Apple's next iPhone SE might be delayed, says industry analyst - ZDNet

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In March, Apple dropped the 3rd procreation of its entry-level smartphone–the iPhone SE, and portion the 4th procreation of the iPhone SE has been rumored to beryllium merchandise successful 2024; however, Apple mightiness postpone oregon adjacent wholly cancel the wide accumulation of the iPhone SE 4, according to an influential Apple analyst.

The iPhone SE's entreaty relies connected its simplicity and debased cost, cleanable for radical who don't request each the other bells and whistles. Its existent plan resembles that of the iPhone 8 sporting a 4.7-inch Retina show and a location button. 

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The caller iPhone SE 4, initially projected to driblet successful 2024, is expected to person a modern, full-screen show that does distant with the location fastener and resembles the iPhone XR. According to Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo, this is 1 of the reasons accumulation might  person to beryllium postponed. 

The accumulation costs connected a telephone that has a full-screen show are higher than those of the existent iPhone SE model. This would construe into a higher selling terms for customers and since the telephone model's entreaty relies connected the low-cost of the phone, the instrumentality connected concern of this phone' accumulation mightiness beryllium underwhelming for Apple. 

According to Kuo, lower-than-expected shipments of Apple's little to mid tier telephone models specified arsenic the iPhone SE 3, iPhone 13 mini, and iPhone 14 Plus volition lend towards the postponing oregon canceling of the iPhone SE 4. 

Apple has wholly retired the iPhone Mini enactment due to the fact that the 5.4-inch instrumentality continuously made up for the smallest sliver of Apple's income compared to Apple's flagship phones. The iPhone Mini 12 made up for lone 5% of wide income of its caller phones, according to Reuters. It is imaginable that the iPhone SE volition person the aforesaid fate. 

SEE: The iPhone 14 mini is dead. Long unrecorded the iPhone 14 Plus 

Reducing unnecessary merchandise improvement would besides assistance Apple navigate the economical hardships affecting companies worldwide, according to Kuo. 

Apple has yet to publically talk astir the iPhone SE 4 and has not instantly responded to ZDNET's petition for comment.