Apple is apparently preparing to take another step towards a cleaner and sleeker design. Upcoming iPhones 18 Pro and iPhones 18 Pro Max could say goodbye to the two-tone back panel that currently adorns iPhone 17 Pro, and thus offer a much more uniform appearance.
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While the current generation has a distinctive glass cutout on the back for MagSafe charging, which is a different color from the aluminum frame, this difference should disappear completely in the next generation. According to a well-known Chinese leakerand performing on Weibo under the nickname Instant Digital Apple allegedly redesigned the rear glass manufacturing process so that miniThe result is a unified, more visually cohesive design that feels more premium than ever before.
Moreover, Instant Digital has hit the mark several times in the past. It has made accurate predictions about the yellow color of the iPhone 14 or the titanium Milanese Loop for Apple Watch Ultra 2. However, its 100% success cannot be confirmed, so let's take the news with a grain of salt. In addition to design changes, it is expected that iPhone 18 Pro will arrive with the new A20 chip Pro manufactured with the latest 2nm process from TSMC and also with its own modem Apple C2, which will replace the current solution from Qualcomm. If everything goes according to plan, Apple introduces iPhone 18 Pro together with his first flexible iPhonem September 2026 – and it can be expected that it will be one of the biggest design changes in recent years.