I by no means hid my pleasure in regards to the upcoming iPhone SE 4, a mid-range price range iPhone that shall be in contrast to any of its predecessors. The handset will ditch Contact ID and the house button for Face ID and a notch design much like the iPhone 14.
The larger improve issues the iPhone SE 4’s specs. The handset will function the identical chip and RAM because the non-Professional iPhone 16 fashions. That’s the A18 chip and 8GB of RAM, each necessities for having Apple Intelligence run on the gadget.
Given the place we’re at within the AI race, Apple can’t afford to exclude the iPhone SE 4 from the Apple Intelligence wave of units. All of its merchandise must assist the identical AI options. The iPhone 16 supplies the minimal necessities for Apple Intelligence.
The iPhone SE 4 will even obtain a significant digicam improve in comparison with its predecessor. The most recent digicam specs for the price range handset point out that the telephone will nearly match the batch iPhone 15’s digicam skills.
Most iPhone SE 4 reviews stated that the iPhone SE 4 will function a single-lens 48-megapixel digicam on the again. On the entrance, we’d have a 12-megapixel lens. The iPhone SE 3 options twin 12-megapixel cameras, one on the entrance and one on the again.
Thus, the improve can be vital. Apple launched 48-megapixel broad cameras with the iPhone 14 Professionals, however the base fashions didn’t get the identical shooter. We needed to wait till final 12 months’s iPhone 15 to get the identical digicam {hardware}. Apple has made further upgrades to the iPhone 16 cameras, although the broad lens has a 48-megapixel sensor throughout the board.
The iPhone SE 4 digicam ought to function components which have been used earlier than. The element comes from an ETNews report that mentions the iPhone SE 4 digicam specs. We’re 48-megapixel broad and 12-megapixel selfie sensors.
The report notes that LG Innotek, which is manufacturing the digicam lenses, will use current parts as an alternative of newly developed cameras. That’s as a result of the iPhone SE is a price range telephone. This means that the iPhone SE 4’s digicam skills shall be on par with the bottom iPhone 15, on the very least. Properly, aside from the ultra-wide lens the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus have.
The report additionally notes that LG Innotek has simply began manufacturing. A unique report from Korea stated a couple of weeks in the past that LG Innotek will provide the iPhone SE 4. That story claims that LG often kicks off manufacturing three months earlier than the product’s launch. On the time, we concluded the iPhone SE 4 couldn’t hit shops prior to March 2025.
The ETNews report seemingly corroborates that launch window. The iPhone SE 4 will launch in March subsequent 12 months, three years after the iPhone SE 3.
The report says different digicam suppliers will manufacture digicam modules for the iPhone SE 4: Foxconn and Cowell Electronics.
On the show facet, LG Show will present a good portion of the 6.1-inch OLED panels that Apple wants for the iPhone SE 4. These shall be much like Apple’s OLED screens for the iPhone 13. China’s BOE will even make related shows for the iPhone SE 4.
To recap, the iPhone SE 4 ought to function an iPhone 14 design, an iPhone 13-garde show, iPhone 16 core specs, and iPhone 15-grade cameras (if not higher). Slap a worth of as much as $499 on this factor, and the iPhone SE 4 will fly off the cabinets.
Lastly, the report says Apple plans to make 20 million iPhone SE 4, which isn’t huge. However when you think about that Apple routinely sells properly over 200 million iPhones yearly, and that Samsung’s Galaxy S flagships promote about 30 million to 40 million items a 12 months, that estimate appears a lot better.
