The iPhone SE 3 has a design only a mother could love. | Image Credit – PhoneArena
And if you assumed that the phone’s low price of $429 was enough for people to overlook its shortcomings, you were wrong. According to carrier store check-ins and supply chain reports, it struggled so much that Apple had to cut back on production.
Is the iPhone SE 4 going to be any better?
Kind of. According to the latest from Bloomberg, the iPhone SE 4 will have an iPhone 14-like design with thin bezels and an OLED screen. It is expected to support Apple Intelligence, which implies it will be powered by the A17 Pro chip and 8GB of RAM, which are the minimum requirements for Apple’s artificial intelligence features.This suggests that the iPhone SE 4 will not look as out of place in front of the upcoming iPhone 16 lineup as the iPhone SE 3 does compared to the iPhone 15.
But will it be good enough?
Apple is good at differentiating products. I think the only thing that the iPhone SE 4 will have going for it is a faster chip. In every other way, it will be remarkably inferior to Apple’s flagship phones.
The iPhone SE 4 will be the odd one out in Apple’s phone lineup with a notch instead of the Dynamic Island. | Image Credit – PhoneArena
For starters, even though the phone will get an OLED display, it will still be stuck with a notch. Apple’s recent flagships have transitioned to the Dynamic Island, a shape-shifting, pill-shaped indicator system.
Also, if the design is going to be based on the iPhone 14, I doubt it will feature the Action button. While the Action button isn’t exactly a must-have feature and changes introduced with iOS 18 make it redundant, it’s still a part of the new design identity. On top of that, the iPhone 16 series is rumored to feature a camera-focused Capture button. This means iPhone SE 4 buyers will be missing out on two buttons. This would be enough to give anyone a bit of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out).
Previous rumors said that the phone would have a single-camera system without the Night mode. So not only will you not be able to capture photos of faraway objects or fit more of a scene into the same frame, but your low-light pictures will also be hit or miss.
iPhone SE 4 won’t be the huge upgrade everyone is expecting it to be
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