The iPhone SE might serve an unexpected surprise next year

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The adjacent iPhone SE, group for a 2025 marketplace arrival, is shaping up to beryllium 1 of nan astir absorbing smartphones Apple has offered successful years. But it seems there’s besides a Plus-sized blockbuster planned for adjacent year.

Japanese website Macotakara has shared images of what it claims to beryllium nan “3D printed mockup” of nan upcoming iPhone SE. Once again, we are greeted by a acquainted creation that is nigh identical to nan iPhone 14, thing that has besides been reported by Bloomberg.

It would look that nan fourth-generation iPhone SE will besides stock its dimensions pinch nan iPhone 14, moreover aping nan boat-shaped notch cutout connected nan front. The main quality would apt beryllium nan rear camera island, which only houses a azygous lens.

However, nan biggest astonishment successful nan latest leak study is simply a “Plus” model. “The iPhone SE 4 was initially developed successful nan aforesaid 6.7-inch size arsenic nan iPhone 14 Plus, pinch nan improvement of a 6.1-inch model, nan aforesaid arsenic nan iPhone 14, added later,” says nan study citing Alibaba sources.

It makes immoderate sense

This conscionable mightiness beryllium nan adjacent iPhone SE. Minus nan rounded sides. Front Page Tech / Jon Prosser

Now, we would propose processing this spot of accusation pinch a very dense dose of skepticism. But adding a larger 6.7-inch action to travel nan vanilla 6.1-inch iPhone SE version would look to make immoderate sense.

Over nan past fewer weeks, we’ve travel crossed aggregate reports claiming that 2025 would people nan extremity for a “Plus” trim successful nan mainline iPhone series. Apple would reportedly capable that spread successful nan line-up pinch an iPhone 17 “Slim” aliases “Air” model.

Offering a larger “Plus” version would entreaty to folks who are connected nan hunt for a instrumentality pinch a larger surface and artillery than a regular 6.1-inch iPhone. It would besides theoretically capable nan “Plus” spread for nan mainline iPhones, albeit 1 that will beryllium disposable astatine a little asking price.

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Now, it isn’t clear if nan 2025 iPhone will yet get nan MagSafe perk, but it would beryllium a desirable upgrade. What seems certain, truthful far, is that nan upcoming iPhone SE will play good pinch Apple Intelligence.

If the latest iPad Mini is immoderate indication, nan upcoming iPhone SE will besides beryllium treated to 8GB of RAM, fulfilling nan minimum representation quota required for Apple Intelligence. We are not rather judge astir nan silicon business though.

It would make consciousness for Apple to limb nan iPhone SE refresh pinch nan A18 processor, successful nan aforesaid manner arsenic nan entry-point iPhone 16 models. However, fixed nan truth that Apple put nan older-but-still-capable A17 Pro wrong nan iPad Mini, nan institution could very good excavation into its inventory and spell pinch an older silicon instead.