Game over for Android mid-rangers?
While it's certainly far too early to proclaim the death of budget-friendly Android handsets, a $429 iPhone SE (2025) with an iPhone 14-inspired design sounds almost impossible to rival in terms of value for money.
$429, mind you, is exactly how much a 64GB iPhone SE (2022) normally costs in 2024, and while Apple could fail in its goal of keeping the price point of this bad boy's follow-up unchanged, an increase of more than 10 percent is purportedly unlikely. That's at least according to a social media tipster known as Revegnus, whose main X account was recently suspended, losing all their followers before starting from scratch under a new handle.
With the iPhone SE 3 (pictured here) still selling pretty well in 2024, we can only imagine how popular the iPhone SE 4 will become.
This is definitely not as reliable an industry insider as someone like Mark Gurman, Ming-Chi Kuo, or Evan Blass, but a lot of reputable publications seem to (cautiously) trust this prediction, as well as others like it from the now-deleted account.
Returning to the rumor itself, it appears that the worst case scenario right now calls for a starting price of around $499 for the iPhone SE 4 next year. That would still be deliciously affordable for a significantly larger and better-looking device than the iPhone SE 3, making it rather difficult for the likes of Google's Pixel 8a (and presumably Pixel 9a) to compete for your love and hard-earned money.So what do we expect from the iPhone SE 4 again?
Like the "vanilla" iPhone 14, this is tipped as a 6.1-inch affair with a relatively generous notch by multiple insiders, although under the hood, everyone expects a newer than A15 Bionic processor to take care of your day-to-day tasks and operations. Of course, Apple is likely to keep its latest Pro devices separate from its next-gen mid-ranger, which almost certainly means an A16 Bionic SoC will be employed here.
o, the iPhone SE 4 is unlikely to borrow the iPhone 14's dual rear-facing cameras (pictured here).
Incredibly enough, the iPhone SE 4 is also rumored to embrace top-notch (see what we did there?) OLED display technology rather than continuing to settle for an inferior LCD panel. Unsurprisingly (given what year we are in), a USB Type-C port is expected to be part of the budget-friendly 2025 package, along with Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, Bluetooth 5.3 support, and alas, no headphone jack or microSD card slot.
Because Apple has to cut some corners in order to fit the next big iPhone SE somewhere between $429 and $499, that 6.1-inch OLED screen is likely to stick to 60Hz refresh rate capabilities, and the rear-facing camera could once again be a 12MP single affair. The battery size and charging speeds should largely coincide with what the iPhone 14 offers in the same departments, although it's a little premature to take such details for granted. View Full BioAdrian, a mobile technology enthusiast since the Nokia 3310 era, has been a dynamic presence in the tech journalism field, contributing to Android Authority, Digital Trends, and Pocketnow before joining PhoneArena in 2018. His expertise spans across various platforms, with a particular fondness for the diversity of the Android ecosystem. Despite the challenges of balancing full-time parenthood with his work, Adrian's passion for tech trends, running, and movies keeps him energized. His commitment to mid-range smartphones has led to an eclectic collection of devices, saved from personal bankruptcy by his preference for 'adequate' over 'overpriced'.
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