iPhone SE (2020) Review | Four Months Later By Tech Spurt

So today, I've got something red, shiny and surprisingly small stashed in my pants, just for you say hello to the iPhone SE 2020, one of the most compact smartphones around and also one of the most affordable apple handsets. This thing costs 419 quid sim free, which is roughly the same as two and a half wheels for your Mac pro bargain. Otherwise, you can also grab it from the likes of Vodafone here in the UK for 39 quid a month, and I really should like the iPhone SE 2020 quite a lot as most of the YouTubers claim to, but unfortunately, the iPhone SE does find itself traced by rivals in quite a lot of different departments, especially those androids launched in the last couple of months. So four months after launch here is my in-depth iPhone SE 2020 review and from all the latest grips tech. Please do pub subscribe and ding that notifications bell cheers now, as the less than proud owner of stubby fingers and tiny Wii toddler hands. I've been somewhat troubled by the recent flood of 6.5 inch phones, so the iPhone SC is actually quite refreshing. Allow me to reach up to the top end of the screen without much fumbling and gnashing of teeth.

The iPhone is a much smaller than the pixel 4 rear, but of course, Google's phone makes much better use of that space. Cramming in a 5.8 inch display we'll see on the iPhone you've got a dinky, 4.7 inches, surrounded on all sides by bezels the size of Bournemouth. Still, it is good to see that touch ID sensor make a glorious return beneath the display, which is especially handy in the current mask, wear and climate, and this does work as well as it ever did. Although there's no face detection on offer as a backup now just 148 grams, the iPhone SE is so light. You'll forget that it's even stashed in your pocket, which certainly for me, resulted in frequent hilarious bouts of me slapping my thighs and muttering Christ.

My phone, while my heart tried its level best to eject itself out of my throat and that by no means is a dis on the iPhone SE. It's just a surefire sign that current phones are far too bloody big. The construction here is very sound as well. If a little dated the aluminum edges are pleasingly curved for comfy grip, while the back end is all glass just like the front right now, you can grab the iPhone SE 2020 in three different colors. You got your black, your white or your forever funky product red version, and I definitely say it go for the red it is tasty and so far the durability seems fine as well.

Although, admittedly I haven't dropped this thing and I have generally treat it with care. There are a couple of like nicks on that screen, but you have to squint quite hard to actually notice them. So here is hoping over time the iPhone SE 2021 got the way of most iPhones and just be absolutely covered in scuffs and horrible little marks, and it's great to see that the iPhone SE 2020 is fully ip67 water and dust resistant as well, which is a feature which is incredibly rare at this sort of price point. You basically got the Sony, Xperia 10 mark ii, and that's pretty much it so if you want to enjoy streaming a bit of homes under the hammer, while you're relaxing in a steamy bath or bobbing about in a swimming pool, then job done, although of course, as usual as soon as the screen gets even slightly moist, it becomes completely unresponsive, so try and keep it as dry as possible. Now, regular viewers will know that, even on a good day, I'm slightly less than impressed with iOS, which is basically the smartphone equivalent of your slightly stuffy uncle who's, trying to appear less stuck in his ways by emulating cooler, relatives and not doing a very good job of it.

The latest freshest iOS 13 appears fully featured here on the iPhone SE 2020, and it features all the usual great features like impressive uh privacy uh. You got some great integration with other apple products, a well-stocked app store and, of course, you're guaranteed several years of updates courtesy of apple. However, it also comes loaded with all the usual quirks and bugs that seems to be getting worse and worse. In iOS, for instance, messenger keeps crapping out on startup for apparently no reason I always get logged out of my mail applications. My Bluetooth headphones won't automatically connect half the time just annoying stuff, like that, it's the kind of stuff that gets my family really concerned.

Every time. I review an iPhone because I find myself several times throughout the day, sarcastically screaming at my iPhone. It just works and while android certainly isn't perfect, I do miss little things like the app straw and the proper notification support and the overall openness whenever I switch over to one of apple's handsets still. I can't complain too much on the connectivity front. Sure you don't get any 5g support here on the iPhone SE 2020, unlike a lot of much cheaper androids like the OnePlus word, the Realme x55g, the Moto G 5g plus, but you do get full Wi-Fi 6 support, which works an absolute treat.

I had absolutely zero issues. Downloading files streaming music, video things like that over my Wi-Fi network, as well as other LTE as well, you've got 64 gigs of storage space as standard, that's, of course, going to fill up pretty fast. If you download a lot of apps and movies and songs and things like that, but unfortunately, as usual, there's no micro, SD expandability, so you're going to have to throw more cash at apple. If you want more storage, it's going to be 469 quid for 128 gig model, otherwise 569 quid for the 256 gig, at which point the iPhone SE 2020 stops becoming affordable, and it's more in line with like the OnePlus 8 and some really strong android flagships and the size of that 4.7-inch screen does mean that you will be squinting somewhat when you're watching movies, especially with those massive letterbox strips squashing everything into the center. That's a curse of the creaky old 16 by nine aspect ratio.

However, the actual visuals themselves are rather lovely sure this is a mere HD resolution screen, but these sorts of dimensions that's more than good enough photos, films, whatever they all look sharper than a broken bottle, wrapped in barbed wire colors, appear quite natural and on that maximum brightness level you'll hit around 600 nits, so no worries with outdoor visibility. However, that screen is so tiny that it is actually detrimental to usability at times, and I'm not just talking about when kicking back with a bit of Netflix or YouTube or whatever. Sometimes, when you're browsing the web, you'll find that you have to tap a link two or three times before it actually registers and then goes there and if you've got a couple of links close together, one on top of the other, then basically good freaking, look you've got to concentrate really hard, otherwise, inevitably you'll end up going to the wrong one. At times, it feels a little like bomb disposal. You got to focus on keeping your fingers as still as possible, hold your breath to avoid unnecessary tremors.

You feel a sweat trickling down your ass crack and then the final flood of relief. When you actually manage to tap the right one, and it's also a shame- you don't get that silky, smooth 90 hertz finish here on the iPhone SE as well, just like the Pixel 4a, especially when you consider that far cheaper android smartphones, again like the OnePlus word, the realm x55g, and that motor g5g plus server up 90 hertz or in the real news case, even 120, hertz visuals, still no complaints whatsoever with the stereo speakers' setup. It's surprisingly powerful and good clarity as well. Considering the iPhone is such a tiddler and good Bluetooth connectivity as well. Apart from the whole auto connect issue, thing uh, the connection stayed strong and stable.

It's probably just as well, because this is one of the few smartphones around this price point that doesn't have a headphone, jack and performance is an area where the iPhone SE 2020 really shines thanks to apple's, very capable a13 chipset. Unsurprisingly, this can absolutely tear through all of your afternoon sessions on whatever game you fancy with a perfectly smooth frame rate, no trouble. Although iOS still doesn't give you any kind of dedicated gaming mode, however, don't feel like you have to splash out on the iPhone SE 2020. If you are an avid gamer, because lots of android handsets around the sort of 300 pound mark are now emerging with Qualcomm's, excellent snapdragon, 765 or 765g chipsets stuffed inside, and that can smash through all the latest games on top detail levels with a perfectly consistent frame rate as well. So yeah, I'm sure the iPhone SC 2020, as you can see, has its foibles, but most of them more or less can be forgiven in some way.

Until now, because you see the biggest problem with the iPhone SE, 20 20 by 4 is the battery life specifically the way that the battery life is more pants than the annual pants' convention hosted by Penelope, pants wearing a dozen pairs of awful pants. If you stick to just occasionally checking your messages, better light, audio stream and things like that, then you'll probably make it to bedtime without having to prematurely plug it in. However, if you actually dare to use the cameras, especially for video call purposes- or you want to indulge in some gaming- well, you better have that lightning. Cable to handle is all I can say any kind of screen on time. Just immediately.

You can see that battery life dropping like a frigging rock, but that said when the display is completely off, the battery drain is quite minimal. So as long as you don't actually use the iPhone SE 2020 for anything, then you're fine. Now, let's finish up with the camera tech and sitting fairly flush with the iPhone SE's ass end is a single lens camera, just like the pixel 4 rear, in this case a 12 megapixel shooter with built-in is, but I shouldn't really even mention the iPhone SE 2020 in the same breath as the pixel 4 ears, because, frankly, google smartphone absolutely smashes this thing out the park when it comes to photo quality. If conditions are just right, you'll get quite natural, looking results and there's no fault in the detail levels here either, but even the merest hint of contrast, especially where bright skies are involved, results in over-saturation or a flat looking image where the pixel can always produce bold gorgeous picks. So just as the iPhone SC 2020 design is a bit of a leap back in time.

So, unfortunately, is the camera tech movement subjects are generally handled well, and I, like the results from the portrait mode more often than not, although occasionally you do get little visual quirks like this random vertical line to the left of the face, and if you want to shoot photos in low light without resorting to a blind and flash that whitewashes everything. Well, basically, forget it, there's no dedicated night mode or other help here, so you're basically stuffed. However, it is better news when you swap to that video as long as you again avoid bright skies and the like, you tend to get crisp results at 4k level, with the added bonus of the 60 frames per second option, and now you can finally actually change the resolution and the frame rate from within the camera app instead of having to go out and then go into the settings and mess around in there for just trying to actually find the right bits. I've only been complaining about that for about seven years. I've lost count of how many years now so kudos' apple.

You got there in the end. Audio pickup is absolutely fine, both in front and behind the camera. Colors look natural for the most part and the image stabilization is typically good for apple, even at that ultra HD resolution, and last up, you also have a basic 7 megapixel selfie cam. If you want to show the entire world how really bloody happy you are with your snazzy new iPhone. I found this made me look more tanned than in actual real life, so it's good for Fulham, forks that you've actually been abroad, and yet you've got the same portrait spots as well with the same range of weird studio effects if that's your bag.

So, as you can see, there's a fair bit to love about the iPhone SE 2020, including the compact size, the impressive performance and the fact that you don't have to burn down your house and claim on the insurance to actually afford one. However, if you're not already deeply ingrained and trapped inside the apple ecosystem, then I would highly recommend looking at some cheaper android alternatives like the Pixel 4a, which absolutely transfers the iPhone when it comes to the battery life and the camera tech. You've also got other options like the OnePlus word, the motor g5g plus stuff, like that which offer full 5g support, better displays and all kinds of other advantages as well. So that's my full final review of the iPhone SE 2020 be great to hear your own thoughts down in the comments below if you've been using it. Hopefully, you've been getting on it on with it better than I have, and for more than latest greatest day.

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