Apple has launched its final inexpensive iPhone SE in 2022, and the earlier one earlier than that in 2020, but it surely seems to be like the corporate will skip a yr this time round and launch the subsequent one in 2025. That is what a brand new report from Korea reiterates as we speak.
When it does launch, the subsequent iPhone SE can have a characteristic beforehand unseen on this inexpensive vary: an OLED display screen. All the earlier iPhone SE fashions had been fitted with LCD panels as an alternative, however now the most affordable iPhone will lastly be making the soar.
The report claims three show makers are at the moment combating for Apple’s orders for the subsequent iPhone SE, with Samsung providing (maybe surprisingly) the bottom value per panel of $30, BOE providing a value of $35, whereas Tianma went with $40. None have received the contract but, as Apple has reportedly countered by providing simply $20 per panel, so negotiations are nonetheless ongoing.
The panels for use within the subsequent SE shall be just like these seen within the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14. So we should always count on the 2025 iPhone SE to have a 6.1-inch display screen with 1170×2532 decision, 1,200-nit peak brightness, and possibly even Ceramic Protect glass on high (although that is not confirmed and could possibly be skipped to avoid wasting cash on the total package deal).
At this time’s Korean report says each Samsung Show and BOE have secured good yields for these panels, whereas Tianma will not be more likely to be a severe contender as its tech lags behind the competitors. Samsung’s benefit (and doubtless the rationale it supplied the most affordable value) is that it was making the iPhone 14 panels so it could use the entire tooling for that, and even present panel stock if there’s any.
Samsung may also afford to go low for the SE in a bid to snub BOE since it could make extra earnings off of the panels for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 sequence. In the meantime, BOE wants all the extra orders it could get, since final yr it misplaced a very good alternative to extend its OLED panel manufacturing capability when it confronted difficulties making iPhone 15 panels, thus gifting away extra orders to Samsung Show.
