Final 12 months, Apple leaned closely into its new titanium development for the iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max, going as far as to create a themed coloration palette that conspicuously used “Titanium” within the identify of each coloration. Whereas the iPhone 16 Professional lineup will undoubtedly preserve the identical titanium body, Apple will naturally change up the colours at the least a bit, and now we’re seeing an early report on what two of these may be.
The iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max got here in Pure Titanium, Black Titanium, White Titanium, and Blue Titanium, the final being the one splash of coloration on the present Professional lineup. Nonetheless, that’s not shocking as Apple has sometimes adopted muted colours for its Professional iPhone lineup, saving the extra vibrant and enjoyable hues for the usual iPhone fashions.
For instance, the years of primary blacks, silvers, whites, and golds had been solely damaged in 2018 when the iPhone XR entered the ring as the primary normal iPhone. The iPhone XS was a direct successor to the iPhone X and later morphed into the Professional fashions we all know and love at this time.
It was the iPhone 11 Professional sequence that first gave us something colourful in an Apple premium flagship — Midnight Inexperienced — nevertheless it was nonetheless a muted, earthy tone that appeared decidedly severe and solely tangentially enjoyable. That was adopted by the Pacific Blue iPhone 12 Professional with a equally darkish tone earlier than Apple modified issues up a bit with the brighter Sierra Blue iPhone 13 Professional.
The iPhone 13 Professional additionally marked the one mid-cycle coloration replace we’ve ever seen for an iPhone Professional with a brand new darkish Alpine Inexperienced that confirmed up in March 2022. Six months later, we acquired the Deep Purple iPhone 14 Professional.
So, excluding Sierra Blue, iPhone Professional colours have all the time been somber affairs, and even the iPhone 13 Professional was introduced into step with the remaining because of the addition of Alpine Inexperienced.
The Blue Titanium iPhone 15 Professional continues that development with a glance eerily paying homage to the Pacific Blue iPhone 12 Professional. In the meantime, whereas Samsung appears to have shamelessly copied Apple, switching its Galaxy S24 Extremely over to titanium and adopting equally titanium-themed colours, we’ve to present it props for having a bit extra enjoyable with these.
For instance, whereas Blue Titanium is your solely choice for getting a colourful iPhone 15 Professional (apart from slapping on a case), Samsung is providing the Galaxy S24 Extremely in Titanium Violet and Titanium Yellow along with the extra muted Titanium Black and Titanium Grey (which roughly corresponds to Apple’s Pure Titanium end). As standard, Samsung additionally has a number of unique colours obtainable straight from Samsung, together with Titanium Inexperienced, Titanium Orange, and Titanium Blue.
Whereas we’d like to see Apple get a bit extra inventive with the iPhone 16 Professional’s coloration palette this 12 months, we’re not holding our breath. Nonetheless, if information from leaker Majin Bu is correct, we could at the least see a return to a extra gold-like hue.
Whereas a number of attainable colours had been mentioned, they had been seemingly “much less believable.” The 2 that rose to the highest of the record are a “Desert Titanium” or “Desert Yellow,” which could possibly be a richer (“deeper and heavier”) model of the gold iPhone 14 Professional. This could be joined by a “Titanium Grey” or “Cement Grey” that’s stated to be nearer to the extra metallic area grey of the iPhone 6 period and would in all probability go well with a titanium-themed end.
Like most rumors, we’d take this with a grain of salt; Majin Bu has a combined monitor file, and the leaker admits that is “only a rumor” at this level. Nonetheless, it’s fascinating however, and it is going to be value keeping track of what Apple would possibly provide you with when it comes to finishes for this 12 months’s iPhone Professional fashions.
[The information provided in this article has NOT been confirmed by Apple and may be speculation. Provided details may not be factual. Take all rumors, tech or otherwise, with a grain of salt.]