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TL;DR A leaker has claimed that the iPhone 18 Pro series would have transparent rear covers.
This would come years after Nothing, HTC, and Xiaomi offered devices with transparent or translucent rear covers.
It’s also believed that the iPhone 18 Pro line could get punch-hole cutouts and a variable aperture main camera.
The iPhone 17 series is roughly two months old, but we’ve already heard several iPhone 18 series rumors. Now, a trusted leaker has suggested that the iPhone 18 Pro line could get a design feature seen on devices like the Nothing Phone series.
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Digital Chat Station on Weibo has claimed that the iPhone 18 Pro line will get a back cover with a “transparent design.” This comes a few weeks after the leaker claimed that the iPhone 18 Pro series would have “slightly transparent” back cover glass.
It’s unclear how this transparent rear cover would actually look, and whether it would reveal any internal circuitry (real or otherwise). If Apple does go the whole hog with a transparent back, it would be following in the footsteps of Android manufacturers like Nothing, HTC, and Xiaomi in offering a phone with a transparent or translucent design.
Do you want to see more phones with transparent backs? 21 votes Yes, absolutely 33 % It depends on the design 38 % No, I'm not a fan of this 29 %
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