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iPhone SE 4 Launching as Soon as Next Week
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I have to believe that Apple tested this new iPhone with their first gen homemade modem thoroughly and won’t release it if it’s noticeably inferior to an iPhone with a Qualcomm modem inside. Tim wouldn’t do that to his loyal customers. Would he?
People buying an SE don’t care.
Price might be anywhere between $449 and $499. Hopefully it will have some nice colours. Maybe the new MacBook Air also launches next week.
if you take photos ... second camera vs apple intelligence worth at least 100$ ... would have been 200$ if 48 mpix ...
Incorrect. Many are sold due to the size.
I have a 13 Mini I'm looking to upgrade in the near future, but it's all going to come down to the price difference between this SE4 and the base 16. I bought 2 SEs in the past and was happy with them, but the 2nd camera on the 13 Mini has been really meaningful even though I don't take a million photos. I went to dinner with a friend who had an SE3. We took the same exact photo but mine came out ten times better using the 13 Mini.
Having said that, I don't relish the idea of paying $799 for a 16 just to get an extra camera if this SE4 is $499 or less.
Having said that, I don't relish the idea of paying $799 for a 16 just to get an extra camera if this SE4 is $499 or less.
Will be a sad day for me when there's no LCD in the iPhone line up.
People buying the SE don’t care about signal quality? Uhhhhhh okay champ lol
That probably has more to do with the 13 mini having a better main lens rather than the fact it has an extra one. If I recall correctly the SE camera is the same one from the iPhone 8, although it still takes better pictures than the 8 due to the updated internals and software.
I have a 14 Pro, which means no Apple Intelligence and no USB-C. I am considering the iPhone 17, but I might be better off selling my 14, getting the new SE and then running with that one for 2-3 years...
I guess this will probably be my kids' next iPhone once their current (and beloved) 12 mini's eventually give up the ghost.
This is very true. And yeah wide angle cameras for consumer phones are way overrated. But what I'll say is Apple sometimes has awkward product overlaps. It's like when an iPad Air has a refresh that gives it a better chip than the iPad Pro. For a few months in this case the iPhone SE 4 will be basically a flagship device at lower prices. But they'll keep this model up for ~3 years. Starting Fall it'll become an older model, and then in the following years it'll still be older
Got a battery replacement for my SE 2020 during the Summer, should last another 4 years now. Next one in 2028 🤞 Touch ID club!
Do we have club activities yet? I was trying to think of Touch related activities but for some reason they all sounded wrong… those Face ID clubbers have it so easy!
Well, it sounds as a very good deal. You get a modern iPhone with latest A-chip for below 500$. The lack of dynamic island, camera button, and having a single camera are actually very nice features for me personally.
And this is why I don't believe we will see any regular iPhone 17 models. There will only be the Pro models and the 'Air'.
Go stand in an Apple Store and ask 99.9% of consumers if they know the difference between an intel and Qualcomm modem in their phone.
They’ll have no idea wtf you’re talking about. People on this forum forget they’re not Apple’s main customers. Especially of the SE.
Amazing! Can’t wait to buy it and use it mainly for my iEMs plus the DAC dongle a beautiful secondary phone.
Apple's next-generation iPhone SE could debut as soon as next week with a launch to follow later in February, reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Apple isn't expected to hold an event for the iPhone SE 4, and will instead unveil the device through a press release.
The iPhone SE 4 is expected to have an iPhone 14-style design, with Apple eliminating the thick bezels and Touch ID Home button of the current iPhone SE. When the iPhone SE 4 launches, it will mark the end of Touch ID in the iPhone lineup.
Apple is planning to unveil its custom in-house modem in the iPhone SE 4, and it will be the first iPhone to get the new modem chip. While Apple's modem chip won't be as advanced as Qualcomm's modem chips, it will be Apple's first step toward cutting down on its reliance on Qualcomm.
The iPhone SE 4 will support Apple Intelligence, and it will be equipped with the same A18 chip that's in the iPhone 16 and 8GB RAM. It will also have a USB-C port, allowing it to be sold in Europe again, and it is expected to feature a single-lens 48-megapixel rear camera.
While the current iPhone SE is priced at $429, Apple could increase the price of the new model due to the inclusion of the faster chip, Face ID, and other features. Pricing is expected to remain below $500 though, so that the iPhone SE 4 is competitive with lower-end smartphones from Samsung and Google.
Gurman suggests that Apple will unveil the iPhone SE 4 around the same time as the new PowerBeats Pro 2 earbuds, which Apple plans to unveil as soon as February 11.
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I am holding on to upgrade my mini a bit more - not that I think a new mini will come.
But we have those flip/fold phones on horizon, and I can even consider a small samsung flip.
See if I can hang in until Timmy has left - I hope for a more fun Apple after that.
The problem as I've understood it has mostly been related to 5G.
I have an XR with an intel modem and it handles 4G perfectly fine.
Don't care about 5G whatsoever.