Kade sikhuluma ngokwethulwa kwesizukulwane esilandelayo se-iPhone SE isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka, idivaysi efike emakethe ngo-2016 nge isici esifanayo sobuhle esinikezwe yi-iPhone 5 no-5s, kodwa ngengaphakathi elilungiswe ngokuphelele. Ezinyangeni ezedlule, amahemuhemu mayelana nokulungiswa okungenzeka akhule.
Lesi sizukulwane sesibili sizosinikeza i-iPhone encane, ene- design efana kakhulu nalokho esingakuthola njengamanje ku-iPhone X, kufakwe notch, okungenani yilokho okuncishisiwe kusuka kusikrini esiveze uSonny Dickson.
Uma singabheki usayizi wenothi, singabona ukuthi imodeli ye-SE, Isinikeza usayizi omncane ngokuqhathaniswa ne-iPhone X. Kungenzeka ukuthi i-Apple inciphise ubuchwepheshe obudingekayo ukuze i-Face ID isebenze, noma ukuthi ikhiphe ezinye zezinto eziyingxenye yayo, into engeke ibe nomqondo, ngoba inhloso ye-Apple ukulungisa kancane kancane kusuka inzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe ingena ku-Face ID kulo lonke uhla.
Ngokusho kukaMark Gurman, eWWDC elandelayo ebibanjwe ngoMsombuluko, ngoJuni 4, inkampani ezinze eCupertino ayihlelanga ukwethula i-Hardware futhi izogxila kuphela ezindabeni zesoftware, izindaba eziphikisana naleyo yena ngokwakhe ayishicilela ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, nalapho aqinisekise khona ukuthi izindaba ze-iOS kanye nesoftware ye-MacOS zingabalwa eminweni yesandla esisodwa. Okucacayo ukuthi kuze kube kubanjwa ingqungquthela yokuqala yeWWDC ngeke sikwazi ukushiya ukungabaza.
Uma ingekho i-hardware ethulwa kulo mcimbi, kungenzeka ukuthi i-Apple ifuna ukulinda ukwethulwa kwamamodeli we-iPhone alandelayo, ahlelwe ngoSepthemba, njengonyaka nonyaka. Kulo mcimbi, i-Apple ingaqala izizukulwane ezintsha ze-iPhone enesikrini se-LCD lokho kungafaka i-notch ezohlinzeka nge-FaceID kuwo wonke amadivayisi.