Apple up to date its entry-level iPhone in March 2022, including a couple of nips and tucks right here and there together with a quiet value enhance. However the growing old design and minimal upgrades meant the brand new iPhone SE was coolly acquired, with many wanting ahead to the following technology and reviewers hoping Apple was planning a extra radical overhaul of the machine.

Proper on cue, rumors at the moment are beginning to seem about what which may appear like. On this article we’ve gathered collectively the whole lot we all know to date, and what we are able to moderately speculate, concerning the iPhone SE 4.

Replace 02/27/23: Analyst Ming-Chi Quo says Apple has restarted its iPhone SE 4 challenge, aiming to make the most of a 6.1-inch OLED show and have its personal 5G baseband chip.

iPhone SE 4 launch date: When will the iPhone SE 4 be launched?

Apple’s iPhone SE doesn’t observe the identical predictable annual launch schedule as the usual line, and the intervals between updates will be tougher to foretell. The timing of the following launch factors to a biennial routine, however that adopted a far longer hole between the primary and second telephones. Right here’s when the three fashions launched to date made their debut:

As you may see, after Apple launched the SE line again in 2016 we needed to wait 4 years till the machine was up to date—so lengthy that the unique SE was discontinued in September 2018. The 2nd technology moved it from the iPhone 5/5S design to the iPhone 6/6S type it retains to today. Since then we’ve had two variations, two years aside. With that in thoughts, it appears doubtless that the iPhone SE (4th gen) will arrive in March or April of 2024. 

Ross Younger of Show Provide Chain Consultants, a dependable trade skilled who focuses on shows and could be very correct along with his predictions, additionally thinks a brand new iPhone SE will arrive in 2024.

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How a lot will the iPhone SE 4 price?

Pricing has steadily elevated throughout the three present generations, little question influenced by the worldwide price of elements and distribution. Whereas the iPhone SE (third technology) was launched across the similar value because the mannequin it changed, Apple added a bit onto the associated fee, making the present mannequin considerably much less fascinating than earlier iterations, particularly if you issue within the measly quantity of storage that comes with the baseline mannequin. Right here’s how they line up:

iPhone SE (third gen, 2022):

• 64GB: $429/£449
• 128GB: $479/£499
• 256GB: $579/£609

iPhone SE (2nd gen, 2020): 

• 64GB: $399/£419
• 128GB: $449/£469
• 256GB: $549/£569

iPhone SE (1st gen, 2016): 

• 32GB: $399/£379
• 128GB: $499/£449

Nonetheless, the iPhone SE must be cheap, and we’d be shocked to see a lot of a rise with the following technology, even with a number of rumored upgrades. 

What is going to the brand new iPhone SE appear like?

Because the iPhone SE has all the time historically been one of many smallest units Apple presents, it appears logical that the discounted iPhone 13 mini format may make its manner down to exchange the iPhone 6 chassis on the SE. However this is just one of a number of futures Apple may select for the SE line.

On a current episode of the Geared Up podcast, tech tipster Jon Prosser mentioned the “iPhone SE 4… is simply the iPhone XR,” which means it has an “all-screen” design and a 6.1-inch show.

Nonetheless, a report by Ross Younger in late October claimed that Apple can be mulling a 5.7-inch show as effectively, which might be a brand new dimension for an iPhone. The iPhone 13 mini is 5.4 inches and the iPhone X and XS have been 5.8 inches. Younger additionally says that Apple is deciding whether or not to make use of LCD or OLED for the show.

Most lately, analyst Ming-Chi Quo reported that Apple is transferring ahead with a 6.1-inch OLED show for the iPhone SE 4. General design and options are anticipated to be much like the bottom iPhone 14 (which will likely be a 1.5-year previous mannequin by the point the SE 4 is launched).

What options will the iPhone SE 4 have?

Regardless that the iPhone SE 4 is rumored to have a notch, it won’t have Face ID. Apple has established Face ID as a function of its higher-end merchandise (iPhone and iPad Professional), and leakers are not sure whether or not it can have the face-scanning tech. Having a notch with out Face ID can be bizarre however not unprecedented—keep in mind the MacBook Professional has a notch that solely homes the entrance digicam. We’ve seen older experiences from trade analyst Ming Chi-Kuo (through MacRumors) and Chinese language tech website MyDrivers claiming that Apple will transfer the Contact ID sensor to the facility button as within the Tenth-gen iPad.

Renders by Ian Zelco on Entrance Web page Tech present the iPhone SE 4 with a single digicam, so you may most likely anticipate an identical 12MP wide-angle lens. Nonetheless, we’re hoping it consists of a few of the options we didn’t get with the iPhone SE 3, specifically Night time Mode and Cinematic Mode.

Relying on when it comes out, it may get the improved A15 chip that’s within the iPhone 14 or the newer A16. Neither can be a lot of an enchancment over the A15 within the present mannequin.

The iPhone SE 4 is perhaps the primary iPhone to function certainly one of Apple’s personal 5G modems. Analyst Ming-Chi Quo expects it to be, and claims the baseband chip will likely be manufactured with a 4nm course of and assist solely sub-6GHz bands.

With the iPhone 13 vary transferring to a baseline of 128GB (and the 14-series handsets following go well with), it’s hoped that the brand new iPhone SE may do likewise, as 64GB actually isn’t sufficient for most individuals anymore, particularly since system information take up greater than 10GB. However we’re not terribly hopeful—the iPhone SE (third gen) launched after the iPhone 13 vary and nonetheless began with the identical 64GB of storage, and the redesigned Tenth-generation iPad additionally begins at 64GB. We clarify extra about this in why you shouldn’t purchase the 64GB iPhone SE.

Hopefully, we gained’t have to attend too lengthy to seek out out. We’ll replace this text as extra data turns into accessible, so test again often to see what we are able to dig up. Within the meantime, should you can’t wait till subsequent 12 months, right here’s a roundup of the finest iPhone offers accessible in the mean time.