Apple iPhone SE (2022) review
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- blue
- 0CN
- 07 Apr 2022
Well... the design is really outdated, so are many specs and features.
For one thing - the terrible TouchID reader just deserves to disappear. Under-display readers are not a generation, but a millenium ahead.
Battery life? Pathetic. With a 10 % bigger battery you get 5 % more of endurance. The A15 seems to be not that effective, as being cited.
Camera... about average. But the imaging software is just poor. Look at the terrible "blur", that's unacceptable.
As for competition... S21 would be much better (considering both price and features), also 12 mini should have been compared all the time instead of 13 mini. And both mentioned are far better.
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- Anonymous
- gAa
- 07 Apr 2022
Absolutely no idea how you've given the device anything over a 3/5. You've literally only listed negatives in your conclusion (a positive of "a group of people wanting the cheapest iPhone" which isn't a positive by the way), even showing the $520 for essentially a 2017 being a problem, but you just sweep all that under the rug and give it a 4/5... Crazy.
You'll happily rate $150 android phones with, let's be honest, better all round specs and features, yet get 3/5 and similar poor marks (yet being 1/3 of the price of the se 2022).
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- JustSomeRandomGuy
- EwD
- 07 Apr 2022
after seeing the battery life test results, nothing else needs to be said. You REALLY have to love iOS to get this phone. even the Xr is better value than this
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- ALPHABOY17
- LaK
- 07 Apr 2022
DaFink, 07 Apr 2022I love all the ‘this is just an iPhone 8 with a new chip’ a... moreExactly man. If only Samsung could take this note from Apple, instead of removing jack, sd card and charger . My s8 is 5 yo now, and it seems like it's legendary design is history now.
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- aknsreddy
- D0a
- 07 Apr 2022
Anonymous, 07 Apr 2022On basics the most powerful single core SoC helps you keep ... moreSo SE 2022 has basics?? How bizzare you guys can swooping
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- DaFink
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- 07 Apr 2022
I love all the ‘this is just an iPhone 8 with a new chip’ and ‘oh the battery life, wont some please think of the battery life!!!!’ shrieking that’s going on.
Here’s the irony of the situation, and it ain’t rocket science people, certainly not something you self styled ‘tech geniuses’ shouldn’t be able to get your heads around…..well eventually anyway. The target audience for this device likely ain’t ever going to read the review GSMArena has just gone to the trouble to produce. Hell they’ll probably thumb their noses up at reading a site like this in general.
In all likelihood they just feel that their existing iPhone, probably an 8 or earlier is getting a bit long in the tooth, and would like something familiar, but new. So they may buy this device and get several more years of service out of it, blissfully unaware of how much this seems to annoy readers of sites like this.
They don’t care about chip performance statistics, Megapixels, network speeds, frame rates or any of the 5000 or so Android devices released in the time taken to write this post, they just want a new iPhone that will allow them to carry on doing what they have been doing up till now, at as little cost as possible. It’s really very simple when you think about it.
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- siminum
- mjP
- 07 Apr 2022
this is the first time when I see this "Pro" feature on any device "The screen on battery endurance is actually okay" - are they getting paid not to say nasty things about Cupertino's products?
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- Anonymous
- 3Rs
- 07 Apr 2022
Huawei Nova 9 is better thn this and cheaper
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- IpsDisplay
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- 07 Apr 2022
"The minimum brightness we captured at point white was 2.6 nits - an impressive one for an LCD screen."
Gsmarena you have bad continuity sometimes apart from picture scenes I feel you guys don't remember patterns well in how displays perform from time to time in your reviews
2.6 minimum nits is actually very unimpressive for an LCD panel your very own reviews have objectively shown that LCD panels have the LOWEST nits brightness
The realme 8i measures 0.6 nits and overall LCD panels you've reviewed mostly hit 2 nits and under
This is a given because LCD isn't a calibration nightmare like OLED
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- Anonymous
- SvB
- 07 Apr 2022
If you are not in the ios world you should avoid the useless thing by all means.
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- walkman8
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- 07 Apr 2022
aknsreddy, 07 Apr 2022What is the use having A2000000 bionic chip, which you can ... moreWell look no further, Google Pixel 4a is the phone for you.
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- Anonymous
- YW1
- 07 Apr 2022
For some people is all they need and even more. For me that I don't like Android and I have never bought one, is better than any Android.
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- Anonymous
- j83
- 07 Apr 2022
Had the 2020 SE and the 12 Mini. Prefer the size and shape of the SE.
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- aknsreddy
- D0a
- 07 Apr 2022
walkman8, 07 Apr 2022Now you're getting ridiculous. Find me a 120€ phone wi... moreI don't want a pseudo 7nm chop which don't last half day use.
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- aknsreddy
- D0a
- 07 Apr 2022
walkman8, 07 Apr 2022Now you're getting ridiculous. Find me a 120€ phone wi... moreWhat is the use having A2000000 bionic chip, which you can fire rockets to moon!!! But battery dies???? Fans should have common sense. Why do people buy a 300$ phone for rocket launcher performance??
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- Anonymous
- bJb
- 07 Apr 2022
Anonymous, 07 Apr 2022Aside from pure performance standpoint, iPhone SE 2022 is s... moreso hows ur S7 ?
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- AnonD-844232
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- 07 Apr 2022
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- Anonymous
- mNI
- 07 Apr 2022
Aside from pure performance standpoint, iPhone SE 2022 is still worse than Galaxy S7, released in 2016. Both have very similar body size, but S7 has bigger and higher res screen, bigger battery and better cameras. You're way better of buying 12 mini than this.
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- Anoymus man
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- 07 Apr 2022
A phone thats simply terrible but is still being defended by its fans.
If you want an apple phone get a mini or an iphone 11. You can even get an Se 2020 if you want an apple that badly.
But this phone is just not it and I dont get how people can defend it.