iPhone 13 and iPhone SE rumours
Apple’s affordable phone to get A15 chip and 5G support
Some Apple products come with small features that have an impressive, outsized impact when you use them. The Apple Watch’s always-on display is one such feature, and it looks like Apple might bring similar tech to the iPhone 13 when it launches this year.
In an edition of his Power On newsletter, reporter Mark Gurman has claimed the next iPhone might come with an “Apple Watch-like always-on mode.” This would enable you to see some details on the screen at a lower brightness without having to fully switch on the display.
Elsewhere in the newsletter, Gurman predicted the iPhone 13 would come with a 120Hz refresh rate for smoother interactions, something that has been rumoured a lot in the past year or two. He also forecast a new A15 chip, a smaller notch, and other display upgrades that would help to improve battery life.
Elsewhere, a report from Nikkei Asia has claimed Apple will update the iPhone SE in the first half of 2022 to come with that same A15 chip and 5G support. The report also concludes the device will keep the same 4.7-inch chassis as the current iPhone SE, which suggests the Home button isn’t going anywhere. We will likely have to wait a little longer for a Face ID-enabled iPhone SE.