A report from earlier this yr recommended that Apple has scrapped its plans for the 4th-gen iPhone SE. Now, Apple has reportedly backtracked and revived plans to develop a next-generation iPhone SE, in line with credible Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Kuo means that the system will comprise an in-house 5G baseband chip and have an OLED show as a substitute of an LCD one.
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[Update] Apple has restarted the iPhone SE 4 and can undertake an in-house 5G baseband chip. The numerous decline in Qualcomm’s Apple orders within the foreseeable future is a foregone conclusion. https://t.co/0MeZDFnbzg— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) February 27, 2023
This newest report is the other of what Kuo had said in early January when he claimed that the iPhone SE 4 had been cancelled, and Apple would use Qualcomm’s chips for the iPhone 15 and 16. The analyst now predicts that “the brand new iPhone SE 4 will equip with Apple’s 5G baseband chip produced by a 4nm course of and can solely help sub-6GHz as the present plan.”
The system is probably going to enter manufacturing at first of 2024, with the discharge anticipated for later that yr.
If Apple’s SE system does begin utilizing in-house modem chips, the corporate’s enterprise with Qualcomm will decline considerably. “Assuming the mass manufacturing of the SE 4 goes easily in 1H24, the iPad and Apple Watch, which have decrease technical necessities, will quickly abandon Qualcomm’s baseband chips, too,” wrote Kuo.
Additional, one of many major drawbacks of Apple’s SE iPhones is their iPhone 8-era design that also contains a Contact ID. With the upcoming 4th-Gen SE, Kuo says that the system will sport a bigger 6.1-inch show, as a substitute of a 4.7-inch bezel-heavy show that’s too outdated to slot in at present’s smartphone business.
Supply: @mingchikuo
