iPhone SE (2020): overview and specifications

The concept of “iPhone for the poor” has long been worked on by Apple. At first, they artificially extended the life of frankly outdated smartphones, as was the case with the 3 iPhone 2009GS. Then they released a plastic iPhone 5C, which seemed to be on sale, but the fact that it had no continuation speaks eloquently about its “success”. Finally, in 2016, in Cupertino, they did what the sufferers expected from them – they packed the stuffing of the then-current 5S into the 6S case and called it all iPhone SE. That model gained immense popularity, and users were even upset when the smartphone was discontinued at the end of 2018. But even before this sad moment for poor apple fans, rumors spread about the second generation of SE. He was expected in 2018, in 2019, and, finally, he appeared to the world in 2020. So what did the second coming bring us?

iPhone SE review (2020)

Release date and prices for iPhone SE (2020)

It turns out funny, because it was Apple that made it fashionable for electronics manufacturers to hold “quiet presentations”, when even the expected product just appears on the company’s website. In 2019, there were still those who were dissatisfied with this, but the sad realities of 2020 reconciled them with this practice. The iPhone SE (2020) page appeared on the Apple website on April 15. That’s the whole presentation. In some countries, the smartphone will become available for pre-order on April 17, in Our Country it will happen on April 23. And the very next day, on the 24th, sales of SE will start in more than 40 countries.

Insiders who promised a smartphone from Apple for $250 turned out to be far from the truth. In the US, iPhone SE (2020) will be sold from $399 (29,9 thousand rubles at the rate of April 15) for the base 64 GB, $449 (33,6 thousand rubles) for 128 GB and $549 (41,1 thousand rubles). rubles) will be asked for 256 GB. For a buyer, the phone will cost even more – 40, 45, and 54 thousand rubles. Well, what can I say, the price tag for us has clearly been adjusted by economic reality and the falling ruble. However, in 2016, for a 16 GB SE, they asked for 38 thousand rubles at the start.

TECH SPECS

Screen

Cost is not the only feature of the SE series. Among fans of Apple products, there are many who are nostalgic for relatively compact devices. Here they will have the iPhone SE (2020) just right – the display diagonal is tiny by today’s standards of 4,7 inches. The resolution of the IPS panel is 750 x 1334 pixels with an “archaic” aspect ratio of 16:9. Actually, this is still the same matrix that was in the iPhone 8 of the 2017 model. And in general, if you notice, in the iPhone SE (2020) a lot of things migrated from the GXNUMX.

Chassis

For example, the corpus. Yes, here the network informants turned out to be right and the new SE received a design exactly like that of the iPhone 8. What a design, the linear dimensions of the case are the same up to tenths of a millimeter. In other words, it is glass in front and behind, an aluminum frame and good dust and moisture protection according to the IP67 standard. In place was the good old Touch ID sensor, the loss of which many have been grieving since the iPhone X. The smartphone is available in three colors – black, white and red (Product RED).

Processor, memory, communications

Apple did not save on the “heart” of the smartphone and installed its latest A13 Bionic processor into it. It debuted in September 2019 in the iPhone 11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max. A modern six-core chip will provide benchmark performance for years to come, as will iOS updates.

Apple never discloses the amount of RAM in its smartphones, but numerous dismantling devices reap this information. And if the iPhone SE (2020) received the actual stuffing, then it should have RAM, like the “eleventh” – 4 GB. However, this is just speculation. But the volume of the drive is known for certain. Memory in the smartphone can be 64, 128 or 256 GB.

With communications in the new SE, everything is in order – there is Wi-Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5.0, and an NFC chip, with which Apple Pay works familiar to many. Of course, there is no 5G, a 3,5 mm audio jack, and the proprietary Lighting in Cupertino does not dare to send it to the “technohistory dump”.

Camera

Apple does not skimp on flattering epithets to the main and only photosensor. Technically, it’s a 12-megapixel camera with f/1.8 aperture and optical stabilization. But for now, one can only guess who got the iPhone SE (2020) sensor, because similar numbers can be found in the specifications of both the iPhone 8 and iPhone 11. And these, as we know, are cameras of different levels. But the SE video will definitely write better than most flagships on Android – so far, according to this indicator, Apple products are inaccessible to competitors.

Finally, a few words about the selfie module. It’s just there, with a resolution of 7 megapixels.

Battery

And again, Apple is stingy with the numbers – the volume of the battery of the novelty is not indicated. But it is said that autonomy remained at the level of the G1821 (in which 18 mAh batteries were installed). It is gratifying that fast charging (albeit only 5 W) and wireless Qi have been “brought” to the SE. True, Apple was greedy and put a XNUMX W power supply in the package.