iPhone SE 4 to debut early next year with Face ID, OLED display, and Apple's A18 chip
The latest info on the iPhone SE 4 comes from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Rumor mill: Apple's upcoming budget iPhone SE 4 handset is set to launch early next year. We had previously heard that the iPhone SE would receive a slew of features that have trickled down from Cupertino's latest phones, including Apple Intelligence support and Face ID. Now, new leaks have revealed even more details about the fourth-generation iPhone SE.
The latest info on the iPhone SE 4 comes from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. He writes in a Medium post that mass production of the company's cheapest handset will begin this December, with projected production numbers of around 8.6 million units from December 2024 to the first quarter of 2025. It's seems likey that the phone will launch in either March or April, which lines up with reports from last July.
Earlier this month, Bloomberg's Apple expert Mark Gurman wrote that the updated iPhone SE, codenamed V59, will be the company's new entry-level model, but it will feature a number of upgrades over the last update: the 2022 iPhone SE (third generation), which offered 5G connectivity as the most notable improvement over the 2nd-gen handset.
Probably the biggest upgrade in the iPhone SE 4 will be the removal of the home button, meaning the handset will join the other Apple devices that use Face ID. It's said to closely resemble the iPhone 14, including the notch cutout, and use an OLED instead of LCD display.
Gurman also said that the iPhone SE 4 will likely be powered by the same A18 chip found in the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus, thereby enabling support for Apple Intelligence.
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