iPhone SE Plus Delays to Launch from First Half of Next Year
Apple is expected to release a 5.5-inch iPhone SE Plus after the second half of next year. Analysts say that the pre-order performance for the second generation of iPhone SE is doing better than market expectations.
"It is highly likely that the release schedule of iPhone SE Plus has been postponed from the first half of 2021 to the second half of 2021," said Min Chi-guo, an analyst at TF Securities Co., an Apple expert, in an investor note on the 21st (local time). In December last year, Ming Chi Guo predicted the launch of a mid- and low-priced iPhone SE Plus model with touch ID on a 5.5-inch display.
"Apple has released only the second generation of 4.7-inch iPhone SE, so the design, function and release schedule for the 5.5-inch Plus model remain a mystery," said The Verge, an IT media outlet.
Although iPhone SE is gaining popularity in the market, some say it could lead to a drop in sales of the iPhone 11 series. "The amount of iPhone SE orders is higher than expected, which means that consumption will eventually be revised down," Mingchiguo said. This means that consumers are looking for cheaper smartphones and delaying their purchases due to the new coronavirus infection (CORONA 19). Ming Qiguo lowered its estimate of iPhone shipments by 30 percent in the second quarter of 2020 due to the aftermath of Covid-19.
Ming Qiguo analyzed that mass production schedules for some of the iPhone 12 series to be released in the second half of this year will be mixed. Apple is scheduled to release 5.4-inch, 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch models. Only 6.7-inch models with the most complex designs will be available for mass production only in October, while the other three will begin mass production in September, Ming Chih-guo said. Launched in 2017, the iPhone X was released weeks later than other models, and the iPhone XR was also released about a month later.
Among the iPhone 12 series released in 5G, the iPhone, which supports millimeter waves, is also likely to be delayed. It was due to the issue of the antenna design change, Ming Chi Guo explained. Apple is expected to lower its quota for iPhone shipments, which supports millimeter wave bands, to 5-10 percent. Apple is expected to support both the sub6 band and millimeter wave in the iPhone 12 series.