Apple Rumor Mill is like the absurd theater at the moment. We have been waiting for iPhone SE 4 for three long years, and Bloomberg Leaker Mark Gurman continues to show up to announce that it will be launching within a few days … but it never arrives. It all reminiscent of Samuel Beckett or the bar near our office, where there is always free beer. Tomorrow.
Unfitted Gurman immediately repeated his prediction: This week the new iPhone Will will definitely arrive. And we are pretty sure he is right; After all, the second part of his prediction has already come true. Last Wednesday there was actually a “minor” message from Apple. In fact, we got two: A new health survey in the research app, and the Apple TV app came to Android and expanded the streaming service’s potential customer base. None of these are exactly a big thing but we were warned.
What Gurman probably didn’t have on his radar was that the most successful Apple Leaker would turn out to CEO Tim Cook himself. On X/Twitter/Xitter he revealed that a “new family member” would arrive on Wednesday, February 19th. It sounds a lot like the new iPhone SE, though there are other ways to interpret Cupertino Oracle.
Whatever the new family member turns out to be, we eagerly await Wednesday and its messages. IPhone SE 4 ALWAYS is A big thing that deserves a party not just a press release. And not a bunch of unignified speculation about messages this week or next week or a random Tuesday next year. But what can you do? The market is always craving for the new, and the media (including Macworld!) Cannot resist breathing what is probably a sensible, but by no means revolutionary new smartphone into the world’s eighth wonder.
However, there are several reasons why iPhone SE 4 will be a very interesting device for both customers and journalists. First, since the beginning of 2025, Apple has not had a budget iPhone for sale in the EU, after updated charging standards forced it to pull lightning -based iPhone SE 3 and iPhone 14. An extension of Apple’s lower end area is needed so quickly As possible.
What is also interesting is that the iPhone SE 3 will be the last Apple device with a home button, more than seven years after the iPhone X admitted the era with almost Bezel-less iPhones with face ID. But will customers used to use the home button finally switch over, or will many not be able to handle Face ID and the new movements? We’ll see.
And last but not least, we are interested in the wireless technology in iPhone SE 4 (provided all the rumors we have heard are true). Almost ten years after Apple started a dispute with chip manufacturer Qualcomm about its license fees, the new device is expected to get a proprietary wireless chip. As with other components it learned to build for itself, Apple first had to bring the expertise internally, in this case in the form of Intel’s fashion department. But the benefits must be worth it.
So we have every reason to look forward to the iPhone SE 4. But why should Apple always keep us in excitement?
This article originally appeared on our sister publication Macwelt and was translated and located from German.