What kind of iPhone is this? | Apple iPhone SE hands-on By SoyaCincau

It's easy to look at the new iPhone SE and think that that's just the iPhone 8 with a brand-new processor, because in essence I guess it kind of is it looks the same. It's built the same, and it's pretty much the same on the inside too, but as someone who has just spent the day with the brand-new iPhone SE, I have to say that it doesn't feel like just an iPhone 8 with a little more power. That's because it feels a lot more like a 20/20 iPhone than it does a 20-17 iPhone with a new motor and I think that that is a very important distinction. Now don't get me wrong, I'm, not saying that the iPhone SE is a completely new smartphone. What I'm saying is that there is more nuance to it. Yes, if you hold both of these phones up side-by-side to someone who's not intimately familiar with the models, they probably say that it's the same phone, it has roughly the same weight.

It occupies the same amount of space in your palms, and it has the same hideously, outdated, bezels, and it still has touch ID, which is a feature that I didn't realize. I already didn't like when I first picked it up, it definitely felt antiquated, then I started using it, and that made me realize that adding a high-end processor like the a13 Bionic into what was essentially an outdated smartphone, does more than just make using it smoother. In fact, if I'm being honest using it side-by-side with my iPhone 8 I didn't feel like the iPhone SE was noticeably faster at much of anything but I. Think one of the main things this new processor allowed for was the chance for Apple to add new features. You know stuff, you might be familiar with on something like the iPhone 11 into a 20-17 iPhone and the most apparent area that has been updated is the camera.

Now I don't know if this is the exact same travel make a pixel camera as the one on the iPhone eight, because Apple didn't tell me, but teardown seems to suggest that it is, and also from my eye test, it doesn't look like the hardware has really changed, but with the a13 Bionic. What you can do with the camera is quite different. For starters, just looking at the camera settings for each smartphone is enough to tell you that these are not the same in terms of capability. The new iPhone SE can do so much more. Smart HDR, for example, was something that really took the iPhones camera to the next level and that's a feature that the SE has over the iPhone 8 thanks to the a13 Bionic.

On top of that, the iPhone SE can also do stereo sound, recording in video, as well as some really excellent 4k video teach, but the next notable change is the presence of portrait mode and portrait lighting in both the front and rear cameras of the iPhone SE, despite little to no variance within the hardware. In the past, portrait mode photos required two cameras, but with the advancements in neural processing phones with one camera can produce excellent both if they have the right neural engine, and we all know how important portrait mode is to the modern-day iPhone experience. Then you've also got smaller quality of life. Tweaks, like the updated camera UI on the iPhone S II, as well as the ability to adjust video recording formats in the camera app itself. I will, however, note that I cannot say for certain if Apple could have also pushed all these features onto the iPhone 8.

My iPhone 8 is on the latest iOS 13 point for point. One and I don't have access to these features. So as someone with no insider knowledge, I have to give them the benefit of the doubt. That's it while the new processor does bring a couple of useful goodies to the table right now. What's equally exciting is the prospect of future updates.

Since the iPhone SE has the same processor as the iPhone 11, you can realistically expect the same level of support, longevity and slew of new features as the more expensive I phone 11. This is important because most affordable smartphones aren't really designed around longevity. This has always been like an iPhone strength, and I'm glad that you can even expect that on the more affordable end of the iPhone spectrum, in fact, if we're talking about the essence of an iPhone experience, I have to say that the iPhone SE really doesn't miss out on much on top of the high-end flagship. Processor you're, also getting a really premium, build and finish something that has always been a staple of Apple devices, and even here you can see some tweaks have been made. There is an Space Gray model anymore and this particular device, although it looks very similar to Space Gray, is actually a touch darker in both the glass back, and the aluminum frame.

On top of that, every colorway now comes with a black front, so all the cutouts for the cameras and sensors are better hidden. Then you've got the earpiece stereo speakers, which are excellent by today's standards. Sure they're not as good as the current iPhone 11, because they lack a bit of that body, but I think that they sound way better than almost every other phone in this price bracket and can a long time. Windows user, like myself, really make the switch. This phone is also ip67 water-resistant, so it'll survive depths of down to one meter for up to 30 minutes, which is great Apple, also added more ramp, so that the iPhone SE now features 3 gigs of RAM, which will certainly help with multitasking something that was a problem with the iPhone 8.

On top of that, you also get support for wireless charging, dual sim, var and IOM, as well as Wi-Fi 6 support. Now a lot of these features were obviously brought over from the iPhone in, and I suppose you could look at it as a testament to how well-rounded that handset already was as a flagship, smartphone experience even after all these years, but there are some aspects of this smartphone that are simply not up to par with the flagships of today, not even after all, the modernizing that Apple has done on the iPhone SE. I suppose the best place to start would be with the screen. Sure it's an OK screen and being 4.7 inches means that it's not as unbearably small as the 4-inch panel on the original iPhone SE, but it is still a 60 Hertz, HD IPS display with the same brightness and contrast ratio of the iPhone 11, surely 326 pixels per inch is slightly less noticeable on such a small panel. But the tech enthusiasts in me just can't accept that a 2000 ringgit smartphone in 2020 has a screen, that's less than full HD, then there's the multi-camera system, or rather the lack of a multi camera system, there's no telephoto, no ultra-wide and wide.

You spend most of my time with the main wide-angle camera having that versatility is something that I've grown to love on modern day smartphones. Also, while I will praise the iPhone SE s, 4k video, the photos are simply not flagship standard any more I mean I can certainly see improvements over the iPhone 8, but when you set them next to the iPhone 11, the difference is night and day. Speaking of that, there is no night mode with the iPhone SE, which is surprising in my experience. Night mode has more to do with image processing than the sensor, so I'm surprised that it's missing on the iPhone as considering the fact that it has the same processor as the iPhone 11 now I, don't know if there's some other kind of limitation here, but it is quite disappointing to not find it on the iPhone SE so yeah. Clearly, the iPhone SE is not quite the smartphone that the iPhone 11 is I.

Think that much was clear right from the get-go, but then again it wasn't designed to be the new Apple flagship, so it doesn't need to compete with the other flagships in the market. What I was pleasantly surprised to find out was how much of an upgrade it felt like it was over the iPhone 8. Although the changes Apple made were small, they definitely add up to give you a better experience overall and that's great for anyone who is looking to upgrade from an older iPhone. Then there is the price tag which starts from 1999 ringgit. What's interesting here is that this is no longer just good from an Apple standpoint, but it's actually pretty competitive in general.

Personally, I pay, the 200 get difference for the 128 gig storage variants, simply because that's not a lot of money for double the storage, but keeping the entry price below 2,000 ringgits remains good for Apple in a year when many staple affordable, Android flagships have aged over the 2000 Rigid mark. So if you were to ask me what the iPhone SE was, I'd say that it's the new archetypal iPhone it gives you just enough so that you get to experience the core of what it means to use an iPhone, and it does so at a much more affordable price point, and that makes it a great phone for older iPhone users to upgrade to or for people who have yet to buy their first real smartphone, but I. Don't think that it will convert many people from the Android camp. But you know that's okay, that isn't what this smartphone is designed to do and as far as what this phone is designed to do, I think it does that pretty darn well, but that is it for this video. Thank you so much for watching as usual.

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