Yeux1122 posted a 14-second video on Mon Sep 07 2026 that purported to show iPhone 18 Pro colors at a store, including Dark Cherry and light blue. The clip arrived just before Apple’s September 9, 2026 announcement, so rumor-watchers got a concrete claim instead of a clean answer.
yeux1122 and 256GB
The video briefly showed the front screen of one of the phones, but the screen was off. The price sticker said the models had 256GB of storage, which is the only hard spec in the clip and the easiest thing for a fake to copy without proving the device is real.
The same sticker appeared to be for monthly hire purchase in Russian rubles. Apple does not sell iPhones in Russia, so the pricing detail points away from a retail floor shot and toward a scene built to look like one.
AppleInsider on the video
William Gallagher wrote, “This is just another fake and we can expect more of them in the run up to the announcement on September 9, 2026.” He also wrote in comments, “These rumors are getting more farcical and absurd with each passing week.”
He added, “There are like 8-10 things in this "rumor" that blatantly scream "COMPLETELY FAKE."” Those lines matter because they show the criticism is not about the color claim alone. It is about the setup, the timing, and the way the video tries to pass off an in-store sighting before the phones are due.
AppleInsider said demo units are not in stores yet. That leaves readers with a simple filter for the next clip: a real prelaunch sighting should have a plausible retail setting and a believable device state, while this one leaned on a dark screen, a price sticker, and a store backdrop without giving a working handset to inspect.
Apple and September 9, 2026
Apple was scheduled to unveil its new iPhones on September 9, 2026. Until then, the practical move for readers is to treat any store video with caution, especially if it arrives with a price sticker rather than a powered-on device.
The open question is whether the Dark Cherry and light blue units were real iPhone 18 Pro Max devices or fabricated replicas. That is the part this clip did not settle, and it is the part that will separate a rumor built for attention from one that can survive the announcement.
