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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AnonD-263286, 09 Apr 2016Latest 21st century Apple iPhone SE comes with Major Flaws:... moreSo you should buy 200 lbs of potatoes instead of spend more money in Michelin starred restaurant for one dinner.

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    • 11 Apr 2016

    So its basically an iPhone 6S - In the iPhone 5 Case?

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      • 11 Apr 2016

      I don't understand why everyone is criticising it so much.
      It's selling like hotcakes

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        • 11 Apr 2016

        boosook, 11 Apr 2016One important thing that the review, strangely, did not men... more"which nowadays is obsolete as it requires you to first wake up your phone by pressing the button and then unlock it"

        false, it never been like that, i own 5s and 6s and they work exactly same, except 5s is little bit slower, which isn't only bad thing, because iPhone 6s touch ID is almost too fast.

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          • 11 Apr 2016

          FrankDrebin, 11 Apr 2016Sure a 1" screen with a resolution of 640x480 has higher dp... moreI'm saying that before complaining about the resolution, think about the screen size too.

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            • 11 Apr 2016

            shaw, 11 Apr 2016bravo apple you've just made ur dumbest mistake..you still ... moreExcept Steve Jobs never cared about specs. Bad attempt at trolling.

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              • 11 Apr 2016

              Original always wins. iphones ftw!

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                Anonymous, 11 Apr 2016The best thing about Android is the ability to choose rom v... morehi yes ur spot on on androids abilities and customisable attributes but to help u out a bit most iphone users dont realy spend much of thier time focused on os behaviour they prefer to leave that to apple software development team, all they want is a simplified and stable device that facilitates thier business and life in general without needing to tweek the device to allow certain functions. just hope u understand that most ios users dont like to peak at the os functions nor to alter their phones behaviour they want a tool that works out of the box that is fast and easy to understand without extensive knowledge of any os because thats how ios is structured.

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                  • 11 Apr 2016

                  bravo apple you've just made ur dumbest mistake..you still havnt made a water proof phone, no super amoled phone, no high MP front camera, even the ram sucks and now making a new model phone with an old design. wow i bet steve jobs is dissapointed right now

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                    • 11 Apr 2016

                    One important thing that the review, strangely, did not mention: it doesn't have the iphone 6s fingerprint sensor, but the old one, which nowadays is obsolete as it requires you to first wake up your phone by pressing the button and then unlock it (I have both the iphone6 and the nexus 5x and once you're used to the nexus sensor, using the iphone is really annoying).
                    This should have been in the cons.

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                      Binay , 11 Apr 2016I am big fan of Apple iphone.. especialy there looks is too... moretheir looks are not so amazing, it's just that you're used to it because you see the everywhere thanks to Apple's marketing.

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                        • 11 Apr 2016

                        Anonymous, 11 Apr 2016Foolish comment. Stop talking about Jailbreak or rooting. N... moreFoolish comment, normal people don't even know it exist and have to enjoy what they have android/apple. Ad blocks for non rooted and non jailbreak is available but people don't even know it as well since they are blind sheep who just accept what they get

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                          Anonymous, 11 Apr 2016The best thing about Android is the ability to choose rom v... moreandroid version of our choice (2.x - 7.x)? lol only small amount of android phone has that. furthermore, nobody want to use android 3.x, most ppl prefer the latest android. seems like you just convert from iphone user to android user and just found out android is fun. i use both devices, but what do i want to say here is your point is funny and not applicable. in xda, even if you have android phone, if your phone is not popular, locked bootloader etc. nobody is going to waste their time to make rom for you.

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                            • 11 Apr 2016

                            Anonymous, 11 Apr 2016The best thing about Android is the ability to choose rom v... moreFoolish comment. Stop talking about Jailbreak or rooting. Normal people are not into those kinda things.. they just buy a phone and use whatever is installed.

                            And also, able to tweak not always means good.

                            Go run and cry to your XDA daddys, and beg and bug them for updates, while your own phone makers / Google leave you alone haha.

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                              Jim, 10 Apr 2016So I just buy the old iPhone 5s and put the SE sticker on t... moreWell if your buying and new phone for everyone else to see them go ahead

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                                • 11 Apr 2016

                                The best thing about Android is the ability to choose rom version of your choice. Eg. if you want Android 2.x/3.x/4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x pick your flavor you aren't locked/limited in Upgrading/Downgrading versions plus the ability to customize/tweak/mod/integrate/remove stock/apps of your choice. iOS? Nope, if you update your phone to the latest version your stuck with it whether its stable or not (i4s+). Not even able to customize the rom/remove bloat/add apps/tweak/etc. Apple is only strong in the US market while Android is strong in most part of Asia, Middle East and Europe. You can also find many devs developing Android custom roms of many flavors like in XDA developers forums for mostly known brands but one can request or even develop his/her custom rom following the tutorials. Apps compatibility is also not forced only to latest versions of Android unlike iOS that limits it only to latest versions.And alot more Android stuffs that iOS can never come close to or is behind.

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                                  WickedWilly36, 11 Apr 2016Actually if you go over the benchmarks it is far from the b... moreI think we are not looking at the same benchmark results, because from what I see is that the Iphone SE is indeed ahead in most of them. And its doing it with just a dual-core CPU. Its low resolution plays a considerable part though. But I never complained about the screen res when I had a 5S. But just imagine how much more powerful the Iphone 7 would be.

                                    lol, 09 Apr 2016Did you open the performance tab? And Z5C has smaller ppi s... moreSure a 1" screen with a resolution of 640x480 has higher dpi also? So you're saying that is better?

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                                      • 11 Apr 2016

                                      I am big fan of Apple iphone.. especialy there looks is too much amazing.. in all..

                                        Joey, 10 Apr 2016Benchmark tests show that the IPhone SE is the fastest phon... moreActually if you go over the benchmarks it is far from the best in many of them