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iPhone SE 4 Launch is Imminent - What to Expect
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What matters to me if there will be a 256GB option. I'd rather load this up, it would be a real upgrade from my current XS 256 GB that I've been holding on to for a while (still works and does what I need it to do though not having 5G and only upgradeable to iOS17 will probably eventually be an issue).
Apple Intelligence can currently be turned off on all of Apple's devices that support it, at Settings > Apple Intelligence, where it's the first slider at the top. I agree there's a possibility Apple might remove this on/off slider at some point, making AI always active throughout all of their operating systems, but that point seems some ways off, and given all the options we have in the Settings apps, I'm doubtful Apple will choose to do this--I think it's more likely they'd introduce multiple on/off options for most of AI's functions, so you could leave some of them on and turn others off.
Probably will also have only eSIM vs a SIM card. If there is no SIM card capability, then it will not be a big seller in poorer countries that have not be able to transition to the darn eSIMs.
So my iPhone 13 mini continues as my traveling iPhone when I do not want to pay my USA carrier an excessive premium to call outside of USA with my iPhone 16 Pro MAX.
So my iPhone 13 mini continues as my traveling iPhone when I do not want to pay my USA carrier an excessive premium to call outside of USA with my iPhone 16 Pro MAX.
I'm sure Apple has done their research and (rightly) concluded the majority of its customers want large phones.
The market for small iPhones has sailed. Deal with it.
If the new iPhone SE4 comes out next week, I'll take a look, although it's not quite time for me to retire my SE3 with its TouchID. The iPhone SE4's size, RAM, storage (128GB minimum please!), price, Apple modem and other features will be factors for me to consider. Hopefully, Apple will leave the choices of Apple Intelligence to us users.
iPhone 8 and iPhone X weren’t the same generation by name, but were released together. You could choose the 8 range and receive the newest internals, wireless charging, [newer?] cameras, and retain TouchID. I’d say the market chose the X, given its design continuing, especially between its price increase and delayed availability from 8.
Edit: I see SeenJeen mentioned this in reply already.
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why? it is clearly inferior to the faceid
There is a 256gb option with the current SE.
I personally saw vastly more iPhone 8s than the X. I work with a lot of affluent people, and only two had the X, when most bought the 8 Plus. I had the regular 8.
If it is cold enough to cover your face, aren't you going to be wearing gloves? I usually cover my hands before I cover my face.
Why do you think it would have 6GB RAM? The A18 on the iPhone 16 has 8GB of RAM. If it were limited to 6GB that would be a custom version of the SOC. I can't see Apple launching any major device now that doesn't run AI.
In the SE market, I don't see the camera limitations to be a major problem. A lot of people don't use the additional cameras, anyway.
When this new SE comes out, I'm going to get one for my mother. She recently broke her phone and got herself an SE3 with touchID. The problem is, at her age, the finger prints don't read reliably on TouchID. Now she has to type her passcode every time she opens her phone. It's a PITA.
The difference is so inconsequential that no one cares. Apple may have kept the TouchID design for 3 generations but it seems that they are moving on now.
The dimensions based on this render appear to be the same as an IP mini with a smaller notch (no Face ID sensors perhaps?) unless they've increased the lens size considerably.
You can tap the back of the phone. 2/3 times depending on the preference you set in accessibility > touch settings.
I only found this out recently and it completely changed my (frustrated) point of view of losing the home button. Why it's buried in accessibility settings I have no idea.
China does not have eSim's so I'd guess there will be a Sim version at least outside of the USA (the iPhone there even has two sim slots!)
Pick up an unlocked one when you are traveling
Not only that, it doesn't do anything if the iPhone is sleeping, so you've got to wake up your iPhone first before using Back Tap, so it's not usable as a full-fledged Home button replacement.
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I think that they meant you could setup that tap to show the Home Screen instead of using the home button.
You will probably find that the current se & 14 models will get removed when this new model comes out & in September the 15’s will get removed so that’s why it will have Apple intelligence because all the official line up will going forward
what are you on about I don’t think the guy was saying keep Touch ID if you read the actual previous comment it was in regards to an iPhone 8 at the time. Why have you clipped something & not actually put it into context?
The 15 would be fine, most consumers don't know about or care about RAM. Apple doesn't even advertise the amounts. They will see the Dynamic Island and two cameras and since it looks "better" if that's what they want they will go for it.
It’s still a bit rubbish to officially sell a phone that can’t get the main selling point of iPhones going forward
I'm sure they want to get rid of it but they need to have phones at different price points so it may stick around until next year. It seems like a strange lineup but really the 15 should've been AI capable, the SE having AI support isn't the problem.