Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro will not be available in black, marking the second year in a row that buyers will have to choose a different color instead.
Apple ditched black for the iPhone 17 Pro in 2025, choosing to offer a new Cosmic Orange color alongside Silver and Deep Blue. Now, Weibo leaker Instant Digital has poured cold water on any hopes that the stealth option would return in 2026.
"It seems that the black of the iPhone 18 Pro has been cut again," the leaker said before saying that the move was "uncomfortable." It's unclear whether that last word was a quirk of machine translation, but it likely matches the mood of iPhone buyers who prefer their devices to blend into the background. Something nobody could accuse the Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pro of doing.
Colorful questions
It's also still unclear exactly which colors Apple will choose for its flagship iPhone this time around. Rumors have hinted at a new deep red color being added to the mix, while a purple color has also been suggested.
At this point, it's far from confirmed which colors the iPhone 18 Pro will arrive in, but black does seem increasingly unlikely.
This news also raises questions about which colors Apple will choose to sell the iPhone Fold in. The first foldable iPhone is expected to debut alongside the iPhone 18 Pro this fall, albeit with the possibility that it won't ship until weeks later than it.
If the rumors turn out to be true, Apple will announce the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro alongside the iPhone Fold in September. Both iPhone 18 Pro models will ship almost immediately, while the iPhone Fold may make buyers wait until November or even December.
