Personally, I’ve sort of backburnered the third-gen iPhone SE rumors. It’s not that I had reason to think it wasn’t going to happen. I just wanted reason to think it was. Or will. And it looks like it is.
Spoiling surprises quarter after quarter, Cult of Mac says the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has posted regulatory filings that likely correspond to a new version of iPhone SE and a new version of iPad Air. Covering such countries as Russia, Belarus, Armenia, and others - devices sold in the region that employ encryption have to be registered ahead of time with the EEC, which is how our surprises get spoiled.
According to the Cult, the EEC databases has Apple prepping ten devices that run iOS 15. No, no one is expecting ten different iPhone SE models, just as no one is expecting 14 iPad Airs. Because, yeah - the database has 14 devices registered that’ll run iPadOS 15, thought to be a fifth-gen iPad Air. Cult of Mac figures the 14-units include seven wifi in one group and seven wifi plus cellular in another.
There’s nothing in the EEC filings to indicate that these are an iPhone SE and iPad Air 5. It’s just that both devices have been rumored. Personally, I’ve sort of backburnered the fifth-gen iPad Air rumors. It’s not that I had reason to think it wasn’t going to happen. I just wanted reason to think it was. Or will. And it looks like it is.
