Apple’s fourth-generation iPhone SE 4 is said to be en route, and it’s rumored that the new handset’s changes will extend beyond an OLED display and include a 48-megapixel camera.
Per ET News, LG Innotek and LG Display are supplying the cameras and displays for the iPhone SE 4. In the case of LG Innotech, while it previously only supplied the rear camera for the iPhone SE 3, it will do the front as well for the iPhone SE 4.
Mass production of the camera modules has reportedly started in LG Innoteck’s Vietnam plant. Due to the low selling price of the iPhone SE range, the company is expected to use existing components instead of developing new cameras.
It’s been said that the front camera will use a 12-megapixel sensor, thereby matching the resolution of the iPhone 16’s front camera. It’s unknown if this will be a TrueDepth camera, and the iPhone SE 4 has been claimed to use Face ID instead of Touch ID.
Around the back, the single sensor is said have a resolution of 48 megapixels, again equalling the iPhone 16’s Fusion camera for size.
The report also stated that Foxconn and China’s Cowell Electronics will be working in its supply chain.
The screen itself is expected to have a 6.1-inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) panel, similar to the iPhone 13 in construction. LG Display is already mass producing the screen, apparently, but again it won’t be the only supplier.
China’s BOE is said to be working on the OLED screen as well. Sources say LG Display will provide between 25 percent and 35 percent of the display panels.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via AppleInsider and ET News