When is the iPhone SE 4 release date? What to know about Apple’s mid-range marvel

After years of rumours, Apple whitethorn yet beryllium readying the iPhone SE 4, a budget-friendly smartphone that could connection the latest features astatine a fraction of the iPhone 16's price.

Apple’s entry-level iPhones person been astir since 2016, and the latest exemplary (2022’s iPhone SE 3) is presently connected merchantability for £429. They are fashionable with those who similar a smaller instrumentality without the premium cost.

With the upcoming model, Apple is expected to springiness the SE’s plan and specs a much-needed update, bringing it successful enactment with the existent procreation of iPhones.

As such, it could beryllium the cheapest mode to entree the company’s caller AI software, known arsenic Apple Intelligence. Currently, those photo-editing and emoji-generating features are destined for the pricer iPhone 16 and past year’s high-end Pro models.

Here’s everything we cognize astir the rumoured device, which is definite to beryllium a deed with budget-conscious shoppers travel spring.

Apple's yearly updates to its iPhone lineup whitethorn look insignificant to immoderate but the longer spread betwixt SE models makes the improvements overmuch much apparent. The aforesaid should use to the iPhone SE 4.

Leaving down the SE 3’s carnal location button, a relic not seen connected a modular iPhone since 2017, the caller exemplary volition follow a contemporary, full-screen display, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

Despite the caller look, it whitethorn inactive beryllium a throwback successful immoderate sense. The iPhone SE 4 could lucifer the iPhone 14, implicit with a divisive notch astatine the apical of its importantly larger and sharper, 6.1-inch OLED show (versus the SE 3’s 4.7-inch LCD panel).

That means the Dynamic Island, the pill-shaped cutout that displays alerts, volition stay exclusive to premium models for the foreseeable future.

All told, the SE 4’s borrowed show should travel beauteous adjacent to the iPhone 16’s, offering akin solution and pixel density, albeit with little maximum brightness.

With the location fastener a happening of the past, the iPhone SE 4 whitethorn besides ditch Touch ID for Face ID, allowing you to instantly unlock it with your beauteous visage.

The biggest upgrades volition beryllium nether the hood, with Apple going afloat Victor Frankenstein by stitching unneurotic parts from its latest flagships to signifier the caller smartphone.

To get Apple Intelligence running, the SE 4 could location the aforesaid basal A18 spot arsenic the modular iPhone 16. Unless Apple is readying to taper the magnitude of AI features disposable connected the device, it volition besides person to treble the RAM from 4GB presently to astatine slightest 8GB.

Although the SE 4 won’t beryllium making the leap from 1 rear camera to two, the snapper should get raised to 48MP from 12MP, bringing with it 2x optical zoom for improved close-ups. The 7MP selfie camera could besides beryllium switched with a 12MP one. Both volition seemingly beryllium exported from 2023’s iPhone 15.

Notably, the SE 4 could besides beryllium the archetypal iPhone to diagnostic Apple’s self-built 5G modem, per 9to5Mac. While it’s unclear what benefits this volition bring disconnected the bat, determination are rumblings that it could amended the artillery life, particularly successful debased powerfulness mode.

Apple has yet to corroborate the beingness of the device, truthful immoderate merchandise day predictions should beryllium taken with a pinch of salt.

According to reputable tech leaker Ice Universe, the SE 4 could motorboat betwixt March and May of 2025. Elsewhere, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and Apple adept Ming Chi Kuo person separately indicated that it could motorboat aboriginal adjacent twelvemonth and successful the archetypal quarter.

All those upgrades could travel astatine a price. Apple is expected to complaint astir $499-$549 for the SE 4, which could enactment retired to £499-£549 successful the UK.

The higher outgo would propulsion it close to the apical extremity of the mid-range category.

The iPhone SE 4 astir sounds excessively bully to beryllium true.

A repackaged mentation of the iPhone 14 would person been bully capable but the summation of a caller and improved camera and the latest A18 spot is simply a large bonus.

Thanks to its larger size and OLED show (a archetypal for the SE range), it could feasibly situation the Pixel 8a and the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE for the rubric of champion mid-budget smartphone.

A cheaper instrumentality getting Apple Intelligence has got to wounded for iPhone 15 owners who missed retired connected the AI by a year. But, for everyone else, the SE 4 sounds similar a winner. It should marque for an ace day acquisition for mums, dads and grandparents – and a coagulated starter telephone for teens.