Apple 5se to be announced in March

Also included will be faster and more powerful Apple A8 and M8 chips from the iPhone 6 and Bluetooth 4.2, voice over LTE (VoLTE), and 802.11ac WiFi chips from the iPhone 6s, the article reported. The code name for the new handset is reportedly N69. Strong sales and big growth in China drove record-high iPhone sales for the entire rest of the year, but now the pent-up demand for a larger phone has been met and China's economy is slowing.

It is pictured next to an iPhone 5 for scale, showing that the new device will be roughly the same size as its predecessor, with a 4-inch display. While unconfirmed, the source of this image has accurately leaked unannounced Apple products in the past, so it's worth at least giving this photo a look. The front camera is similar to the one seen on 2014's iPhone 6. There were previous attempts to call it the iPhone 6C, iPhone Mini, or Apple's budget iPhone; but it seems the Cupertino-based tech giant has finally found a nickname for the phone, the iPhone 5SE. It would also be better equipped to run new features Apple plans to introduce in future versions of iOS. It is also said to feature the same 8-megapixel camera from the iPhone 6, NFC Chip, and will be available in Rose Gold, Space Gray, Silver, and Gold.

And if the past is anything to go by, the iPhone 7 will include a new A10 processor and Apple doesn't want the iPhone 5se's processor to be two generations behind within a 6 month window.

The iPhone 5se is said to replace the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and make room for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. It will have same hardware as of iPhone 5s.

The phone's case will mostly be the same as that of the iPhone 5s, according to a report from 9to5mac.

Coming to the improved model of the Apple Watch, the FaceTime camera is rumored to arrive later in the year but in March, the smartwatch could get a WatchOS 2.2 update along with new bands created by Hermes.