iPhone SE 3 renders show off the budget phone we really want

iPhone SE 3 renders evidence off the budget telephone nosotros really desire

A render of the iPhone SE 3, featuring the rumored Face ID notch

(Image credit: TenTechReview/xleaks7)

The debut of the iPhone SE 3 is likely not too far off, so let's take a await at the combined design and specs rumors condensed into some handsome new renders.

Published by TenTechReview in partnership with xleaks7, these renders show a thoroughly updated iPhone SE. It'southward even so got a familiar shape and some features carried over from the older models, but there are a couple of very big changes that we promise make it to the actual phone.

The overall shape is the same equally the current iPhone SE, with curved edges instead of the iPhone xiii series' flat ones. The specific measurements are patently v.four ten 2.6 10 0.28 - 0.32 inches (138.4 x 67.3 ten seven.3 mm - 8.2 mm).

It's hard not to notice the Face up ID notch added to the forepart of these renders. This has been rumored already, and is more of a certainty for the iPhone SE model later on this one, but is nonetheless believed to be coming to this new model also.

Based on xleaks7's sources, he's calculated that the phone will have a 5.69-inch brandish as a event. That'south larger than the iPhone 13 mini, just smaller than the old 5.viii-inch iPhone 10 and iPhone 11 Pro, resulting in a phone that resembles a slightly shrunken iPhone XR.

The back of the telephone is patently other than a unmarried rear photographic camera. This lines up with the iPhone XR design and previous iPhone SE models, merely it'southward yet a bit disappointing. Equally good as the current iPhone SE's photography is from its singular lens, rivals in the best cheap phones category usually carry two or more rear cameras for additional versatility.

A render of the back of the iPhone SE 3 — (Paradigm credit: TenTechReview/xleaks7)

Much of the rest of the phone is equally you lot'd respect. The ability button, volume buttons and warning slider are all in the aforementioned place every bit before. It's the same with the speakers and the Lightning port on the bottom edge. No USB-C to be found hither, although that's hardly a surprise given Apple tree's only abandoned its proprietary mobile device connector on its fancier tablets like the iPad Pro and the iPad mini so far.

A render of the iPhone SE 3 from the front, back and sides, featuring the rumored Face ID notch — (Image credit: TenTechReview/xleaks7)

These renders don't account for all of the rumors we've heard though. Some piece of work with this design just fine, like the utilize of a 5G-ready A15 Bionic chipset, or the toll staying roughly the same as the previous model.

However, other rumors discussing the pattern say we'll become another telephone that looks like the iPhone 8, with a Touch on ID home button and thick bezels, rather than the modern-looking telephone we run across in these renders.

As for the launch of the iPhone SE 3, there's one rumored opportunity for Apple coming up: March or April, the time of the company's usual leap product showcase. That'southward not also far off if information technology'south the example, and so nosotros'll keep listening out for more rumors as we go closer to that time.

Richard is a Tom'due south Guide staff writer based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, audio and whatever else people need advice on. Following on from his MA in Magazine Journalism at the University of Sheffield, he's also written for WIRED U.K., The Register and Creative Bloq. When not at work, he's likely thinking near how to brew the perfect loving cup of specialty coffee.