According to a caller report, Apple has enactment a next-generation iPhone SE connected ice. Potentially postponed until 2024 oregon cancelled entirely, the iPhone SE 4 oregon iPhone SE 2023 was thought to mimic the iPhone XR, but with an A15 Bionic chipset alternatively of the A12 Bionic.
Ming-Chi Kuo has shared caller thoughts connected a next-generation iPhone SE, astir 2 months aft FrontPageTech leaked high-quality instrumentality renders. While the second besides provided specifications for the alleged iPhone SE 4, Kuo present claims that Apple whitethorn person postponed the task oregon cancelled it altogether. For reference, the iPhone SE 4 oregon iPhone SE (2023) was expected to motorboat for astir US$500 with a 6.1-inch IPS show and an A15 Bionic chipset.
Supposedly, persistent debased income of cheaper iPhones, specified arsenic the iPhone SE 3, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13 mini and the iPhone 14 Plus, person led Apple to reassess the imaginable of releasing different 'cheap' iPhone, peculiarly a fourth-generation iPhone SE. Kuo adds that determination are concerns that the iPhone SE 4's 'full-screen design' could beryllium much costly to nutrient than earlier models, thereby reducing profits oregon causing Apple to up its terms comparative to the existent iPhone SE 3.
Kuo believes that a looming planetary economical recession successful 2023 could besides beryllium a origin successful the iPhone SE 4's demise. This would explicate wherefore Kuo asserts that a postponement until 2024 could beryllium connected the cards. In saying that, different analysts similar Ross Young person maintained that Apple would not refresh the iPhone XR arsenic the iPhone SE 4 until 2024. Potentially, the rumoured iPhone SE Plus, which Young believed would get successful 2023 with a 4.7-inch display, has been cancelled instead.
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Alex Alderson, 2022-12-21 (Update: 2022-12-21)