A fake iPhone 18 color “leak” circulating from an impersonation account appears to be nothing more than painted lens covers. The design logic is simple: the iPhone 17 Pro line uses a unibody back with the camera plateau built into the same shell, so the “compo
An iPhone color “leak” didn’t last even one cycle of attention before the details started to unravel.
The post. shared from an impersonation account tied to Majin Bu—the once-prominent Apple leaker who later vanished after trying to sell cases for an unreleased iPhone—shows what it claims is an iPhone 18 Pro color variant. It’s the kind of image that gets passed around fast because color is one of the most visible changes Apple can make.
But the photo doesn’t behave like a real hardware component leak.
The iPhone 17 Pro design uses a unibody rear case, with a cutout for MagSafe covered by glass. The camera plateau isn’t a separate piece that can simply be swapped in a new “component” color way. When the image was checked more closely. it didn’t look like a new part for an unreleased device—it looked like something that could already exist on a finished iPhone.
A two-second reverse image search revealed the suspicion: the image appears identical to camera protectors that stick onto the existing camera plateau. In other words, the “iPhone 18 Pro color leak” seems to be painted lens covers being passed off as a future hardware module.
The account’s behavior adds to the concern. The impersonator has been posting stolen content from other leakers, often originating from Weibo. While Majin Bu also had problems with similar issues, this newer impersonation looks more blatant in how it’s re-used and repackaged.
Publications have not been fully ignoring the risk. One outlet shared the post while calling out the potential that the account is fake. even while treating it as possible because it appeared to align with earlier color rumors. Yet the picture’s origin story doesn’t hold together when it’s tested against what the iPhone’s current design already does.
There’s another uncomfortable wrinkle: the same impersonation ecosystem has already shown clearly manipulated and even AI-generated images of supposed iPhone products—one example cited is an “iPhone Air” concept image featuring two camera lenses. Even so. this “more reasonable” looking image still got packaged as a component-level leak. which is exactly where the damage starts.
The iPhone 18 Pro will likely bring new colors, and one rumored option is deep wine red. But for now, the most concrete thing this circulating “leak” delivers isn’t a new model detail—it’s a reminder that fake accounts can borrow credibility from industry habits.
The bottom line from this latest wave of posts is blunt: don’t treat every color image like a breakthrough. If it’s just lens protectors wearing a new caption, the only thing “leaking” is the account’s ability to fool attention.
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