The translucent design isn’t just a visual gimmick; it reflects a trend towards transparency in technology, literally and figuratively. Fans are excited to see how the translucent design will affect the device’s aesthetics and functionality.”
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What Is a Translucent Design and Why It Matters
The new range of iphone 17 barely presented, we are already prey to the first rumors on his successor, which already ignited the canvas. The iPhone 18, in its pro version, expected in 2026, could keep the main lines of the current design: rectangular photo block, triangular layout of the sensors … but it could wear A slightly transparent glass back. A tribute to the translucent shell of the first iMac G3 or an aesthetic bias to renew a design that has become a little too predictable for a few years?
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The transparency card
This information comes to us from the famous Leaker Digital Chat Station, known for its revelations on Weibo, the “Chinese Twitter”. According to him, the iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone 18 Pro Max will keep the 6.3 and 6.9 inch screen diagonals inaugurated with the iPhone 16 Pro. With the unchanged photo module, the evolution would be on the side of the rear shell of the phone to believe the rumor.
A slightly transparent back, but at this stage, Difficult to say what could it be used for. A translucent glass to let us glimpse the bowels of the beast and the coils for the Magsafe system? A slightly clumsy way to evoke a new material, more conducive to dissipating the heat released by the phone?
Appleinsiderwho obviously had this information, explains in his article : ” The term “transparent” could actually refer to thermal conduction. The message on Weibo indicates that the iPhone 18 PRO would have a stainless steel steel room cooling system. A more conductive glass back on the thermal level could then offer better dissipation of heat; If that’s what the leaker meant ».
Moreover, Apple is not at its first try, since the brand systematically multiplies the prototypes of rear shells before selecting the right one. Just for The iPhone 16thfive different variants would have circulated internally, and several alternative backs of the iPhone 16 were also tested before final production. This supposed “semi-transparent” back could quite be only an essay among the others, Without any guarantee that he arrives one day in the store.
iPhone 18 Pro: more power, less overheating?
In addition to this evolution of design, rumors evoke other changes, but under the hood of the beast. The models of the Pro range should inaugurate and enjoy the power of the A20 Pro chip, engraved in 2 nm by the great specialist in the matter: TSMC. A technological jump which should give these premium smartphones wings, both in power and energy efficiency. Qualcomm modems would be abandoned for the benefit of the new Apple house chip, the C2.
If he integrates a steel steel room in stainless steel, the iPhone 18 Pro would be cooled like a real PC dedicated to gaming. These modules use the evaporation and condensation of an internal fluid to distribute and dissipate heat much more effectively than a simple metal dissipator. This would allow Limit overheating during gourmet uses : extended game parts, 4K or 8K video recording, or task treatments by AI.
Do not pack ourselves, These are rumors ; What is more, from Digital Chat Station, which, if it may have been right in the past, has already failed, especially on the evolution of the Dynamic Island. The most likely, at this stage, is that the iPhone 18 Pro looks a lot like the iPhone 17 prowith material improvements; This transparent back must therefore not feed false hopes.
- Corridor noises announce an iPhone Pro in 2026 with a possible translucent back, but nothing is confirmed.
- The expected improvements mainly concern the new generation of processor and a more efficient cooling system.
- Caution remains in order: it is likely that the future model is closely like its predecessor.
