ApplesmartphoneLast featured Nov 2023
Apple iPhone SE
I'd skip itI'd give this a miss.
Wooden spoon winner: old chip, weak camera, poor screen and battery at a full $429 price.
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- Price when I covered it
- about 150 bucks
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- 8 videos · 2018–2023
- Category
- Phones · Budget
What I liked
- Modern, with a good camera
- Cheap used or refurbished
- 12MP camera
- Still capable
What I didn't
- older chipset
- weaker camera
- very poor screen and battery
- overpriced
- More than double the price of the Redmi
- No charger included
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“I don't think there's a person on this planet for which this at its current price is actually the right phone for”
“my advice is don't buy the SE”
“for anyone who spends even a couple of hours a day on YouTube or Instagram that will be half your battery gone”
“this kind of battery alone is enough such that i wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone”
“don't get the iphone se”
“i think that the only time the iphone se makes sense is if it's for someone who's a real light user of their phone”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
14:15The BEST Smartphones of 2023!Wooden spoon winner: old chip, weak camera, poor screen and battery at a full $429 price.
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3:54Why is THIS the Best Selling Phone?Mentioned as Apple's $400 phone that is deliberately designed to look different from its Pro models.
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1:10Why Everyone is Buying iPhones now.Mentioned as Apple's deliberate entry point of around $400, which keeps the brand feeling aspirational.
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3:16This Phone charges in 9 Minutes - WHY?Cited as costing more than twice the Redmi for the same storage, and with no charger.
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0:19iPhone 14 Pro Max vs 14 Pro / 14 / 13 / 13 mini / 12 / SE Battery Test!Lasted only 4 hours 52 minutes in last place, and he says to buy a Pixel instead.
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0:19iPhone 13 Pro Max vs 13 Pro / 13 / 13 Mini / 12 / 11 / SE - Battery Life DRAIN TESTBattery life is so poor he would not recommend it to anyone, bar perhaps someone who needs a home button.
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2:57iPhone 12 vs iPhone 12 Pro / 11 Pro Max / 11 Pro / 11 / XR / SE Battery Life DRAIN Test.Poor battery life that only suits light users upgrading from an old iPhone.
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1:42The BEST $300 Phone (2018) ft. MKBHD, Technical Guruji, iJustine + MoreChosen by iJustine and Danny Winget as a cheap, still capable option.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Premium tax
“it's still being sold for that full fat $429 price point”
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