Apple iPhone SE review: Reminiscence

08 April, 2016
Apple didn't come up with a new design for the smaller iPhone SE. Instead, they’ve reused the old iPhone 5s with new internals. It’s an odd move, which we witness for the first time – it’s like reusing the same looks of a phone model third generation in a row. And that from the company, that practically invented the two-year phone redesign cycle.

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  • 10 Apr 2016

AnonD-451592, 09 Apr 2016Please stop lying,my iPhone 6 plus runs excelent any game f... moreWell I'm not lying, but the fact still remains that iPhones aren't the best for gaming, you want to know why? Cus currently nothing beats adreno in mobile gpu ryt now, and did u check out the gaming comparison in modern combat 4 on the iPhone vs Samsung Galaxy and lumia on YouTube? Pls check it out yourself before you think I'm lying so as to clarify my claim.

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    • 10 Apr 2016

    Aspros, 09 Apr 2016This is not a quite flagship, flagships have 1350+ contrast... moreMy 18 month old phone comes close to those results...
    http://postimg.org/image/y3m2onscd/

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      • 10 Apr 2016

      Anonymous, 10 Apr 2016I love mine. 64 gb space gray. Opens app faster than my br... moreIphone 4s and gen 1 ipad are barely usable with IOS 9. Next point?

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        • 10 Apr 2016

        I love mine. 64 gb space gray. Opens app faster than my brothers galaxy S6. Also will be updated as soon as new iOS is available.

        GSM arena needs to list immediate updates as an advantage. Apple still updates the iphone 4s from 2011 while some Android phones from 2015 are still waiting for Marshmallow which came out last year.

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          • 09 Apr 2016

          I like the idea of a smaller iphone, but the design is a deal breaker for sure. Come on, you are the most valuable company in the world, and coming up with a new design shuoldn't be an issue.

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            • 09 Apr 2016

            Latest 21st century Apple iPhone SE comes with Major Flaws:

            20th Century 1MP f/2.4 Camera !
            NO Optical Image Stabilization At All !
            Laughable Low Resolution 640p Display !
            Cheap Weak 6000 series aluminum !
            Recycled Old tech and materials !
            To name a few...

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              • 09 Apr 2016

              The user upgrade from 4 s to 5s Ok better I phone s
              The users al ready experience with 6 /6s I phone se is worst

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                • 09 Apr 2016

                Aspros, 09 Apr 2016For better or for worse, this is what moves the world, for ... moreThis is the stupidest thing I have ever heard.

                  Lol, 09 Apr 2016Stopped reading where you said having the latest iPhone hel... moreFor better or for worse, this is what moves the world, for some ppl making a good first impression, is what matters the most, certainly more than their phone's features, thats why they dont mind the restrictions. What it does matter fir them is the ease of use and the prestige they get, of being owners of a recognisable expensive device. This doesnt happen only with mobiles, but with clothes, with cars, with everything!
                  The iphone is the right tool to show off your higher financial status, yet the SE, in Europe and North America will not have that advantage, in US, maybe someone who could only afford chinese phones coyld buy it and finally get the chance to own an apple phone, but in Europe it will be completely pointless to pay full premium flagship fees, for a 4incher, with half a decade old design, thats not even size efficient, as its 40% bezel...

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                    • 09 Apr 2016

                    AnonD-500788, 09 Apr 2016Which game is that, my sister Temple Run crashes alot on he... morePlease stop lying,my iPhone 6 plus runs excelent any game from the appstore right now.So my 6 plus with "only" 1GB of RAM and an "anacient" CPU with "only" two cores at 1.4 GHz which is killing even the galaxy s7 in performance in real facing 3 at fps and at graphics but it can't run Temple run ? Maybe your sister has burn the CPU of that iPhone.I don't know,but stop make people think that iPhones are running games poorly.

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                      • 09 Apr 2016

                      dat battery life

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                        • 09 Apr 2016

                        Aspros, 09 Apr 2016This is not a quite flagship, flagships have 1350+ contrast... moreStopped reading where you said having the latest iPhone helps you pick up girls.

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                          • 09 Apr 2016

                          AnonD-454153, 09 Apr 2016this is low/med phone ,should be 200euros max. 1.2MP F/2.4 ... moreKinda random detail to nag about, most people aren't selfieholics. There's something about every flagship which makes it seem cheaper than it is.

                            This is not a quite flagship, flagships have 1350+ contrast, +320 ppi, 2700 sun legibility, +75h battery endurance, +72% screen to body ratio, +5mp selfie cam, +50k antutu result.
                            Its close though, as it ticks most of the standards!
                            This aims at one thing and one thing alone, create massive profit from outdated and financially restricted Asian and African countries.
                            In the west, the primary reason one would buy an iphone is to show off and you cant show off with a 2012 design, no matter how much you lie about the pocketability of the 4.9 inch SE, in contrast of the 5.45 of the 6s.
                            Noone would buy it, esp the blondies you are trying to pick up with that bitten Apple mark.
                            To maximise profits, while selling a cheaper device, the only option Apple had was to use, spare parts, left from older models, it is much cheaper than creating and build new ones.
                            As the iphone kind of failed them, they were left with some of their chasis and many of those 4inch displays and 1.2mp selfie cams. So they use the ancient hardware which is dead cheap, sell it as high as the Asian markets can handle and retain their profitability.
                            The iphone 4, 4s, 5 and 5s were kind of a no show in the Asian market, so this design doesnt look as ancient there, as it does in the west and it the best design ever from Apple, the last one Jobs made and they are really having problems creating one to compete with it.
                            So using iphone 4 design, iphone chasis and last years cpu will only help them with their profit charts...

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                              • 09 Apr 2016

                              this is low/med phone ,should be 200euros max. 1.2MP F/2.4 front-facing camera in 2016 no thanks

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                                • 09 Apr 2016

                                AnonD-122899, 09 Apr 2016"They hear from apple that their product is x times faster ... moreWhich game is that, my sister Temple Run crashes alot on her iPhone 6 than her xperia z that she was forced to stop playing Temple Run on it, she now plays Temple Run on her xperia z. Again check on YouTube for gaming comparison on modern combat 4 between the iphone 6 vs lumia 950 and Samsung Galaxy, then you will see how poor the iphone really is when it comes to gaming.

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                                  • 09 Apr 2016

                                  SolTsiolis, 08 Apr 2016There is something called "value for money".Check it out.Yo... moreYes, enjoy your phone that costed 30 euros more than the iPhone SE and is way behind at Performance with its Kirin 950

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                                    • 09 Apr 2016

                                    AnonD-442022, 09 Apr 2016Looks like something out of 2012 , oh wait.....LOLOL.

                                    If I put a new engine with a turbocharger in a car thats been sitting on the lot for 3 years can I sell it as a new car on Ebay?

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                                      • 09 Apr 2016

                                      Anonymous, 09 Apr 2016Z5 compact will also never be updated. You simply cant comp... moreNot according to Sony or gsmarena. All the Z5 variants got their updates to M last month.

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                                        • 09 Apr 2016

                                        vrvly, 08 Apr 2016While only sony's compacts can compete in size, it's enough... moresony announced that there is no more Z series.

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