It is time to leave the iPhone 6 design in history books... The next SE must be based on the iPhone X or the iPhone 12 mini design
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'iPhone SE 3' With A14 Bionic Chip and 5G Expected in First Half of 2022
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I loved the SE 2020 form factor - I just wish it had a better camera so I upgraded to the 12 Pro when that came out.
The design of the iPhone 12 with its flat sides is for the most part based off the design of the iPhone 4... from 2010
I loved the iPhone 4 design and was glad that they switched back to it for the 12.
That could be because the margin for the regular sized iPhone is good enough that Apple might be able to bring the price down, thus not needing the mini anymore.
In terms of stopping current production, Apple is quite strict on inventory levels, so they probably would stop production if the channels are sufficiently filled, regardless of the model.
SE is worth it for the smaller screen size vs the MiniGiant and the touchID. Keept his form Apple 4.7inch is max size for me! Its a smart-phone after all not an iPad nano
Not that I am against it but jumping from a13bionic to a14 bionic is not worth while as many reviewers show the increased performance is unnoticeable.
doubt its popular or its price is a point of attraction, a couple days ago they published iphone sales article here and SE sales were just as much as Mini mean while the much higher priced iphone 12 and pro max are selling a lot more than the cheaper SE/Mini... So people are attracted to the higher price point it seems.
Not that I am against it but jumping from a13bionic to a14 bionic is not worth while as many reviewers show the increased performance is unnoticeable.
doubt its popular or its price is a point of attraction, a couple days ago they published iphone sales article here and SE sales were just as much as Mini mean while the much higher priced iphone 12 and pro max are selling a lot more than the cheaper SE/Mini... So people are attracted to the higher price point it seems.
exactly, I don't want any face id iphone, I want touch id.
I need that SE 3 right now, I still on the original SE, I need an iphone right now so I'm waiting for the Mini 13 but I prefer the SE 3, 2002 uhhhhhhh....
I wish the iPhone 7 had left the iPhone 6 design in the history books.
Slippery bar of soap era was the worst of iPhones in my book.
That is always the deal with the SE. you get slightly outdated tech at a bargain price.
Not so. Both the 2016 and 2020 SE used the current processor at that time. If the rumor is true, then this is the first SE that is not using a current processor.
No.
iPhone SE does NOT have:
OLED
5G - in some markets the 12 mini / 13 mini does.
faster CPU chip - SE has only 1x launched with a current modern CPU, the SE 2020 was 1 chip behind.
FaceID - not getting it.
So it's not as simple has you'd want it to be just cause you don't see the value in the 12 mini as a full flagship year model device. Strip the above and you'll have your SE 3.
um no SE 2020 was released between the 11/12 lineup and has the same CPU as the 11 series and came out 6+ months after the 11 lineup so yes it came out with the most powerful Apple CPU at the time(A13) before the 12 lineup got revealed, why say it is one chip behind??
I wish they would put touchID in the power button like in the iPad and increase the screen size.
I really hope the next SE has both a touch ID and a newer design. The iPhone 6 design, those slippery rounded corners are not OK. Currently for me, the iPhone SE is the only acceptable modern day iPhone because of touch ID! I would buy the 12 pro/max right now but no touch ID is an absolute deal breaker. I am hoping the 13 pro/max has a touch ID, but if not I will buy either a 2022 SE(if it has a touch ID) or a 2020 SE if it does not and I will wait and wait until the next generation does. Face ID is feels very privacy invasive and I just don't want my phone to track my face everytime I want to unlock it.
The current SE uses iPhone 8 design, which in reality, is closer to the X/XR design with the glass sandwich body instead of the iPhone 6's unibody aluminum. Despite the same looking shape, they are two different designs and require different tooling and assembling.
No -When the 1st gen SE launched, it featured the A9 which was the exact same as in the, at the time, flagship 6S. The SE featured "last generation"'s design of the 5 and 5S.
The 2020 SE launched with the A13, and at that time the 11 & 11 Pro were the flagship models, also featuring the A13. The 2020 features "last generation"'s design of the iPhone 8(and 6, 6s and 7, if you will).
Whenever a new SE eventually does launch, odds are it will follow the exact same formula as all other SEs: Main chip similar to the flagship launching in September, so for a 2022 SE, launching in Q1-Q2 2020, that will be A15 and the design will most likely be something similar to X, Xs or Xr/11.
However, Apple is very aware of the value of some of its most valuable features and will therefore most likely hold off on Face-ID for at least one more generation of SE. So I'm pretty sure it'll be essentially an iPhone 11 with an A15 chip but with the Face-ID taken out and Touch-ID housed inside the side button, like they did for the iPad Air 4th Gen. The cameras in the 2022 will most likely be a big step down from whatever iPhones remain in the line-up post iPhone 12S/13 launch in late 2021.
We usually get pretty good value in the SE. But I don't expect to see Face-ID in a $399 iPhone if you don't get it in a $549 iPad Air.
And all the predictions that always leak about SEs featuring all-new designs are just bogus, as that is a complete misunderstanding of why Apple even sells SEs to begin with: It's there for those who genuinely can't or won't pay more than $399 for an iPhone, and for those who need a little baiting and an affordable price before they can decide if they want in on the Apple ecosystem. Apple is okay selling it because it means getting rid of a lot of old components that it couldn't otherwise sell.
If Apple made SE any better than what they are at launch they'd kill too many sales of the iPhone they'd prefer we all buy, the flagships.
The SE is supposed to be great value, but never so much that'd you look at it and think the design and display is current gen and that there aren't significant upgrades from it to the latest or last years flagships.
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