“A pair of rumors in the last few days have totally conflicting reports on the future of the iPhone SE, and in all likelihood, neither of them are correct,” Mike Wuerthele writes for AppleInsider.
“The first rumor originated from analyst and leaker Pan Jiutang, who mostly focuses on the Android market. The obtusely worded post on Weibo was interpreted to mean by a wide swath of media reports that the iPhone SE was doomed, and never to be upgraded again,” Wuerthele writes. “A new report published early Wednesday by iGeneration cites a new source claiming that the iPhone SE will get a hardware update at the end of August.”
Wuerthele writes, “Certainly an upgrade in the fall with a new processor would be possible, but a more likely scenario is a two-year cycle, with the device getting the A10 Fusion (or perhaps A11) processor in the spring of 2018, allowing it to smooth out seasonal income dips in much the same way that the iPhone SE did in 2016.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Yup.
Here’s to the iPhone SE 2 coming in March 2018!
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Good because I’m buying one next weekend. I’ll spend $199 but I will never spend over $1000 for a iphone. I’m going from a iPhone 5 to the SE. I love the smaller size. I don’t need a iPad in my pocket.
Good decision. Getting for $200 is unusual, since it normally costs $400. Make sure you get 32GB of storage (this year’s model), rather than 16GB (last year’s one).
Late Spring 2018 makes much more sense, with a 4.5″ LCD display in the same form factor.
Great news that the SE is not doomed, it is a great phone. I dont like big phones, the ^s after the 4S was to big for me, love my 64GB 1st gen SE