The original iPhone SE was not as successful as expected, but when Apple decided to clear the stock by drastically reducing its price, it became one of the best-selling terminals in its range and price range. It was completely understandable, because in the end it offered solid value in terms of performance, and I remember that vividly they were available for $249a very good figure at the time because it had the same SoC as the iPhone 6s, the Apple A9.

It was a very curious case, especially since the iPhone SE was a notorious flop at its original price of $399, but when it was “resurrected” a few years later at a price of $249, it received enormous market acceptance and was key for Apple decided to make it the central pillar in its smartphone catalog. The fact is that with the subsequent launch, its success was mixed, and according to the well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the 2022 model, also known as the iPhone SE 5G, It was not well received.

In the end, it’s understandable. Kuo talks about lower-than-expected demand in the middle and lower end of Apple’s catalog, but he doesn’t touch on important issues like the continuity of Apple and the endless iteration of designs who have been with us for many years. For context, it’s enough to recall that the design differences between the iPhone 12 and the iPhone 14 are minimal, and the iPhone SE 5G repeats the design of the iPhone 8, a smartphone that hit the market five years ago. .

The mentioned analyst pointed out that due to this decrease in demand and the increase in costs that Apple would have to take to shape the future fourth generation iPhone SE, the apple company could delay it or even cancel it, especially because no significant return is guaranteed if I chose to launch said terminal. On the other hand, its cancellation would fit in with Apple’s policy of abandoning expensive and unprofitable product development.

The fourth generation iPhone SE was supposed to be the first to introduce the full-screen format in the mentioned family of terminals, and according to the last information we saw, it appeared as a simple adaptation of the iPhone Xr. With that in mind, I find it difficult to understand the issue of production and development costs because in the end it would be an iPhone Xr with a more powerful chip, nothing else. Nothing is decided yet because like we said his future is up in the air so right now Apple has the final say.