Can Household cleaners Turn Your Orange iPhone 17 Pro Pink? We Tested It.
A recent Reddit thread suggests that it’s possible for a cosmic orange iPhone 17 Pro to turn vibrant pink.As PCMag’s Eric Zeman noted, it’s likely that the phone has been discolored by cleaning substances that affected the finish, turning it from vibrant orange to a wild hot pink. Sure, this might technically be a fault, but in all honesty I love pink phones and the idea of a hot pink iPhone 17 Pro filled me with joy.So I wanted to see if I coudl test the theory and see just what color-changing effects various household cleaners might have on my phone.
It’s important to note here that the iPhone 17 Pro I used was bought by CNET for the purposes of testing. Had I paid over $1,000 of my own money I wouldn’t be so reckless in smearing it with chemicals that could potentially irreparably harm it. And you shouldn’t either. If you need to clean your phone, do it safely. Disclaimer aside, let’s dive in.
# iPhone 17’s orange Tint: can Bleach and chemicals Change the Color?
Smearing on the chemicals with a cloth.
The internet is ablaze with chatter about a potential orange or pink tint appearing on the titanium frame of the iPhone 17. Rumors suggest a coating issue is to blame, and some are wondering if this color shift can be reversed. I decided to put this to the test, grabbing a pre-release iPhone 17 (orange, naturally) and a few household chemicals to see if I could force a color change.
Acid attack
First up was hydrochloric acid, the kind you can buy for cleaning bathrooms. I applied a small amount to a cloth and gently rubbed it onto the phone’s titanium frame,concentrating on the areas where the orange hue was most noticeable. I left it for 30 minutes, than wiped it clean.The result? Absolutely nothing. The phone remained stubbornly orange. No pinking,no fading,no change whatsoever.
Bleach blast
I opened the bleach and trying hard not to think about my days as a middle school cleaner, applied a liberal blob of the stuff to a cloth and smeared it over the defenceless phone, concentrating again on the metal areas.I definitely should have worn protective gloves for all of this so please make sure you take better care of yourself than I do if you do anything with bleach.Again, I gave it a 30-minute settling in period before cleaning it off and inspecting the results.
The phone remained as orange as ever, looking as box fresh as it was the day before when it was, indeed, box fresh. The orange color hadn’t changed and now almost 24 hours later there’s still no sign of discoloration of any kind.