Phone SE 4 could look like iPhone 14, but with one rear camera
Apple’s upgrades to the 2025 iPhone SE 4 go beyond OLED, with one report claiming it will also gain a 48-megapixel rear camera.
The iPhone SE 4 has been rumored to arrive in March 2025 with a lot of updates. In a Sunday report from South Korea, it seems the list of changes has more to come.
Sources of ET News say that LG Innoteck and LG Display are supplying the cameras and displays for the iPhone SE 4. In the case of LG Innotech, while it previously only supplied the rear camera for the iPhone SE 3, it will do the front as well for the iPhone SE 4.
Mass production of the camera modules has reportedly started in LG Innoteck’s Vietnam plant. Due to the low selling price of the iPhone SE range, the company is expected to use existing components instead of developing new cameras.
As for the modules themselves, it is claimed that the front camera will use a 12-megapixel sensor, matching the resolution of the iPhone 16’s front shooter. It is unclear if it will be a TrueDepth camera per the report, but the iPhone SE 4 has been rumored to use Face ID instead of Touch ID.
Around the back, the single sensor is said have a resolution of 48 megapixels, again equalling the iPhone 16’s Fusion camera for size.
This isn’t the first rumor about the 48MP sensor, but it is the most credible report on it so far.
LG Innotech won’t be the only company working on the camera module. The report says that Foxconn and China’s Cowell Electronics will also be working in its supply chain.
For the screen, it is expected to have a 6.1-inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) panel, similar to the iPhone 13 in construction. LG Display is already mass producing the screen, apparently, but again it won’t be the only supplier.
China’s BOE is said to be working on the OLED screen as well, and could eat up a lot of the orders. Sources say LG Display will provide between 25% and 35% of the display panels.