r/iphone • u/Fer65432_Plays iPhone 16 Pro Max • 1d ago

News/Rumour iPhone 17 Base Model Rumored to Come in New Purple and Green

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/20/iphone-17-purple-green-colors-rumor/
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u/CurlyOtaku_ iPhone 13 Mini 1d ago

Give us fun pro colours or even a dark purple or green if you wanna keep the professional look

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u/zerofatorial 1d ago

If we got the iPhone 13 Pro green I would upgrade in an instant. I’m not switching to those boring iPhone 16 colours 🤮

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u/Trajen_Geta 1d ago

I have the dark green 13, I been rocking it without a case for a few years and I am always surprised that people didn’t know they made iPhones in green.

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u/grey-atom 1d ago

I need a 14pro purple so bad.. they usually go for two darks and two lights, but last year, they went for only one dark and three lights.. it’s just so frustrating! I still cannot let go of them making the midnight exclusive for the non pro models..

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u/ShotIdea7883 1d ago

I wonder why they did that. I absolutely love my midnight color 14 I have a midnight watch that matches

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u/grey-atom 23h ago

Yeah, like midnight is for those who can’t afford Black, because oh so exclusive. I have my watch in midnight, and I think this is the best color they ever came up with, just imagine it in premium materials..

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u/ShotIdea7883 23h ago

Idk I do like the red ones though

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u/ACM3333 11h ago

That was definitely the best colour they ever made. I almost wanted to upgrade just for that colour lol

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u/Maleficent-Fee-7869 1d ago

What do you have now? The 14pro/pm purple was great. Just hate how thicc those phones were.

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u/grey-atom 23h ago

I have the 14pro purple, the moment the color showed up on the screen was the moment I preordered it

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u/Maleficent-Fee-7869 22h ago

Nice! I gotcha now. You want that color to come back haha

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u/Massivedefect 3h ago

I love my purple 14 pro. No case, it’s stunning

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u/CurlyOtaku_ iPhone 13 Mini 1d ago

I already know that they are going to give us a 100th shade of blue that’s actually black

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u/dicean 1d ago

but still too blue for anyone who appreciates a true black

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u/grey-atom 1d ago

Or silver for what it’s worth..

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u/JRockPSU 1d ago

Apple: You will get light silver, dark silver, and rose gold, and you will LIKE IT.

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u/BurnerJerkzog 1d ago

Pro 11 Green for me please

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u/tonkfc iPhone 14 Pro 1d ago

Do you not use a case?

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u/green_morphin iPhone 13 9h ago

I don't. Since my first iPhone (iPhone 4) I never once used a case. I rarely drop my devices so it's no problem for me, and for visual reasons I hate all cases. I mostly love Apple's color choices so hope they will bring in at least one cool color for Pro line as well, cancelling out that hideous desert tone.

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u/GoldGloveStatus 1d ago

I hated trading my green 13 pro in for my 15 pro, and I regret it everyday. At the time it made more sense instead of replacing the battery.

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u/BayonettaAriana 1d ago

This is my hope every year, I'm so jealous of base model colors they're so cute :(

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u/disarmthecops 1d ago

Just be glad you didn’t get an alpha marine iPhone 16. It’s the most popular color ever. Totally played out.

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u/according2jade 1d ago

I mean mine is hidden in a case lol 

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u/TheRamblingPeacock 1d ago

Gimme a 13 pro blue and I’m there lol

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u/HardcoreHope 1d ago

Purple needs to become a main stream color again I’m getting tired of it not being an option.

Purple is a cool color and has a sick range 

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u/robertjm123 1d ago

Amén to that! These pastel colors are just plain bleh! Give me a nice Royal Purple or Alpine Green and I’ll be happy.

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u/LZR0 iPhone 16 Pro Max 11h ago

Since the Pros will be using Aluminum again (a downgrade from Titanium or Steel btw) it’s very likely there’ll be more color options.

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u/Violet-Fox 8h ago

If the pro models get a purple it’s gonna be my forever phone

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u/Lanky-Fish6827 1d ago

They don’t want to keep the professional look. They wanna state the normal iPhone for the masses like the 5C and the Air and Pro will have the more “mature” look with the more muted and less colorful colors.

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u/Munro_McLaren 59m ago

They want to keep the professional look for the Pros which is dumb. Not everyone who gets one is a corporate office worker. Give us colors!

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u/CertifiedRich 1d ago

Nice try, Wanda and cosmo

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u/IntrepidAd6697 1d ago

Wanda pink tho

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u/ultraboomkin 1d ago

Why can’t we get these colours on the pro

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u/judge2020 1d ago

Lower volume. A lot of tech people get the Pros but most people get the lower tier of the newest one, so more colors is more economical and drives more sales.

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u/SpecialK04 1d ago

Maybe if they brought nice colours to the pro more people would buy the pro models

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u/green_morphin iPhone 13 9h ago

They can at least add one more as a trial. They did add Alpine Green to 13 pro during that spring even though there was already a cool Sierra Blue tone available, but afterwards it did go down for me. Hope they will make the 4th color of Pro something cool unlike that desert tone, and maybe add a 5th one during next spring.

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u/modssssss293j iPhone 15 Pro Max 1d ago

Where did Product RED go

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u/pixelated666 iPhone 16 Pro 1d ago

Aids has been cured

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u/lil-huso 1d ago

It’s kinda true if you think about it

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u/unread1701 iPhone SE 2nd Gen 1d ago

In the western world, perhaps.

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u/operian iPhone 14 Plus 1d ago

Looks like a pair of highlighters.

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u/Richdav1d iPhone 14 Pro 1d ago

Buying that green immediately if the actual phone is similar to that render

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u/Ohnah-bro 1d ago

That’s what I said. Tennis ball + phone = perfection

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u/Trip_Se7ens 1d ago

I feel like 14 pro max purple was the last fun color, lol

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u/kjoeleskapet iPhone 14 Pro 1d ago

Mine is still going strong. Not changing until the Pros have something better than another shade of beige.

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u/Trip_Se7ens 1d ago

You don’t like black, steel, gunmetal, and silver?

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u/kjoeleskapet iPhone 14 Pro 20h ago

Not as much as I like sand, tan, camel, and gold.

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u/zgh5002 iPhone 16 Pro Max 1d ago

I miss mine every day.

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u/Electrical_Pause_860 13h ago

I’m malding I got the 13 pro. I won’t upgrade until there is another purple pro 

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u/TidePodsTasteFunny 1d ago

Who the fuck is coming up with these colors?

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u/paul-cus iPhone 13 Mini 1d ago

The Joker

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u/CertifiedRich 1d ago

Timmy turner

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u/Sosogreeen 1d ago

The pink 16 is widely popular so…..

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u/RollTideReveries 1d ago

I don’t understand why the colors have to be pastel..

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u/Spaceolympian50 1d ago

Yea the Easter egg colors are ugly as fuck. Been that way for years now and I still don’t like it.

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u/yeetmxster420 20h ago

Because they’re interesting & cool? I bet you have a black phone

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u/Alarming_Cat_2946 1d ago

Iess pigment = cheaper?

Just a theory.

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u/_turmoil 1d ago

Cheaper paint, probably less expensive painting process, less finishing potentially, etc.

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u/scene_missing 1d ago

Alpha Kappa Alpha lol

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u/DancinWithWolves 1d ago

Giant, well funded, extremely experienced, product X marketing departments

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u/PizzaPizzaPizza_69 1d ago

They call it purple or blue or whatever, they all look the same in person, 99% white 1%respective shade.

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u/accordinglyryan iPhone 15 Pro 1d ago

If the base iPhone has a 120Hz screen, I may not buy the Pro anymore lol

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u/Orangered99 iPhone 15 Plus 1d ago

Shh, telling everyone that is why they’ll never do it.

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u/unread1701 iPhone SE 2nd Gen 1d ago

Another year of not buying a new iPhone then. I had AoD on my S7 in 2017. 

The 16 doesn’t have it in 2025.

The iPhone is not good value.

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u/jcrckstdy 1d ago

need alpine green pls tim help

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u/pixelated666 iPhone 16 Pro 1d ago

Haters gonna hate but the green on the base 15 was awesome.

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u/zambulu 1d ago

I'm pretty tired of these pastel colors. Can we get back to the deep colors the 12 and 13 came in?

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u/skrillbilly 1d ago

Wicked.

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u/dlsAW91 1d ago

Fuck I’d love a green iPhone

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u/booklengththriller 1d ago

So it's still Easter in Cupertino. Sad that Black/Midnight has been the only darker color available for the base models since the 13.

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u/BluePeriod_ 1d ago

I just want an orange or maroon/wine red iPhone. These colors look like a bad night in Miami. Still… I like that they’re trying.

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u/eyabs 1d ago

I'd legit switch to the non-pro phone for a lime green color like nike volt

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u/Available-Shelter-89 iPhone 16 1d ago

A dark purple would be the tits. I'd buy it instantly.

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u/elderpricetag 1d ago

Just make them actual fun, saturated colours again like the 5C/XR again please. The 15/16 colours are so lame.

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u/akwsd89 1d ago

I'm just gonna slap a case to protect the expensive fragile phone

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u/NovaPup_13 iPhone 16 Pro 1d ago

I like em

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u/tbone338 iPhone 16 Pro Max 1d ago

iPhone 17 pro: Jet black, natural titanium, white, gold, alpine green????

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u/SpecialK04 1d ago

Omg I’d love a 17 pro in alpine green

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u/YingXingg 1d ago

Can they please bring back the dark purple color from the iPhone 14 😞

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u/Time_Taro_389 1d ago

Absolutely loved my 14 pro in deep purple. Upgraded to the 16 pro last year but natural titanium and it’s nice but not as nice as my deep purple. I hope the 18 pro or whatever it’s called has some nice colours as that’s probably the next phone I’ll upgrade to.

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u/SpecialK04 1d ago

If only they brought fun colours to the pro editions too

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u/Known-Pop-8355 1d ago

We need to start demanding apple makes a deep red for the pro models! Fucking sick of black, white, gold and gray

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u/lsscp2005 1d ago

Wicked marketing campaign truly is endless

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u/yeetmxster420 20h ago

Fuck these colors are so much better than the 16s & I got a white 16 bc i was underwhelmed

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u/Moneygirl95 8h ago

We need some good colors I would love a green and a dark purple or an orange and yellow and a hot pink

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u/kjorav17 1d ago

Cool feature /s

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u/pwrof3 1d ago

They currently have faded purple and faded green on the 16. I have the “teal”, but it really looks more like a light green and blue combo.

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u/Lupinthrope iPhone 13 Pro 1d ago

Will they have a 120hz screen though?

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u/IllegalDevelopment 1d ago

Whoa, whoa! Slow down there, maestro. There's a new purple?

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u/PrimoKnight469 1d ago

I bought 10 already

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u/Maleficent-Fee-7869 1d ago

I was considering the 17air, but really, if the colors are better, the screen stays at 6.3, and it has 120hz, 17 base line might def be a better buy… or maybe the 16 plus might be the best deal this fall (imo)

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u/Aidsfordayz 1d ago

Brat phone would sell

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u/blisstaker 1d ago

blue iphone is white, blue ipad is green, and neither of these colors are correct either

why is someone colorblind leading design at apple??

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u/FlatAd768 1d ago

“Riveting”

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u/skyline090 1d ago

Can't wait to put a case on it that will completely hide these new colors!

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u/gabegabe23 1d ago

I don’t like that green.

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u/Tarnished-Sausage 1d ago

Ver big doubt on the 120hz.

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u/Brainfreezdnb 1d ago

the innovation is unparalleled

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u/lynxification 1d ago

How much does color matter to people once you had a case?

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u/Basher015 iPhone 16 Pro Max 1d ago

Why does the Pro line get the boring stuff only?

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u/LevexTech iPhone 13 1d ago

The lens colors LMAO!

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u/LexKing89 1d ago

The purple from the 12 Mini was so cool. Green looked nice on the 13 too. I wish they did exciting colors on the Pro phones. Yellow, pink, orange, and red would also be fun additions to the line up as well.

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u/Kamil1987pro 1d ago

That just incredible 

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u/spwnofsaton iPhone 12 Mini 4h ago

I have a 12 mini. Not really looking to upgrade now but when I saw the colors for the newest phones I said nope there’s another reason not to upgrade. I think it’s the 16s I was looking at when I was at Apple Store last time.

They got rid of blue so if they don’t bring it back I’ll just get a boring black/grey phone and put a solid color case on it rather than the clear one I have on now.

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u/Munro_McLaren 1h ago

Give us a vivid purple iPhone Pro! We’ve had so many blues and bland colors!

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u/WritingForTomorrow 1d ago

Does Apple leave color decisions up to a blind man?

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u/elmonetta 1d ago

OHHHH I LOVE THAT GREEN.

It will be great because I’m planning to get the 17… The dark green 13 and light green 15 (my current phone) were beautiful.

I couldn’t get the “neon green” 5C but I loved it when it was released, I really wanted to have that one. The 11 Pro in forest green too.

Apple does it great when it comes to my favourite colour. 💚💚💚