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Source|Jiguo Editorial Office
If you want to talk about the more special models in the history of the iPhone, it must have the nomination of the iPhone SE.
Although the positioning is only the mid-range of Apple, it can always affect the hearts of a group of "small-screen flagship" enthusiasts, and everyone is happy to discuss every new model.
However, the next generation of iPhone SE 4, fate is going to become very bumpy.
On Apple developers this month, Apple's PC line began to completely transfer to self-developed M series chips, which also means that Apple has completely abandoned Intel.
Apple's next goal is to completely get rid of its dependence on Qualcomm. After all, the patent fee paid to Qualcomm every year is also quite high...
Then this heavy responsibility fell first to the head of the iPhone SE 4.
Earlier, Guo Mingxi revealed: It is expected that in 2024, Apple will launch its own 5G data chip, using 4nm process, supporting Sub-6GHz, and iPhone SE 4 will be the first to test the water.
But judging from the latest news so far, Apple is unlikely to release the fourth-generation iPhone SE in 2024, because the internal 5G modem is not ready.
Therefore, whether the iPhone 16 can use Apple's own 5G chip as planned next year has to be questioned.
But then again, this new iPhone SE 4 will be overhauled in design to drive sales, even if it is released later, it will eventually be "really fragrant"...
First of all, the biggest attraction of iPhone SE 4 is the appearance, all kinds of revelations show that the full screen is going to be used, is it that the ancestral non-full screen inventory is finally cleared?
Specifically, the new machine will use a 6.1-inch OLED screen, which looks more like a 6.1-inch iPhone 14 minor revision, compared with the 4.7-inch LCD screen equipped with the previous generation of iPhone SE with a border that can stop the aircraft carrier, it is an epic progress, at least it doesn't look like an "old antique".
Incidentally, the OLED screen supplier of the new machine is responsible for BOE BOE, which is estimated to reduce the cost of the screen of the entry-level model.
In any case, this new machine will become the first large-screen iPhone SE model in history, and before the launch of the iPhone SE 4, Apple will fully switch to smart islands and right-angle borders for the iPhone.
But even if the iPhone SE 4 cancels the Home button, there is no news that it will cancel the fingerprint unlock, and may directly remove the TrueDepth parts and retain a front lens, which will look similar to the notch design of the MacBook Pro.
Then the new machine should use side Touch ID fingerprint recognition, after all, the iPad 10 just released has been equipped with side fingerprint, and the iPhone SE4 is also following up, which is not impossible.
In addition, judging from the exposed rendering, the color matching of the new machine should be consistent with the iPhone SE3, and continue to use the 3 colors of black, white and red.
The next is the interface problem that was noisy before, the current European Union announced the unified charging specifications for electronic products USB Type-C decree, which will take effect at the end of 2024, if the iPhone SE4 can be released in time, it will maintain the original Lightning charging hole design, until the iPhone SE 5 will be equipped with the Type-C charging hole.
If it is released after the decree takes effect, the iPhone SE4 will have to obediently bow its head and adopt Type-C, and now it is the turn of the R&D department to race against time.
So how does the specific iPhone SE4 perform? That's a lot of fun. Starting from the iPhone 14 series, Apple has always adopted a dual-processor strategy, so usually the new iPhone SE will use the previous generation processor, and will not be equipped with the latest bionic chip.
At present, the latest iPhone SE 3 is equipped with the same A15 chip as the iPhone 13 model, so the iPhone SE 4 is likely to use the same 5nm process A16 bionic core as the basic iPhone 15 and iPhone 14 Pro series when it is released.
Through Cook's precise knife method, this time not only ensures that the new machine can provide high performance and power consumption, but also greatly reduces the cost and price of chips, and more importantly, it will not affect the sales of the upcoming iPhone 15 series.
And the iPhone SE4 will also support 6GB of storage space, which is not called in vain.
As for taking photos, the iPhone SE 4 will be equipped with a 12-megapixel single rear lens combination and a front camera with a 12-megapixel TrueDepth lens design, which is also decent.
In other aspects, such as dual speakers, linear motors and IP68 waterproof and dustproof and other standard technologies should be available, so the comprehensive hardware configuration of the iPhone SE 4 is already very impressive.
Do you feel that the iPhone SE 4 upgrade is particularly large this time? But the price is not so beautiful.
Because Guo Mingxi mentioned that the use of a full screen will lead to an increase in costs, which in turn will lead to an increase in the selling price.
Last year, the iPad 10 finally used the design of the full screen, and the price rose directly from the previous generation of 2499 yuan to 3599 yuan, an increase of 1100 yuan...
Therefore, if the appearance of the iPhone SE 4 is greatly changed, the price increase is inevitable, and the outside world speculates that the final price may exceed 4000...
Anyway, at least the new iPhone SE 4 is finally not the stereotype of "looking clear in stock and equipped with squeezed toothpaste".
As for whether it can be released next year, the most important thing is whether Apple can successfully develop its own 5G baseband, and the current progress does not seem to be smooth.
Some professionals have explained that compared with 4G, 5G baseband is more difficult to do, and hardware design is easy to do, but it is very troublesome to jointly do signal testing with different operators around the world.
In particular, the large number of communication patents is also an obstacle that Apple cannot avoid, so there are few manufacturers in the world that can achieve self-developed baseband.
For this new machine, netizens also gave a lot of opinions, some complained: self-developed baseband may not be able to save Apple's crotch signal.
Others think that it is rude to raise the price again, after all, now the iPhone 13 mini can be won less than 4000.
In general, although the iPhone SE 4 has shrunk elsewhere, the new appearance and processor are here, the price is much lower than the annual Apple digital flagship series, and the competitiveness is still there.
So whether Apple can rely on this significant upgrade of the iPhone SE 4 to dominate the mid-range mobile phone market, everyone remains to see.