For years, your iPhone coloration selections have been restricted to shades of gray, white, and gold. Whereas that partially modified in 2018, when the iPhone XR launched a way more vibrant array of colours, Apple’s higher-end iPhone XS fashions retained the extra “critical” coloration palette.
Nevertheless, Apple determined to vary issues up barely in 2019 by giving us a light splash of coloration with the Midnight Green iPhone 11 Pro. Thus started the custom of introducing a singular new iPhone Professional coloration annually.
That was Pacific Blue for the iPhone 12 Professional, Sierra Blue for the iPhone 13 Professional, and Deep Purple for the iPhone 14 Professional. The iPhone 13 Professional additionally acquired an Alpine Green model six months later, the one mid-cycle coloration replace to ever come to Apple’s premium iPhone lineup that additionally introduced it again into line with the darker finishes of the opposite Professional fashions.
With Apple’s change to titanium in final yr’s iPhone 15 Professional lineup, it realized right into a “Titanium” coloration theme, with the standard neutrals — Black Titanium, White Titanium, and Pure Titanium — joined by a Blue Titanium colorway that was harking back to the Pacific Blue iPhone 12 Professional.
Now that the iPhone 16 Professional is on the horizon, this has sparked the standard debate and rumors about what coloration selections Apple will make this yr — particularly contemplating Apple basically ditched its long-standing gold end in favor of “Pure Titanium,” marking the primary time for the reason that 2017 iPhone X that coloration was overlooked of the combination.
Nevertheless, the iPhone X was additionally uniquely accessible in solely silver and area gray. That in itself hearkened again to the easier period of the iPhone 5 and prior fashions. Apple added gold for the primary time within the iPhone 5s, which maybe not coincidentally got here out alongside the ill-fated iPhone 5c — the one time throughout that period by which Apple tried to introduce a extra colourful low-end iPhone mannequin.
What Colours Will Come to the iPhone 16 Professional?
Final month, leaker Majin Bu shared reports from his sources that prompt Apple was engaged on two attainable new colours for the iPhone 16 Professional: Desert Yellow (aka Desert Titanium) and a heavier Cement Grey (aka Titanium Grey).
These have been mentioned to be probably the most believable choices out of a number of colours that have been mentioned, and the implication was that “Desert Titanium” might be the brand new gold however “deeper and heavier.” In the meantime, Titanium Grey was anticipated to have a extra metallic sheen than the present matte finishes of the iPhone 15 Professional.
Majin Bu made it clear that this report was “only a rumor,” so it’s most likely not shocking that we’re listening to one other leak suggesting the gold shade might be extra like Apple’s rose gold — a favourite of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 7 years.
This newest rumor comes from a Weibo supply shared on Twitter/X by ShrimpApplePro. It’s unclear whether or not Apple will name it “Rose Titanium” or just “Rose,” however it’s believed that it’ll substitute not solely the Blue Titanium but in addition the Pure Titanium of the iPhone 15 Professional.
That’s not essentially a stretch. Apple made a giant deal about titanium for final yr’s iPhone 15 Professional lineup as a result of it was new, however the branding is already beginning to really feel stale. Persevering with that theme into the iPhone 16 Professional lineup can be a bit a lot.
The “Cement Grey” referred to by Majin Bu might nonetheless be on the desk, because the Weibo put up suggests it might be the substitute for “Pure Titanium.” In the meantime, Black Titanium would get darker, giving us a return to the Area Black iPhone 14 Professional, whereas the successor to White Titanium is alleged to be nearer to the silver white of the iPhone 14 Professional.
Whereas the Weibo put up contains some coloration swatches, these are primarily based on descriptions relatively than precise coloration samples, so the fact might be fairly completely different from what we’re listening to. Rose, specifically, has a variety of potentialities, from the deeply pinkish gold of the iPhone 6s to a lighter champagne-like shade with a barely gold tinge.
The supply for a lot of this data isn’t totally clear, and it wouldn’t be the primary time we’ve heard coloration rumors that turned out to be manner off; round this time final yr, leakers have been predicting Dark Sienna, Pink, and Light Blue for the iPhone 15 Pro, and three years in the past there was a lot of noise around an orange iPhone 13 Pro that by no means materialized.
For sure, we wouldn’t put an excessive amount of inventory in these experiences simply but. As believable as a return to Rose Gold could appear, it’s equally attainable that it’s simply wishful pondering on the a part of those that miss the period of the iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, and authentic iPhone SE.
[The information provided in this article has NOT been confirmed by Apple and may be speculation. Provided details may not be factual. Take all rumors, tech or otherwise, with a grain of salt.]