iPhone 16 ‘Desert Titanium’: Leakers can’t seem to agree on whether it’s dark gold, bronze, or beige

No one seems to know the exact hue of the iPhone 16 Pro models’ rumored “Desert Titanium” colorway.

On X, popular leaker Majin Bu claimed that Apple is scrapping the iPhone 15 Pro models’ “Blue Titanium” for “Desert Titanium” on the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max.

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Bu called it a “dark gold” color.

Back in February, Bu said that Desert Titanium is similar to the Gold colorway that was featured on the iPhone 14 Pro, but “deeper and heavier.”

The gold model on the iPhone 14 Pro is the third one from the left.
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However, other leakers seem to have a slightly different perception of the new Desert Titanium variant that Apple will likely reveal at the Sept. 9 Glowtime event.

Desert Titanium: Is it bronze? Is it beige?

Bu isn’t the only bean spiller who claims they have the scoop on Apple’s new color.

In late August, a leaker with the moniker Sonny Dickson dropped a picture of iPhone 16 Pro dummy models on X, with the far-right color catching followers’ eyes.

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“Is that Brown??” @brunomfviegas asked.

“The new brown or bronze gold color looks hideous,” @thatJohann said.

“Oh my god bronze gold beautiful,” @HjeinK1805 said.

Dickson’s leak appeared to suggest that Apple’s Desert Titanium iPhone 16 Pro models will be draped in some sort of bronze-like hue.

It doesn’t stop there. Zac Hall from 9to5Mac claimed that the new Desert Titanium color has more of a beige-like color, according to “a new piece of reliable data.”

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Further adding credibility to his claims, Hall said that his source “correctly identified the natural gray titanium color of the iPhone 15 Pro prior to being announced last year.”

In July, a leaker from Weibo, a China-based social media platform, claimed the iPhone 16 Pro models will come in some sort of rose-like color.

So which is it?

It’s likely that leakers are proclaiming different hues for the same colorway due to varied perceptions of color, different lighting conditions, and different color terminology. For example, one color may be “brown” to you, but “earthy mocha” or “rich chestnut” to someone else.

Based on the rumors, it looks like Desert Titanium is somewhere in the bronze-esque, beige-like, dark-gold-ish territory. Nailed it!

(It’s worth noting, though, that leakers appear to agree on the other three colors set for the iPhone 16 Pro models: white, black, and gray.)

We’ll find out which leaker was spot on when Apple officially reveals the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max models at the Glowtime event on Sept. 9.