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Apple iPhone 18 Pro: Render video reveals all new features in three colors

A render video by John Prosser and Asher Dipprey is intended to visualize the most important new features of the iPhone 18 Pro generation. (Image source: FPT, edited)
A render video by John Prosser and Asher Dipprey is intended to visualize the most important new features of the iPhone 18 Pro generation. (Image source: FPT, edited)
Aside from the first iPhone Fold, this year will see only two regular new iPhone models for the first time: the iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone 18 Pro Max. The new features of the iPhone 17 Pro successors already appear to be set in stone and are nicely visualized in a recent render video.

In recent days, leakers and analysts have revealed a quite a few specs and details about the innovations Apple is planning for September 2026. For the first time, there will be a strict demarcation between Pro iPhones and the iPhone Fold, and regular iPhone 18 models in 2027. Anyone wanting a new iPhone 18 in 2026 will likely have to opt for either the more expensive iPhone 18 Pro models or the presumably even more expensive iPhone Fold.

While Apple will most likely use Touch ID and a punch-hole FaceTime camera in both displays of the iPhone Fold, Apple will install the punch-hole display design familiar from Android phones in the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max by concealing the Face ID sensors invisibly beneath the display, as recently confirmed by prototypes. The Dynamic Island will remain, but will be hidden in the significantly smaller display cutout on the left side, as the renders below demonstrate.
 

Render video shows iPhone 18 Pro (Max) in three possible colors

The color options for the iPhone 18 Pro are not yet finalized. According to FPT host John Prosser, Apple is testing at least three new color options, with brown and a purple shade planned in addition to burgundy red. This is consistent with earlier rumors, and Apple may ultimately settle on one of these three new colors.
 

Other expected innovations in the iPhone 18 Pro (Max)

The video also addresses many other changes expected in the next generation of iPhones. For example, Apple's first 2nm chipset, presumably named Apple A20, is expected to power the successors to the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max, along with a new Apple C2 Modem that will replace the Qualcomm modems used to date. High-ranking analysts also expect Apple to enable 5G via satellite in addition to the already available satellite SOS feature, but this has not yet been officially confirmed. The same applies to the variable aperture in the main camera, which is intended to appeal to ambitious photographers.
 

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> Expert Reviews and News on Laptops, Smartphones and Tech Innovations > News > News Archive > Newsarchive 2026 01 > Apple iPhone 18 Pro: Render video reveals all new features in three colors
Alexander Fagot, 2026-01-17 (Update: 2026-01-17)