Gurman means that Apple may increase the $429 beginning worth of the brand new iPhone SE to replicate the up to date design. He additionally says that Apple’s provides of the $599 iPhone 14 are working low at Apple’s shops—the 14 has already been discontinued in some international locations over its lack of USB-C port, and it is attainable Apple may very well be planning to switch each the iPhone 14 and the previous SE with the brand new SE.

Apple’s third-generation iPhone SE is sort of three years previous, however its design (together with its dimensions, display screen measurement, House button, and Lightning port) hearkens all the way back to 2014’s iPhone 6. Put 2017’s iPhone 8 and 2022’s iPhone SE on a desk subsequent to one another, and virtually nobody may inform the distinction. As of late, it appears like a completely second-class iPhone expertise, and a more moderen design is overdue.

Different Apple merchandise allegedly due for an early 2025 launch embrace the M4 MacBook Airs and a next-generation Apple TV, which, just like the iPhone SE, was additionally final refreshed in 2022. Gurman has additionally mentioned {that a} low-end iPad and a brand new iPad Air will arrive “throughout the first half of 2025” and up to date Mac Professional and Mac Studio fashions are to reach someday this 12 months as nicely. Apple can also be mentioned to be making progress by itself good show, increasing its good speaker efforts past the ageing HomePod and HomePod mini.