The black iPhone Pro returns

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="Black is back. | Photo: Nilay Patel / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Nilay Patel / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/268735_iPhone_18_Pro_NPatel_0006.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Black is back. | Photo: Nilay Patel / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple has seen reason: It has a black model in the iPhone Pro lineup again. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Last year, Apple went bold with its colors for the iPhone 17 Pro, offering a flashy orange, a shiny silver, and a dark blue. Don't get me wrong, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/apple/775186/apple-iphone-17-pro-cosmic-orange-color-good">they looked nice</a>. But there was no black (or dark gray) for the first time since the start of the iPhone Pro lineup, which Apple first introduced in September 2019 with the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I care about this because I always buy the black phone. I learned my lesson with the iPhone 6: I got it in gold to mix things up and came to regret it. I don't need something flashy - I need a phone that blends into the backg …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/993048/iphone-18-pro-black-color">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>