{"id":314623,"date":"2026-02-24T11:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314623\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:46:15","slug":"iphone-18-pro-design-could-include-an-exciting-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314623\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 18 Pro design could include an exciting first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/fun-red-iphone-concept.webp.jpeg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>How does Apple follow up on the fun of Cosmic Orange from the iPhone 17 Pro line? By bringing back the red iPhone, according to the latest iPhone 18 Pro rumor.<\/p>\n<p>Despite making more than a half dozen red iPhone models before, the red iPhone 18 Pro will be a first\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Red as a mid-cycle release<\/p>\n<p>Apple has never released a red flagship iPhone on day one.<\/p>\n<p>The first red iPhone arrived as a mid-cycle release version of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. You could buy the newest iPhone in red, but not in the first six months of that model\u2019s availability.<\/p>\n<p>Apple repeated this a year later. A red version of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus was released several months after the original launch, and those models were already \u201cold\u201d compared to the iPhone X sold during the same cycle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"807\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/iphone8-iphone8plus-product-red_angled-back_041018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-528279\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>No pro red yet<\/p>\n<p>Apple started selling red iPhone models on day one with the iPhone XR through iPhone 14, and there have been red iPhone SE models, but there was no red version of iPhone XS through iPhone 14 Pro.<\/p>\n<p>Pro models have had more serious hues \u2014 not that red isn\u2019t a very serious color. The choice has been between better specs or a cool red iPhone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"512\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cosmic-orange-17-pro.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1040351\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>That choice changed, of course, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/02\/10\/two-reasons-helped-apple-hit-record-iphone-sales-and-theyre-both-orange\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">awesome<\/a> Cosmic Orange <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4aNUeLl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 17 Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now we just hope that Apple delights us with another vibrant shade of<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/02\/22\/iphone-18-pro-rumored-to-come-in-new-red-color-iphone-fold-details\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> some fun color <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/10\/31\/rumor-iphone-18-pro-to-come-in-three-all-new-bold-colors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not something too deep<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 18 Pro could finally give early-adopting, flagship customers the chance to sport a cool red iPhone from day one.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757113987_717_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757113987_373_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benqurl.biz\/3WZyqpL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1033835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771933575_780_native-banner_750_150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How does Apple follow up on the fun of Cosmic Orange from the iPhone 17 Pro line? 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