Apple Says It Will Showcase a New ‘Household Member’ That’s Doubtless the iPhone SE 4

Apple is about to launch a brand new “member of the household” subsequent week, Wednesday, Feb. 19. What might it presumably be? Since there wasn’t an iPhone SE 4 announcement this week, we anticipate Apple to showcase its new mid-range telephone replace. We nonetheless have questions.

Prepare dinner posted his brief message to Twitter together with the traditional Apple teaser picture of an Apple brand swirling with a chrome-like end. This might level to the colorway of the upcoming iPhone SE refresh. A number of main Apple leakers promised the Cupertino company’s $500 device would launch this week. As a substitute, Apple got here out and shared how Apple TV+ is coming to Android gadgets for the primary time. That’s actually one solution to shock us, Mr. Prepare dinner.

Apple launched its final iPhone SE in 2022. That gadget was the final time the iPhone had a bodily Contact ID button and vast bezels. Multiple iPhone SE 4 leaks point out the brand new, cheaper iPhone mannequin could have a wall-to-wall display, although the jury continues to be out on whether or not it’s going to have a notch or the iPhone 14’s Dynamic Island. Both means, the following telephone ought to help FaceID.

We additionally anticipate the following iPhone SE to sport the A18 chip featured within the iPhone 16. The opposite massive rumor is that the following telephone might develop a modem in-house quite than counting on Qualcomm. If the iPhone maker’s subsequent gadget will help Apple Intelligence, it should embody at the least 8 GB of RAM. With that in thoughts, the following “particular version” mannequin might price nearer to $500, based on Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The final iPhone SE launched for $430.

It’s going to nonetheless be Apple’s least expensive cellular providing. All of the conjecture about Apple Intelligence provides to rumors that the following iPhone might drop the “SE” and as a substitute be renamed “iPhone 16E.” Apple normally doesn’t dedicate as a lot time and a spotlight to its cheaper telephones as its traditional flagships. This yr may very well be totally different. Apple has mentioned it’s going to unleash the revised, AI-capable Siri by April.

Samsung simply obtained carried out with its Galaxy S25 launch, together with the much-touted cross-app AI capabilities. In our exams, we discovered the AI could be occasionally useful, although solely when given comparatively easy duties working throughout two apps. Something greater than that, and the AI might begin making errors. Apple has promised very related options for its AI choices, and maybe the iPhone SE will present us some options that lastly beat Google’s Gemini to the punch. To be utterly sincere, we’re not holding our breath.