The more conventional, and boring, explanation is that SE is for “Second Edition,”since Apple is coming back around to making a 4-inch iPhone”.
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The company also revealed that it fully runs on renewable energy in 23 countries.
Apple is also getting aggressive with wooing first-time smartphone buyers, and iPhone SE will start at $399 for a 16 GB model.
Apple has a responsibility to protect customers’ data and privacy, Cook said, adding that Apple “will not shrink from that responsibility”.
The new phone, called the iPhone SE (short for “special edition”), looks pretty much identical to the iPhone 5S that Apple launched in 2013, with sharper edges and a smaller body than the phones the company has been releasing in the three years since then. The iPhone SE will be available in 16GB and 32GB versions, starting from €499.
Apple has consistently argued in the press and in its legal filings that what is at stake is more than just this one iPhone, and that doing what the government is asking it to do would decrease security for all of its users.
“I’ve been humbled and deeply grateful for the outpouring of support that we’ve received from Americans across the country from all walks of life”, said Cook at an event in Cupertino held to announce new products.
What a contrast from a year ago.
iPad ProThe 9.7-inch display on the iPad Air 2 is still the most popular display size, which is why Apple is launching a 9.7-inch version of the iPad Pro.
“Apple routinely schedules product events in March and September, so the juxtaposition of a product premiere on Monday to a high-profile court date is coincidental”, a USA Today report said.
Apple has invited reporters to an auditorium at its Cupertino, California headquarters in Silicon Valley on Monday, a cozy venue compared with the massive San Francisco stages where it typically unveils new iPhones and major products.
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Last month, a federal magistrate judge ordered Apple to help the FBI break into the encrypted iPhone by designing new software that would defeat several security features built into the device.
