Exclusive: Apple’s camera partner, LG Innotek, has decided to start mass production of the camera module for the iPhone SE4 in December. They are currently conducting tests ahead of mass production.
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The iPhone SE 4 is expected to land with an actually modern design borrowed from some of the more recent iPhone series whose components have already gone drastically down in price, so that Apple can maintain its margins.
The sole camera module, however, is expected to get a significant bump from the 12MP cameras of yesteryear, to a 48MP sensor, which would bring a nice chunk of change for LG Innotek as a supplier, too.
Apple iPhone SE 4 release date to expect
The last time Apple released an iPhone SE was way back on March 18, 2022. Following a similar logic, and armed with the knowledge that LG has already started its camera production three months before release, the iPhone SE 4 should be seeing the light of day on store shelves closer to Friday, March 21, rather than March 14.
That is to say, that the iPhone SE 4 will have a single camera on the back still, but the whole camera kit, i.e. the sensor and lens and flash combo, will be aligned vertically. The front, however, should look like the iPhone 13 and carry its 6.1-inch OLED display.
This will make the iPhone SE 4 the largest of the line so far, and Apple has found a way to make the iPhone SE 4 even cheaper to produce than the three-year-old at the time iPhone 13. To do this, it will task BOE with making 70% of the iPhone SE 4 panels, as this is its cheapest iPhone display supplier.
Even then, Apple has reportedly asked BOE to come up with even lower specifications for the iPhone 13 panel that will land in the iPhone SE 4, such as an older OLED generation production method or lower peak brightness.