Apple could ditch the iPhone SE 2 name in favour of the iPhone 9
What’s in a name?
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It’s been a long wait for the successor to theiPhone SE, which launched in 2016 and is no longer available directly fromApple– but it now seems very likely that a 2020 follow-up is planned, and perhaps under a new name.
Japanese blogMacotakara, which has had a decent record with Apple predictions in the past, cites an insider source as saying the new budget iPhone will be called theiPhone 9, not the iPhone SE 2.
The iPhone 9 moniker is certainly available – remember in 2017, Apple needed a successor to the iPhone 7 phones, as well as something to mark the tenth anniversary of the iPhone, so we got theiPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, andiPhone X.
If Macotakara’s source is correct, the iPhone 9 name will be used at last, three years later. It will also better position the phone as the successor to the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, which are currently the cheapest iPhones Apple sells directly.
Small and cheap
The selling points of the iPhone SE were obvious: it was small (with a titchy 4-inch screen), and it was cheap (starting at $399 / £379 / AU$679). Those characteristics look set to be carried over into its successor.
The iPhone SE 2 or iPhone 9 isapparently going to comewith the same A13 Bionic processor inside the latest iPhone 11 range – that matches up with the original phone, which had speedy internals, even if the exterior is dated.
We’re also hearingthat the same $399 price point is going to be hit, so this is a phone to keep an eye on if you’re keen on all the goodness that iOS has to offer but don’t want to pay top prices for it.
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Withso many rumorsnow pointing to a launch for the iPhone SE 2 or iPhone 9 during the first part of 2020, it would now be a surprise if it didn’t appear in the next few months – but we’ll have to wait and see what naming system Apple goes for.
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