Apple should unveil next year a new smartphone "affordable, the iPhone SE 3, or iPhone SE 2022. This should not be radically different from the previous model, but may well be the last Apple smartphone to use an LCD screen.
It has been more than a year since Apple unveiled a new iteration of its iPhone SE 2 in 2020. After a long wait, fans who want to switch smartphones will soon be able to discover a new model at the beginning of next year, according to previous leaks.
According to Weibo's arsenal leaker, the 2022 iPhone SE 3 should be the last Apple smartphone to use an LCD screen. This year, no iPhone 13 was equipped with an LCD screen. Indeed, Apple has been equipping its high-end smartphones with an OLED slab since the previous generation. This technology has many advantages, including an infinite contrast with deep blacks, but also a huge gain on autonomy since OLED slabs consume much less energy.
Chip A15 and a design similar to the iPhone xR?
According to the leaker, the iPhone SE 2022 will use an A15 chip, confirming previous leaks that also evoked the presence of the new chip used on iPhone 13. This will allow the iPhone SE 3 to be 5G compatible, whereas its 2020 predecessor should be content with 4G.
In addition, he claims that the smartphone will use the same design as the iPhone xR. This would mean that the smartphone would be equipped with a 6.06 inch LCD screen with a notch, in which the sensors needed for the face ID would be housed. However, it would be surprising if Apple made this choice, since previous leaks all indicated that Apple would continue to use a 4.7-inch slab and would take on the same design as the iPhone SE 2020, which, it is recalled, was already using a design very similar to the iPhone 6 of 2014.
The rest of the smartphone should remain the same, there will be no surprise to find a single sensor in the back as well as a very small battery. It will probably take some time to know whether or not the next affordable iPhone will take up the same design as the iPhone xR. As regards the price, the leaker reveals that it would be offered at the same price as the previous model, i.e. EUR 489.