Apple now said to be launching next iPhone SE "by next week"
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman most recently said Apple would make the oft-rumored iPhone SE 4 (or iPhone 16E) official this week. Today he's back with a slightly altered timeline. Now he's saying the company's most affordable smartphone will be refreshed "by next week".
According to Gurman, a "smaller announcement" is imminent, possibly happening today. Then, on Friday, there will be some kind of announcement relating to the Apple Vision Pro, while a refreshed MacBook Air powered by Apple's M4 chip is coming "within weeks".
Interestingly, Gurman hasn't mentioned a launch event for the iPhone SE 4, so this might just get official via a press release - perhaps fitting for the cheapest smartphone in Apple's arsenal, but on the other hand maybe it deserves more? Especially given how it's a lot of people's entry point into the Apple ecosystem.
Anyway, the iPhone SE 4 has long been rumored to look like the iPhone 14, sporting the same 6.06" FHD+ LTPS OLED screen with 60 Hz refresh rate and a notch for Face ID and the front camera. It will have a single rear camera (perhaps the main one from the iPhone 16), a water resistance rating of some sort, and it will be powered by the Apple A18 chip paired with 8GB of RAM to enable Apple Intelligence features.
The iPhone SE 4 will allegedly cost $499, which is $70 more than its predecessor from 2022 but the same amount as Google is rumored to charge for its upcoming Pixel 9a mid-ranger which the next iPhone SE should compete with head-on.