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according to news on october 1, local time, apple is preparing to release a new low-end mobile phone iphone se early next year, as well as an upgraded version of ipad air and supporting keyboard products.

apple is about to produce an updated iphone se, which will become its new entry-level model, according to people familiar with the matter. the anonymous source said that apple also plans to release a new ipad air and keyboard around the same time, but these plans have not yet been made public. this release will be the first update to the iphone se since adding 5g capabilities in 2022.

picture source: photo by zhang jian, reporter

the new iphone se has two major changes compared to the previous generation. one is to abandon the home button, switched to a bezel-less screen replica of the iphone 14. the current iphone se 3 is closer to the iphone 8, which is the last standard version of the main iphone that includes a home button. the next generation iphone se 4 will copy the design of the iphone 14, which is the same as the iphone 14, with bangs on the top. screen.

second, iphone se 4 will be supported by apple intelligence, apple’s personal intelligence system, just like the iphone 16 series released in september.will have apple intelligence’s artificial intelligence (ai) capabilities.

as for the new ipad air, reports say apple will focus on internal improvements and equip the 11-inch and 13-inch versions of the new air with upgraded magic keyboard accessories, allowing some of the ipad pro keyboard features to enter the low-end machine market.

in addition, the report mentioned that apple may launch a new ipad mini at the end of this year. it will also update mac mini, macbook pro and imac this year. macbook air, mac studio and mac pro will be equipped with m4 chips next year.

in addition to the above reports, some other recent reports have also exposed the news of iphone se 4.

in terms of appearance,according to reports, the iphone se 4 has a design similar to the iphone 14. it uses an oled display for the first time and is larger in size at 6.1 inches, far exceeding the 4.7-inch lcd screen of the iphone se 3 and consistent with the main iphone.

in terms of performance, it is said that iphone se 4 will be equipped with the a18 chip that debuted in the iphone 16 series released by apple in september, and is expected to switch from touch id to face id, marking the iphone's complete abandonment of the home button.

some other related reports mentioned iphone se upgrade configurations include:

a usb-c port replaces the lightning connector.

introducing the action button, first launched on iphone 15 pro.

apple-designed 5g modem.

the rear camera uses a 48mp sensor, which is an upgrade from the 12mp sensor currently used in the iphone se3.

the ram has been increased to 8gb, which is double the 4gb of the iphone se3.

pricing, iphone se 3 is currently priced at us$429, which is us$370 lower than the starting price of the standard version of the iphone 16 series. the chinese version of iphone se 3 starts at 3,499 yuan, and the lowest price of the iphone 16 series starts at 5,999 yuan. . there are reports that,it is expected that iphone se 4 will still be in the price range of 3,000 yuan.

some comments say that apple's iphone se has been upgraded to look more like a high-end iphone product, which should help attract budget-conscious consumers and possibly regain market share lost to brands such as huawei and xiaomi.

after the news of the affordable iphone se came out, apple's stock price narrowed its intraday decline on october 1, and finally closed down 2.91%.