If there have been any doubts that Apple would refresh the iPhone SE early subsequent 12 months, they’ve been wiped away in latest weeks. The newest affirmation comes from Barclays analyst Tom O’Malley, who revealed a analysis be aware this week (by way of MacRumors) during which he and his colleagues say they “confirmed” that the iPhone SE 4 is ready for March 2025.
The analysts lately traveled to Asia to satisfy up with electronics producers and suppliers. Throughout their journey, they turned satisfied that Apple would launch a brand new price range iPhone with its personal 5G modem inside on the finish of the primary quarter of 2025.
This is in keeping with earlier reviews, together with one from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in early October. At the moment, Gurman claimed that Apple was getting ready to start out manufacturing on the subsequent iPhone SE with a extra trendy design and Face ID.
Different rumors have prompt the iPhone SE 4 will include a 6.1-inch OLED show, an A18 chip, 8GB of RAM, one 48-megapixel rear digicam, and at the very least 128GB of storage. With 8GB of RAM, the brand new SE also needs to be able to supporting Apple Intelligence.
Apple launched the iPhone SE 3 in March 2022 for $429. Regardless of arriving simply months after the iPhone 13 collection, the price range mannequin retained the design of the iPhone 8, full with bigger bezels, a House button with Contact ID, and a Lightning port.
Whereas the SE 4 is rumored to meet up with the design of the flagship collection, it would doubtless come at a worth. In accordance with one latest rumor, the brand new mannequin might begin at $499 or $549, which might nonetheless be tons of of {dollars} cheaper than the iPhone 16.
