{"id":560388,"date":"2026-04-02T15:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/560388\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:07:10","slug":"leaker-says-theres-no-back-to-black-for-the-iphone-18-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/560388\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaker says there&#8217;s no back to black for the iPhone 18 Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iphone-18-pro-mockup.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leaker says there's no back to black for the iPhone 18 Pro | Image shows a render of the new machine against a colorful Liquid Glass background\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/aapl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Apple<\/a> disappointed some when it launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/iphone-17-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">iPhone 17 Pro<\/a> without the option to buy it in a black finish. The flagship iPhone is only available in blue, orange, or silver.<\/p>\n<p>A leaker with a decent track record says that anyone hoping this would change with the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/iphone-18-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">iPhone 18 Pro<\/a> is going to be disappointed \u2026 <\/p>\n<p>Apple had a huge success with a bold color choice for the iPhone 17 Pro lineup. Cosmic Orange seems to have been the most popular color, with some <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/02\/10\/two-reasons-helped-apple-hit-record-iphone-sales-and-theyre-both-orange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">suggesting that it was key<\/a> to Apple having its <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/01\/29\/apple-reports-record-breaking-q1-2026-earnings-apple-reports-record-breaking-q1-2026-earnings-143-7-billion-in-revenue-up-16xx-billion-in-revenue-up-xx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">best ever fiscal quarter<\/a> following the launch. The orange effect was particularly strong in China.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts said a design refresh for the iPhone 17 range has reinforced Apple\u2019s status-symbol position in China by making the latest handsets more immediately recognisable as new and high-end.<\/p>\n<p>The deep blue colour was also well received, but some were disappointed that there was no black option. Many had hoped this was a temporary aberration on Apple\u2019s part, but leaker <a href=\"https:\/\/weibo.com\/5143897135\/QyWIVEux9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instant Digital<\/a> says not.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that the black of the iPhone 18 Pro has been cut again. Uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no word on the colors Apple has chosen for this year\u2019s iPhone lineup.<\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768338849_561_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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768338849_421_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:\/\/amzn.to\/4rDvqMk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1044137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775142430_755_750x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple disappointed some when it launched the iPhone 17 Pro without the option to buy it in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":["post-560388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}