The Apple rumor mill is a merciless mistress, and the twisting story of the long-awaited iPhone SE 4 could have simply taken one other flip for the disappointing.
Regardless of latest claims that the fourth-generation iPhone SE had secured itself a 2025 launch, seasoned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has now suggested (opens in new tab) that the machine “will not be presently a part of Apple’s new product planning” for the subsequent couple of years.
Pouring chilly water on his personal predictions relating to the iPhone SE 4’s resemblance to the iPhone 14, Kuo additionally tweeted (opens in new tab) that he believes any currently-in-development iPhone SE 4 fashions are merely engineering prototypes for Apple’s ongoing 5G improvement.
I feel SE 4 will not be presently a part of Apple’s new product planning for 2024/2025. https://t.co/5TVl0mkTpbApril 14, 2023
Suffice to say, that is irritating information for iPhone SE followers – however these excited by the prospect of a brand new inexpensive iPhone have absolutely grown accustomed to the iPhone SE 4 merry-go-round.
Just a few months in the past, analysts reported that Apple had deserted plans to launch a fourth-generation iPhone SE, owing to doubts over the collection’ reputation and profitability. Then, two months later, the identical analysts counter-claimed (opens in new tab) that Apple had restarted improvement on the iPhone SE 4, albeit with the corporate eyeing a a lot later launch date than initially meant.
Now, although, Kuo has forged doubt over whether or not we’ll ever see an iPhone SE 4. Do we actually count on Apple to choose up improvement of a tool with restricted industrial attraction in 2026 and past? By that time, we’ll possible be speculating concerning the iPhone 18 line.
However then once more, who is aware of? The newest iPhone SE – the iPhone SE (2022) – got here in March of final yr, and didn’t precisely reinvent the collection from a design perspective, so maybe Apple is ready till it may well supply prospects an actual cause to purchase an iPhone SE 4.
If certainly we do see an iPhone SE 4 in 2026, leakers have recommended that the cellphone might arrive packing a 6.1-inch OLED display screen and a notch – although it is value noting that these predictions have been made primarily based on the machine’s anticipated 2024 arrival. A brand new iPhone SE that shares design similarities with the now-outdated iPhone X isn’t prone to go down properly in 2026.
In all probability, then, the iPhone SE 4 is lifeless. Or at the very least, the iPhone SE 4 as we envisaged it’s lifeless. There’s at all times an opportunity that Apple might pull a rabbit from its hat and resurrect the inexpensive iPhone line sooner or later, however the outlook isn’t nice proper now. Sorry, SE followers…
