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Forget Cosmic Orange — these are the i Phone 18 Pro and i Phone Ultra colors you can expect this week, according to leaks

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Apple will soon release alternatives to the i Phone 17 Pro Max (left) and the Huawei Pura X Max (right), according to rumors. (Image credit: Future / Lance Ulanoff / Getty Images / Nur Photo)

New leaks have shed light on colors coming to the i Phone 18 Pro

The i Phone Ultra’s colors have also been revealed, leakers say

There are some key changes compared to the i Phone 17 Pro range

We’re just days away from Apple’s Surprise and Shine event, where the Cupertino firm’s new CEO John Ternus will unveil all the latest and greatest i Phones the company has up its sleeve. And with the i Phone 18 Pro range nearly upon us, there’s been plenty of chatter about what sort of colors we might see at the show.

Here, we’ve gathered all the latest i Phone 18 Pro and i Phone 18 Pro Max color rumors, as well as what the best tipsters believe will be coming to the much-discussed foldable i Phone Ultra.

We haven't seen anything about expected colors for the i Phone 18 and i Phone 18e yet, but with those devices expected to arrive next Spring, it might be a bit too early. If you’re interested in what Apple's expected to reveal this week, however, you’re in the right place.

The i Phone 18 Pro may not be available in a white/silver color this year, per a new rumor. Instead we may only get black, Dark Cherry and Sky Blue. pic.twitter.com/Mm Hkd Botlw September 2, 2026

According to the latest rumors, the i Phone 18 Pro and i Phone 18 Pro Max will come in three shades: Silver, a maroon-flavored Dark Cherry, plus Sky Blue. The latest evidence of this comes from renowned leaker Sonny Dickson, who posted an image on X allegedly depicting SIM trays in the i Phone 18 Pro roster that match these reported tones.

But hold your horses: at the same time, a leaker known as Fixed Focus Digital has claimed on Weibo that the color selection will actually consist of Dark Cherry, Sky Blue and Black, with the Silver option potentially missing from the palette. We’ll have to see which pundit is correct once Apple’s i Phone event is upon us.

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What seems to be agreed is that there will be no more of the Cosmic Orange that we saw so vividly in the i Phone 17 Pro and i Phone 17 Pro Max. This year’s range will allegedly be a bit more down to earth, with nothing quite so bright making its way into the lineup.

At the same time, none of the colors on offer look to be as dark as the Deep Blue of last year’s i Phones, suggesting Apple is reining in your choices at both ends of the brightness spectrum.

As for the i Phone Ultra, previous leaks have claimed that Apple’s first foldable phone will come in black and white colors.

Leaker Evan Blass recently threw a spanner in the works by arguing that there would be a third model sporting a reddish tint, but Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman quickly poured cold water on that idea by saying that Blass’s images were in fact renders from rival phone maker Xiaomi. Blass has since deleted the post, suggesting that it might have been in error.

Most i Phone Ultra rumors so far have stuck to the line that Apple will limit its foldable phone to two tones. With the launch event less than a week away, it’s likely we would have seen more evidence if there were to be any additional shades.

While a surprise isn’t impossible, the sensible money is on Apple sticking to black and white for now.

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Alex Blake has been fooling around with computers since the early 1990s, and since that time he's learned a thing or two about tech. No more than two things, though. That's all his brain can hold. As well as Tech Radar, Alex writes for i More, Digital Trends and Creative Bloq, among others. He was previously commissioning editor at Mac Format magazine. That means he mostly covers the world of Apple and its latest products, but also Windows, computer peripherals, mobile apps, and much more beyond. When not writing, you can find him hiking the English countryside and gaming on his PC.

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