Apple iPhone SE (2020) review

1 May 2020


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Wily2020, 07 May 2020That would mean they have to remove home button. There&Acir... moreHow do you know alot of ppl prefer the home button compared to a bigger screen? Did you do a survey? Then why are latest proper Apple phones small bezel without home button?
On your logic you can say alot of ppl still prefer nokia 3310 phones. smh
The only reason the SE sells is because too many ppl wants the apple brand but could not afford the $700 price tag, hence they buy the SE.

    Anonymous, 09 May 2020This review is a joke, if you removed the Apple branding it... moreExactly. Just look at the low quality photos of the SE. They are on par with low end $200 Androids today. The author better check his eyesight.

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      Anonymous, 10 May 2020Verge is totally biased towards Apple. Biased Doesn't mean... morelol, why would the verge be biased towards apple? It's not like apple is paying them unlike huawei and other chinese companies paying DxOmark for good scores.

      And no, the verge actually understands that their main audience(probably americans) want an iPhone.

      And lets look at the shortcomings. Low ram? who in the other 90% of people who aren't techies actually care? Not edge to edge AMOLED display with high refresh rates? around 80% of the people in this world don't actually care about those things either. Gaming triggers? If your actually want to play serious games, don't do it on a phone. No periscope zoom or super-high-resolution ultrawide camera? 80% of people don't care either.

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        • 3%8
        • 19 May 2020

        Please use innovative headlines (one-liners) like you used to in past...
        It was fun..

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          • 19 May 2020

          small battery life, small screen with wasting home button and header (it would be good if no home button and header, change to full screen). it is completly the same as iphone 8 nothing change. Android phones are better compair to the price. Apple, it's time to change don't be stingy.

            Holmes, 16 May 2020For its price, what do you expect? Show me a better Lamedro... moreAll those 200-300$ phones are better than this niche midget screen device.
            Most ppl wouldn't touch the SE 2020 with a 10 foot pole.

              Dizsmw, 18 May 2020The Samsung A71 is 20% cheaper in the UK even ignoring the ... moreAs for as I am totally agreeing to buy Samsung A71 rahter than the I phone SE!!!

                As for as I am saying that I will buy one plus 7 Pro with almost 8 Gigs Of Ram and also the 256 Gigs of storage and that is almost 500 dollars as compared to the
                I phone SE = 3GB RAM and 256 GB STORAGE
                One Plus 7 Pro = 8 GB RAM and 256 GB STORAGE
                with almost a same price of 500 dollars.
                So what will you choose???

                  Holmes, 16 May 2020For its price, what do you expect? Show me a better Lamedro... moreThe Samsung A71 is 20% cheaper in the UK even ignoring the need to buy a faster charger for the SE 2020 and has twice as much storage. The battery life is a lot better too.

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                    • 18 May 2020

                    Emmiliano, 14 May 2020This is the another version of iPhone 8 plus. with iPhone 1... moreIt's not even that. The shell of the iPhone 8 plus would be marginally more acceptable. This is a 4.7 inch display with huge bezels rather than the slightly more acceptable 5.5" display on the iPhone 8 plus. My guess is that apple had a load of unused chassis left over from iPhone 8's and over manufactured their bionic A13 chips this year. Old Times Cook or one of his lackies said, I know, let's stick this excess stock of bionic chips into the bodies of the leftover iPhone 8's and charge the mugs 500 euros. They'll probably think they're getting a great deal and we're laughing all the way to the bank. Happy days. SMH.

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                      • 17 May 2020

                      4.7" is such a bad compromise. It's too small to shift ones hand comfortably to use one-handed, like a 5" and not near comfortably like a 4". Software is too small anyway, so might as well have went with a 4"

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                        • 17 May 2020

                        Emmiliano, 14 May 2020This is the another version of iPhone 8 plus. with iPhone 1... morenot 8 plus its copy of 8 wid i 11's chipset

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                          • 16 May 2020

                          Emmiliano, 14 May 2020This is the another version of iPhone 8 plus. with iPhone 1... moreFor its price, what do you expect? Show me a better Lamedroid phone at its price.

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                            • 16 May 2020

                            Will it support 5G, if not will phones in present maket 4g phones be relevent to 5g connectivity

                              This is the another version of iPhone 8 plus. with iPhone 11 chipset. Nothing more.

                                Why is it has such a small battery capacity? At least it should have 3000mAh

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                                  • 12 May 2020

                                  If only the battery would have been more than 3000 mAh I would buy this iPhone SE.

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 12 May 2020

                                    It's a phone with big bezel, a 3 year old camera, and a tiny battery that takes too long to charge. What's to like?

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                                      • 10 May 2020

                                      JDK, 10 May 2020Excuse me? Anandtech, 100%, but the verge? No. They g... moreVerge is totally biased towards Apple.
                                      Biased Doesn't mean they'll give bad reviews to other manufacturers.
                                      But they will cover up for shortcomings of Apple devices.

                                      Heck even their PC Build videos are a laughing stock for the entire tech community.

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                                        • 10 May 2020

                                        Anonymous, 07 May 2020PhoneArena, Verge, CNET, Anandtech are super biased towards... moreExcuse me?

                                        Anandtech, 100%, but the verge? No.

                                        They gave excellent reviews for samsung phones as well. And oppo phones(find x2 pro got 8.5). And a bunch of other phones.

                                        The verge actually thinks about what a non-tech person would want, and gives reccomendations based off that. GSMA is more based off value/money and features.