Apple cancels development of the fourth-generation iPhone SE, according to reports

Apple has apparently canceled development of a new iPhone. . Ming-Chi Kuo an analyst, claims the company has told suppliers that it will not release a fourth-generation SE model before 2024. This is a It was discovered by , Kuo said the device would have been the debut of Apple’s first in-house 5G modem, adding that the company had planned to test and fine-tune the chip on the SE before rolling it out more broadly to the iPhone 16 and beyond. Kuo suggests that Apple will likely continue to use Qualcomm modems up to 2024.

Kuo doesn’t say why Apple shelved the fourth-generation iPhone SE or if the performance of its own 5G chip had anything to do with the decision. Apple has attempted to reduce its dependence upon Qualcomm for over a decade. The bitter patent dispute between the two companies was ended in 2019. . Months later, however, Apple bought the majority of Intel’s mobile modem business. The company announced that it was ceasing to be an independent company at the end 2020. . There’s been little news about the project since.