Apple’s set to release its new crop of iPhones in less than a week. If the last two years are indicators of anything, the company might not sell as many units as it used to do prior to the iPhone X’s release in 2017. However, a report from Nikkei Asian Review suggests, it’s preparing to launch a sub-$400 phone next year to revive sales of its most beloved product.
The report notes the device will be a successor to the iPhone SE, which was released in 2016. The phone will expectedly feature a 4.7-inch LCD display – just like the iPhone 8. It’ll also reportedly share some components with this year’s iPhones, such as the A13 chip.
Reports of Apple releasing an iPhone SE 2 are not new, though. In 2017, plenty of stories indicated the company will release the much-awaited successor in 2018. But as you probably know if you’ve been following Apple, the company did nothing of the sort.
Poor iPhone sales in recent quarters have hurt Apple a bit, but it’s trying to make it up by ramping up its services portfolio. It even stopped disclosing the number of phones it sold every quarter since last year.
