According to Kuo, Apple could postpone or even cancel mass production of the iPhone SE (2024).
Apple sells better high-end terminals, that is, The iPhone 14 Pro and the iPhone 14 Pro Maxthan the mid-range devices and since this translates into greater benefits for the company since these devices have a higher price, everything seems to indicate that the Cupertino-based company may be thinking a change of strategy for the cheapest cell phone, the iPhone SE.
In this sense, the famous leaker Ming-Chi Kuo just posted a mensaje de Twitter in which he claims that Apple could Postpone the release of the iPhone SE 4, the big competitor in the Android mid-range, to 2024.
The iPhone SE (2024) may not see the light of day
Kuo claims Apple might plan to postpone or even cancel mass production of the new iPhone SE due to the low sales of the mid-range iPhone, iPhone SE 3, iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 14 Agregado, and also because Apple wants to slightly change the design of the iPhone SE screen in this fourth generation Manufacturing costs would increase and therefore the price of the terminal would also be higher.
And we all know that One of the main strengths of the SE series is that it is the brand’s cheapest móviltherefore, a price increase would not be appropriate.
In addition, according to Kuo, this would also allow Apple to disminuye “unnecessary costs associated with the development of new products” and therefore better to consider the most likely than not. global economic recession in 20223.
We’ll have to wait and see how Apple tackles all the challenges it has on the horizon, including manufacturing Your first iPhone with a USB-C connector and with third-party store compatibility, which we definitely won’t see up to the iPhone 16.