Hands-On With the New Low-Cost 2020 iPhone SE

[danny842003]

So how are you FaceID fans liking that tech in the new era of face masks?

its just fine as I’m not wearing a masks, works much better at work where I do wear gloves regularly.

 

[Chips Stephens]

Build quality?
could not disagree more.
The build quality of the se, or the 11, is about the same. And it is the standard.
Build quality on a few plastic androids at this price point however....
I found that an untrue and odd comment in this review, it shows a bias.
Just saying, you are making things up to bash the phone...
You mad bro?

 

[rui no onna]

strangely, some thin latex gloves actually work with touch id, like 1 in 5 cases.

Nitrile gloves - 4 mil (0.004 in) thickness works fine with TouchID here. I've never actually had TouchID fail while using it.

 

[Emanuel Rodriguez]

You know, I remember Nokia phones costing around $400. For HD touch screen, Wifi 6, touchID,A13, 64GB local storage, you really can't complain. Price to option ratio is crazy good.



I would love to hear about your experience, I am going through the same upgrade path and wondering if I will feel a difference

Speaking as someone who upgraded from an 8, it definitely performs significantly better, and the 802.11ax speeds (Wi-Fi 6 in consumer speak), is noticeably faster as well (assuming you have a router equipped with it). Haven't noticed Gigabit LTE yet, but I don't really know where it is or isn't deployed. Certainly upgrading from a 7 would be even more noticeable.

 

[mi7chy]

Battery life is one of the several weak points at 3h46m screen-on-time. Should've spent the extra $10 for a 3000mAh battery.

 

[MacBH928]

Speaking as someone who upgraded from an 8, it definitely performs significantly better, and the 802.11ax speeds (Wi-Fi 6 in consumer speak), is noticeably faster as well (assuming you have a router equipped with it). Haven't noticed Gigabit LTE yet, but I don't really know where it is or isn't deployed. Certainly upgrading from a 7 would be even more noticeable.

When you say Wifi 6 is faster, do you mean you reach higher speeds or the performance is better like response and loading etc...?

 

[Quicksilver867]

Finally got around to setting mine up. Did the fancy AirDrop-powered data transfer from the 7 to the SE, and was pleasantly surprised at how seamlessly everything went. I didn't use this when going from 6S+ to 7 and it was a PITA.

Throughout daily use, it's been noticeably more responsive than the 7 was, and hasn't left me wanting for more power. Battery life is better, but I attribute that mainly to the degradation of the 7's. Quick charging has been nice, as has the additional photo-taking prowess. It was worth the money. Now to send in the 7 for that trade in.

 

[Emanuel Rodriguez]

When you say Wifi 6 is faster, do you mean you reach higher speeds or the performance is better like response and loading etc...?

To some extent it depends on your internet connection's speed, but in most cases (especially if you're not right next to your router), all of the above should be improved. As I said, you'll need a router that supports it to see the improvement.

 

[JosephAW]

My Bro just got his iPhone SE in two days from Sprint, they must have them in stock.