I’m not a posh man, regardless of the claims of my therapist (the one which lives in my head); I like issues to be easy and modern. I’m a plain darkish tee kinda man. I don’t like beers that faux to be liquid chocolate or mango. And I believe Space Gray is one of the best iPhone shade.
So the rumor of a so-called ‘Desert Titanium’ shade for the not but official however much-anticipated iPhone 16 Pro turns my abdomen somewhat.
Maybe I’m simply 187cm of lack-of-imagination. Or I’ve such a imaginative and prescient for aesthetics that I discover a white room ambrosia for my eyes. But one thing about this tipped colorway is rubbing me up the incorrect means.
I’ve seen it touted as a bronze shade – which I’m not towards, as I’m presently taking the moderately pretty Christopher Ward C63 Dune bronze look ahead to a spin. But that’s product of precise bronze and is growing a patina, mellowing from a barely too yellow hue to a heat brown.
However, in my time thus far with the iPhone 15 Pro Max I’ve discovered that its titanium chassis appears close to resistant to staining or marking (heck, it’s shrugged off some moderately severe drops) not to mention discoloration, and that is one thing I miss when in comparison with the moderately pretty iPhone 13 Pro.
So there’s no scope for an bronze-ish Desert Titanium iPhone 16 Pro to develop a patina, that means one could possibly be saddled with a cellphone that doggedly holds onto a shade tone that’s not the buttery yellow of caramel or the nice and cozy glow of gold (for what it’s price I believe gold iPhones have should not have any place on this planet), however moderately one thing sickly in between.
There are 4 colours in whole within the iPhone 16 Pro Lineup: white, black, gold and grey.The desert titanium shade is form of darkish gold, just like the outdated purple shade, comparatively discreet and deep pic.twitter.com/uDiNiBI4IzAugust 18, 2024
Bothersome bronze
Also bronze is the colour of losers; don’t @ me.
It’s principally the runner-up medal, which to me looks like a much bigger sting than simply getting a ribbon or certificates saying you took half. Bronze says you tried laborious however nonetheless missed the loftier podium positions. And as a one-time British bronze medalist in a 200 meters freestyle swimming race, I do know the sensation of getting such steel on my particular person.
The solely exception is the bronze on the aforementioned watch. And even then that feels somewhat try-hard with its want to age at velocity.
So yeah, I’m actually not satisfied by the concept of a Desert Titanium iPhone 16 Pro. I’ll reserve the fitting to vary my thoughts if I see the cellphone in particular person, as a result of I’m flighty like that. And there’s greater than sufficient scope for this rumored shade to not really see the sunshine of day.
Outside of Desert Titanium, the remainder of the tipped iPhone 16 Pro colours appear extra pleasing to my eye, with grey, white and Space Black shades to be anticipated; nonetheless no Space Gray although, a lot to my chagrin.
Of course, with the following Apple occasion set for September 9 – try our information on how you can watch the iPhone 16 launch occasion reside – we’ll quickly see what iPhone 16 which rumors end up to have been correct and which have been full tosh. And TechRadar shall be over in Cupertino to cowl the ‘It’s Glowtime’ occasion reside, so I’ll be eager to see what my colleagues Lance Ulanoff and Jacob Krol make of the brand new iPhone 16 colours typically.
