The iPhone SE 4 will be Apple’s next “cheap” smartphone, in quotes because in the end we can’t assimilate it as a truly cheap smartphone, since its price will be much higher than what we are used to in this category. Be cheap compared to Apple standardsbut not with those on the current market.

We know that the iPhone SE 4 has been in development for quite some time, that it is at a fairly advanced stage and its launch is nearing. This idea has been reinforced by the large number of rumors and leaks that have been appearing in recent weeks, making us think that it is very likely that Apple will launch the said smartphone. sometime this yearalthough there are also rumors pointing to next year.

We still don’t have anything confirmed, but a lot of this information is very reliable and after the recent release of some images that show design iPhone SE 4 cases, I decided to take the opportunity to make a compilation of everything that has been released so far. I’ve researched rumors and leaks as much as possible to rule out those that are less credible, but keep in mind that ultimately nothing we’ll see has an official origin, so it could change to a greater or lesser extent.

iPhone SE 4 design and build quality

The iPhone SE 4 will, generally speaking, iPhone 14 version with minor changes on the back which will be mainly noticeable in the camera layout. We go in order, starting with the front, where we find the finish of the entire screen with the iconic notch, which contains both the speaker of the call and the system necessary to integrate Face ID and the front camera.

On the back, we find the most important change at the design level, which is what the iPhone SE 4 will have one camera, and this will be integrated into a small circular island with an LED flash located just below it. We’ve already seen references to this design in previous leaks, and now they’ve been reinforced by the leak of a series of images that show what the cases for this new Apple smartphone will look like.

We can also wait flat frame with rounded corners. In terms of build quality, the iPhone SE 4 will use a aluminum chassis and double-layer glass finish, i.e. both on the front and on the back. This translates into a premium design that puts it on par with the iPhone 14, a smartphone that also uses these materials. It is evident that this will be reflected in the selling price and we cannot expect a smartphone of this type to cost the same as another made of plastic.

Possible iPhone SE 4 specifications

Thinking about the possible iPhone SE 4 specs, it bears repeating what I told you earlier, that if it launches this year, its hardware specs will be very similar to those of the iPhone 14although with certain differences that we will notice mainly in the camera assembly.

The iPhone SE 4 will have the same SoC as the iPhone 14, and Apple A15 made on a 5nm node from TSMC, which is configured with a six-core CPU divided into two blocks, one with 2 high-performance cores at 3.23 GHz and the other with 4 high-performance cores at 1.82 GHz. Its GPU is Apple with five graphics cores and will be accompanied by a Snapdragon 5G modem.

We can also expect an identical screen, both in resolution and size, and the same RAM configuration and storage capacity. To give you a clearer idea of ​​what we can expect from the iPhone SE 4 in terms of specs, I’ll leave you below full summary based on all the information available today.

• XDR OLED screen with a size of 6.1 inches, a refresh rate of 60 Hz and a resolution of 2532 x 1170 pixels.
• Apple A15 SoC with a six-core CPU divided into two blocks, one with 2 high-performance cores at 3.23 GHz and the other with 4 high-performance cores at 1.82 GHz.
• Apple GPU with 5 graphics cores.
• Qualcomm X65 modem with 5G.
• 6GB of LPDDR5 memory.
• 128 GB storage capacity.
• 48 MP main camera.
• 12MP front camera with 3D laser recognition system.
• 3,279 mAh battery with fast charging.
• iOS 18 as an operating system.
• Aluminum chassis and glass on both sides.

The iPhone SE 4 will also have it IP68 certification, which means it will offer dust and water resistance. Generally speaking, the performance of this smartphone should be practically identical to that of the iPhone 14, although it is clear that it will be a step behind on the camera level, as it lacks a lens designed to work as a wide-angle. However, thanks to the computational photography AI that Apple offers, it should generally offer pretty good results.

Possible price and release date

These are two of the big mysteries surrounding the iPhone SE 4, although as I already told you at the beginning of the article, everything seems to indicate that this new smartphone will arrive sometime this year. If confirmed, it will play an important role complements the iPhone 16terminal that will become Apple’s new flagship device.

There are also rumors already suggesting that he has quit since March We won’t see the iPhone SE 4 until 2025. It is possible, but nothing is confirmed at the moment, so we will have to wait for more reliable information. The last iPhone SE that Apple launched was in 2022, and the previous one was launched in 2020, so it makes sense to consider a 2024 launch as it maintains the biennial refresh cycle that Apple follows.

Apple can decide take advantage of this year’s WWDC 2024 stage, which will be held in June, will introduce the iPhone SE 4, although this is also not something that we can take for granted. I will be on the lookout for new leaks and rumors that surface on this topic to share with you if they are reliable.

We have a jump on the possible selling price of the iPhone SE 4 two options. The first is that Apple will launch this terminal maintaining the iPhone 3 SE price at the time of launch, which was 529 euros, and the second is that it will decide to raise the selling price to 549 euros or even up to 599 euros. Personally, I am inclined to think that the most likely is the price of the said smartphone about 549 euros.

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