Only Three iPhone Pro Colors

For the first time since introducing the iPhone Pro lineup in 2019, Apple is offering its flagship models in only three finishes: silver, Deep Blue, and Cosmic Orange.

Considering the history and the fact that the rumor mill disagreed on whether we’d see four or five colors, it’s fair to say no one saw this one coming.

It’s even more surprising when you consider that two of these are actual colors. While the iPhone X was available in only two finishes each, those were silver and space gray, and when the iPhone XS added a third, it kept the original two neutrals and added gold.

When Apple added the “Pro” branding in 2019, it kept the trio from the iPhone XS and added a fourth unique color each year: Midnight Green for the iPhone 11 Pro, Pacific Blue for the iPhone 12 Pro, Sierra Blue for the iPhone 13 Pro, and Deep Purple for the iPhone 14 Pro. The iPhone 13 Pro also gained a fifth color, Alpine Green, a few months later, becoming the only Pro model ever to get a mid-cycle color update (so far).

During that time period, gold and silver remained in the lineup, while space gray shifted to graphite and eventually space black. However, these were all really just shades of gray.

The colors got even more muted when Apple switched to titanium two years ago. Gold was effectively replaced with Natural Titanium, while Black Titanium and White Titanium took up the mantle of dark and light neutrals. Blue Titanium became the unique color for the iPhone 15 Pro, which was replaced with a brighter Desert Titanium on the iPhone 16 Pro.

Still, that’s four finishes every year, and five for the iPhone 13 Pro. However, this year Apple has eliminated the dark neutral. There is no space gray, graphite, space black, or even “natural aluminum” iPhone 17 Pro. Instead, we get two colors, one of which is a vibrant orange, the likes of which we’ve never seen before. However, with all due respect to the popular Netflix series, we think that, in this case, Deep Blue is the new black.