Apple iPhone SE (2020) Review | All the iPhone you need? By Digital Trends

It has been about five years since I last use a phone as small as the new $400 Apple iPhone SE, and the thought of going back to one fueled me with dread, justified, let's find out confession: I started off disliking the iPhone SE, it's small, it's not as fast as the iPhone 11 and well. It's got a design I had enough of in 2017, but gradually I warmed to the pint-sized phone, and my opinion changed so has it blossomed into a full-on love affair? Have I got a confession of a different type to make? Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's talk about the size, it's small okay, if you've used almost any premium, Android phone or any iPhone plus model consistently over the past few years, going to the iPhone SE feels like stepping out of a rolls-royce phantom and into a smart car everything's still there just on a smaller scale. This is basically the same design as an iPhone 6 and iPhone 7, or an iPhone 8, and this means a 4.7-inch screen on the front, and it felt cramped for quite a while, like my fingers, are tripled. In size since 2016, if you've been using an iPhone, 6 7 or an 8 for a while you'll, be right at home, though it's more, the problem is, if you're coming from anything bigger than that, just like we quickly get used to spreading ourselves out in our living spaces. Smartphone screens well they're, no different and coming from a bigger phone when it's quite jarring, but apart from that, it's practically impossible to visually, tell the difference between it and the 6.1 inch liquid Retina screen on the $700, iPhone 11, and that's right down to the extreme viewing angle as possible, but there's a reason. Big phones have become the norm.

It's because our smartphone habits have evolved to cater for our thirst for media. Many of us will spend plenty of time watching video and playing games on our phones and for casual gaming and some general you tubing. Well, the iPhone SE is perfectly adequate. No, it's not a cinema in your pocket or some other such clich? and the screen isn't that bright either, but provided you're not looking for that kind of phone. Then it's fine.

It's colorful, and the speakers were they're. Really great too, for normal everyday tasks like browsing and social media, the little iPhone SE nestled into my palm nicely and became not only more manageable but really quite fast too. There are various software enhancements to help hear such as Apple's swipe typing on that's new keyboard. It stops many of my messages simply reading MMM, as my fat fingers struggle to get the right letters. That said, there is some evidence.

The iPhone SE is much vaunted a 13 Bionic processor, which it shares with the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro has been slowed down a little benchmark tests, while they underperformed on the iPhone SE and scrolling through some apps was less fluid than I expected and certainly less fluid. Then on the iPhone, 11 I didn't notice any problems when playing games, though oh and there's a touch ID fingerprint sensor on the front unpopular opinion, I, don't think it's as fast or convenience as face ID and I have not been hankering for its return. Like some there's no denied reliability, though, provided your fingers are dry. It was around this point that I was struggling to find a reason not to use the iPhone SE over the iPhone 11. But surely the camera would be the thing that separated them.

It does, but not as much as you'd think at least not at first. The single 12 megapixel camera on the SE has been enhanced by the IE 13 bionics computational photography technology and has the excellent smart HDR feature and there's also some really great. Stabilization. Improvements for video sunny day photos look stunning, but it does suffer a little in low-light, and it doesn't have night mode or a wide-angle mode either. Basically, it's just not quite as versatile.

Well, it does have a portrait mode. It only works when it sees people and that's where it loses out to the Google Pixel 3a, which has an uncannily brilliant portrait mode with its single lens camera, regardless of whether it sees people or otherwise, and it's another $400 phone. You should pay attention to the pixels. Camera really is outstanding, and it does provide more creative fun than the iPhone SE, in the same way that the iPhone 11 does, but there's little to choose between them, any of them when you're just taking everyday casual photos. So what about how the iPhone SE compares to the pixel 3 a more generally well, the pixel 3 is make 5.6-inch screen is better for watching video and enjoying games. There's no question about it: not bettering quality as such, just better.

In the same way, you'd enjoy a blockbuster film or on a 65-inch screen than on a 20 inch, but the iPhone SE is slicker and just more polished, particularly when scrolling through some webpages. If they're particularly image or video heavy, the Pixel 3a isn't very pretty either and the iPhone SE is attractive in a simple uncluttered way. The curvature of the frame is precisely judged. The premium glass back is beautifully reflective, and the whole thing feels exceptionally high quality. There's a reason.

The iPhone I cost $700. When it came out, the iPhone SE still feels every bit of that cost. Today, what I, like I, miss apples? Gesture controls- this is obviously a little old for that sort of thing, and a tap to wake screen function is oddly missing, and the bezels were there not particularly pretty, but the addition of black glass is a master stroke at improving the visual style, but the big one for me is the battery life, expect a day maximum with moderate use, and that's not great watch video and play games and this thing eats the battery like freshly delivered pizza bottom line. Should you buy the iPhone SE? Yes just be aware, while you're getting the battery life underlines what it should be used for its general everyday casual use. If you're going to be watching a lot more video and playing a lot more games, it's worthwhile spending a little extra to get at least the iPhone 11 I prefer it to the Google Pixel 3au, despite the screen size difference and a lot of that is down to iOS, 13 and Apple's many excellent features, and that includes Apple, pay, a strong app store and the promise of software updates for many years to come.

Mostly though, it's because we're waiting to see what the room at pixel for a will bring. So how about me have I confessed. My undying love to this little red object of joy. Well now my heart still belongs to the iPhone 11 Pro. It's bigger screen, its gestures, its face, ID and, of course, its camera, but I can't deny how quickly the iPhone SE worked its charm.

If you don't need those features that I love about the 11pro, you still get the build quality, the materials to software and some camera ability and power to, and that's where the iPhone SE really wins. There's this air of familiarity about it, but Apple reliability and trustworthiness which, when paired with those important tech updates and that amazing $400 price well, it makes the iPhone SE 20/20 very hard to resist.

Source : Digital Trends