FP Staff 31 Aug 2022 15:02:24 IST
This year’s Apple iPhone SE has the same design that it had for its last generation, which was based on the iPhone 8. However, it seems that the next iPhone SE will have a design similar to the iPhone XR.
The iPhone SE 4, as it’s now called, will ditch the old iPhone 8 form factor with huge bezels and a Home button in favor of a more modern design with reduced bezels, a notch and Face ID.
While the current iPhone SE has a 4.7-inch LCD display, the iPhone XR-based iPhone SE4 will have a larger 6.1-inch LCD display. It will also have some other advantages over the 2022 iPhone SE, such as a significantly larger battery.
Other details about the new iPhone SE remain unclear at this time. In the past, Apple added its latest chip to the base iPhone SE – the current model uses the same A15 Bionic chip as the iPhone 13.
However, given that the non-Pro models in the upcoming iPhone 14 will continue to use the A15 chipset from the iPhone 13, we can’t say for sure what new chipset the iPhone XR SE 4-based one will use.
In terms of cameras, both the 2022 iPhone SE and iPhone XR have very similar sensors with a 12-megapixel rear camera with f/1.8 aperture and a 7-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture. Of course, Apple could improve the camera sensors for the next iPhone SE, or at least add new software features like night mode, which until now weren’t available on the base iPhones.
The rationale behind the iPhone SE series is that it is aimed at people looking for a cheaper and smaller iPhone as opposed to the regular or Max options. However, demand for the 2022 iPhone SE is pretty low, meaning people are no longer interested in buying a phone that was designed almost a decade ago. Furthermore, it also means that 4.7-inch is quite small and that people would prefer something bigger.
Given that Apple releases the iPhone SE series quite sporadically, it’s impossible to say for sure when the next iPhone SE will be released. Last time, two years passed between the release of the second and third generation iPhone SE.
Having said that, with declining smartphone sales worldwide and a recession looming over the world, it would actually be perfect timing for Apple to launch the iPhone SE 4 just a few months after the launch of the iPhone 14 series.
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