iPhone 17 Colours: Is Purple the New Coloration for the Base Mannequin? We’re Monitoring the Rumors

Bought your sights set on the subsequent iPhone? The newest colourful rumor that got here out final weekend is that the iPhone 17 base mannequin may are available purple or inexperienced.

In a publish on X, well-known leaker Majin Bu teased the potential new colours for the iPhone, saying that Apple could select purple. And earlier this month, there have been rumors of sky blue being added to the colour lineup, too. We’ll get to all of that in a minute. 

Whereas the rumored iPhone 17 might get a new digital camera design and sooner charging capabilities — and even a skinnier mannequin — the colours are at all times the enjoyable, contemporary and thrilling updates to me. 

Through the years, we have been shocked by new iPhone colours, like yellow, pink and ultramarine. The present iPhone 16 and 16 Plus shade choices are ultramarine, pink, teal, white and black. The iPhone Professional and Professional Max are available 4 titanium colours: desert, pure, black and white. 

The rumored iPhone 17 is rumored to drop in September, so till Apple says extra, we’re all enjoying the guessing sport, with the assistance of some leaks and rumors.

This is what we’re listening to about potential iPhone 17 colours and a have a look at previous shade choices. 

Purple may be within the works 

Bu posted one other rumor on X and their weblog not too long ago that Apple is testing purple and inexperienced, however that purple could possibly be one other new shade for the iPhone 17’s base fashions. 

Bu mentioned that purple may meet Apple’s rumored demand for extra personalization whereas mixing into Apple’s ecosystem for its different merchandise. 

If inexperienced is added to the iPhone 17 lineup, Bu says it could possibly be a “contemporary and pure tone, superb for a minimalist but hanging aesthetic.” 

The largest rumored shade thus far: sky blue

The largest rumored shade for the iPhone 17 is sky blue. 

Bu posted the rumor of the brand new shade on their weblog, calling it “a refined, brilliant, and fashionable shade.” However why sky blue?

Maybe as a result of the newest M4 MacBook Air at the moment is available in sky blue, so an iPhone with the identical shade could possibly be an aesthetic win for sky blue MacBook homeowners. 

May an aluminum iPhone design carry extra colours?

The iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max have a titanium body, however analyst Jeff Pu predicted that the iPhone 17 may usher within the return of the aluminum body for each the Professional and baseline fashions, as we have seen with earlier variations just like the iPhone 14 lineup. Contemplating the iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max’s colours are based mostly on titanium, it raises the query: Will an aluminum body imply new colours? 

The one telephone within the iPhone 17 lineup that would have a titanium body is the rumored slimmer iPhone 17 Air, in accordance with Pu. We’ll have to attend and see what Apple decides. 

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A have a look at previous iPhone colours

Apple likes to launch each new and acquainted colours for each new iPhone launch. 

Normally, we see extra shade variations for the fundamental fashions, and extra impartial colours for the Professional and Professional Max iPhone fashions. As an illustration:

The iPhone 14 got here in six colours: midnight, starlight, crimson, blue, purple and yellow. Nevertheless, the iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max fashions solely got here in black, silver gold and deep purple. The identical is true for the 15 mannequin telephones, however Apple supplied one fewer shade for its base mannequin.

iPhone 15 fashions had been out there in pink, yellow, inexperienced, blue and black, whereas Professional and Professional Max fashions arrived in additional impartial tones like white, blue, black and pure titanium. 

The iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max colours did not change from the iPhone 15 Professional and Professional Max. Nevertheless, the opposite iPhone 16 fashions had been out there in ultramarine, teal, pink, white and black. 

What number of new colours we might even see from the rumored iPhone 17 remains to be unclear, however as of now, a sky blue choice could possibly be in your future.