Apple Negotiating With OLED Suppliers for Next Year's iPhone SE 4

[MacRumors]

Several of Apple's display suppliers have proposed their prices for supplying OLED displays for the fourth-generation iPhone SE, The Elec reports.

Samsung Display, BOE, and Tianma are all said to have entered their proposed prices for OLED panels for the iPhone SE 4, which is expected to launch next year. Previous iPhone SE models have all used LCD displays.

The report's sources said Samsung offered the lowest unit price of $30, BOE offered $35, and Tianma $40. Apple is reportedly haggling for $20, and negotiations are ongoing. Display manufacturers are believed to have been bidding to supply the panels since at least last August.

The panel prices are said to be a lot lower than suppliers charge for the OLED displays used in the iPhone 15, because the panels for the SE will use legacy parts identical to those used in the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14, so the suppliers won't need to make new investments in R&D.

In that respect, Samsung is said to have an advantage over its rivals since the Korean company can use its existing iPhone 14 OLED inventory.

According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the fourth-generation ‌iPhone SE‌ will feature a 6.1-inch OLED display with a design similar to the iPhone 14. The ‌iPhone SE‌ 4 is also expected to use the exact same battery found in the base model iPhone 14.

In addition, the new model is likely to be equipped with an Action button and USB-C port, which we've covered extensively in previous reports. As things stand, it could be one of the first devices to feature an Apple-designed modem chip, too.

Article Link: Apple Negotiating With OLED Suppliers for Next Year's iPhone SE 4

 

[gpat]

We can say pretty surely that it'll come in 2025, as things stand now.

 

[okänd]

Makes sense for them to stick with the 6.1 inch size if they want to keep costs down I guess. Sad that the 12/13 mini size and below are dead

 

[dz5b609]

Next year? I thought the rumors where this year?

 

[JPack]

Next year? I thought the rumors where this year?

It would cannibalize the iPhone 13/14 if it were to launch this year.

 

[JustSomebody12]

Next year? I thought the rumors where this year?

It makes more sense, if you think about lightning vs USB-C: if it were to be released this year one would have the current gen and the SE with type C while the 2 previous gens would remain with lightning and would get too devalued; while by releasing it next year only the second-previous gen (which is already the cheap option) would have the lightning...

 

[curnalpanic]

Sounds like they might bring back the iPhone 11 style body.

 

[AlmightyKang]

2025 is good news. My younger two kids both have 2020 SE's and I can put off replacing them for another year and just chuck another battery in 🤣

 

[powerbook911]

Makes sense for them to stick with the 6.1 inch size if they want to keep costs down I guess. Sad that the 12/13 mini size and below are dead

Yeah I would have loved the SE to be a mini size.

 

[MrTangent]

I just want Macbook/iPads with OLED finally. 😢

 

[giggles]

My current understanding of the next 6 iPhones

September 2024

- iPhone 16 (A17, Dynamic Island, no local LLM, 60Hz no AOD, action button and capture button, spatial videos)​

- iPhone 16 Plus (A17, Dynamic Island, no local LLM, 60Hz no AOD, action button and capture button, spatial videos)​

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- iPhone 16 Pro (A18 Pro minus 1 GPU core, local LLM, 120Hz with AOD, action button and capture button, spatial videos)​

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- iPhone 16 Ultra (full A18 Pro, local LLM, 120Hz with AOD, 5x tetraprism zoom, action button and capture button, spatial videos)​

- iPhone 16 Ultra Max (full A18 pro, local LLM, 120Hz with AOD, 5x tetraprism zoom, action button and capture button, spatial videos)​

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Spring 2025

- iPhone SE4 (A17, narrow notch and iPhone 14 chassis, no local LLM, 60Hz no AOD, action button but no capture button, no spatial videos)​

 

[JosephAW]

Apple, remember the SE is supposed to be the economy priced iPhone. Let’s not try to figure out how to add another $50 to the high price already.

 

[Slash787]

If they will only release big phones and not mini, then I would rather get iPhone 15 or 16 rather than SE 4 to replace my 13 mini.

 

[truth_speech]

Tech companies are weird, on the one hand they are fierce enemies and on the other they act like the closest friends.

 

[3530025]

I just want Macbook/iPads with OLED finally. 😢

Aren't you afraid of menu bar being permanentnly burned-in?

 

[arobert3434]

If they will only release big phones and not mini, then I would rather get iPhone 15 or 16 rather than SE 4 to replace my 13 mini.

It's a little bit hard to even understand the purpose of an SE that's basically the same as the 14. Why not just keep the iPhone 14 on the market and save the development costs?

 

[gpat]

My current understanding of the next 6 iPhones

September 2024

- iPhone 16 (A17, Dynamic Island, no local LLM, 60Hz no AOD, action button and capture button, spatial videos)​

- iPhone 16 Plus (A17, Dynamic Island, no local LLM, 60Hz no AOD, action button and capture button, spatial videos)​

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- iPhone 16 Pro (A18 Pro minus 1 GPU core, local LLM, 120Hz with AOD, action button and capture button, spatial videos)​

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- iPhone 16 Ultra (full A18 Pro, local LLM, 120Hz with AOD, 5x tetraprism zoom, action button and capture button, spatial videos)​

- iPhone 16 Ultra Max (full A18 pro, local LLM, 120Hz with AOD, 5x tetraprism zoom, action button and capture button, spatial videos)​

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Spring 2025

- iPhone SE4 (A17, narrow notch and iPhone 14 chassis, no local LLM, 60Hz no AOD, action button but no capture button, no spatial videos)​

Probably we aren't going to see any A17 non-pro chip. It could be A18 regular and A18 Pro on September.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Tech companies are weird, on the one hand they are fierce enemies and on the other they act like the closest friends.

Samsung Display is owned by Samsung Electronics yes but it operates pretty independently which is why you commonly see Samsung Display make screens for other companies. For example, Sony OLED TVs use Samsung Display as their provider even though they compete with Samsung Electronics.

 

[giggles]

Probably we aren't going to see any A17 non-pro chip. It could be A18 regular and A18 Pro on September.

All 6 phones on A18 gen and all 6 phones get local Siri LLM would be great.

 

[ifxf]

Got tired waiting for a new SE to replace my old SE. Got a 15 and love the camera and battery life but despise the inability to disable apple notifications using the dynamic island.

 

[mkoesel]

... while by releasing it next year only the second-previous gen (which is already the cheap option) would have the lightning...

Or they may even decide to discontinue the iPhone 14 when the SE 2025 hits the market. That's what happened with the original SE and the SE 2020 - the iPhone 5s and iPhone 8, respectively were discontinued in favor of the new very-similar-looking, more powerful devices.

It's a little bit hard to even understand the purpose of an SE that's basically the same as the 14. Why not just keep the iPhone 14 on the market and save the development costs?

The SE 2025 will serve the same purpose prior SE models have - to provide a lower cost device that'll still receive 5+ years of iOS updates just like the yearly flagship iPhones do. The legacy iPhones like today's iPhone 14 / iPhone 13 get one or two less years of support

 

[maerz001]

It makes more sense, if you think about lightning vs USB-C: if it were to be released this year one would have the current gen and the SE with type C while the 2 previous gens would remain with lightning and would get too devalued; while by releasing it next year only the second-previous gen (which is already the cheap option) would have the lightning...

What? U think apple doesn’t release a phone because the last gen will be devalued?

So how do they manage to release iphones every year?

 

[pappl]

I'm still hoping for a iPhone 13 mini sized alternative. I love iPhones for their compact size option. My kids (small hands) prefer it too.

 

[allenvanhellen]

I’ll be done with Apple once there is no up-to-date mini option.

 

[sdz]

I just want Macbook/iPads with OLED finally. 😢

What for? I work with my computers. I can see enough already.