Apple plans to release the iPhone 18 in new colours, including coffee and burgundy, expanding its palette.
The iPhone 18 series will feature upgraded 24MP selfie cameras and simplified camera controls.
Apple will replace capacitive sensors with a single pressure sensor for camera controls, similar to OPPO and vivo designs.
The iPhone 17 series has seen a 14% sales increase in its first 10 days in the US and China.
“A coffee-coloured ‌iPhone 18‌ Pro could be a good successor to the gold ‌iPhone‌ XS,” a Weibo user said.

Apple reportedly plans to introduce new colours for its next generation iPhone 18 models as well as simplify camera control button and upgrade selfie cameras for high-clarity images.

Next year, the new ‌iPhone 18‌ Pro models will be available in coffee, purple and burgundy colours, US-based website MacRumours reported.

The iPhone XR, ‌iPhone‌ 11, ‌iPhone‌ 12, ‌iPhone‌ 14 and ‌iPhone‌ 14 Pro have been previously been available in purple but neither coffee nor burgundy has featured as an iPhone colour before.

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“A coffee-coloured ‌iPhone 18‌ Pro could be a good successor to the gold ‌iPhone‌ XS or the 'desert titanium' iPhone 16 Pro,” the website said, citing a user of Weibo, the Chinese social media platform.

It is thought there will still be no black ‌iPhone 18‌ Pro next year. The iPhone 17 Pro, which was launched this year, is available in silver, deep blue and cosmic orange. There was no black or grey option for the first time in the device's history.

iPhone 18 models will also be upgraded with simpler camera control button and other advanced features include a smaller hole punch for selfie cameras, MacRumours said.

The current camera control button on iPhone 17 models uses capacitive and pressure sensors under a sapphire crystal surface. The capacitive layer detects touch, while the force sensor recognises different pressure levels for taps, presses and swipes.

Apple is expected to remove the capacitive sensing layer and retain pressure-sensing recognition for the next model, reports suggest.