[00deadbeef]

Or it could be like the white iPhone 4... delayed because of problems with the finish.

It's obvious to anyone given the radical new design that you have an iPhone 16 Pro or not. That's not the reason for removing black. They'd have removed silver for the same reason if it was.

[7e]

There’s no 16 Pro silver. Design changes are one half, colors are the other half. In total, people know you have a new phone or an old phone.

[00deadbeef]

There's a white titanium and natural titanium which is silver-like