Apple this twelvemonth introduced a caller procreation of the iPhone SE, its astir affordable phone. While the 2022 iPhone SE kept the aforesaid plan arsenic the erstwhile generation, which is based connected the iPhone 8, it seems that things volition beryllium rather antithetic with the adjacent model. According to YouTuber Jon Prosser, the adjacent iPhone SE volition person the aforesaid signifier origin arsenic the iPhone XR.

Prosser reported connected the Geared Up podcast with Andru Edwards & Jon Rettinger (via AppleTrackr) that the next-generation iPhone SE, besides referred to arsenic iPhone SE 4, volition beryllium “just an iPhone XR.” This implies that Apple volition ditch the aged signifier origin of the iPhone 8 with immense bezels and Home fastener successful favour of a much modern plan with reduced bezels, notch, and Face ID.

While the existent iPhone SE has a 4.7-inch LCD display, iPhone XR (which is nary longer sold by Apple) has a larger 6.1-inch LCD display. iPhone XR besides has immoderate different advantages implicit the 2022 iPhone SE, specified arsenic a importantly larger battery.

Other details astir the caller iPhone SE stay unclear astatine this point. In the past, Apple has added its latest spot to the entry-level iPhone SE – the existent exemplary uses the aforesaid A15 Bionic spot arsenic the iPhone 13. However, with rumors pointing to immoderate iPhone 14 models keeping the A15 chip, the aforesaid whitethorn beryllium existent for the adjacent iPhone SE.

As for the cameras, some the 2022 iPhone SE and the iPhone XR person precise akin sensors with a azygous 12-megapixel rear camera with f/1.8 aperture and a 7-megapixel beforehand camera with f/2.2 aperture. Of course, Apple could amended the camera sensors for the adjacent iPhone SE, oregon astatine slightest adhd caller bundle features similar Night Mode (which remains unavailable connected the entry-level iPhone).

iPhone SE getting bigger

On the different hand, fans of smaller phones whitethorn not beryllium blessed with the iPhone SE getting bigger. When the archetypal iPhone SE was announced successful 2016, Apple argued that it was made for radical who similar tiny phones. After all, the 2016 iPhone SE was based connected the iPhone 5s. Even now, the existent iPhone SE is overmuch smaller than different iPhone models, but for the iPhone mini.

At the aforesaid time, demand for the 2022 iPhone SE has been rather low, suggesting that radical are nary longer funny successful buying an iPhone with a plan from astir a decennary ago. The smaller surface besides results successful a smaller battery, which is simply a changeless ailment from iPhone SE owners.

Replacing the existent iPhone SE with a caller iPhone XR-based telephone that costs astir $400 could crook the instrumentality into a hit.

We besides don’t cognize erstwhile precisely Apple plans to present a caller iPhone SE. Last time, it took 2 years betwixt the motorboat of the second-generation and the third-generation iPhone SE. Until then, if you’re reasoning of buying the existent iPhone SE, determination are immoderate bully deals connected Amazon.

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