iPhone 5se vs 6c

A supposed leaked picture of a yet to be announced new 4-inch iPhone is making its way around the Internet.

Late last week (the rarely wrong) Mark Gurman reported:

the upcoming “5se” features a design similar to 2013’s flagship but upgraded internals, software, and hardware features that blend the old design with modern technologies from the past two iPhone upgrades.

After reading the report I thought the same thing John Gruber wrote about conflicting design philosophies:

I don’t see how curved glass fits with the iPhone 5 industrial design. And what about the chamfered edges on the back?

In fact, after reading Gurman’s report a little closer it seems to contradict itself bit on this point saying later:

The chamfered, shiny edges have been replaced with curved glass like on the iPhone 6 and 6s lines

Whether the “leaked picture” is real or not it seems to be in line with what we have been hearing (and also what makes logical sense) about what to expect from a new 4-inch iPhone which sounds like an iPhone 5s size under mostly iPhone 6 design philosophy and internals. Although not clear in Gurman’s report, it seems that is really what it was probably saying.

Update: Gurman is now reporting that Apple has decide to drop the “5” from the name to just “iPhone SE” and:

The iPhone SE will look identical to the iPhone 5s except for slightly curved edges around the sides.

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