Aside from other discovered features, leaked iOS 14 code has indicated that the next iPhone SE, tentatively named "iPhone 9", might use a fingerprint sensor for biometrics and add support for the Express Transit feature for quickly paying for rides without validating with Touch ID.
The coronavirus has impacted Apple's supply chain in ways more than one, the latest example being the company's oft-rumored iPhone SE successor that, instead of arriving this spring, now apparently faces a delayed launch, a new supply chain report claimed Thursday.
Whether or not Apple is going to host a media event in late March to unveil its newest low-cost iPhone remains to be seen, but the rumor mill is still painting a pretty clear picture the handset will arrive pretty soon.
Apple has agreed to a preliminary ruling, which was set last Friday, related to a lawsuit against the company for throttling some iPhone models in the United States.
The coronavirus outbreak in China is not expected to negatively impact Apple’s plans to kick off mass production of the rumored low-cost iPhone model in February ahead of a March launch, according to a new report from Bloomberg this morning.
Fast Company during the weekend ran a report which claims that an iPhone SE 2, iPhone 9 or whatever the official successor to the original iPhone SE ends up being called will have a 4.9-inch screen and retail at just $399, the same low price that the original iPhone SE sold for.
According to a convoluted rumor published by the mostly reliable Japanese blog Mac Otakara, Apple could be working on an iPhone SE 2 variant with Face ID and a 5.4-inch display.
According to a sketchy report based on sources in Taiwan's supply chain, the official successor to the compact iPhone SE handset may arrive in form of two devices in different sizes.
Apple could market its rumored second-generation iPhone SE as "iPhone 9," not "iPhone SE 2".
Having recently traveled to Asia and talked to Apple's suppliers, Barclays analysts have concluded Apple will outfit next year's iPhone 12 Pro and Max smartphones with six gigabytes of RAM, up from four gigabytes of RAM in the current iPhone 11 Pro and Max models.
If you’re in the market for an inexpensive iPhone, your best bet is to actually wait until Apple's rumored second-generation iPhone SE model arrives in early 2020.
If you had any doubts that Apple will be releasing a successor to its popular four-inch iPhone SE, reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities is here to dispel them.