iPhone SE 4 Mass Production to Be Cancelled or Postponed Until 2024: Kuo

Apple is believed to have plans to offer the iPhone SE 4 a 6.1-inch LCD display screen. Current rumours have steered that the Cupertino firm is perhaps aiming for a 2023 or 2024 launch for this handset. Nevertheless, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo now claims that Apple would possibly select to cancel the iPhone SE 4 or push its mass manufacturing to 2024. The corporate is perhaps planning to take this step as a result of diminished demand for mid and low-end iPhone fashions just like the iPhone SE (2022) and iPhone 14 Plus.

Kuo claims in a sequence of tweets that Apple is prone to “cancel or postpone the mass manufacturing plan for the 2024 iPhone SE 4.” The demand for mid-to-low-end iPhone fashions just like the iPhone SE (2022, iPhone 14 Plus, and iPhone 13 mini has reportedly been decrease than anticipated.

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My newest survey signifies that Apple will probably cancel or postpone the mass manufacturing plan for the 2024 iPhone SE 4. I feel that is as a result of persistently lower-than-expected shipments of mid-to-low-end iPhones (e.g., SE 3, 13 mini, and 14 Plus),

— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) December 21, 2022

There have been reports claiming that the iPhone SE 4 would possibly resemble the design of the iPhone XR and have a 6.1-inch LCD display screen. There may be a notch and skinny bezels, as an alternative of the iPhone 8-like thick bezel design of earlier iPhone SE handsets. The analyst means that this improve in display screen measurement would possibly improve its value. Consequently, Apple could possibly be compelled to rethink the positioning of this handset in its lineup.

In accordance with current reports, Apple has been dealing with provide constraints for the iPhone 14 Pro fashions as a result of strict COVID-19 lockdown measures carried out on the firm’s largest manufacturing plant in Zhengzhou, China. Nevertheless, the demand for the Professional fashions has reportedly been hovering, whereas, the iPhone 14 Plus has had a lukewarm reception.

Kuo claims that this diminished demand for cheaper iPhone fashions may not be the one purpose for cancelling or suspending the iPhone SE 4. Apple may also be trying to place a maintain on pointless new product growth to handle the challenges posed by the worldwide financial recession in 2023.