As Apple announced the introduction of Passkey last fall to end the password input method,
entering the end of a full-fledged transition period
in which all Apple products will be converted to Touch ID or Face ID,
a biometric device, Touch ID will be applied to the 10th generation iPad as well.
has been mounted. Now, the remaining products are the only iPhone SE series
left in the Apple Watch series and iPhone series.
The iPhone SE 3rd generation, which uses the form factor of the iPhone 8,
is equipped with Touch ID on a 4.7-inch display.
The new next-generation iPhone SE series,
the iPhone SE4, inherits the DNA of the iPhone
XR and is expected to undergo a full design change with Face ID.
It is known that Apple is currently considering mounting a 5.7-inch
or 6.1-inch display on the display of the iPhone SE4,
but the industry predicts that a
6.1-inch display will be more likely.
According to Ross Young, a display expert, the display on the iPhone SE4
has not yet been decided on whether to use LCD or OLED, so both are possible.
Above all, the iPhone SE4 uses the XR form factor.
It is likely to use Face ID and TrueDepth camera in the notch.
However, in fact, it is difficult to estimate anything
because of ongoing market
uncertainty and ongoing crises
such as production plants and supply chains.
Accordingly, some believe that there is a possibility that the iPhone SE4 will be equipped with Touch ID,
such as the one installed on the iPad 10.
Since the supply price of Touch ID and Face ID differs by more than two times,
a price increase is inevitable if Face ID is adopted.
If a price increase is inevitable here,
it is considered a factor that Apple is fully considering
because the image of a mid-priced phone
that the iPhone SE series is aiming for can also be faded.
The release date of the iPhone SE4 is expected to be in early 2024,
but the industry believes that Apple, recognizing the importance of the mid- to low-end phone market,
released the iPhone SE2 in 2020
and released the iPhone SE3 early this year, two years later. because it is viewed as
However, in anticipation of the economic crisis of 2023,
large-scale job cuts are still underway at Apple, Tesla, Facebook, and Google,
which are representative US technology companies.
As a result, there are rumors that they are considering a release
in 2023, breaking the existing cycle.
The reason is not simply to release a mid-priced phone in the midst of an economic crisis,
but because it is a time when a large number of iPhone SE users can move.
This is because key users of the current iPhone SE series have migrated to the iPhone SE2
in 2020, and 2023 is the period when the three-year
general contract period of carriers ends.
Here, the iPhone 14 Pro series, which is the center of
Apple's revenue source, has been delayed by 600 million orders as of December,
and Apple's revenue generation continues to be delayed due to the production base crisis,
which takes more than a month to wait. Timing is the life of electronics.
There is a prospect that Apple may release the iPhone SE4 in 2023
even to preserve some of this.
If it is released next year, the iPhone SE4 will be equipped with the same A15 chip as the previous one,
and if it is released in 2024,
it is expected to be equipped with the A16 chip.
The price of the iPhone SE4 is expected to increase due to the full design change of the XR
beyond whether Face ID is applied or not.
So, from the current price starting at $429,
I think it can raise enough to
at least $449 to $499.
Now, finally, there are also rumors that the iPhone SE4
mini may be released as it has been released in two sizes starting from the iPhone SE4.
However, most of what is known so far is speculative rumors.
Assuming production in India,
which is relatively stable, the final decision needs to be made this month
or December for a 2023 launch,
so we will be able to summarize it again when additional information is confirmed.
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