news

한어Русский языкEnglishFrançaisIndonesianSanskrit日本語DeutschPortuguêsΕλληνικάespañolItalianoSuomalainenLatina

the media said that the iphone se 4, which will be unveiled early next year, will abandon the home button and replace it with face id. the design of the iphone 14 will also have a top notch screen. it will use an oled display for the first time. the screen will be expanded to 6.1 inches. the ram will be one step higher than the current se model. times to 8gb; apple is also preparing to release a new ipad air and upgraded magic keyboard accessories early next year.

in addition to iphone 16, apple also seems to be targeting the sinking market and preparing to launch a new generation of more affordable iphone se.

on october 1, eastern time, bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the matter, that:apple is preparing to release a new iphone se early next year, as well as an upgraded version of the ipad air and supporting keyboard products.

according to the above reports, the new iphone se has two major changes compared to the previous generation. the first is to abandon the home button and use a borderless screen to replicate 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, like the iphone 16 series released in september, will be supported by apple intelligence, apple’s personal intelligence system, and 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 market.

in addition, the report mentioned that apple may launch a new ipad mini at the end of this year, and 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.

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

in terms of appearance, reports say that 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:

the usb-c port replaces the lightning connector.

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

5g modem designed by apple.

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 twice the 4gb of the iphone se3.

among them, memory ram expansion is particularly important, because in this way, iphone se 4 can enable the ai ​​function of apple intelligence.

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

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 tuesday, and finally closed down 2.9%.

barclays reported on tuesday that an investigation into the iphone supply chain found that apple may have cut iphone 16 production in the quarter ending in december this year because demand was lower than expected. it mentioned that in the quarter ending in december, a major taiwanese supplier’s iphone orders for key semiconductor components may be cut by 3 million units, saying that this and shortened global iphone 16 delivery times point to weak iphone 16 demand.

after the release of the barclays report, apple's stock price fell nearly 4% during the session.