I think it’s very likely to come as the previous omission was due to the camera hardware. Fingers crossed.
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Apple Reportedly Begins Sourcing OLED Displays for Next iPhone SE
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PWM sensitive people want a modern SE with a non-flickering LCD screen.
And $50 cheaper with long lasting battery compared to OLED.
And $50 cheaper with long lasting battery compared to OLED.
Indeed iPhone mini would be great !
How often I look at my still working iPhone 5s – provides the best feeling in hand and trousers 😍
My company would. They buy a couple hundred iPhone SEs per year as employee phones.
60hz vs 120hz isn't a factor for me... Yes I can easily see it, I just don't care.
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Absolutely. Not a deal breaker at all. It would make my iPhone 8 look so bad
Those of us who use our phones for texting, photos, calls and CarPlay link but use an iPad for browsing, email, games, media JUST...WANT....A....SMALLER....PHONE. Give us back the mini. Okay I'll go crawl back under my rock now.
The 14 will be in a very awkward position but wouldn't be for long. The 15 will still have a better camera and a newer design (Dynamic Island).
At least the A14, and it wouldn't be cheap. The A15 would still have a better camera and maybe a better screen?
Don’t forget it will use BOE displays and Apple’s own cellular chip, which will save them cost.
Those who don’t want AI. Didn’t you see all the “I hope it can be turned off” comments in the AI news threads?
Yeah, already mentioned it above. The cost savings for the OLED is $5-10 (when compared to iPhone 14's OLED sourced from SDC) and another good $40-50 I am assuming at the very least for the 5G Modem. Looking at the lineup right now, iPhone 14 is $599 and it'll be surprise if they can come up with possibly a much better device (sans the UW Camera Module) than the iPhone 14 at $100 lower price-point.
Both the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14's OLED are completely alright (even for 2024 standards) except for the PWM. The peak and outdoor brightness are not terrible either, comfortably visible outside. That's the thing with using older, well-tested and reliable components which stood the test of time.
[a tiny percentage of SDC Supplied screens had developed green line issue]
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Addendum- BOE supplies good OLED panels, nothing to be worried about (not getting into the debate of unethical patent infringement allegations, completely separate topic altogether)
It’s doubtful the iPhone 14 will remain in the lineup after the new SE launches. When the original iPhone SE launched in March 2016, the iPhone 5S on which it was largely based was discontinued. When the second generation iPhone SE launched in April 2020, the iPhone 8 on which it was largely based was discontinued.
Not a big deal on the lower end of the price. But the iPhone 16 though, that’s bad.
The SE4's raison d'etre is "cheaper" and "parts bin".
The iPhone 14 brought in Apple's more repairable design, which makes way more sense to use.