Welcome to 95 Mac Daily for Thursday, November 13th, 2025.

I'm your host, Chance Miller.

We are sponsored this week by Backblaze.

Leading off today, we have a couple of new rumors about what to expect from the iPhone 18 Pro.

Apple's decision to include a bold orange color for the iPhone 17 Pro seems to have become surprisingly popular,

but there was one design element that's attracted more criticism, the two-tone look on the back casing.

This applies, of course, to the cosmic orange, deep blue, and silver versions of the device.

Now, however, a leaker with a decent track record

says Apple is going to fix that problem in next year's lineup. The backstory here is that the

reason for the two-tone design is that the glass cutout is what's used for wireless charging.

The body of the iPhone 17 Pro is aluminum, and that's one color, but that glass cutout is a different

color that stands out from the rest of the phone. This week's report says that Apple has heard

this criticism and is working on a much better color match between the aluminum and the glass.

There aren't any details here about how exactly Apple is going to accomplish this, but it's good to hear that the company is listening to the criticism.

Meanwhile, a separate report from the same source says that Apple has plans to make the iPhone 18 Pro Max the thickest and heaviest iPhone ever.

The rumor says that the iPhone 18 Pro Max will weigh over 240 grams. For comparison,

the iPhone 17 Pro Max weighs 233 grams, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max weighed at 227 grams. The iPhone 14

Pro Max is currently Apple's heaviest iPhone ever at 240 grams, but it sounds like next year's

model will exceed even that.

This will likely be driven by an increase in battery life for the iPhone 18 Pro Max, as well

as upgrades to the camera, with potential support for a new variable aperture lens.

The iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are selling better than the rest of the iPhone 17 lineup, so it's clear customers are willing to compromise that thin and light design in order to have the most features and the most cameras possible.

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