Analysts say no iPhone SE refresh is coming in 2021

Dec 20, 2020 19:55 GMT  ·  By

Apple has recently completed the staggered launch of the iPhone 12 lineup, and now the company is already working on the 2021 series that will reportedly bring more big changes for its flagship product.

One of them, according to Barclays analysts, is support for Wi-Fi 6E, which would make it possible for the iPhone to benefit from higher performance and lower latency. And of course, as per MacRumors, this would mean the iPhone 13 would offer faster data rates.

But at the same time, the analysts said Apple has no plans to launch a larger iPhone SE next year, despite all the rumors in this regard.

No larger iPhone SE

The analysts claim they indeed heard the rumors, which indicated the larger iPhone SE would feature a screen measuring between 5.5 inches and 6.1 inches, but based on their discussions with Apple suppliers, such a device actually is not in the works.

Earlier this year, it was speculated Apple would launch a non-5G iPhone 12 in the spring of 2021, and later it was believed this could actually be a larger iPhone SE.

If this new information is accurate, however, there’s a good chance these plans have been dropped, so no new iPhone would see daylight in the spring of the next year.

In the meantime, Apple is already working on the iPhone 13, and people familiar with the company’s plans say everything is advancing according to the plan. What this means is that the iPhone 13 would launch according to the typical schedule, so the device won’t experience a delay as it happened in the case of its predecessors.

If nothing changes overnight, then the entire iPhone 13 lineup should go live in September, with sales to begin later the same month with no delay whatsoever.