iPhone SE Plus — everything we know so far

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An iPhone SE Plus has been rumored, simply at this stage we don't think a telephone like this is happening in 2022. Information technology's much more likely that a 4.seven-inch iPhone SE 3 will appear with 5G every bit a follow up to the iPhone SE 2022, with that launch currently tipped to happen in April.

Equally for the larger iPhone SE Plus, rumors point to Apple tree releasing that phone subsequently on, with adjacent year as the electric current target. The telephone would feature a larger display and potentially a new design. Here's what nosotros've heard so far nearly the iPhone SE Plus — and what we'd like to see.

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iPhone SE Plus release engagement

The adjacent iPhone SE model Apple is likely to release is the iPhone SE 3. Confusingly, one rumor says Apple volition call that phone the iPhone SE Plus 5G. Don't confuse that one with the larger iPhone SE Plus.

According to a written report based on DisplaySearch analyst Ross Immature's comments, the iPhone SE 3 is expected to go on its small 4.7-inch brandish in 2022 while adding 5G support. A larger iPhone SE with a 6.1-inch display, which could exist chosen the iPhone SE Plus, wouldn't launch until 2023.

iPhone SE Plus price

At that place'south not firm info on a possible iPhone SE Plus cost, but co-ordinate to leaker Apple RUMORs (LEAKs) on Twitter, Apple is working on iii iPhone SE models for 2022 that volition be priced under $500.

Whenever an iPhone SE Plus does arrive, we would expect Apple to charge nigh a $100 premium over the iPhone SE. And so the iPhone SE Plus may have a price of $499 for 64GB of storage. Jumping upwardly to 128GB would could likely cost $50 more.

The iPhone xi currently costs $599, so an iPhone SE Plus or iPhone SE 3 could non go to a higher place that.

iPhone SE Plus size and design

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Hither's where it gets tricky. While some reports signal to the iPhone SE Plus having a screen size of 5.v inches, others say it could take a vi.one-inch panel. JP Morgan Chase believes that Apple will borrow the 6.one-inch blueprint of the iPhone xi for the iPhone SE iii.

Analyst Ross Immature of DisplaySearch believes that Apple will opt for a 6.1-inch LCD screen on what he's calling the iPhone SE 3, but that model won't surface until 2023.

According to MacRumors, the iPhone SE Plus won't have Face ID only volition instead feature a Touch ID sensor that's integrated into the power button on the right side of the phone. That would make a vi.1-inch iPhone SE Plus a lot more likely and closer to a full-screen blueprint.

As for the screen itself, we expect an LCD panel as opposed to an OLED one, which would permit Apple to proceed the toll downward. All four iPhone 13 models offering OLED screens, so an LCD iPhone SE Plus would make sense.

The most interesting rumor is that the iPhone SE Plus could have no ports at all. Apple is said to exist working on a an iPhone that is portless, and Front Page Tech's Jon Prosser says that it many not be a flagship device.

A portless iPhone would allow Apple tree to ditch the Lightning port and experiment with new features, such equally a dock connector — without taking too big a adventure with something like the iPhone 13. Only for now information technology's hard to say whether Apple would brand this bold of a move with the iPhone SE Plus.

iPhone SE Plus specs

If Apple tree waits until 2023, the iPhone SE Plus could sport the latest Apple silicon or exist one generation behind. So Apple could opt for the A16 Bionic inside the still unannounced iPhone 14 or the A15 chip in the iPhone 13.

Regardless, you should look ane of the fastest budget phones around. Apple may include the same storage options in the iPhone SE Plus every bit the smaller model, with 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities. But at that point a spring upward to 128GB would make sense for a mid-range device.

iPhone SE Plus cameras

The iPhone SE makes due with a single rear 12MP camera and a 7MP selfie camera up forepart, merely information technology leverages the computational photography features of the A13 Bionic chip and then well that it'southward one of the best camera phones for the money. You go Portrait Fashion, Smart HDR and extended dynamic range in 4K video.

The iPhone SE Plus could exist fifty-fifty more than versatile. JP Morgan Chase predicts that Apple volition opt for the same camera setup every bit the iPhone xi. This would give the telephone a chief lens and ultrawide lens.

What I would besides expect from an iPhone SE Plus is Dark Mode. It'south one of the biggest missing features from the electric current iPhone SE.

iPhone SE Plus battery life and charging

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The iPhone SE'due south battery life did not impress in our testing, equally its small-scale i,821 mAh bombardment lasted simply 9 hours and 18 minutes on our web surfing examination. This is well behind the xi-hour mark, which is what you need to make our all-time telephone bombardment life list.

As for charging, I'm really hoping Apple ditches Lightning for USB-C by the fourth dimension the iPhone SE Plus rolls around — merely I wouldn't bet on information technology. More importantly, we would not expect a charger in the box, equally Apple has started that trend with the iPhone 12.

Like the iPhone SE, the iPhone SE Plus would presumably support Qi wireless charging — so it should work with any of the best wireless chargers out at that place. We would non await MagSafe support, only you never know.

iPhone SE Plus outlook

With questionable demand for premium flagship phones due to economic dubiety, an iPhone SE Plus would give shoppers a viable big-screen telephone with all the features they need at a reasonable cost. As good equally the regular iPhone SE is, at that place are some users who merely don't desire to deal with a small-scale 4.7-inch display. If Apple is indeed developing an iPhone SE Plus, it could be a killer value, but we may have to wait a year or more earlier it materializes.

Marker Spoonauer is the global editor in chief of Tom'due south Guide and has covered technology for nearly xx years. In add-on to overseeing the direction of Tom'south Guide, Marker specializes in covering all things mobile, having reviewed dozens of smartphones and other gadgets. He has spoken at key manufacture events and appears regularly on Television set to discuss the latest trends. Mark was previously editor in principal of Laptop Magazine, and his piece of work has appeared in Wired, Popular Scientific discipline and Inc. Follow him on Twitter at @mspoonauer.