming new iPhone model, and Apple may finally be doing something users have wanted for ages – a red ‘Pro’ iPhone. iPhone Fold, on the other hand, might not have any flashy color choices.
iPhone 18 Pro in red
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is now considering a new ‘deep red’ color option for the iPhone 18 Pro. With iPhone 17 Pro, Apple transitioned to an all aluminum unibody, giving the company far more flexibility for what colors it can use on the ‘Pro’ iPhone.
Gurman notes that the current Cosmic Orange color is extremely popular, especially in China – so even though red and orange are ‘a little too close on the color wheel,’ Apple might end up keeping both colors:
Given the success of orange, I wouldn’t be surprised if the company keeps that option around and just adds the red as an additional choice. But red and orange might be a little too close on the color wheel to have both. We’ll see how this plays out exactly, but I can at least tell you that, as of now, red is the new flagship color in testing for the next iPhone Pros.
If you’re someone who’s both always wanted a red iPhone Pro and has lamented the fact that Apple stopped making red iPhones with the iPhone 14 back in 2022 – then you should be very excited. Gurman also comments on the other color rumors of purple and brown, but states that they’re probably just ‘variants of the same red idea.’
New iPhone Fold colors
Gurman also comments on the color options of the upcoming iPhone Fold. He reports that Apple is going to ‘stay away’ from fun colors:
That would mean going back to the options Apple used during the early days of the iPhone: some sort of dark gray or black and a variation of a white or light silver. We’re on track to see how this all comes together in September.
In all likelihood, this is because this is Apple’s very first time manufacturing such a product, and making less colors simplifies the manufacturing process. We saw a similar thing play out with iPhone X, when it only came in two colors versus six on the iPhone 7.
Are you excited for the new red color on iPhone 18 Pro, or are you going to pick up the iPhone Fold instead? Let us know in the comments.
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