Very recently we saw a rumor from those we don’t like to reflect too much: Ming-Chi Kuo has reason to believe that Apple may postpone or even cancel the arrival of the iPhone SE 4. The decision would be given by the increase in manufacturing costs and due to the decline in sales of low-end terminals.
We have the logic: if an iPhone model does not give the expected advantages, it is normal that Apple decides to put it aside to focus on the models that sell the most (which seem to be the most recent and the more expensive). But here there is a group of users that is not exactly small and can go wrong.
The iPhone SE is the right and necessary iPhone
The normal thing that happens with a person who buys an iPhone (which at the moment will surely be an iPhone 14 or similar) is that they enjoy all its functions: iCloud, calls, messaging, social networks, content, payments, health , work, shopping and leisure… the very definition of having a computer in your pocket.
But there are other users. The users who They only use mobile for calls, whatsapp and what is right and necessary How to enter banks and make arrangements. These are people of a certain age or users who don’t like to deal with technology and want minimal interaction with electronic devices. They don’t want to hear about the cloud or any app that means spending more time staring at the screen. They have enough to learn what an Apple ID is and set it up.
A cheap and small iPhone for basic use is an iPhone that is still in demand
These users, with whom I often speak in my advice and training sessions, always choose an iPhone SE because it is the cheapest terminal and because it can last the longest. And they choose it over a cheaper Android because in the iPhone they see durability, reliability and a good brand behind it. Also because they see a small terminal, which does not bother the pocket.
If suddenly these users see how the iPhone SE ceases to exist, they are orphans. They are forced to buy a bigger and more expensive iPhone with many features that they will not use. Discard can lead them to migrate to Android, with all that entails. Or resort to the second-hand market by buying an iPhone from older generations. Perhaps the iPhone SE 2022 will become a treasured object.
That’s why, personally, I don’t know how to take this rumor: on the one hand I see the logic, but on the other hand it may lead many basic users of the platform to decide to go look for small terminals and save money. The switch to Android is not trivial, but with the little they would use the phone, they would not notice it too much.
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