Is the long-awaited successor to the iPhone SE 3 perhaps coming sooner than expected? It is being said that in the last few days, the inventory of old devices in Apple’s own stores has declined rapidly. Report from financial news agency Bloomberg“According to people who work in Apple’s retail stores, a surprisingly large number of U.S. stores have little or no inventory of the iPhone SE left,” the report said. The iPhone SE 3 is still available – for example online within a few days – but it is becoming “harder and harder” to purchase the device from the nearest Apple Store.
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The EU no longer has the equipment
In the European Union, the iPhone SE 3 was withdrawn from the market by Apple in December. However, this was due to the elimination of the Lightning port due to the EU’s USB-C requirement. Apple also canceled the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus because they only have Lightning ports. Unlike the AirPods Max, the company apparently didn’t see any sensible option to retrofit the model with a USB-C port.
As mentioned, the iPhone 14 is only sold as an entry-level model, with the SE 3 set to be replaced by a successor. However, it is completely impossible for the iPhone SE 3 and iPhone 14 or 14 Plus to be available in this country: dealers still have the last stock of them.
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The iPhone SE 4, now also rumored as “16E”, is codenamed V59. It obviously comes in the look of iPhone 14 with Face ID facial recognition and notch, internally it uses Apple Intelligence-enabled A18 chip with 8GB of RAM. It will have a 48 megapixel camera. It is said that for the first time the 5G modem has come from Apple and not from Qualcomm. WLAN and Bluetooth also reportedly come from our own contract production, even if the chip is not integrated into the 5G modem, as Apple originally intended.
Running out of stock in your own store is usually a sign that successor models will be available soon. This suggests that Apple will release the SE 4 in February. However, there were recent rumors that it may take until March or April. The price is also interesting with the SE 4. Its price in the European Union will probably not be less than 500 euros.
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