iPhone SE 4 Launch is Imminent - we were right all along

[Marion]

*iPhone SE 4 Launch is Imminent*
<https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/07/iphone-se-4-what-to-expect/>

Given one of the reasons Apple products are the least secure in the mobile
device industry is you forever (every second of your entire life) be logged
into Apple's servers for most of the walled garden things to work...

It's no wonder Apple basically forces gimmickry in terms of Touch ID versus
Face ID security - because of the inherent insecure way iOS is designed.

With that ridiculously insecure IOS design in mind, here are highlights:
a. The iPhone SE 4 will look like the iPhone 14 (only bigger)
b. As Apple will no longer sell anything smaller than 6.1 inches
c. The ‌iPhone SE‌ 4 is expected to have a single-lens rear camera
d. And the iPhone SE 4 is expected to have an OLED (not LCD) display
e. An Action Button or Camera Control button are not expected
e. But the mute switch, volume buttons, notch & power button are
f. It will also likely have the same 5G antenna/SIM tray
g. Apple's claim that glass isn't glass is still the same
h. Touch ID is not expected on the iPhone SE 4
i. Apple is desperate to force people into Face ID gimmickry
j. There will still be a notch
k. Thank God the Lightning cable has been relegated to the trash bin
l. Likely MagSafe‌ wireless charging & accessories will work
m. The iPhone SE 4 inherits Apple's A18 CPU & 8GB of RAM
n. Where Apple recently admitted their crappy RAM was debilitating
o. The iPhone SE 4 will likely bottom out at 128 GB of storage
p. With Apple fucking its customer by not allowing portable storage
q. Which costs about ten bucks to double that 128GB to 256GB in fact
r. But Apple customers bend over to have Apple shove it in their ass
s. Rumor has it gets a 48-megapixel Wide lens like in the ‌iPhone 16‌
t. No telephoto lens or ultra wide lens though but the same wide lens
u. Apple is expected to debut its in-house modem in the iPhone SE 4
v. Which, much like Apple's Intel/Qualcomm modem fiasco, should be fun
w. Crash Detection & Emergency SOS might be features in the iPhone SE 4
x. The battery will still be the garbage-bin el-crappo iPhone 14 capacity
y. Which may mean that Apple might not be able to sell it in the EU
z. Due to Apple's purposeful fucking of its customers on battery capacity
A. Which means that the EU will closely look at the total lifetime stats
B. Which even for the most expensive iPhones, Apple barely squeaks by
C. Apple is still aiming for a price point under $500
D. Apple isn't going to hold an event to unveil the ‌iPhone SE‌ 4
E. Apple will likely announce this crap on Tuesday, February 11th
F. Anything else of import to note on the iPhone SE 4 product?

In summary, Apple can no longer fuck its customers on crappy RAM, but time
will tell how Apple fares on their historically garbage-bin batteries.
Also, Apple requires Face ID mainly due to the insecure method Apple
employs which essentially means every iOS device in the world has to log
into Apple's servers (which is what Apple really cares about) every day!

No other operating system is designed that horribly insecure from the
start; but forcing everyone to log into Apple servers makes huge profits.

[Alan]

Post by Marion
*iPhone SE 4 Launch is Imminent*
<https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/07/iphone-se-4-what-to-expect/>

For a "man" who supposedly only speaks facts...

...let's count the unsupported assertions...

...and the outright falsehoods!

Post by Marion
Given one of the reasons Apple products are the least secure in the mobile
device industry is you forever (every second of your entire life) be logged

Unsupported assertion

Post by Marion
into Apple's servers for most of the walled garden things to work...

Outright falsehood.

Post by Marion
It's no wonder Apple basically forces gimmickry in terms of Touch ID versus
Face ID security - because of the inherent insecure way iOS is designed.

Unsupported assertion.

Post by Marion
a. The iPhone SE 4 will look like the iPhone 14 (only bigger)
b. As Apple will no longer sell anything smaller than 6.1 inches
c. The ‌iPhone SE‌ 4 is expected to have a single-lens rear camera
d. And the iPhone SE 4 is expected to have an OLED (not LCD) display
e. An Action Button or Camera Control button are not expected
e. But the mute switch, volume buttons, notch & power button are
f. It will also likely have the same 5G antenna/SIM tray
g. Apple's claim that glass isn't glass is still the same
h. Touch ID is not expected on the iPhone SE 4
i. Apple is desperate to force people into Face ID gimmickry
j. There will still be a notch
k. Thank God the Lightning cable has been relegated to the trash bin
l. Likely MagSafe‌ wireless charging & accessories will work m. The
iPhone SE 4 inherits Apple's A18 CPU & 8GB of RAM
n. Where Apple recently admitted their crappy RAM was debilitating
o. The iPhone SE 4 will likely bottom out at 128 GB of storage
p. With Apple fucking its customer by not allowing portable storage
q. Which costs about ten bucks to double that 128GB to 256GB in fact
r. But Apple customers bend over to have Apple shove it in their ass
s. Rumor has it gets a 48-megapixel Wide lens like in the ‌iPhone 16‌
t. No telephoto lens or ultra wide lens though but the same wide lens
u. Apple is expected to debut its in-house modem in the iPhone SE 4
v. Which, much like Apple's Intel/Qualcomm modem fiasco, should be fun
w. Crash Detection & Emergency SOS might be features in the iPhone SE 4
x. The battery will still be the garbage-bin el-crappo iPhone 14 capacity
y. Which may mean that Apple might not be able to sell it in the EU
z. Due to Apple's purposeful fucking of its customers on battery capacity
A. Which means that the EU will closely look at the total lifetime stats
B. Which even for the most expensive iPhones, Apple barely squeaks by
C. Apple is still aiming for a price point under $500 D. Apple isn't
going to hold an event to unveil the ‌iPhone SE‌ 4
E. Apple will likely announce this crap on Tuesday, February 11th
F. Anything else of import to note on the iPhone SE 4 product?
In summary, Apple can no longer fuck its customers on crappy RAM, but time

Unsupported assertion.

Post by Marion
will tell how Apple fares on their historically garbage-bin batteries.

Unsupported assertion.

Post by Marion
Also, Apple requires Face ID mainly due to the insecure method Apple
employs which essentially means every iOS device in the world has to log
into Apple's servers (which is what Apple really cares about) every day!

Unsupported (and repetitive) assertion...

...AND outright (and repetitive) falsehood.

Post by Marion
No other operating system is designed that horribly insecure from the
start; but forcing everyone to log into Apple servers makes huge profits.

And finally, a question:

If accepting that Apple "forces everyone to log into Apple servers"
(they don't, but arguendo)...

...how does that impact Apple's profits?

[Marion]

... snip ...
u. Apple is expected to debut its in-house modem in the iPhone SE 4
v. Which, much like Apple's Intel/Qualcomm modem fiasco, should be fun

Forbes has a discussion about the modem which should be interesting, as
I've always shown Apple's chip designers to be sophomoric, at best, given
almost every SoC produced by Apple ends up with unpatchable flaws in it.

*This article has been updated with details on Apple's new 5G modem*
�<https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2025/02/08/apple-iphone-se-release-launch-date-leak-mwc-new-iphone/>

"Update, Saturday Feb 8, 2025: One interesting quirk of launching earlier
is the feedback Apple will get from the iPhone SE's 5G modem. 9to5Mac
reports that the SE will debut Apple's in-house modem rather than the
Qualcomm chipset that has served countless iPhone models over the last
decade. This will be Apple's first modem following the purchase of Intel's
smartphone modem division for $1 billion in July 2019.

Apple will be keen to bring the modem stack under its complete control
rather than following Qualcomm's roadmap and timescales. The iPhone SE will
be the first public step in this process. No doubt, a further step will be
taken in Sept 2025, with at least one of the new iPhone 17 models coming
with an Apple modem.

The early launch of the iPhone SE in late February, compared to potentially
mid-April, which was previously discussed, will give Apple user data from
the modem some six weeks earlier, which will give more than enough time to
contribute to the final design of the iPhone 17 family."

Given Apple has never designed a best-in-class SoC in its entire history,
it will be interesting to see how this modem turns out, shall it not?

[Alan]

Post by Marion

... snip ... u. Apple is expected to debut its in-house modem in the
iPhone SE 4
v. Which, much like Apple's Intel/Qualcomm modem fiasco, should be fun

Forbes has a discussion about the modem which should be interesting, as
I've always shown Apple's chip designers to be sophomoric, at best, given
almost every SoC produced by Apple ends up with unpatchable flaws in it.

Unpatchable flaws are a reality of chip design, doofus.

Post by Marion
*This article has been updated with details on Apple's new 5G modem*
���<https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2025/02/08/apple-iphone-se-
release-launch-date-leak-mwc-new-iphone/>
"Update, Saturday Feb 8, 2025: One interesting quirk of launching earlier
is the feedback Apple will get from the iPhone SE's 5G modem. 9to5Mac
reports that the SE will debut Apple's in-house modem rather than the
Qualcomm chipset that has served countless iPhone models over the last
decade. This will be Apple's first modem following the purchase of Intel's
smartphone modem division for $1 billion in July 2019.
Apple will be keen to bring the modem stack under its complete control
rather than following Qualcomm's roadmap and timescales. The iPhone SE will
be the first public step in this process. No doubt, a further step will be
taken in Sept 2025, with at least one of the new iPhone 17 models coming
with an Apple modem.
The early launch of the iPhone SE in late February, compared to potentially
mid-April, which was previously discussed, will give Apple user data from
the modem some six weeks earlier, which will give more than enough time to
contribute to the final design of the iPhone 17 family."
Given Apple has never designed a best-in-class SoC in its entire history,
it will be interesting to see how this modem turns out, shall it not?

Apple Silicon CPUs are best-in-class, doofus.