Looks like the iPhone 17 Pro won’t come in sky blue after all. Long-time iPhone leaker Sonny Dickson has shared what he claims are dummy models for the entire iPhone 17 lineup expected to be announced in September. Notably, there’s a new non-boring orange color for iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max. God, please be real!
As you can see in his X post, there’s an orange shade of the iPhone 17 Pro/17 Pro Max alongside the less flashy black, white, and navy blue. As I’ve said before, Apple desperately needs to bring some of the more fun colors to the iPhone Pros and orange would be the brightest yet, though dummy models don’t always accurately depict colors. For example, dummy leaks suggested the iPhone 16 Pro’s Desert Titanium would look copper/bronze, or as I called it, “poop brown.” The actual Desert Titanium iPhone 16 Pros that shipped are more of a champagne/beige gold (and sometimes pink-ish in warmer lighting).
It’s not the first time a phone maker has made an orange phone. Google blessed the Pixel 4 with a vivid “Oh So Orange” colorway way back in 2019. Cue all the “orange is the new black” jokes.
— Sonny Dickson (@SonnyDickson) July 30, 2025
Dickson’s X post also offers a preview for the skinny iPhone 17 Air. If accurate, the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air will come in what appears to be black, white, gold, and light. Not the most eye-catching colors if I’m being honest. Sure, most people will throw a case over their iPhone, but still—if there’s any iPhone that you won’t want to cover up with a case, it’s the one that tells everyone you’ve got the newest and thinnest iPhone ever made.
The regular iPhone 17 could pick up the slack if you’re looking for more color pop—supposedly coming in pink, lime green, light blue, white, and black. RIP teal iPhone 16… we hardly knew ye. Orange for the iPhone 17 Pros would be striking. All rumors point to Apple switching from a titanium frame back to aluminum for the iPhone 17 Pro/17 Pro Max, which may not only make the devices lighter but also open the door to more vibrant colors in the future. Anodizing titanium with dyes is a much harder process to achieve compared to aluminum.
We’re *checks calendar* about a month and a half away from Apple announcing the new iPhone 17 family, likely the new Apple Watch Series 11, and possibly even AirPods Pro 3. If you’re on the fence about buying Apple products, especially any of the ones I just mentioned, you really should hold off unless you absolutely need a device to function.
