Apple is believed to be working on a new 4-inch iPhone, and now\u00a09to5Mac <\/i>claims to have details on what we should expect.<\/p>\n
The new phone is reported to be an improved version of the iPhone 5S: Apple is essentially said to be taking the guts of the iPhone 6 and stuffing them into the 5S\u2019s smaller body.<\/p>\n
So this new phone would have the iPhone 6\u2019s 8-megapixel rear camera, 1.2-megapixel front camera, NFC chip for using Apple Pay, A8 processor, and improved connectivity due to improvements like faster Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n
The phone\u2019s body is said to be similar to the existing 5S, but with curved glass around its edges, like the 6 and 6S, rather than chamfered sides.<\/p>\n
It\u2019ll also be available in all of the 6S\u2019s colors, including rose gold.\u00a09to5Mac <\/i>reports that the phone will \u201clikely\u201d be called the iPhone 5SE, which is a fairly bad name.<\/p>\n
The \u201c5SE\u201d name is not the weirdest thing about this phone, however.9to5Mac <\/i>reports that the 5SE will support Live Photos.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s really strange because the 5SE apparently\u00a0won\u2019t <\/i>have a 3D Touch display. It\u2019s really easy to imagine how Apple could make Live Photos work without 3D Touch \u2014 just use a long press \u2014 but it also kinda sorta speaks to the shortcomings of 3D Touch: that it often feels like a long press could accomplish all the same things.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, it makes sense that Apple would want to spread Live Photos in an attempt to make them a popular picture format.<\/p>\n
9to5Mac <\/i>says it expects the phone to be announced in late March or early April; that\u2019d fit the timeline of when Apple will likely announce a new version of the Apple Watch, as well.<\/p>\n
Apple is expected to discontinue the 5S once the 5SE is announced, so it should end up taking the 5S\u2019s spot in Apple\u2019s lineup, selling for $450.<\/p>\n
That means you shouldn\u2019t exactly think of this as Apple\u2019s low-cost phone offering. Instead, it may be the Apple has recognized it\u2019s important to sell more powerful phones so that people buying its cheapest option aren\u2019t immediately stuck with sluggish hardware.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Source: The Verge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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