According to rumors, we should see a renewal of the iPhone SE next year. We do not know if the model would be presented in September or during an event in spring. And this is not the only thing that rumors disagree on. Are shuffled various layout, display, and more options. Let’s put some order.
An iPhone SE with a peculiar place within the iPhone family
The first rumors about the new iPhone SE were published in 2019. At that time Min-Chi Kuo claimed that Apple was working on an iPhone SE 2 Plus, with a larger screen. An iPhone that should have been released during 2021, but that we never saw appear. Later, Kuo withdrew those predictions to assert that the new iPhone SE would have the same screen size as the one we already know.
In this regard, the rumors have been quite quiet until a few days ago the expert analyst in screens Ross Young suggested we would see an iPhone SE Plus, although the screen size was still 4.7 inches. Among the main novelties of this model we would find a new updated processor, although we do not know exactly which one, and the arrival of 5G connectivity, probable reason for the name Plus.
In this regard, it must be said that, although the surname Plus has always represented a larger size, Apple has long changed the terms. Perhaps to get away from the concept of Plus that we find in AppleTV +, in iCloud + and in other services, Apple has adopted the Max variant to refer to size. In this regard, therefore, the surname Plus on the iPhone SE makes some sense.
Young believes Apple is also working on a larger variant of the iPhone SE. An iPhone that could arrive in 2023 or 2024 and that would have a 6.1-inch screen. A screen size that, coincidentally, is the same as that of the iPhone XR, which the latest rumors, although from unusual sources, place as the basis of a future iPhone SE. If confirmed, we would be facing an iPhone with Touch ID on the unlock button and an LCD screen with a hole for the front camera.
The truth is that it is a bit early to predict too many details of the iPhone SE. Another factor to take into account in these predictions is the supposed change in size that we will see in the new iPhone 14, if they end up bearing this name. We expect to see only two sizes distributed in two sizes for the iPhone 14 and the same two sizes for the iPhone 14 Pro. In this configuration iPhone SE could fit a little less, although it is too early to talk about its disappearance from the catalog.
What is clear is that the iPhone SE has a very specific audience. An audience looking for a small and powerful entry-level iPhone. An iPhone with which either to take the first steps in the Apple ecosystem or in which budget is prioritized over the screen or cameras. We will see, in a few months, what Apple has prepared to show us.