Apple iPhone SE 2020: Long term review after 4 months By PhoneArena

So, it's now been about four months since the launch of the new iPhone SE 2020 edition, and I've been using it on and off for a while and now around the iOS 14 launch. I got to use it again and here's what strikes me about this tiny little phone that I still consider among the best budget phones you can buy in 2020, but with some footnotes, hello, everyone, my name is Vic with phone arena and back when I first reviewed the iPhone SE in May. I said it was a perfect device to buy for your grandparents or a kid, but probably not a great choice for your main phone, especially if you happen to be a tech enthusiast. So now that I myself have been using it, I still find that to be mostly true, but there are also many things that I appreciate about it. So let's get started with this long-term review of apple's, cute and tiny SP. But first let me just quickly remind you about the nitty-gritty about this iPhone SC.

It comes in the same design as the iPhone 8, iPhone, 7 and even iPhone 6 from way back in 2014. Yes, that's a six-year-old design, so this means big bezels on the top and the bottom, none of that edge to edge screen experience, but it also means something else and back. Then phones were super lightweight and compact, and that's what's striking about this here, iPhone SE from 2020. It just weighs close to nothing, and you don't feel it in your pocket. It's super comfortable to carry around and that's a big plus now I appreciate large phones for all they can do, but I have used the iPhone 11 Pro max, for example, and it's a giant brick that you have to carry in your pocket, and it's not comfortable at all.

So, yes, the SE is small and lightweight, and that's great, but unfortunately small also means a small screen, and that has been kind of a stumbling block I do wish. The screen was just a bit bigger. For example, the Google Pixel 4a is a phone of a similar size overall, but it has an edge-to-edge design and that extra screen space comes in very handy, especially if you use your phone a lot. The screen on the SC is just 4.7 inches, and it's an LCD one, not the newer, AMOLED kind, LCD screens, and this one in particular appears dim if you look at it at an angle, and it's also lower resolution. So you see some jagged edges in letters especially noticeable when reading text now this doesn't mean that it's a bad screen, look at it directly, as you would do most of the time and colors are well-balanced.

The screen gets bright enough for comfortable use, and it looks good it's just not modern and doesn't have those super punchy, AMOLED colors, by the way, if you're worried that with a small screen like this one typing would be a problem. Well, it's not, and I expected the small screen would be an issue, but Apple's keyboard is especially good, and I didn't have any issues with typing. The other important thing about the new SC is the battery size. It comes with an 1800 William hour battery, which sounds awful compared to other phones. These days that have around 3 000 William hour batteries, but hear me out.

If you just use your phone for regular phone stuff phone calls social media chats. I had no problem going a full day with it. The problem arises when you start watching a lot of YouTube videos, Netflix or play games, then the battery just melts so quickly. So the number one upgrade that I did soon after switching to the SC is replaced the super outdated, 5 watt charger that comes in the box with apple's, much faster 18 watt power adapter, which, by the way you have to buy separately for 30 dollars, which is a bit of a shame, but not a huge expense, but that is just a necessary upgrade that will save you so much trouble with the small battery. The fast charger is really able to juice it up quickly and give you that extra power.

When you need it, you also have wireless charging on board and that's a nice extra to have on a budget phone, and it is also particularly helpful here and oh my god. I had forgotten how convenient and fast and accurate those classic style fingerprint scanners were touch ID here is just a godsend for these mask toting times, and I have gotten back to my old cowboy style, routine of whipping out the phone spinning it a bit and then quickly placing my thumb on the touch ID sensor as if pulling the trigger now I'm kidding, but it's really that convenient and that nice next up the camera. Yes, it's just one camera but hear me out. This is a good camera. This is basically about as good as the main camera on a 1 000 iPhone 11 Pro phone just without the night mode.

However, it's a bit hard to appreciate how good it really is on the small screen which just doesn't do photos justice. If you send the photos to a larger screen, though you see, they are just excellent. They have nice colors nice dynamic range plenty of detail. Did I miss not having an ultra-wide camera and the zoom lens, and that's a tough one, but the short answer is not really all that much at least for my personal use, I just don't often have to zoom on things and the main camera is usually wide enough for the type of shots that I usually take plus many times you can adjust the framing by walking a few extra feet and again having just one camera, helps the phone stay thin and lightweight? It's not ideal, but it's a compromise. I was willing to take for everything else.

This phone has been top-notch. Performance has been excellent. Everything just flies thanks to the Apple A13 chip, inside same again as on more expensive iPhones and faster than many flagships. Android phones and I haven't really had problems with this phone having just three gigabytes of ram. So is this the right phone for you? Should you buy it? That's a tough one, because I really love how tiny and lightweight and how sleek it is and how it performs just fine for daily tasks, and even the small battery has not been such a big issue.

For me, the big deterrent for me is just the screen size which feels too cramped, and I just want a slightly larger screen to properly enjoy my social media. My photos, my videos. If there was a slightly larger screen size, I would not hesitate to recommend this phone in a flash as it is, though, it's definitely a bit too small for my use, but there is something else too. A smaller screen phone, like the SE, is great for a bit of a digital detox. We are bombarded with emails notifications, and this smaller screen, while not great to enjoy media, did push me a bit to limit my phone use and strangely that's the thing I actually liked.

So these are my long-term impressions with the iPhone ac 2020 edition. Have you been using it, and how do you like it? Would you recommend it? I'm curious to hear about your experience with the iPhone SE.2020 edition, in the comments section meanwhile thumbs up if you like this subscribe for more, my name is Vic. We are phone arena here on YouTube and on the web. You can find us at phonerino. com thanks for watching, and I'll see you in the next one.

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