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Friday, 4 October 2019

Apple iPhone SE 2 with iPhone 8-like design and A13 chip said to launch in Q1 2020

It has been over 3 years since Apple introduced the iPhone SE with a small 4-inch screen. We had heard rumors about the iPhone SE 2 launching in 2018, but it didn't happen. Popular analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in a new investor note with TF International Securities, has said the SE 2 will be released in the first quarter of 2020. This coincides with a previous report from Nikkei, which said we can expect an iPhone with iPhone 8-like design in the spring. He has also said that the second generation SE will feature a similar design and specifications as the iPhone 8, so we can expect a 4.7-inch screen, TouchID below the screen and a single camera setup, but with a faster A13 chip and 3GB of RAM. Apple is still selling the iPhone 8 for $449 in the US and Rs. 39,900 in India for 64 GB, so it might discontinue the phone after the SE 2 launch, since it might sell in the similar price range. In his research note, Kuo said: We forecast that Apple will launch the more affordable iPhone SE2 in 1Q20. For the most part, the form factor design and hardware spec are similar to iPhone 8's. The ...