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iPhone SE 4 Said to Feature 48MP Rear Lens, 12MP TrueDepth Camera
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how about making it 5.8" with LCD to differentiate it from the regular iPhone. It would come in cheaper. My favorite phone was still the 12 mini, although the 14 plus was pretty fun as well. I'll never own a pro phone.
Apple's forthcoming iPhone SE 4 will feature a single 48-megapixel rear camera and a 12-megapixel TrueDepth camera on the front, according to details revealed in a new Korean supply chain report.
ET News reports that Korea-based LG Innotek is the main supplier of the front and rear camera modules for the more budget-friendly ~$400 device, which is expected to launch in the first quarter of next year. Foxconn and Cowell Electronics are also said to be contributing camera parts.
The current iPhone 16 uses a rear 48-megapixel Wide Angle lens, which Apple refers to as a "Fusion" lens, so-called because of its ability to be used for both standard photos and cropped-in 2x zoom photos. The iPhone 16 also features a 12-megapixel TrueDepth camera on the front, suggesting the fourth-generation iPhone SE could include the same camera setup, just minus the additional Ultra Wide camera.
The iPhone SE 4 is rumored to have an all-display design similar to the iPhone 14, featuring Face ID instead of Touch ID, a 6.06-inch display, OLED display technology instead of LCD, a USB-C port, the iPhone 14 battery, 8GB RAM to support Apple Intelligence, and perhaps a multi-purpose Action button to replace the mute switch. The iPhone SE 4 is also expected to be the first device that is equipped with an Apple-designed 5G chip.
Apple announced the existing third-generation iPhone SE on March 8, 2022, while the successor device could well debut around March 2025, according to reports.
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Dont think the 16 will drop by $200. But I honestly think it is time to bump the Pro to $1099 and start at 256GB. The Pro Max starts at $1199 already. And bumping up all the storage since all the AI model simply takes up quite a bit of space.
The 17 Line up could be
$499 SE 128GB
$599 SE Plus 128GB. - 2026 March
$599 15 128GB
$699 15 Plus 128GB
$699 16 256GB
$799 16 Plus 256GB
$799 17 256GB
$899 17 Slim / Air / Plus ? 256GB - ( Still dont understand how this is positioned )
$1099 17 Pro 256GB
$1199 17 Pro Max
And then may be an SE Plus in 2026 March and drop the whole iPhone 15 line up then. I really wish the SE line up was more like SE Mini at $499 and SE at $599. But there is no rumours suggesting this direction so it remains my wishful thinking.
I'm betting it is a higher percentage than those who buy the iPhone 15 or 16.
Unfortunately, we lost all of that. These !@#$ people who aren't going to buy one are so worried that their co-workers are going to talk bad about the phone and their little egos can't resolve the conflict that we're going with a slab.Home button and no camera cutout/notch on the screen please.
It's odd, though. I bought a Google Pixel 6a as an experiment. I got US$150 off, so it was a relatively inexpensive experiment.
The OLED on the Pixel 6a is a 90 Hz model. It stutters while scrolling. The 2022 iPhone SE has an unsophisticated LCD that doesn't stutter while scrolling and that I can see in bright sunlight, unlike the Pixel 6a. It also has an SoC that isn't years behind the competition, even though it's the same year as the iPhone 13.
The Pixel 6a is cheap. The 2022 iPhone SE is inexpensive.
The many very confident statements about how one cannot expect more at the SE’s low price, and giving us the while “you get what you pay for” and explaining how buyers with less than $999 to spend on a smartphone don’t want or need better than 60 Hz, and couldn’t tell the difference either way.
You guys have zero clue about how profoundly different the two display types are. And you are even more profoundly clueless about what the price difference is for Apple when buying the components that go into these products.
Apple’s competitors have been selling 120Hz OLED smartphones at prices <$799 for 7-10+ years.
You think they’re selling them at a loss? Or that the quality is profoundly inferior to what Apple offers?
No, I’m not saying that the entire product and user experience is superior just because you get 120H OLED and pay <$799.
But this dogma of Apple not having it in the budget to offer more than 60Hz if you don’t spend $999+ is just ridiculous and making you all look exactly as ignorant and “sheepish” as Android users have been saying for decades.
Across all of its devices with displays, Apple is deliberately been price gauging buyers to get them to spend more.
Display size, refresh rate, brightness and overall quality are key specs in the purchasing decisions made by the average consumer and Apple is simply utilizing this behavior to push the buyer to spend at least $999 despite the fact that 120Hz displays are the standard with its competitors and by no means are a high end “Pro” component.
This is about profit margins and “selling up” buyers to spend no less than $999, about making more money rather than less, not about Apple prioritizing what consumers need.
Stop treating Apple like some sort of authority. Like all other corporations, they’re just trying to make as money from us when we buy from them.
Which iPhones get which specs is only about maximizing profits to the highest extent possible.
Stop insinuating that Apple have these profound philosophies on design and user experience that go before money making.
Without its indirect monopoly, nobody would be interested products like SE 2022 or iPad 10.
Without the Apple ecosystem, they are bottom tier consumer tech products. Terrible value.
The iPhone 15 or 16 is a gateway to the iPhone Pro or Pro Max. Many people are just going for something they think will be popular. They might get it for someone else's approval. They can't afford the Pro or Pro Max and they don't want to be seen with something inexpensive.
The iPhone SE is used by people who have had several phones, want a good model, and don't care about someone else's approval or that they have the biggest, baddest phone. They're not trying to impress anyone. They might have been a person working as an accountant or software developer or an artist, but they've been around technology long enough to not be swayed by each piece of new technology that arrives.
It's easy for someone who doesn't know better to just think that the iPhone SE is for poor people, but that's not really the case.
Get your wife to use both devices for an entire day and tell her to scroll on web pages etc, bet she sees the difference then!
I'm sure she would. But why would I do that? She's happy with her 15. Also, 120 Hz is more pleasant visually, but there are no other benefits of it (there are benefits of going lower than 60 Hz though). The animations last equally long, so nothing can be done faster or better.
Of course, Apple should be criticized for pushing outdated tech at this price, but business-wise, it adds up.
Any time anything moves! Scrolling, moving the mouse around. It's a lot smoother at double the frame rate.
At the same time though for mobile phone usage and desktop work 60hz is basically fine.
The MacBook Pro M1 that I have and my wife's Iphone 15 Pro with 120Hz that I have used all had stuttering while scrolling.
The latest I read about the upcoming SE is that its weight is expected to be around 5.8-5.9 ounces which I think is reasonably light for a phone that size.
SE4 not for me. Why ? I moved from SE3 TouchID to iPhone 13 MAX with FaceID which I don't like much when trying to unlock in dark while resting in bed. I constantly have to use PIN code to unlock it. I will upgrade my iPhone when Apple offers iPhone SEx or regular with alternative touch unlock feature like under screen or on button TouchID like iPad.
Can we just get one more small phone please?
Pro, Air, SE, Legacy, Classic, Light, Nano, Mini...
I don't care what Apple calls it or even what the feature set is
These are things we carry around and put in pockets and for plenty of people, a small size is ALL that matters here
Just some type of new small iPhone please
Pro, Air, SE, Legacy, Classic, Light, Nano, Mini...
I don't care what Apple calls it or even what the feature set is
These are things we carry around and put in pockets and for plenty of people, a small size is ALL that matters here
Just some type of new small iPhone please
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Didn't say I didn't notice, I said I didn't care. I can easily see the difference. That said, you're right... I wouldn't personally, at this point, pay extra for it.
As for the 16 Pro, my employer paid for it.
There's a difference between criticism, constructive criticism and misinformation you are calling facts
I view your posts as largely trolling but I feel like humoring it so let's talk facts....
1) Given the wide variety of android phones I can't speak to all but just as an example the Pixel and Galaxy phones do not launch on outdated versions of android.
2) Android phones are regularly updated, in addition, Google and Samsung are now offering longer support than Apple.
3) Aside from the cheapest models, flagship android phones are not "extremely slower" they are just as fast and in some cases faster. Screen transitions and movements are extremely responsive and in my opinion faster on android than iOS's animation flare (and iOS's reduce motion does not alleviate this).
4) Android flagship phones typically have superior cameras in terms of raw capability and depending on the users subjectivity and use case, processing as well. This comes down more often to preference than anything else.
You have zero facts.
While I like iPhone, there's a lot of flaws in its design that Android simply does not have - that's not to say there aren't flaws in android, but to act like iPhone is somehow amazing and android is garbage is laughable.
Your suggestion of an SE Plus is intriguing… and would be a good way to keep that size screen and battery going for an extra year or two. You’re also correct to point out that the Pro Max is already $1199. But I still don’t see Apple continuing any phones that can’t do AI. So… with all that said, how about…
$499 - SE
$599 - SE Plus
$699 - 16
$799 - 16 Plus
$899 - 17
$999 - 17 Air/Slim
$1099 - 17 Pro
$1199 17 Pro Max
Wow
Imagine working at a store and having to explain all those simultaneous offerings
😵💫
It’s nuts how many different Mac and iPad models there are and those devices sell a fraction as many units as iPhone. They really should make a dozen models of iPhone - tiny, huge, foldable, everything in between.