Rumors of the cheapest, smallest iPhone built years before Apple announced the $ 400 second-gen SE this month, so it's likely that the company has been planning to release its next-generation iPhone. But the iPhone SE is a lot of gadgets at this particular time, if I didn't know any better, I think Apple has accelerated its release.
The SE looks like an iPhone 8, complete a small 4.7-inch display, large bezels, and Touch-enabled home button. But inside is Apple's A13 Bionic processor, which is mounted straight from the iPhone 11 lineup, which makes everything about SE faster and more efficient. Even the cameras, similar to those used on the iPhone 8, are getting better due to the processor.
I do not consider the new iPhone as an SE success, because it is not a very small phone. Those days are gone, and they're not coming back. But the second-gen SE is better than I expected, and the best iPhone for most people right now.
Things are getting complicated right now. When I got the iPhone SE review unit, I realized that I wasn't going to test its cameras the way I always wanted – small light nights with friends, full days at the beach, or LA hiking destinations. I had to shoot in my apartment, on my porch, and on the street in front of my building (with sandwiches, while remaining six feet away). I didn't expect it to be the most impressive with SE images. After all, the new iPhone uses a 3-year-old iPhone 8 & # 39; s 12-megapixel camera lens and its front-facing 7-megapixel, FixIt teardown is guaranteed
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But that A13 Bionic processor is kinda magical. Its image signal processor and neural engine, paired with iOS 13, is enough to overcome a lot of hardware shortages (unique sensors, no phone or wide angle rear lens, and no deep-angle lenses) to create images that are often in line with what you'll see from -Phone 11 Pro Max – which for $ 700 more than SE, is the magnificent Apple iPhone.