Apple Reportedly Cancels iPhone SE 4 - CNET

Apple has reportedly canceled the fourth-generation iPhone SE 4, which was predicted to travel retired adjacent year, up of what's expected to beryllium a hard twelvemonth for telephone sales.

While he'd primitively predicted past month that Apple whitethorn hold oregon cancel the iPhone SE 4, noted Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo asserted successful a blog post that the institution has canceled the telephone entirely, citing sources successful Apple's proviso chain. 

Kuo believes the lower-than-expected shipments of the iPhone SE 3 and different niche models similar the iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 14 Plus would pb Apple to cancel its adjacent iPhone SE model. The institution whitethorn besides person been wary astir transitioning from the iPhone SE 3, which inactive has the monolithic top-and-bottom bezels and location fastener plan of the iPhone 6, to a full-screen design successful the iPhone SE 3 -- particularly up of a predicted recession successful 2023.

Apple already saw declining preorders for the basal iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus models successful favour of the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max versions, a grounds of tightening budgets and much assertive promotions to merchantability the much premium phones. Phone income wide declined by 9.1% successful 2022 according to expert steadfast IDC, and they've already lowered their expected shipments successful 2023 by 70 cardinal units, per Light Reading. Perhaps Apple won't refresh the iPhone SE enactment successful 2024 arsenic antecedently predicted, oregon simply clasp its existing plan and simply refresh the internals, arsenic the iPhone SE 3 did.

Apple did not respond to petition for remark by clip of publication.