Many rumors recommend that the difference between the iPhone SE 3 and the iPhone SE 4 may be big. While the 2022 style is based on the now completely replaced iPhone 8, this new style could look more like a newer iPhone. The leak comes from Evan Blass and turns out to corroborate those main points and reveal new ones in the process.
Blass shared photographs claiming to be the new budget iPhone in a personal post on X, showing what the iPhone SE four could look like. Interestingly, despite claims that it could look like an iPhone 1four, those photographs show a phone with a Dynamic Island cutout instead of a notch, suggesting that Apple could opt for a modern SE design, rather than something dated.
The main merit of Dynamic Island is that you lose much less demo with the front camera module. The cutout can also be expanded to a mini-screen with applicable contextual data, adding stopwatches, sports results, flight data and more.
In addition to this, this module also includes Face ID hardware. This would be a first for the iPhone SE, which has retained a physical Touch ID/Home button for several years.
Blass also shared what seems to be an image of source code mentioning the iPhone SE (4th Gen) by name — which potentially casts doubt on rumors that the phone could be called the iPhone 16E instead. But this could be a placeholder, and that doesn’t confirm what the phone will be called. Only an official announcement by Apple can clear this up.
No other main points were revealed in the leak other than a caption with an apple emoji. Even so, Blass has a false reputation as a leaker and it would not be like him to publish anything incorrect. Although we may not know for sure until Apple unveils the iPhone SE 4, which should take place in the spring.
But given the rumors about Dynamic Island, the all-screen design, and potentially Apple Intelligence support, it looks like Apple’s cheapest iPhone may be an incredibly smart value. As long as you’re happy with a single rear camera lens, of course.
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