Apple up to date its entry-level iPhone in March 2022, including just a few nips and tucks right here and there together with a quiet value improve. It stored the Residence button and small kind issue that appeals to some, however the getting older design and minimal upgrades meant the brand new iPhone SE was coolly obtained by the plenty, with many wanting ahead to the following technology and reviewers hoping Apple was planning a extra radical overhaul of the gadget.

Proper on cue, rumors are actually beginning to seem about what which may appear like. On this article we’ve gathered collectively every thing we all know to this point, and what we are able to fairly speculate, in regards to the iPhone SE 4.

Replace 06/21/23: Echoing earlier experiences, Barclays analysts Blayne Curtis and Tom O’Malley report that the iPhone SE 4 is “unlikely to launch: in 2024.

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

Apple’s iPhone SE doesn’t comply with the identical predictable annual launch schedule as the usual line, and the intervals between updates might be more durable 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 this point made their debut:

As you possibly can see, after Apple launched the SE line again in 2016 we needed to wait 4 years till the gadget 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 model it retains to this present day. 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.

Nonetheless which may not be the case. Analyst Jeff Pu thinks that the iPhone SE will arrive in 2025, and Barclays analysts Blayne Curtis and Tom O’Malley declare the iPhone SE 4 is “unlikely to launch” in 2024.

Moreover, Ming-Chi Kuo tweeted that Apple was utilizing a prototype iPhone SE to check its 5G modem, which is able to arrive within the iPhone SE earlier than the flagship iPhone fashions. Kuo states that “there aren’t any plans for mass manufacturing and gross sales” of this prototype iPhone SE and has reported that the following iPhone SE isn’t anticipated till 2025.

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How a lot will the iPhone SE 4 price?

Pricing has steadily elevated throughout the three current generations, little question influenced by the worldwide price of elements and distribution. Whereas the iPhone SE (third technology) was launched across the identical 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 once 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 stunned 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 gadgets Apple gives, it appears logical that the discounted iPhone 13 mini format would possibly make its method 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 an August 2022 episode of the Geared Up podcast, tech tipster Jon Prosser stated 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 2022 claimed that Apple can also be mulling a 5.7-inch show as properly, which might be a brand new dimension for an iPhone. The iPhone 13 mini is 5.4 inches and the iPhone X and XS had been 5.8 inches. Younger additionally says that Apple is deciding whether or not to make use of LCD or OLED for the show.

In February 2023, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported that Apple is shifting ahead with a 6.1-inch OLED show for the iPhone SE 4 with an general design and options just like the iPhone 14

What options will the iPhone SE 4 have?

Although 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 uncertain whether or not it’ll have the face-scanning tech. Having a notch with out Face ID could be bizarre however not unprecedented—bear in mind the MacBook Professional has a notch that solely homes the entrance digital camera. We’ve seen older experiences from business analyst Ming Chi-Kuo (by way of MacRumors) and Chinese language tech web site 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 digital camera, so you possibly can most likely anticipate an analogous 12MP wide-angle lens. Nonetheless, we’re hoping it contains a number of the options we didn’t get with the iPhone SE 3, particularly 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 could be a lot of an enchancment over the A15 within the present mannequin.

The iPhone SE 4 is likely to be the primary iPhone to function one among Apple’s personal 5G modems. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects it to be, and claims the baseband chip will probably be manufactured with a 4nm course of and assist solely sub-6GHz bands. In April 2023, MacRumors reported that analyst Jeff Pu believes that Apple will launch a fourth-generation iPhone SE with an Apple-designed 5G modem in 2025. TSMC will manufacture the modem chip. Nonetheless, Pu doesn’t have a monitor report for accuracy like different analysts. In April, Kuo tweeted that the iPhone SE 4 is lifeless (once more) and that Apple is utilizing an engineering prototype iPhone SE to check its 5G modem. Kuo doesn’t suppose this prototype iPhone will probably be developed, produced, and put doon the market.

With the iPhone 13 vary shifting to a baseline of 128GB (and the 14-series handsets following go well with), it’s hoped that the brand new iPhone SE would possibly do likewise, as 64GB actually isn’t sufficient for most individuals anymore, particularly since system recordsdata 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 search out out. We’ll replace this text as extra data turns into accessible, so examine again commonly to see what we are able to dig up. Within the meantime, if you happen to can’t wait till subsequent 12 months, right here’s a roundup of the greatest iPhone offers accessible for the time being.