Apple may ditch iPhone SE 2 name in follow up

Just when we thought that Apple’s ambitious phone iPhone SE which was launched in 2016 would never get an upgrade, we have news. We hear that there is likely to be a new launch under a new name in 2020.

Japanese blog Macotakara, with a decent record with Apple predictions in the past, cites an insider source as saying the new budget iPhone will be called the iPhone 9, not the iPhone SE 2.

The iPhone 9 moniker is certainly available — remember in 2017, Apple needed a successor to the iPhone 7 phones, as well as something to mark the tenth anniversary of the iPhone, so we got the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X.

If Macotakara’s source is correct, the iPhone 9 name will be used at last, three years later. It will also better position the phone as the successor to the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, currently the cheapest iPhones Apple sells directly.

The selling points of the iPhone SE were obvious: it was small (with a titchy 4inch

screen), and it was cheap (starting at $399 /

£379 / AU$679). Those characteristics look set to be carried over into its successor.

The iPhone SE 2 or iPhone 9 is apparently going to come with the same A13 Bionic processor inside the latest iPhone 11 range – that matches up with the original phone, which had speedy internals, even if the exterior is dated.

We also hear that the same $399 price point will be hit, so this is a phone to look out for if you want iOS features at best price.