Other Pay more for iPhone SE 2?

[bwfcbecky]

Option 1: Would you rather the iPhone SE 2 just have updated internals, with improved speed and preformance, with the cost being the same as the original iPhone SE.
OR
Option 2: Have the glass back design/wireless charging feature with increased price by like ($75-$100) and only the same colours as the iPhone 8/8Plus (gold,sliver,space grey)?

I’d be happy with option 1, not too bother about wireless charging but glass back design would be nice. I’m still waiting for the SE2.

 

[oVerboost]

I think Apple would more SE if it were up to date technologies! It would expand the market to include school children, high schoolers. Currently, this phone is avoided by theses group because it indicates one is poor!

Not everyone who has the SE is “poor”, and the technology in the phone isn’t that out of date, in fact in speed tests even with the new 8 and X models in day to day usage and most apps there’s no difference. The SE is a popular phone due to its size more so than its price.

An SE2 would be great, maybe a slightly better screen and a capacitive home button with a better forward facing camera and you’re onto a winner even with mild internal upgrades.

 

[44267547]

I think Apple would more SE if it were up to date technologies! It would expand the market to include school children, high schoolers. Currently, this phone is avoided by theses group because it indicates one is poor!

You Seemingly don’t understand the iPhone market at all to make this comment. The SE was intended for two reasons:

1.) For those who want a small form factor and don’t care about all the latest technology.

2.) It was also intended for India’s market.

By the way, many here can afford the iPhone X if they wanted (As commented in other threads), but they choose the SE for portability and comfortability.

 

[Bruce Banner]

I highly doubt iPhone SE 2 will be launched this year.

According to this article:

Kuo believes Apple doesn't have enough spare development resources to focus on launching another iPhone, with three new models already in the pipeline, including a second-generation iPhone X with a "much different" internal design,

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/29/kuo-casts-doubt-on-iphone-se-2/

 

[macfacts]

Option 1: ...
OR
Option 2: ...?

Tim Cook chooses option 3: continue selling the current iPhone SE as is for another year at same price. He has no reason to update it.

 

[pika2000]

My guess for the SE2:
A11, iPhone 8 single rear camera and front facing camera, 2nd gen TouchID, same storage tier as current (32GB starting), same shell, no 3D Touch.

The SE leapfrogged the more expensive iPhone 6’s chip when it was released. I don’t think it’s impossible for the next SE to leapfrog the iPhone 7’s chip and uses the A11. Besides, using A11 means streamlining the lineup with Apple designed GPU, AI stuff, etc.

 

[44267547]

My guess for the SE2:
A11, iPhone 8 single rear camera and front facing camera, 2nd gen TouchID, same storage tier as current (32GB starting), same shell, no 3D Touch.

The SE leapfrogged the more expensive iPhone 6’s chip when it was released. I don’t think it’s impossible for the next SE to leapfrog the iPhone 7’s chip and uses the A11. Besides, using A11 means streamlining the lineup with Apple designed GPU, AI stuff, etc.

I don’t believe it will adopt the A11 bionic chip, I think Apple will implement the A10. I know they used the A9 processor from the iPhone 6s with the SE. I still think Apple is going to keep the iPhone SE 2 if updated as budget friendly as possible with a minor specification update, perhaps a slightly tweaked display and resolution, no 3.5 mm Jack, no 3D Touch, upgraded camera, with a similar price point.

If there is a March Keynote, then I think an iPhone SE2 could be very likely, as they would only have a few things to update.

 

[Starfia]

Hmmm.

This is an interesting time – it seems like one of those moments Apple might pick to redeclare the categorizations of things (in the way various recent years' iPads seem destined to become just "iPad" and "iPad Pro").

This seems too flighty ever to be real, but to suit my real-world needs I could make do with an iPhone with an X-like screen with no notch, no Face ID, no Touch ID, no front-facing camera, no front-side earpiece and no cellular functionality. That would actually be the entry-level device I'd replace my iPhone SE with if it existed.

(Unsurprisingly I've lived mostly on iPod touches since the launch of the first iPhone.)

 

[pika2000]

I don’t believe it will adopt the A11 bionic chip, I think Apple will implement the A10. I know they used the A9 processor from the iPhone 6s with the SE. I still think Apple is going to keep the iPhone SE 2 if updated as budget friendly as possible with a minor specification update, perhaps a slightly tweaked display and resolution, no 3.5 mm Jack, no 3D Touch, upgraded camera, with a similar price point.

If there is a March Keynote, then I think an iPhone SE2 could be very likely, as they would only have a few things to update.

Apple is not afraid in making a product that can potentially cannibalize their other products. I won’t be surprised if they put the A11 in it. 3D Touch won’t be there since the motor takes a significant amount of space, and that’s probably not doable if the SE maintains its smaller form factor.