The iPhone SE (1st generation) is now being sold for over 200,000 won (US$140) on second-hand marketplaces. Even the iPhone 6s, a model released a decade ago, is fetching around 100,000 won.

All three SE models released so far, indeed, have come out in the spring: March 2016 for the 1st-gen SE March 2022 for the 3rd-gen model, and April 2020 for the 2nd-gen SE.

It is important to note that when the SE 1st gen released, Apple was already on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus in 2016, and last year, the company declared this first-gen budget smartphone a vintage product.

This week, Apple announced its latest entry-level model phone, the third-generation iPhone SE, which gains Apple’s latest chipset, a 5G antenna, a smarter camera, and more. A very familiar design. If ...

Apple has pulled the iPhone 14 and the third-gen iPhone SE from its online Apple Store in a number of EU countries, all to abide by inbound charger regulations.