{"id":560463,"date":"2026-04-02T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/560463\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:04:08","slug":"iphone-18-pro-reportedly-wont-come-in-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/560463\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 18 Pro Reportedly Won&#8217;t Come in Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple offers the iPhone 17 Pro and \u200ciPhone 17 Pro\u200c Max in just three colors \u2013 Silver, Cosmic Orange, and Deep Blue \u2013 but notably there&#8217;s no black option. Last year was the first time Apple&#8217;s high-end iPhones have not been available with a black or dark gray color option in any way, but those hoping for the return of black this year for the iPhone 18 Pro should look away now.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iphone-17-pro-black-feature.jpg\"   alt=\"iphone 17 pro black feature\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1043676\"\/><br \/>According to Weibo-based leaker <a href=\"https:\/\/weibo.com\/5143897135\/QyWIVEux9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instant Digital<\/a>, Apple won&#8217;t be offering its next-generation premium models in a black color option. Bloomberg&#8217;s Mark Gurman has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/02\/22\/iphone-18-pro-foldable-iphone-rumored-colors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suggested<\/a> that Apple is testing a deep red finish for the iPhone 18 Pro models, alongside a couple of more traditional color options. But black doesn&#8217;t appear to be one of them.<\/p>\n<p>It was previously rumored that Apple was also considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/11\/04\/iphone-18-pro-rumored-colors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">purple and brown finishes<\/a> for the iPhone 18 Pro models, but Gurman has said he believes those color options are &#8220;just variants of the same red idea.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s better news for anyone planning to buy Apple&#8217;s rumored foldable iPhone in a more traditional finish. Gurman said Apple plans to &#8220;stay away from fun colors&#8221; and stick to more conservative space gray\/black and silver\/white colors.<\/p>\n<p>Instant Digital has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/instant-digital\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">good track record<\/a> for Apple rumors and has provided some strikingly accurate information ahead of time, such as the imminent launch of 2023&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/03\/03\/iphone-14-new-color-rumor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yellow iPhone 14<\/a>, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/04\/17\/iphone-15-and-15-plus-frosted-glass-rumor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">frosted back glass<\/a> of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus.<\/p>\n<p>The iPhone 18 Pro models are expected to launch in September, with the foldable iPhone potentially arriving later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Popular Stories<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/29\/biggest-iphone-overhaul-ever-rumor\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Preparing &#8216;Most Significant Overhaul in the iPhone&#8217;s History&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg&#8217;s Mark Gurman has high expectations for Apple&#8217;s first foldable iPhone.&#13;In his Power On newsletter today, he said the foldable iPhone will be &#8220;the most significant overhaul in the iPhone&#8217;s history.&#8221;&#13;&#8221;iPhone 4, iPhone 6 and iPhone X were clearly a big deal, but this is a whole new design,&#8221; he said.&#13;Like Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy Z Fold 7, the foldable iPhone will reportedly open up like &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/30\/everything-new-in-ios-26-5-beta-1\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Everything New in iOS 26.5 Beta 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>iOS 26.5 is now available for developers, and while it doesn&#8217;t include any new Siri capabilities, there are some major changes for the European Union, and smaller tweaks for features available worldwide.&#13;Suggested Places&#13;In the Maps app, there&#8217;s a new &#8220;Suggested Places&#8221; feature that recommends locations to visit based on trending places nearby and recent searches. When Apple launches ads in &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/31\/three-more-apple-products-vintage-or-obsolete\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Says Three More Products Are Now &#8216;Vintage&#8217; or &#8216;Obsolete&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple today added the MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) to its &#8220;vintage&#8221; products list, meaning the device is now only eligible for repairs at Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers if parts remain available.&#13;The MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) was the final MacBook Air model released before Apple redesigned the laptop and gave it a Retina display in 2018.&#13;Apple also added all iPad&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Popular Stories<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/04\/01\/iphone-18-pro-to-fulfill-top-request\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Will Finally Fulfill a Top Request With the iPhone 18 Pro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many people have long wished for Apple to release a Pro or Pro Max model of the iPhone in red, and it might finally happen this year.&#13;The special new color that Apple is considering for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max this year is red, according to Bloomberg&#8217;s Mark Gurman.&#13;Specifically, he said that Apple has tested a &#8220;deep red&#8221; finish for the two devices.&#13;If this rumor&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/10\/apple-clamshell-foldable-iphone\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why Apple Rejected a Clamshell-Style Foldable iPhone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple considered but abandoned plans for a flip-style foldable iPhone because it didn&#8217;t create compelling new use cases, according to Weibo leaker Instant Digital. Apple reportedly felt that it was an &#8220;unnecessary&#8221; design because the biggest selling point would have been its smaller size when folded.&#13;The split at the middle also caused issues with internal space, limiting battery capacity&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/11\/kuo-iphone-18-pro-prices-hold-firm\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kuo: iPhone 18 Pro Prices Still Likely to Hold Firm This Year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s pricing for the iPhone 17e and MacBook Neo strongly suggests that Apple plans to keep iPhone 18 Pro prices unchanged when the new models launch later this year, according to industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.&#13;Sharing his latest thoughts on Apple&#8217;s increasingly diversifying product roadmap, Kuo said on X that Apple&#8217;s strategy is to use turmoil in the global memory chip market to its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple offers the iPhone 17 Pro and \u200ciPhone 17 Pro\u200c Max in just three colors \u2013 Silver, Cosmic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[831,9005,198374,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-560463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-instant-digital","10":"tag-iphone-18-pro","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560463","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=560463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}