iPhone SE vs iPhone 8 Review 3 Weeks Later: Is It Even Worth The Upgrade? By TechDaily

What's going on guys, my name is Wade with tech daily, so I've had the 20/20 iPhone SE for almost three weeks now and in this video I wanted to talk a little about my experience with this phone so far and compared it mainly to the iPhone 8. The reason I want to focus on this comparison in particular, is because anyone coming from say the original iPhone SE or an iPhone 6 iPhone 7. It's already pretty understood that that's a pretty big worthwhile upgrade but jumping from an iPhone 8 to the iPhone. Se may not seem like that big of a change, so I wanted to sort of go over some of my thoughts on whether I think it's genuinely worth the upgrade. So, first off, let's talk about price, as we all know, the new iPhone SE retails for 399 dollars, while it is the cheapest iPhone Apple offers right now by a significant margin. I do realize it's still a decent chunk of money to spend, but even at that price it is far and away the best value.

iPhone Apple has ever offered to put it into perspective. The iPhone 8 sold for $6.99 when it first launched in 2017 a year later it dropped to $5.99 and by 2019 Apple, was selling it for 449. If you bought an iPhone 8 at any point over the last three years, you paid quite a bit more than what the iPhone SE sells for today and yes, I do realize the iPhone 8 started as a flagship device and the iPhone SE is not really a flagship device. But just stick with me here. The iPhone 8 was the same phone year after year.

It started as that flagship device at first, but then turned into resold old inventory, just priced lower, Apple, never added any new hardware, specs or upgrades the iPhone 8 was never comparable to the rest of the lineup, since it was just old stock. This time around. Not only is the price lower once again, it's actually a somewhat new upgraded device that is comparable to even the thousand-dollar flagship, iPhone 11, Pro, Line and I'll talk about what I mean by that in just a minute, but obviously it mainly has to do with those internal specs specifically for iPhone 8 owners. The new iPhone SE is the first and only new phone that fits the same design and form factor that used to, and you're paying the cheapest prices. Apple has offered in a long time likely far cheaper than what you paid for your iPhone 8.

If you bought it new at any point over the last three years that 399 price point, the iPhone SE is honestly really solid when you start to break it down now, I think the biggest thing I phone 8 users are going to appreciate with the new iPhone. Se is a simple fact that it's basically the same phone. If you kept an iPhone 8 up to this point, it's likely because either the larger size of the new phones or the home button list design wasn't anything. You were interested in I. Guess: Apple recognized this and decided for at least one more time now.

They'd offer the iconic original iPhone set up with a home button touch ID and extra large bezels. All around I see comments all the time criticizing. How old and dated this design is, how you get such a small display, how it doesn't look like any other phone in 2020, but here's the thing if you're thinking that way, this phone was just never intended for you, the iPhone SE is specifically for the people who want this kind of setup. If you have an iPhone, 10 R, for example, you probably wouldn't replace it with an iPhone SE. If you have a current iPhone 11, obviously you aren't going to go backwards unless you really missed this set up, and if you have literally any Android device released over the last four years, the iPhone SE isn't going to be something you like either, but for iPhone 8 users and, by extension, the older iPhone users as well.

This is exactly what you've been waiting for the same familiar design, the same small and comfortable form factor the same device. You already know and love just with some worthwhile upgrades thrown in and as a phone by itself. There's nothing really wrong. With this set up at all. It's one of the smallest devices released from any company in 2020, which makes it super comfortable in the hand and in a pocket, and while it sells at a mid-range smartphone price point, you get flagship materials, it's all glass and aluminum, just like the iPhone 8, which was a flagship phone like I, said at its own right back when it was released.

Fry phone ain't users, the lack of any design changes with the new SE is probably a good thing, and it may sound weird. But it's one of the main reasons why I think the new SE is actually a good up. You aren't expected to adapt to anything new or different that you may not like, and it's probably why iPhone 8 users have held on for so long. The new large form factor all display smartphones just aren't for them. Unfortunately, the lack of any noticeable design changes means that if you were hoping to get any sort of upgrades at all you're kind of out of luck for the most part, the new SE consists of iPhone 8 parts and pieces.

The housing and body are obvious, but the display hasn't changed at all either it's the same 1334 by 750 resolution, IPS LCD Retina display that's been around for forever. Now, there's no higher resolution, no AMOLED, no real changes whatsoever and that's sort of a bummer considering how good it displays smartphone have nowadays, even on some of the cheapest devices out now touch ID, while just still being there is great, hasn't improved either. There's nothing wrong with it. I still actually prefer to face unlock honestly, but Apple didn't make it any faster or more accurate. It's the exact same thing as it was on the iPhone 8 wireless charging is here on the iPhone SE as well, just like it was on the iPhone 8, but it isn't any faster or better.

Now the new iPhone SE does actually support slightly faster charging via the Lightning port, but you still have to go out and buy a USB plug and cable separately. It doesn't come in the box and the actual battery itself is the same capacity in both phones, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight William. So far, in my time, using the SE I just haven't really noticed any better battery life and I. Don't necessarily think you should expect that either the dual stereo speakers are also the same to one down below and one in the earpiece once again, nothing wrong with the setup as a whole. But if you wanted anything better, it isn't here with the new SE.

At this point, you're, probably thinking, okay, there's practically nothing, that's really been upgraded. Of course, it's not worth getting an iPhone SE over an iPhone 8, but there's really two reasons in particular when it comes to actual upgrades that genuinely do make it worth the upgrade. The first like I mentioned earlier, are the changes to the internal specs inside the new iPhone. Se is Apple's 813 Bionic chip set it's a two-year newer processor than the 11 and the iPhone 8, and the a13 is the same chipset. That's in apple's thousand dollar iPhone 11 proline paired with three gigabytes of RAM and the SE over just two gigabytes in the iPhone eight.

You are getting apples, 20/20 flagship, specs, exactly what they pack inside their most expensive, Pro iPhones for a fraction of the cost. Not only is this going to be a decent upgrade over the iPhone 8, it's likely the single factor that makes the SE the best all-around value. iPhone Apple has ever offered now. I do have a dedicated speed test video that offers a more in-depth look at how much better the SE is, but in everyday tasks, you're going to see a nice improvement and when you launch more intense apps like games, for example, you'll certainly feel an even bigger difference, even though it's super inexpensive in comparison, the iPhone SE, for all intents and purposes, is a fully capable 20/20 flagship smartphone on the inside. Beyond that, while the iPhone 8 is still getting the latest updates of iOS, it likely only has one or two more years of support, jumping up to the new iPhone SE will yield five, six or maybe even seven additional years of software updates, and if you held on to your iPhone 8 for a long time, you can rest easy, knowing you'll be able to hold on to your iPhone SE for likely even longer.

In my opinion, the internal specs alone are what sell this iPhone SE it's. What makes the phone a significant upgrade over the eight and a sound long-term investment as well, but there's one more significant upgrade that I think iPhone 8 owners will fully appreciate just like with the internal specs. The camera on the iPhone 8 I'd argue is comparable to most flagships on the market today now on paper, it doesn't really look like anything, has changed. It's still. A single 12 megapixel rear lens around back, but paired with a significantly better internal processor to help capture the shots, as well as some improved software support.

The new iPhone SE is going to take significantly better pictures and videos. The color is more accurate. The exposure is better. The detail is like night and day and with videos. Stabilization has significantly improved.

This really brings the iPhone SE up to par with the camera experience on the iPhone 11s. Even if you are missing out on the extra lenses and night mode, which I think is the biggest bummer I really have no issue saying that the new iPhone SE is the best single lens picture and video taker and is likely one of the best smartphone cameras at under $500, probably second, only to the Pixel 3a up front. It's kind of the same story with the selfie camera, though, to a lesser extent, it's the same single lens, 7, megapixel shooter. So hardware, why is nothing has changed, but when you actually take some side-by-side pictures, the better processing power and software upgrades allow for better selfies, not significantly better necessarily but noticeably better, and that's still something at least so. Here's the thing if your first thought about the iPhone SE is about how terrible it is as a 20/20 smartphone just understand that it wasn't meant for you anyway.

This is a phone, that's mainly for iPhone 8 users, and especially other older iPhone users as well. It's meant to finally get them to upgrade, and I have to say I honestly think the new SE is the upgrade you've been waiting for. If you're in that camp. On the surface, it may not seem like much, but a vast majority of the phone itself is what oh gee iPhone users wanted to keep anyway, the home button touch ID, the small design compact form factor it's what they enjoy and what they want in a smartphone do I wish there were some other upgrades, yeah, of course, but I think the two big ones Apple focused on the internal specs with speed and performance boosts and the major upgrade to the camera. Those are certainly worthy enough to justify upgrading and by the way you can still sell your old iPhone 8 for, like 250 bucks, some places like swap eBay and Facebook if you're comfortable doing that you'd be paying like a hundred and fifty or a hundred and seventy-five bucks out of pocket for the new SE and at that price, it's an absolute steal.

So there you go. Those are all of my thoughts on upgrading from an iPhone 8 to the iPhone SE. What do you guys think? Is it really worth the upgrade? Let me know in the comments down below I'd love, to know your thoughts, of course, but hopefully you guys did enjoy this video be sure to follow tech daily on Twitter and subscribe with the tech daily YouTube channel. If you haven't already, and I'll see you guys later.

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