ISLAMABAD – Apple to launch a new IPhone model worth $399 as it has beenfacing a decline in iPhone sales.
This was inevitable considering the aggressive smartphone pricing byChinese OEMs. For reference, Redmi K20 Pro is 3 times cheaper than a $1000iPhone 11 Pro.
Two weeks ago, a famous Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF Securities,disclosed that the company is making an iPhone SE 2nd-generation and mightlaunch the smartphone by 2020.High-end Specifications
The same source has now unveiled additional details about the upcomingiPhone. According to him, just like the first-generation iPhone SE was anadapted version of the iPhone 5S body, the iPhone SE 2 will be very similarto iPhone 8 and will be priced at $399.
It will supposedly feature the A13 CPU (same as iPhone 11), 3GB LPDDR4X,64GB/128GB onboard storage options, and Space Gray/ Silver/ Red coloroption. It will not feature 3D Touch functionality but that is justifiableconsidering the price.Mass Production
Kuo said that Cupertino has asked its suppliers to produce around 2-4million iPhone SE 2 units per month since the company is expecting to sell30 million iPhone SE 2 smartphones in 2020.
This will be Apple’s third attempt at an affordable smartphone. The firstone was in 2013 when the company released iPhone 5C and the second one wasin 2016 with the iPhone SE.






