Apple’s next iPhone SE might get an OLED upgrade
The iPhone SE 4 may look a lot like the iPhone 14. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
The fourth-generation iPhone SE might be getting an OLED display, a new rumor bubbling up from its supply chain suggests. The company has started ordering OLED displays from both BOE and LG Display to outfit the phone with, according to Nikkei Asia.
The possibility that Apple was switching its cheapest phone away from LCD tech has been rumored for over a year but Nikkei’s report suggests Apple is gearing up to release a new iPhone SE in a few months. Apple could start producing the phones next month in preparation for an early 2025 launch, MacRumors writes.
Display tech aside, it’s expected that the iPhone SE will be in an iPhone 14 chassis with — and I’m truly sorry to write this, as an iPhone Mini fan — a 6.1-inch display. It could also use Face ID, rather than Touch ID, and may have an Action Button. It’s likely that it will only have a single camera, just like past SE phones.
The iPhone SE 4 is also expected to support Apple Intelligence. That may be the most consequential rumor; it suggests the device will be more capable than the iPhone 15, which isn’t getting Apple’s on-device multimodal AI for a variety of reasons, including the fact that it only has 6GB of RAM.
The iPhone SE 4 may look a lot like the iPhone 14. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
The fourth-generation iPhone SE might be getting an OLED display, a new rumor bubbling up from its supply chain suggests. The company has started ordering OLED displays from both BOE and LG Display to outfit the phone with, according to Nikkei Asia.
The possibility that Apple was switching its cheapest phone away from LCD tech has been rumored for over a year but Nikkei’s report suggests Apple is gearing up to release a new iPhone SE in a few months. Apple could start producing the phones next month in preparation for an early 2025 launch, MacRumors writes.
Display tech aside, it’s expected that the iPhone SE will be in an iPhone 14 chassis with — and I’m truly sorry to write this, as an iPhone Mini fan — a 6.1-inch display. It could also use Face ID, rather than Touch ID, and may have an Action Button. It’s likely that it will only have a single camera, just like past SE phones.
The iPhone SE 4 is also expected to support Apple Intelligence. That may be the most consequential rumor; it suggests the device will be more capable than the iPhone 15, which isn’t getting Apple’s on-device multimodal AI for a variety of reasons, including the fact that it only has 6GB of RAM.