Top performance, good camera, long support and manageable size make cheaper iPhone a bargain
Apple’s latest iPhone SE is a surprise cut-price marvel that revives a classic iPhone design and trounces every other mid-range phone in the process.
The £419 iPhone SE takes the important bits of the iPhone 11 – the processor and software – and shoehorns them into the body of an iPhone 8 from 2017. You get a phone design largely unchanged from the iPhone 6 of 2014, with traditional home button, but the performance and longevity of a brand new Apple phone for £310 less than an iPhone 11.
Screen: 4.7in Retina HD (LCD) (326ppi)
Processor: Apple A13 Bionic
RAM: 3GB
Storage: 64, 128 or 256GB
Operating system: iOS 13
Camera: 12MP rear camera with OIS, 7MP front-facing camera
Connectivity: esim, LTE, wifi 6, NFC, Bluetooth 5, Lightning, and GPS
Water resistance: IP67 (1m up to 30 minutes)
Dimensions: 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3mm
Weight: 148g
The haptics on the iPhone SE are simply fantastic
There’s no headphone adapter in the box, but there is a set of Lightning EarPods
The stereo speakers are surprisingly good
You can’t expand notifications through a long-press on the lockscreen like you can with every other iPhone, which is annoying (you can on notification pop-ups though)
The iPhone SE is too short for some wireless charging stands
Pros: lowest-cost new iPhone, five-year-plus software support, A13 Bionic, wireless charging, good camera, top performance, easy to handle, water resistance, Touch ID, amazing value
Cons: battery life could be better, no headphone socket, no zoom camera, no Face ID, dated design, very slow charging
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