The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are expected to arrive in September 2026, alongside the iPhone Fold, and the Pro duo has recently been rumored to be getting a transparent design under its camera island – which will remain very similar to the design introduced with the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max this year.
Now, a new rumor out of China contradicts this by saying that Apple is working on perfectly matching the color of the aluminum with the color of the glass cutout in the lower part of the back of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.
In the current generation, there are subtle differences between the shades, so these iPhones in effect have a two-tone look. That will be gone next year, if this rumor pans out. We don’t know what happened to the rumored transparency, maybe that will just be one colorway?
Apple iPhone 17 Pro
Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
Source (in Chinese)
