The iPhone SE 4 to bring a price hike

20 May 2024
It will still be under $500, though.

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potato4k, 21 May 2024The “mini” phone ship has sailed long time ago. No Chinese ... moreYeah, I know that that is the situation right now and very little indicates that we will have real compact phones again, but hey, one can hope, right! In this case, as well, I am pinning my hopes on the precedent of Apple using a discontinued form factor/ design to launch an SE product.

By the way, even Samsung doesn't make 'compact' phones anymore. Its most compact offering, i.e. S24 has footprint of 103.8 cm2, which is not that much better than iphone 15 (105.7 cm2) or Pixel 8 (106.6 cm2).

    kisfiu, 21 May 2024"Nobody wanted those iPhones as they have useless batt... moreGo ahead and use the SE iPhones. The 2022 SE only has 2000mAh battery. The 2020 SE only has 1800mAh battery. They are useless, and nobody wants them.

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      potato4k, 21 May 2024It’s going to “boom” in developed markets as it will kill t... moreIn strict sense, nothing is free in world. You pay by some other way.

        potato4k, 21 May 2024Nobody wanted those iPhones as they have useless battery li... more"Nobody wanted those iPhones as they have useless battery life."
        im really laughing to you right know.
        iPhone 12 and 13s was longer battery time until S23 Ultras comes out. As you see iPhone has small mAh battery capacity, but the phone itself has longer battery time.
        if my s22 Ultra and Watch 4 Classic still cant read messenger pictures on watch notification then i will switch to iPhone in 2026. Apple Watch can read pictures on messenger notificattions not "xy sent a photo."
        And social medias on iPhone is more better, less lags. My mobile data has 127 mb/s still not good on S22 Ultra...

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          • 21 May 2024

          Should be based on iPhone X and not the 14

            Question is will it do panoramas with its ultrawide lens, and will that lens be any good, as the one in the iPad Pro 2022 is DREADFUL, and cannot do any panoramas either, just like all the other phones about nowadays. Question is affordability of any phone that is deliberately limited by the manufacturer as to what it can do. The 2022 iPad Pro is reviewed as having Pro Res 4K abilities, but not when you buy one, and not from Apple who force you to go third-party to be able to do on the worlds most expensive iOS device what iPhones costing a third of its new price can do these days... (if you have at least 256GB, that is).
            Question is inflation. Inflation is an unreal value based on the shopping basket of a consumer association, not a Government and not a bank. Individual items like phones and cars and suchlike, do not count. Nor does what you paid for your house this year compared to what was paid for it 10 years ago. The minimum fare on the Tube in London before decimalization was 6d (2.5 new pence) in 1971. The sixpenny piece became obsolete, the minimum fare doubled overnight, but this did not means that the UK cost of living doubled, does it, and if they fit 256GB as standard with ProRes 4K into an SE 4 I might even be tempted myself...

              MindTheGap, 21 May 2024Despites using a more modern design, I don't think thi... moreIt’s going to “boom” in developed markets as it will kill the likes of the S23FE. Plus, it will be sold on discounts or free on many carriers.

              It won’t do anything in majority of the world as it will be priced closer to $600.

                telestarcomgsm, 21 May 2024if anything the older SEs (2020 and 22) getting cheaper wou... moreNobody wanted those iPhones as they have useless battery life. Even in developing markets, no authorized distributors is stocking the 2022 SE while the iPhone 11 is still selling and available.

                  RaviSS, 21 May 2024I believe (and hope) it will use the iPhone 13 mini form fa... moreThe “mini” phone ship has sailed long time ago. No Chinese OEMs bother. Asus gave up, as Apple did. Samsung is literally the only major OEM left making a somewhat “compact” phone.

                    Not surprised, seeing the upgrade, it's bound for a price hike. All smartphones have increased price sooner or later. Just a matter of which compramises are you willing to take.

                      The new SE is what the iPhone 15 should be

                        MindTheGap, 21 May 2024Despites using a more modern design, I don't think thi... moreI believe (and hope) it will use the iPhone 13 mini form factor, and will be basically a refreshed iPhone 13 mini with updated internals. Thus, it should retain the ultrawide camera used in iPhone 13 mini.

                        The iPhone SE (2020) was basically an iPhone 8 with updated internals. There is a very good chance Apple follows a similar strategy once again.

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                          Anonymous, 21 May 2024You clearly don't understand how regional pricing works.Lol. By regional pricing, you mean first worlders getting insane deals while the rest of customers on lower ranks/poorer countries pay full price to prop up the privileged status of first worlders? Ok lol.

                            499€ for 8/128
                            599€ for 8/256
                            749€ for 8/512
                            Coming Q2 2025

                              $499, which translates to around $600 for many international markets. It won't do anything to Android in general, but it will definitely kill the likes of the S23FE, especially if the SE4 has the latest A18.

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                                • 21 May 2024

                                why aren't they using the iphone X design ? It's compact and brings noteworthy upgrades as well, compare to SE 3

                                Making it same size as iphone 15 will just cause sales drop of their mainline series iphones as people can own iphones for far lower price that way

                                There should always be significant differences between mainline iphones and the SE

                                  Anonymous, 20 May 2024Honestly, this will destroy Android sales in the USA. if anything the older SEs (2020 and 22) getting cheaper would do more of a dent in android sales

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                                    Anonymous, 21 May 2024Price was raised so non-Chinese users will pay up for the l... moreYou clearly don't understand how regional pricing works.

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                                      imo, if it were based on the 13 mini, even without an ultrawide camera it would also attract some compact phone loving android users, aside from the die-hard fans who would buy an iPhone SE no matter what. Being based on 14 would only attract the latter, especially outside US where the mark up for iPhone is so high and previous gen 6.1" android flagships get significantly discounted.

                                        I'm guessing it's 479.

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