Compact iPhone to be called iPhone 5e – Here are its reported specs

The internet has been in an uproar all week after several publications cited that Apple could be removing the headphone jack on their upcoming models. Last year, Apple also launched the new super slim MacBook which completely ditched the ubiquitous USB port and comes only with a new USB Type C port. The company also was amongst the first to stop shipping its devices with optical drives.

Meanwhile an Electronic Times report in Korea stated that LG Display and the panel-making unit of Samsung will supply OLED screens for Apple’s iPhone 7. A recent report claimed that Apple has cut component orders for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus by 30 percent due to slowing demand.

The specs of the iPhone 5e are said to include a four-inch Retina display, Apple’s 64-bit A8 processor and 1 GB of RAM. The report quotes a source with knowledge of the company’s plans and says that iPhone 7 will be waterproof.

Touch ID – Apple will reportedly add NFC and Touch ID support to the “iPhone 5e”, which was not available on the iPhone 5s unless paired with an Apple Watch.

The camera department is not expected to get any major hardware update when compared to iPhone 5s.

Likely to be under the Beats brand that Apple now owns, the premium buds are said to also enable the wearer to interact with their iPhone and use Siri thanks to a wireless microphone also built into them.

Now, a new report out of China claims the four-inch iPhone 6c will actually be called iPhone 5e.

Mac Otakara now says the new 4-inch iPhone will have dimensions of 122.90 mm x 57.63 mm, which is fractionally thinner than the iPhone 5s. Battery life has gotten worse with the iPhone 6 but better with the iPhone 6s so we can expect an improvement with the iPhone 7 if Apple takes matters seriously.

Falling in line with other rumors, cnBeta suggests the iPhone 5e will launch sometime between February and March, possibly coinciding with the Chinese New Year.

One single rumor caused an uproar, as 220,000 people signed to keep iPhone’s 3.5mm jack already, even though the information has not been confirmed by Apple.

This also suggests it’ll be an enhanced (hence the “e”) version of the iPhone 5s, rather than a budget iteration of the latest design.