- The long-rumored iPhone SE 4 may launch quickly, based on new rumors
- LG Innotek has reportedly started manufacturing of digicam modules for the brand new cellphone, which usually happens three months earlier than launch
- The new SE can be tipped to borrow the show from the iPhone 13
The long-rumored iPhone SE 4 could also be proper across the nook and pack a beforehand sudden digicam improve, if a brand new crop of rumors are to be believed.
According to Korean information outlet ETNEWS (through Google Translate), LG Innotek will provide each the rear single-lens digicam module and front-facing selfie digicam for the upcoming cellphone, and make use of beforehand used parts to maintain prices down.
The new SE having only one rear digicam could be nothing new, however the report additionally means that this rear snapper shall be a 48MP lens, in step with the principle digicam on the iPhone 14 Pro fashions and the complete iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 lineups. Should the report show appropriate about the usage of beforehand used parts, this could seemingly be the very same digicam as discovered on these earlier telephones.
We had beforehand anticipated the rumored new iPhone SE to ship with a 12MP single-lens rear digicam, in step with the present third-generation mannequin. However, the ETNEWS report suggests the brand new iPhone SE will function the identical 12MP selfie digicam as the present mannequin.
As BGR notes, a previous report from Korean information outlet Aju News means that LG sometimes provides digicam modules for telephones round three months earlier than launch.
This would recommend a launch date of March 2025 for the iPhone SE 4, which inserts with the earlier releases within the sequence, all of which had been unveiled in March or April of their respective years.
The report additionally corroborates prior rumors regarding the show the iPhone SE 4 may ship with by suggesting the brand new cellphone will borrow the 6.1-inch LTPS OLED panel from the iPhone 13. This most likely means a decision of 1170 x 2532 and a refresh fee of 60Hz – pleasantly sharp, although most finances telephones include a 90Hz and even 120Hz refresh fee nowadays.
Apple has reportedly divided its orders for the brand new show between LG Innotek and Chinese producer BOE, and the usage of a previously-developed panel tracks with the part cost-cutting technique urged by ETNEWS.
Incidentally, the usage of this show would virtually positively end in an iPhone 14-style kind issue for the brand new cellphone, as has been beforehand urged.
Apple has but to disclose any official details about the iPhone SE 4, and certain received’t till the cellphone is prepared for launch.
My evaluation
Hype for the iPhone SE 4 is heating up, and for good cause – if these kind of rumors proceed, we could possibly be taking a look at probably the greatest low cost telephones (and extra importantly best-value telephones) Apple has ever produced.
Apple’s cell digicam methods are well-known for his or her high quality and point-and-shoot reliability, so becoming the most cost effective cellphone within the lineup with a modernized 48MP digicam could be a pro-consumer transfer by any measure.
For most individuals, this could supply greater than sufficient images functionality – I imply, how many individuals actually use their cellphone’s ultra-wide digicam anyway?
And even I, as a famous lover of ridiculously massive cellphone digicam methods, reckon I’d be pleased with a single 48MP snapper in most conditions.
As nicely because the iPhone 13’s show, we count on to see the iPhone SE 4 ship with basically equivalent specs to the iPhone 16, with the intention to help Apple Intelligence.
Think about it – a compact AI cellphone with an ideal digicam looped into the Apple ecosystem, seemingly for lower than $500 / £500 / AU$900? This coming 12 months may see the iPhone SE develop into an actual competitor, moderately than only a blast of nostalgia.
