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iPhone SE 3 Rumored to Feature iPhone XR Design With Touch ID and Be Apple's Last LCD Smartphone
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I have NO idea why people with renders suddenly make the notch disappear just because Face ID is not there. It is so weird.
The things says XR design. The XR has a notch. So will this.
Funny I had a flashback to Amazon's Fire phone. If you don't remember, that one had cameras on top and bottom. Maybe it was ahead of its time ?
I’m kinda sad that LCD is going away.
OLED suffers from burn in and not everyone can handle the PWM in OLED screens.
OLED suffers from burn in and not everyone can handle the PWM in OLED screens.
Most phone cases I’ve seen have cutouts for ring/silent, but not the power or volume buttons. Agreed this could be changed, but I wonder if the scanner would work as reliably if the case would prevent a users finger from fully reaching the button when in a case.
Right? This phone (if Apple does actually make it) will have a notch.
No, I don’t, and I don’t plan on getting one as I already have a smart band and I prefer that.
I am one of the folks who are bothered by PWM in Apple's OLED screens so this is an interesting rumor.
If it comes out with a better camera system than the 11, then it would be a probable instant buy for me.
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I think Kuo is right. The will keep the same design on 3G and the 4G will be based on iPhone Mini
Good for you! I still don’t know if I’m PMW sensitive, I won’t know until I try an OLED iPhone (probably this Christmas)
That's fine. Modern usages has abandoned the 19th century prescription against split infinitives. It would have read as clunky to say "and to Be Apple's Last LCD Smartphone" Also, headlines sometimes use an artificially compacted grammar to fit the title within space constraints.
There are a lot of people who don't like OLED. Many of them because of issued with the PWM strobing from OLEDs. the LCD screens on the XR and SE2 are very good so you don't lose much.
Because we all like paying for more pixels that we can't see
With 12/13 guts and an iPad Mini's Touch-ID power button.
Apple's third-generation iPhone SE will feature an iPhone XR-like design with Touch ID and be the company's last iPhone with an LCD display, according to Chinese site MyDrivers.
A machine translation of the report explains that the design of the third-generation iPhone SE is based on the iPhone XR, and will feature a Touch ID fingerprint scanner built into the side button, as well as an LCD display, the A15 Bionic chip, and 5G connectivity. The report noted that the device is expected to be Apple's final iPhone with an LCD display, with future iPhones moving to OLED or other, more advanced display technologies.
MyDrivers acknowledged that this assertion stands in contrast to other recent claims that the third-generation iPhone SE would continue with the design of the current, second-generation model, but was insistent that it is correct. The iPhone SE currently shares the same design as the now-discontinued iPhone 8, with a Touch ID scanner built into the Home Button.
Rumors around the design of the next iPhone SE have been muddled, with rumors from reliable sources such as Ming-Chi Kuo and Ross Young initially saying that the device would feature a 6.1-inch display like the iPhone XR, but with a Touch ID side button. This year, Kuo and Young withdrew these expectations, saying that the third-generation iPhone SE would instead have the same design as the current model with a Home Button.
Some of the confusion around the iPhone SE may be explained by the 6.1-inch model potentially being the fourth-generation iPhone SE. Young now expects a fourth-generation iPhone SE to launch in 2023, featuring a 6.1-inch display and a hole-punch front-facing camera.
MyDrivers said that the third-generation iPhone SE will reportedly launch in the spring of 2022, and start with 64GB of storage and the same $399 starting price of the current model.
MyDrivers has a mixed track record. Although the site erroneously suggested that the iPhone 7 Plus would actually be called the "iPhone Pro" and the fourth-generation iPad Air would launch in March 2021, it correctly predicted that the iPhone 7 would be available with up to 256GB of storage, that third-generation iPad Pro would contain a 7nm chip with eight cores, and that the fourth-generation iPad Air would feature a larger display, the A14 Bionic chip, a Smart Connector with Magic Keyboard support, a USB-C port, and stereo speakers.
Article Link: iPhone SE 3 Rumored to Feature iPhone XR Design With Touch ID and Be Apple's Last LCD Smartphone
The biggest problem with this rumor is the fact that it's the body of the XR with the A15 - which essentially makes it the same body of the iPhone 11 with more power. That's strange considering the iPhone 11 is still on sale at $499 - I.e. MORE than the supposed next-gen SE will cost. So I don't see this happening in '22 unless they plan to discontinue iPhone 11. Alternatively they could launch it alongside iPhone 14 next fall when iPhone 11 is officially discontinued and the 12 is the next lowest in price (with OLED & face ID being the main draws).
That is surprising since the XR used the A12 SOC and the 7 plus used the A10
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and a different case. other than that... identical 🙂
I know it wont be 1080p 😞
And I strongly suspect the SE3 will be the SE2 + 5G just to stay current.
And I strongly suspect the SE3 will be the SE2 + 5G just to stay current.
That's exactly what they did with the iPhone 8 when the current iPhone SE was released in April 2020.
This will sell like pancakes.
Latin america + chinese market doesn't need 45 cameras and FaceID. Not everyone saves nuclear codes on their phone. Some people want a good reliable phone running iOS that lasts years.
Actually in my country, the Pro version always gets the less units, in a market where you can get $200 smartphones, how you can compete with iPhone pro models? They are just too expensive.
Also, some people do not like FaceID, and if you care about security, why would anyone downgrade their faceid security if you can buy a TouchID-iPhone?
Then, some people actually carry good cameras, like thousand of dollars in equipment. Why have another $1200+ device in their pockets?
Really, US is a niche when it comes to overpriced iPhones.
Latin america + chinese market doesn't need 45 cameras and FaceID. Not everyone saves nuclear codes on their phone. Some people want a good reliable phone running iOS that lasts years.
Actually in my country, the Pro version always gets the less units, in a market where you can get $200 smartphones, how you can compete with iPhone pro models? They are just too expensive.
Also, some people do not like FaceID, and if you care about security, why would anyone downgrade their faceid security if you can buy a TouchID-iPhone?
Then, some people actually carry good cameras, like thousand of dollars in equipment. Why have another $1200+ device in their pockets?
Really, US is a niche when it comes to overpriced iPhones.