{"id":603215,"date":"2026-09-02T02:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T02:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/603215\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T02:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T02:50:12","slug":"apples-iphone-18-pro-could-come-in-black-but-skip-silver-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/603215\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s iPhone 18 Pro Could Come in Black, but Skip Silver This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are expected to be unveiled at the company\u2019s Sept. 9 launch event, and a new rumor appears to be firming up the three-color lineup for these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/best-phone\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/best-phone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">phones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to leaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weibo.com\/5821279480\/Rg4zqqQ05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fixed Focus Digital<\/a> on Weibo (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/01\/iphone-18-pro-colors-include-black-but-skip-silver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MacRumors<\/a>), the iPhone 18 Pro is now in full production and is set to come in sky blue, pure black and burgundy models. Prior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/iphone-18-everything-we-know-about-apple-iphone-before-september-9\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 18 rumors<\/a> have pointed to these colors, although the names have varied (dark cherry instead of burgundy, for instance).<\/p>\n<p>For anyone hoping for a silver or gray shade, this report suggests Apple may skip that color this year, instead bringing back black after abandoning it on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/apple-iphone-17-pro-iphone-17-pro-max-review\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2639530\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 17 Pro<\/a> series. Last year, black was available on other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/best-iphone\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/best-iphone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone models<\/a>, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/apple-iphone-air-review\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/apple-iphone-air-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone Air<\/a>, the base <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/apple-iphone-17-review\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/apple-iphone-17-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 17<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/apple-iphone-17e-review\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/apple-iphone-17e-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 17E<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"exco-video-player__poster\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3b5c8c95-1f55-43a1-a3df-e2451171e9d4-thumbnail.jpeg\" alt=\"No Regular iPhone 18? Why Apple May Split the iPhone Event\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With just about a week to go until Apple\u2019s official event, it\u2019s likely that reports on the iPhone 17 Pro\u2019s looks will continue to leak.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even more prescient than the color of the iPhone 18 Pro will be its cost. The tech giant has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/computing\/apple-price-increases-macbooks-ipads-blames-ram-shortage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hiked prices across other Apple products<\/a> amid the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/computing\/ram-shortage-and-higher-laptop-prices-not-expected-to-end-this-year-or-next\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">memory shortage<\/a> that\u2019s making consumer electronics more expensive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/deals\/apple-m6-mac-mini-amazon-deal-2026-08-28\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mac Mini with an M6 processor<\/a>, for instance, starts at $899, which is quite a bit higher than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/computing\/m4-mac-mini-review-apples-littlest-mac-is-big-on-the-inside\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/computing\/m4-mac-mini-review-apples-littlest-mac-is-big-on-the-inside\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$599 Mac Mini with an M4 processor<\/a> it replaced. It\u2019s entirely possible that the iPhone 18 Pro line could have a higher starting price than the $1,099 iPhone 17 Pro, should Apple follow this trend. We\u2019ll find out more on Sept. 9.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"Mike Sorrentino\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3bd0cabe-fdcf-4403-b29a-796d9a303387.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-64 photo\" height=\"64\" width=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Sorrentino\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenior Editor\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches &#8212; obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy industry, and outside of work enjoys biking and pizza making.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/profiles\/msorrentino\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" class=\"articleAuthorBioFooter_link\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSee full bio\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are expected to be unveiled at the company\u2019s Sept. 9 launch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[85,46,125],"class_list":["post-603215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}