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Design schematics reportedly showing the iPhone 5se's design leaked via notorious leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer from his @OnLeaks Twitter account on Wednesday.
The iPhone 5se is a new iPhone from Apple expected to launch in March. It'll have a 4-inch screen, just like the one on the iPhone 5s. (The iPhone 6s has a 4.7-inch screen.) According to Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac, the iPhone 5se will have a lot of the premium features found in the iPhone 6s like a fast processor, Apple Pay, and Live Photos.
The schematics show a phone that's a blend of the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 5s in design. Here are bigger images of the leaked schematics:
Steve Hemmerstoffer/@OnLeaks
It has the 4-inch screen of the iPhone 5 generation, and the volume buttons on the left side look like the rounded buttons from the 5 generation compared to the oval volume button on the 6 generation.
We've circled the parts on each the iPhone 5s and iPhone 6s Plus that looks like what we see in the leaked schematics.
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The wake/sleep button is also found on the top right of the device like it does on the iPhone 5, whereas the same button is found on the right edge of the iPhone 6.
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The bottom of the phone with the speaker grills, Lightning port, and headphone jack also looks identical to the iPhone 5s.
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Judging from the profile of the device's top and bottom edges in the schematics, it looks slightly more rounded than the iPhone 5, but not quite as rounded as the iPhone 6. The edges on the front appears to slope slightly, like the iPhone 6's does.
Those profiles also show that the general design of the phone will look closer to the iPhone 6 than it will to the iPhone 5, like many rumors claimed.
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The antenna stripes on the back of the device also makes it looks more like the iPhone 6's than the iPhone 5's.
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One of the schematics labeled "Older Version" shows a rounded camera flash like the iPhone 6 generation has. The other schematic, labeled "Newer Version", shows an oval camera flash, like the iPhone 5 generation. It suggests that Apple was considering whether to give the iPhone 5se the flash module from the iPhone 5 generation or the iPhone 6 generation, and it looks like it went with the iPhone 5's.
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Antonio Villas-Boas was a consumer tech expert with over a decade of experience testing and reviewing smartphones, tablets, computers, smartwatches, and phone carriers.ExperienceAntonio joined the Business Insider team in 2015 as a tech reporter on the news desk and moved to the service journalism team in 2020. During his time as Business Insider’s senior tech reporter, Antonio developed industry-leading battery-life tests for smartphones and tablets, and covered and reviewed hundreds (if not thousands) of products from major brands like Apple, Google, Samsung, and OnePlus since as far back as Samsung’s Galaxy S6, the original Apple Watch, and the very first Google Pixel. This decade-plus of experience has given him tremendous insights into what consumer tech truly stands the test of time and what will be irrelevant in just a few years' time (RIP The Pebble).Antonio is also an experienced deal hunter, surfacing the best discounts on phones, laptops, and smartwatches for readers during sale events like Prime Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. Previously, Antonio was a consumer-electronics analyst at PCMag and ran his own blog. Why you can trust AntonioAntonio approaches all his reviews not only as a tech expert but as a consumer himself. He reads every word of fine print in the phone carrier plans he reviews, and is deeply skeptical of deals that promise you the latest iPhone model for free. (Spoiler: it might be “free,” but you could be stuck with it for three years.)He largely recommends less expensive and small-scale fixes to upgrade your existing tech before considering buying the latest and flashiest in new tech. Antonio believes his role as the go-to “tech guy” for his family and friends extends to his readers as well; he only recommends products that have stood up to the testing process.Scripps News, NewsNation, Fox 5 DC, NBC LX, and Rich DeMuro’s “Rich On Tech” radio show have requested his commentary and expertise. ExpertiseHis expertise includes:
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