[johncalvinyoung]

The lack of a black iPhone 17 Pro... has me dumbfounded. I might skip this year.

I'm really happy with the camera features, but there's less differentiation between base iPhone 17 and 17 Pro this go-round. Probably enough for me to still get the Pro, but the iPhone 17 is looking like a pretty cool option this year.

[kemayo]

I like the orange one. It's nice that there's finally a vivid Pro color, after years of black / white / "it's not quite black or white, we swear".

[7e]

They're removing black to force people to either upgrade, or make it painfully obvious to their peers that they're using an old phone. That's what you do when there is nothing new in your phone this year. Status signaling and fashion.

[00deadbeef]

Or it could be like the white iPhone 4... delayed because of problems with the finish.

It's obvious to anyone given the radical new design that you have an iPhone 16 Pro or not. That's not the reason for removing black. They'd have removed silver for the same reason if it was.

[7e]

There’s no 16 Pro silver. Design changes are one half, colors are the other half. In total, people know you have a new phone or an old phone.

[00deadbeef]

There's a white titanium and natural titanium which is silver-like

[browningstreet]

I had to pull my case off to see what color iPhone I had... I'll never buy a white iPhone ever again but anything silver or dark is good with me.

[vostrocity]

Why is that? White is the best color because it absorbs the least heat when exposed in the sun.

[browningstreet]

I think that for each variation of treatments and finishes they do, the white models tend to look dated the quickest. But I'm a case guy, and I like black carbon cases, so the contrast between white phones and carbon cases is too stark.

[jacobr1]

If you are just putting it in a case, white will more visibly show the accumulated grime. But the color doesn't matter as much in that scenario anyway.

[vostrocity]

I've always preferred clear cases, and I notice when I get the white iPhone it definitely stays cooler (especially when used as navigation in the car).

[ShakataGaNai]

I agree the lack of the space grey/black/midnight/whatever you want to call it... is odd.

But uh. I can't tell you what color my phone is now. I normally buy black, but I think it's silver? Could have to peel off the dbrand skin.

I do like the orange though, it's really attractive. Next do Product Red version that is similarly bright. I miss my product red's.