TechPhonesiPhonesTouch ID is dead, so the iPhone SE needs to think differentThe iPhone SE is tipped for a major redesign that’ll make it much more modernWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesiPhonesTouch ID is dead, so the iPhone SE needs to think differentThe iPhone SE is tipped for a major redesign that’ll make it much more modernWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The iPhone SE is tipped for a major redesign that’ll make it much more modern
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Apple)
(Image credit: Apple)
We really rate theiPhone SE (2022), which isApple’s cheapestiPhoneand has been our pick of thebest cheap phonessince its launch. But while its innards are perfectly current, its design makes it look positively ancient – and a big part of that is the prominent chin that houses the Touch ID button. Following on from previous reports suggestinga big redesign of the iPhone SEis on the cards this year,new reportssuggest the design could be even more dramatic than predicted.
Those new reports say that Apple is shutting down its Touch ID division. According to an integrated circuit expert on social network Weibo, a poster who has a decent track record in reporting Apple plans, almost all of the Touch ID manufacturing equipment has been shut down; all that remains is the machinery to make the current iPhone SE. That suggests that Face ID, not Touch ID, will be the way to unlock the 2024 or 2025 iPhone SE.
What changes are coming to the iPhone SE?
As per previous reports, the next iPhone SE is expected to look a lot like theiPhone 14– another indication that Touch ID could be for the chop, as that’s a Face ID phone with no room for a Touch ID sensor. We’re expecting a single camera lens on the back instead of the iPhone 14’s two, but that lens is expected to get a 48MP sensor so it should still be pretty decent. USB-C is a given now that Apple has moved over to the universal connector.
The fact that these details are leaking now suggests that plans for the next iPhone SE are fairly advanced, and that means we could see it later this year; that would be two years since the last refresh, which in turn was two years after the previous one.
Although Touch ID appears to be dead for the foreseeable future, that doesn’t mean that Apple has given up on fingerprint recognition. It’s been rumoured to be working on below-screen sensors for both fingerprint and facial recognition for some time now, and while those sensors aren’t expected imminently they’re still apparently on the roadmap for future iPhone models.
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