{"id":235529,"date":"2026-04-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/iphone-18-pro-rumor-roundup-5-of-the-biggest-leaks-rated-in-terms-of-likelihood-from-new-colors-to-face-id-upgrades\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:25:07","slug":"iphone-18-pro-rumor-roundup-5-of-the-biggest-leaks-rated-in-terms-of-likelihood-from-new-colors-to-face-id-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/iphone-18-pro-rumor-roundup-5-of-the-biggest-leaks-rated-in-terms-of-likelihood-from-new-colors-to-face-id-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 18 Pro rumor roundup: 5 of the biggest leaks rated in terms of likelihood \u2014 from new colors to Face ID upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/iphone-18-pro-rumor-roundup-5-of-the-biggest-leaks-rated-in-terms-of-likelihood-from-new-colors-to-face-id-upgrades\">iPhone 18 Pro rumor roundup: 5 of the biggest leaks rated in terms of likelihood \u2014 from new colors to Face ID upgrades<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/iphone-18-pro-rumor-roundup-5-of-the-biggest-leaks-rated-in-terms-of-likelihood-from-new-colors-to-face-id-upgrades\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/iphone-18-pro-rumor-roundup-5-of-the-biggest-leaks-rated-in-terms-of-likelihood-from-new-colors-to-face-id-upgrades<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-25 10:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techradar.com\">www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-3c50b7cb-873b-47c9-807a-97c98519c3f7\">The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max could be among the most exciting phones of the year \u2014 or they could be really boring. It really comes down to which rumors we&#8217;ve heard about them turn out to be right.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, we\u2019ve rounded up and rated the biggest iPhone 18 Pro rumors, detailing what\u2019s been claimed and how likely we think these upgrades are to happen.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-3c50b7cb-873b-47c9-807a-97c98519c3f7-2\">The rumors cover everything from colors to pricing, camera upgrades, design changes, and more, so there\u2019s a lot to get stuck into.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below <\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-bold\n        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-1-a-gorgeous-new-dark-cherry-shade\"><span>1. A gorgeous new Dark Cherry shade<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.26%;\">\n<p><span class=\"caption-text\">Unofficial renders of rumored iPhone 18 Pro colors <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Macworld)<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-9414aea3-e2a1-43ba-be65-66d7c0719203\">One of the most exciting potential iPhone 18 Pro changes isn\u2019t a new feature or any hardware upgrades \u2014 it\u2019s the color. It\u2019s rumored that, along with a couple of other new shades, this phone might be sold in \u2018Dark Cherry\u2019, a color that the internet has already fallen in love with.<\/p>\n<p>And while this is just a rumor for now, it seems likely that something along these lines will ship, as several sources have mentioned similar shades, including one leaker who on Weibo pointed to a color that\u2019s a mix of burgundy, coffee, and deep purple. Mark Gurman \u2014 a source with a superb track record \u2014 has also pointed to a \u201cdeep red\u201d shade for the iPhone 18 Pro. So we&#8217;re pretty confident about its authenticity.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-2-a-variable-aperture\"><span>2. A variable aperture<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PGjgg4XKTMx5hq5gGCPi8h.jpg\" alt=\"Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max REVIEW\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PGjgg4XKTMx5hq5gGCPi8h-1200-80.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PGjgg4XKTMx5hq5gGCPi8h-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PGjgg4XKTMx5hq5gGCPi8h-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PGjgg4XKTMx5hq5gGCPi8h-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PGjgg4XKTMx5hq5gGCPi8h-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PGjgg4XKTMx5hq5gGCPi8h-320-80.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PGjgg4XKTMx5hq5gGCPi8h.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PGjgg4XKTMx5hq5gGCPi8h.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption-text\">The iPhone 17 Pro Max <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Lance Ulanoff \/ Future)<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-ccea744b-87e6-49cf-a178-0da51bf8ea16\">We\u2019ve also heard from several sources that the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max might have a variable aperture camera.<\/p>\n<p>That would mean you could adjust the aperture on one of the lenses, which would in turn mean you could vary the depth of field to control how much is in focus, since in some cases you might want everything in focus, while in others you might want the background blurred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<p>This could also help&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/iphone-18-pro-rumor-roundup-5-of-the-biggest-leaks-rated-in-terms-of-likelihood-from-new-colors-to-face-id-upgrades\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iPhone 18 Pro rumor roundup: 5 of the biggest leaks rated in terms of likelihood&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8KbXkUyHfZJd57bgAneCuN-1920-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[80,81],"class_list":["post-235529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-iphone-17","tag-iphone-18"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235531,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235529\/revisions\/235531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}