ApplesmartphoneLast featured Jul 2020
Apple iPhone SE (2020)
Worth it if…Worth it, with caveats.
Great value for power and camera at $399, but its battery lasts under four hours in this test and he can't actively recommend it for endurance.
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- Price when I covered it
- $399
- Featured in
- 5 videos · 2020–2020
- Category
- Phones · Mid-range
What I liked
- Good results from refined older camera
- Affordable upgrade for iPhone 6 and 7 users
- flagship-level build and performance
- good camera
- $399 price
- Incredible value for the power and camera
What I didn't
- poor battery life that will worsen over time
- Smallest battery in these tests for years
- Lasted only 3 hours 46 minutes
- Not enough for even medium usage
- No night mode
- No ultra-wide camera
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“in the end the results were good and you were getting that technology at a lower price than you'd ever had before”
“to give longtime iPhone 6 or iPhone 7 users an affordable upgrade option so they don't go over to Android”
“I like almost everything about it it's got the build quality and the performance of a thousand dollar phone and it's 399”
“this new iPhone se is incredible value in terms of the power and the camera you can get for $399”
“I can't get behind actively recommend you buy a phone with endurance like this”
“even with medium usage this is probably not going to cut it”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
5:44OnePlus Nord Unboxing - Better than you think.Cited as a similar example of reusing an older camera with better processing, which gave good results.
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7:28The Apple Master Plan.He sees the iPhone SE as Apple's affordable upgrade option, designed to keep old iPhone users and lure Android users into its services.
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0:13Top 13 BEST Smartphones of 2020 (Mid Year).Great build and performance for the price, but weak battery life stops him recommending it.
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0:00iPhone SE vs iPhone 11 vs iPhone 11 Pro vs Samsung vs OnePlus Battery Drain Test!Great value for power and camera at $399, but its battery lasts under four hours in this test and he can't actively recommend it for endurance.
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0:00iPhone SE vs iPhone 11 vs iPhone XR Camera Comparison!Reliable, very good value camera for $399 that makes the XR pointless, though it lacks night mode and an ultra-wide.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Value king
“this new iPhone se is incredible value in terms of the power and the camera you can get for $399”
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