According to a report from Mac Otakara, Apple is said to introduce a new iPhone SE model in May. This new piece of information was obtained from case makers at the Global Sources Mobile Electronics trade show in Hong Kong this week. Furthermore, the next-gen SE is said to retain the same physical size as the current iPhone SE.
The iPhone SE 2 (if that’s what Apple is planning on naming it) will also pack the TouchID and will have the same 4-inches display with thick bezels on top and bottom to accommodate the front-camera, TouchID, and earpiece. Following the trend of iPhone 7, the new SE 2 will also likely skip the 3.5mm audio jack. If all, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are likely to be discontinued in September, meaning Apple will no longer sell any iPhone model with a headphone jack.
The Apple iPhone SE new model will also power the A10 Fusion chipset which is up to 40 percent faster than the A9 processor in the current iPhone SE. It is also reported that new iPhone SE may have a glass back with wireless charging capabilities, but it is inconclusive at this time. We have recently seen Eurasian regulatory database hinting at a new iPhone launch very soon and this could very well be the iPhone SE 2 by all means, but as we said above, it is inconclusive at this moment.
The report that dub up the regulatory filing hints at a May/June launch; Apple has only launched new products in May twice in the past five years; the fifth-generation iPod touch in 2013 and a refreshed 15-inch MacBook Pro in 2015. With WWDC 2018 kickstarting in June, it will give Apple a stage to introduce the SE 2 to the world, but then again if the upgrade is insignificant, a press release in May could do the job. Either way, we should know more details in the coming weeks.