Apple would have canceled the iPhone SE 4 launch

iPhone SE 4th Generation, which will arrive to update the model that the firm from Cupertino announced last March, may not see the light of day in 2024. Analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, who also frequently leaks information about future Apple products with high hit rates, says in a tweet that the company has several reasons why it would decide to cancel the launch of this model, or at least postpone mass production plan.

According to Kuo, one of the reasons Apple decided to cancel the launch of the fourth-generation iPhone SE is due to “shipments are consistently lower than expected” in these lower iPhone models in terms of performance. Among them are the 3rd generation iPhone SE, iPhone 13 mini or iPhone 14 Plus.

The analyst, on the other hand, claims that the company will Concerned about the increase in production cost and selling price due to the new screen design. “As a result, Apple may have to rethink product positioning and ROI for the SE 4,” he says in one of his tweets.

iPhone SE with iPhone Xr-like design may not see the light of day

And that’s what the iPhone SE 4, remember – and at least according to some rumors – will have an important design change from the current model, which still supports the top and bottom bezels on the screen and Touch ID on the front. This model, in particular, will take looks more like iPhone Xr what Apple announced in 2018; with thinner front bezels, a notch with Face ID or a fingerprint scanner on the side, and, apparently, a larger screen size.

Ming Chi Kuo also highlights that the decision not to release the 4th generation iPhone SE in 2024 could benefit the company as “reduce unnecessary costs of new product development” and, therefore, will face economic problems caused by a likely economic recession in 2023.

Previous reports from bloombergIn fact, they have already detailed Apple plans to cut investment in some areas due to a possible bad economic situation next year. The company, on the other hand, planned to slow down the hiring of new talent, which other companies in the tech sector have also done; some of them even fired some of their employees.