Just make the Mini the SE. Thank your very much.
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iPhone SE 4 Rumored to Feature 6.1-Inch LCD Display With Notch
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So pretty soon Apple won’t make a phone smaller than 6.1”, great…
I would prefer Apple use the iPhone Mini body for the next SE, with Touch ID in the power button.
I would prefer Apple use the iPhone Mini body for the next SE, with Touch ID in the power button.
I think the dynamic island tipped apples hand to “it’ll be awhile”. Otherwise they wouldn’t have leaned into it.
When SE was introduced, it was introduced as a small phone alternative for those who preferred that.
If you want the fingerprint scanner on the power button, get a Sony phone.
OLED vs. LCD. The XR 6.1" LCD screen already exists. For the mini, they would either have to use the more expensive (and more premium) OLED screen, or they’d have to design and set up production of a new 5.4" LCD screen. The larger battery probably also facilitates whatever adjustments they make to the internals.
I'm sure many people who would never buy an iPhone SE are happy to hear about these changes.
Those of us who have an iPhone SE aren't so happy, I'm certain.
That said, if Apple want to provide a 5.2 inch full-screen kind of phone with under-display Touch ID, I'd be willing to buy it. Otherwise, I might keep the 2022 iPhone SE until it hits the Obsolete list.
Those of us who have an iPhone SE aren't so happy, I'm certain.
That said, if Apple want to provide a 5.2 inch full-screen kind of phone with under-display Touch ID, I'd be willing to buy it. Otherwise, I might keep the 2022 iPhone SE until it hits the Obsolete list.
6.1 inches??? THATS HUGE!!
I still had hopes that this upcoming SE wouldn’t be so huge, at just 5.7”. At 6.1 inches, I’ll buy a discounted 14 in the future. If my hand can handle it.
I still had hopes that this upcoming SE wouldn’t be so huge, at just 5.7”. At 6.1 inches, I’ll buy a discounted 14 in the future. If my hand can handle it.
Apple is a joke. They should switch to Mini Led on the IPhone. Hopefully it comes to the 15 series
You may actually be right. “The Most Powerful Phone with a Four-inch Display”: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2016...Most-Powerful-Phone-with-a-Four-inch-Display/
Markets change and it's about turning lemons into lemonade. When the 9.7-inch iPad was launched in 2017, Apple sold it on "portability" and price. Apple doesn't mention that anymore with the current 10.2-inch model.
Apple cares about how it can position specs and features so you clearly understand how little value the SE is compared to 11, 12/13 and end up spending more.
But Apple doesn't care about the physical dimensions of iPhones unless the size is too big or small to be attractive to the mainstream consumer.
Giving consumers something like an iPhone 8 Plus sized SE would narrow the gap in value between an SE and a mid-tier 11, or 12/13 too much and start to mess up Apple's sales strategy.
In the old times, there was the Macintosh LCDid you really expect Apple to call it "Low Cost Edition"?
It would be so cool if they would use 12 mini design and camera system for new SE with touch id side button from ipad mini instead of face id and maybe even a smaller notch (cutout is probably asking too much) for front camera.
But they will probably just use XR body with modern chip and a price hike. Which makes me wanna get current SE while it's still available, even though I'm really not a fan of 8 design and it's missing night mode/ultrawide camera. But at least it's not huge and still has touch id.
But they will probably just use XR body with modern chip and a price hike. Which makes me wanna get current SE while it's still available, even though I'm really not a fan of 8 design and it's missing night mode/ultrawide camera. But at least it's not huge and still has touch id.
That’s sad. The 11 was too large*.
*for me. But of course that means the majority of the public will love it 🙄
*for me. But of course that means the majority of the public will love it 🙄
And by that time, Apple probably will increase the price to $450 or even $500, with FaceID being the main selling feature.
$500 for a XR running an A16 or A17 probably is not too shabby.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought the whole purpose of the notch was to house the True Depth camera along with front facing camera? If they plan on keeping the Touch ID to “keep costs down” then there’s literally no point in having the notch, just go for the hole punch design for the front facing camera. But seeing as Apple has never done that I can almost guarantee that if the new SE has a notch then Touch ID will be gone.
And you thought right.
I don't comprehend why these analysts repeatedly spread these fantasies about Apple giving SEs mid-tier or top-of-the-lineup features like Dynamic Island, new designs, Touch ID side-button, etc.
When have SEs been anything but the most boring, predictable and inexpensive iPhones in a given line-up?
An Xr/11 with A16, A17, or A18 depending on which year it drops. That's SE 4.
No it's not. The SE is basically the cheapest iphone Apple can make using older design/shell. The smaller size is just coincidental because that's the size of that older shell.
I have one. It’s certainly the SUV / pick up truck of iPhones.
But it did bring the stand out features of the X/XS - Face ID etc - to a phone with a way more affordable price point back in 2018.