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iPhone SE 4th Generation Price News
Why the iPhone SE series is so popular in Japan
According to a 2021 Counterpoint Research survey, Japan, not the U.S., ranked first in the percentage of countries in global sales of iPhone SE released in 2020, with 33 percent. In Japan, more than half of Koreans use iPhones, and if you buy them through iPhone SE carriers, you can buy them at a very low price. That’s why the iPhone SE series is very popular in Japan.
I don’t know what the final sales volume will be, but in Japan, the SE 3rd generation’s cumulative sales in the first 10 days of release surpassed the iPhone SE 2nd generation, recording the highest sales volume of the iPhone SE series ever. There is news that the iPhone SE 4th generation, which brings many changes following the 3rd generation SE, may be able to surpass these records.
iPhone SE 4th generation price leaked
According to a report by Phone Arena, the price of the fourth generation iPhone SE has been leaked. According to the report, the price leak was leaked through a Japanese news agency and will be sold for less than $500 in U.S. dollars. It seems likely to launch at $499, which has been rumoured for a while.
In Japan, you can buy it at a low price as expected by the 4th generation of iPhone SE, and especially since the SE series is in high demand in Japan, it is expected to record a lot of sales like the last SE series.
Estimated Specifications
The iPhone SE 4th generation specification known to date is as follows.
- Design: Bezel-less design, not home button
- Chipset: Expected to be equipped with A17 Pro or A18 chips that cannot be experienced on smartphones in the $400 range
- Camera: 48-megapixel main camera expected to be installed in the main iPhone series,
- RAM: 8 Gigabit RAM for Apple Intelligence Support
Despite many upgrades that are incomparable to the previous iPhone SE series, it can be released at a relatively low price because it was able to reduce manufacturing costs by installing Apple’s own modem, not Qualcomm’s Snapdragon modem.
But ironically, the biggest reason to reduce the price is also the thing I’m most worried about about the iPhone SE 4. Apple’s own modem still needs to be verified, as the Snapdragon is known to have lower performance than the Exynos model.
iPhone SE 4th Generation korea Estimated Prices Due to Exchange Rate Fluctuations
In any case, the iPhone SE 4 is likely to launch at a lower price than expected, but the problem is the domestic price. As mentioned in the previous article, Apple is currently setting the domestic price exchange rate for the third generation of the iPhone SE at around W1,380, but as of December 31, it is just over W1,470.
I don’t know what the exchange rate will be in March this year, but if Apple launches it at around 1,500 won if the exchange rate continues, it will be charged 10% of consumption tax when it launches it at $499, and the estimated domestic launch price will start at 820,000 won. Unlike global launch prices, including Japan, domestic launch prices do not have much merit in terms of price. For now, $499 seems to have restrained the price increase as much as possible, but we will have to wait for the dollar exchange rate to become qualitative.