Polished Titanium

In addition to the new Desert Titanium color — a name that leaker Majin Bu nailed back in February — sources pointed to Apple returning to the shinier stainless steel look of the iPhone 14 Pro by adopting a polished titanium finish for the iPhone 16 Pro models, rather than the textured or brushed titanium of the iPhone 15 Pro.

While polished titanium didn’t come to the iPhone, it did arrive on the Apple Watch Series 10, so it’s possible that some leakers confused the two products, hearing about polished titanium and assuming it was for the iPhone 16 Pro.

As for the colors, it’s worth noting that Majin Bu was only half right. While Desert Titanium turned out to be remarkably accurate, the “Cement Grey” or “Titanium Gray” they predicted was nowhere to be found. Instead, Apple stuck with the standard natural titanium finish from the iPhone 15 Pro.