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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  • 09 Apr 2016

SolTsiolis, 08 Apr 2016I bought a FLAGSHIP phone for 490 euros which i will sell f... moreApple Hater? i am an Android User ever since and the only edge Android has against iOS are some of its free apps and games and the costumizable UI, Samsung on the otherhand which i had for years has edge against Apple with their innovation, however you get justified with your own statement since Samsung is the same with Apple, they have a lot of same crap about their phones, they only change designs and add some perks on it and has the same expensive value like Apple

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    • Anonymous
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    • 09 Apr 2016

    If u love it buy it if u dont just dont say its bad :)

      Anonymous, 08 Apr 2016icloud and iphone are two different products. Your point do... moreSo i guess you don't sync your iphone on itunes and upload everything?But again your pictures weren't on the internet so its ok.No harm done.And it seems you havent read the news.The FBI found a way to hack iphones up to iphone 5.Everything can be hacked eventually.Anyways back to our subject.These YOUR needs.Encryption and fips certification mean nothing to the average consumer.I am talking about the iphone as a device.And as a device it has nothing better than mine and it costs 300 euros more.More than 50%!!!!!Now if for YOU it matters that much ok.But trust me these are not the reasons the iphone is so damn expensive.Apple is the reason.That's the reason they are the richest company on earth.They make really good products but that's it.90% of the people i know that have iphones dont even know what these things are.Hell they dont even know what a cpu is.They hear from apple that their product is x times faster than the original iphone and they buy it.

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        • 08 Apr 2016

        vrvly, 08 Apr 2016While only sony's compacts can compete in size, it's enough... moreYou also forgot stereo speakers. The Z series has been canned for future phones from Sony. You need to look at the X series!

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          • 08 Apr 2016

          Anonymous, 08 Apr 2016I love mine. I did not buy Android because I did not want t... moreThe not update is done, the ammermetru, in the cave?

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            • damtech
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            • 08 Apr 2016

            To say that this is a smart phone, it is a blasphemy. An example, rear camera phone, 1.2 F? It still uses in this century, so, from prehistoric times?

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              • Anonymous
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              • 08 Apr 2016

              SolTsiolis, 08 Apr 2016So your argument to everything i said is that my phone does... moreicloud and iphone are two different products. Your point doesnt stand.

              Also I have phone numbers of managers working in Fortune 500 companies. Obviously my needs are different from someone whose primary purpose to buy a phone is to watch youtube videos.

              Value wise, iphone is far superior. Immediate updates, FDE out of the box, Hardware encryption. BYOD environment support unlike nothing else. FIPS certification. Worldwide warranty, True world phone. Customer support that is second to none. No lag. Reliable and robust. Curated app store. Among many others.

              Even the finger print management system is far superior to your mate. Does it have a secure enclave to store prints?

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                • Anonymous
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                • 08 Apr 2016

                Gorgeous phone. If I had not bought an iPhone 6S for Christmas, I would be buying one of these today. Classy, classic design. A real phone and not a glorified tablet.

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                  • 08 Apr 2016

                  Viper, 08 Apr 2016SE - Still Expensive :pSE - Standard Edition, sort of... ;)

                    Anonymous, 08 Apr 2016Good luck getting updates. Also is your mate encrypted out ... moreSo your argument to everything i said is that my phone doesn't have hardware accellerated encryption?Really??Ok i'm out from here there is no point.If out from all the features you seek in a phone that's yous priority number one then that's your problem.Just don't try to convince us that it should be ours too.The fappening reminds you of something?Apple's servers didn't have that feature then.But never mind your naked pictures weren't on the web.So i guess it's ok.With apple you simply dont get the value you spend on their phones in return.FACT.BTW which phone has better value nobody answered me?The mate 8 or the recycled iphone SE.It is in your best interest for apple or any company for that matter to build innovatine and cool products beacause they are targeted at you.Stop agreeing to everything they say and have an opinion.Mine is that apple phones are not worth their money compared to samsung,lg or even huawei phones anymore.

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                      • 08 Apr 2016

                      Very boring

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                        • 08 Apr 2016

                        SolTsiolis, 08 Apr 2016There is something called "value for money".Check it out.Yo... moreLol, Huawei Mate 8, that pile of trash can't even record 4K video. Huawei phones have one of the most horrible software optimization and the camera quality of Mate 8 is just pathetic. The only good place for Mate 8 is in a trash can.

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                          • 08 Apr 2016

                          SolTsiolis, 08 Apr 2016I bought a FLAGSHIP phone for 490 euros which i will sell f... moreGood luck getting updates. Also is your mate encrypted out of the box? Does it even have hardware accelerated encryption? Oh wait, you just need a giant screen to paly games on. Enjoy.

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                            • 08 Apr 2016

                            Speakers look like and mixed bag. Sometimes I liked to chat via speaker and listen to music without headphones when I'm reading and book. But not sure about this. I'm not even sure if GSM arena is sure

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                              • 08 Apr 2016

                              "The only thing that puts us off is the old selfie camera."

                              Really? I think its price is the most putting off factor, but Apple fans don't like to mention that part, when they defend their brand. It's a balance between how much you pay, and what you get for your money - the value.

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                                • 08 Apr 2016

                                AnonD-246723, 08 Apr 2016Or you can get iphone 5s with 1/2 of the price . If iphone... moreiPhone users don't care about specs because it works smoothly.
                                In reality, it works smoothly b/c the specs are very good.
                                Take away that A9Chip and the GPU and iOS will be laggy.
                                But Apple doesn't market the phone as having awesome specs; they just market it as
                                something you can't live without.

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                                  • 08 Apr 2016

                                  SolTsiolis, 08 Apr 2016I bought a FLAGSHIP phone for 490 euros which i will sell f... moreYou paid 490eur. for Huawei?
                                  Good for you man :)

                                    Raky , 08 Apr 2016Ok, if you say so... But owners of iPhones can sell their ... moreI bought a FLAGSHIP phone for 490 euros which i will sell for 300-350 in a year.U will buy a recycled product which is inferior in every single aspect(apart from the os which is a matter of taste)for the same price just to get the apple logo.And u will sell it for 300-350 after a year.If u decide to buy the iphone 7 u will still loose 200 euros from ur original investment like me after a year.So whats ur argumet again?And what about value for money?Who gets more.Me or you with the SE.Ignorants made apple what they are especially after the iphone 5 when innovation stopped.Enjoy your iphone.

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                                      • 08 Apr 2016

                                      vrvly, 08 Apr 2016While only sony's compacts can compete in size, it's enough... moreDat value doe.

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                                        • 08 Apr 2016

                                        SolTsiolis, 08 Apr 2016There is something called "value for money".Check it out.Yo... moreOk, if you say so... But owners of iPhones can sell their "treasure" after one year (without problems) in 2/3 of original price, and what will you get for your Mate?

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