It is being said that Apple may
launch a new budget iPhone in the first quarter of 2021. Well-known industry
analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has recently reported that Apple is planning to launch a
new, budget-friendly iPhone model in the first quarter of the next year. The
last and one of the most successful budget-focused iPhones was iPhone SE and to
fill the gap a new cost-friendly iPhone is required. Will it be called iPhone
SE 2 or iPhone XE? According to a report by 9to5mac, a new device by Apple may
not get the name “SE 2”.
The iPhone SE was launched to target
two types of customers. First, people who wanted the iPhone at a lower price with
some modern features. Second, people who wanted an iPhone with a smaller screen
that can be fit in pocket easily. iPhone SE had a classic metal body of iPhone
SE while internal features were extracted from iPhone 6S. Many people actually
downgraded from their expensive iPhones to SE because it offered everything
that people wanted in the budget price and a smaller design. SE was actually
offering more than its budgeted price.
Kuo and other analysts predict that
the new and cheaper iPhone will be targeting the first kind of customers, those
who want a cheaper option. So the ones who want a smaller design with a classic
look will not have anything in this device.
Here’s how Apple’s new iPhone SE/XE or successor may look like by the predictions:
“It’s obvious
that the new iPhone SE successor will be launched with affordable rates than
other premium iPhone models. The new device may also feature a new A13 Bionic
Chip with 3GB RAM covered by iPhone 8 body.
Ming-Chi Kuo
says that the new iPhone XE would feature iPhone 8’s hardware specifications.
So, that may not look like iPhone SE 2 but a new iPhone 8S or iPhone XE.”
So the people who want to buy iPhone
8 will be able to get the latest device with modern features and a longer
lifespan. But those who want an iPhone with a smaller screen and the same old
design will have to upset since it is not happening till yet. So the new cheap
iPhone will not be the identical successor of the iPhone SE. The only good news
for those who want old design is that this device will feature the slab-sided
design.
So the possibilities of new iPhone
getting a “SE 2” name are really fewer since by the design and features it will
be more different than being an iPhone SE successor. It is possible that the
new name will be “iPhone XE”. Recently, we have seen Apple has a special place
for name “X” series and this makes us believe that the new device will be given
an “XE” name.
On the other hand, it is also
possible that the new device will be called iPhone 9 since iPhone X or iPhone
10 is released after iPhone 8. 9 is still in pipeline and it may happen or it
may not but Apple doesn’t have to do the logical thing when it is about naming
the device.