The iPhone 17 Pro’s exciting feature nobody is talking about.

The iPhone 17 Pro is rumored to have an aluminum chassis with a glass in-lay, and that could mean a special treat for Pro users:

More exciting colors.

The iPhone lost its color palette once it went Pro, sticking mainly with the standard black, white, and gold variants. We did get some different colors over the years, but nothing that really popped:

iPhone X - Black and White

iPhone XS - Gold was added - may be the most exciting color addition.

iPhone 11 Pro - Midnight Green - very muted in most lighting.

iPhone 12 Pro - Pacific Blue - black in many lighting conditions (I had it for a few weeks).

iPhone 13 Pro - Sierra Blue - truly amazing and my phone of choice for the year, but the back looked gray in certain lighting.

iPhone 14 Pro - Deep Purple - almost black in most lighting. I owned this color for a full year, and rarely would I see the purple color except in certain outdoor lighting conditions.

iPhone 15 Pro - Natural Titanium (gray) and Blue Titanium (almost black in most lighting).

iPhone 16 Pro - Desert Titanium - fancy name for a slight gold variation that we’ve seen since the iPhone XS.

Of all the special colors, the only one that stands out was Sierra Blue for the iPhone 13 Pro.

That’s it.

With the switch to aluminum, Apple can wow us with some more brighter color choices, and not just give them to the regular iPhone 17 or 17 Air.

One can only hope, but I’m optimistic.

I’m optimistic because even if we don’t get any new colors, there is a possibility that we could get a two-tone look to the iPhone, a look that we haven’t seen since the iPhone SE in 2016.

According to Wayne Ma from The Information (via MacRumors):

The rear of the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max will also feature a new part-aluminum, part-glass design. The top half of the back will be made of aluminum and feature a "rectangular camera bump made of aluminum rather than traditional 3D glass," while the bottom half will continue to be made of glass to support wireless charging…

The new design will constitute one of the most significant visual changes to the high-end ‌iPhone‌ models in recent years. The Information has an excellent track record for accurate Apple rumors, so the latest report is highly likely to pan out.

The iPhone SE was the last iPhone to have both glass and aluminum, and the last flagship to have a glass and aluminum back was the iPhone 5s in 2013.

If we can’t get bold new colors, at least a two-tone look would be a welcome addition to help spice up the iPhone Pro lineup.