According to PC Tablet, an India-based tech media outlet, Apple is working on an iPhone SE successor that will be dubbed the “iPhone XE.”
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The report, which quotes unnamed “sources” and which should be viewed with skepticism, says the smaller iPhone will feature a 4.8-inch OLED display and be manufactured in India. PC Tablet also says:
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There will be a notch housing the FaceID.
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There’ll be no home button.
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Apple will retain the rectangular form-factor in the aluminum-backed smartphone. The XE will feature a 12MP single lens camera similar to that in the iPhone XR.
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The XE will be powered by the latest A12 Bionic chipset.
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The starting price will be around $600.
Though there’s good reason to be dubious about the report, the Sellers Research Group (that’s me) thinks there’s a 50% chance PC Tablet could be correct. iPhone sales have slowed, so an XE could be a way to sell smartphones to folks who can’t afford one of the pricer models (or who don’t want to spend that much money).