This is merely a textbook spec comparison. I think it would have been a far more compelling and informative comparison to report impressions after a few days of real life usage. Specifically when it comes to battery life, which was the Achilles heel of the iPhone 8.
Hardware-wise it behaves exactly like an iPhone 8 (minus 3D Touch). Performance-wise it behaves exactly like an iPhone 11 (slightly faster graphics as it has to render fewer pixels).This article would have been more apropos if you had waited until the new SE was released, and did actual hands on comparison between the two phones. As such, making any recommendation involving a phone that hasn’t been released is illogical.
I'm wondering when the tear down is revealed will we find it is using the same LCD display panel as the iPhone 8 that includes the hardware built into the screen for 3D Touch and that is disabled in software for the SE.
Well, if it has the same screen and the same battery size AND Apple quotes the same battery life as for the iPhone 8, it is pretty much guaranteed to have a very similar battery life. Sometimes it is really possible to predict things accurately, this is one of those situation.This is merely a textbook spec comparison. I think it would have been a far more compelling and informative comparison to report impressions after a few days of real life usage. Specifically when it comes to battery life, which was the Achilles heel of the iPhone 8.
Compare the iPhone 8 with the iPhone 7, apart from inductive charging, that was an even smaller upgrade (and it came without a price drop).I can bet it will be iPhone 8 with a different name. As iPhone 8 owner I hardly see the point. And have to admit it’s very lazy (as usual) approach to design from Apple.
Macrumors seem to be speculating on this claim that iphone SE uses the iphone 8 camera lens. Either way Apple have stated categorically in their marketing that the iphone SE has the “best single camera system in any iphone” so its better than the XR camera on this basis alone.At you sure iPhone SE is using the old iPhone 8 camera sensor and not the newer Xr camera sensor ? Source ?
I can bet it will be iPhone 8 with a different name. As iPhone 8 owner I hardly see the point. And have to admit it’s very lazy (as usual) approach to design from Apple.
Compare the iPhone 8 with the iPhone 7, apart from inductive charging, that was an even smaller upgrade (and it came without a price drop).
Otternonsense, the iphone SE screen has not been marketed as having a ‘liquid retina screen’ unless i am missing something. Oh and i will never accept the idea of $/£1000 phone. The iphone pro’s are premium, well built phones no doubt, but not worth £/$1000 in anyway whatsoever.Amen. It's exactly the 8 (a.k.a. 6sss) with a different name and a better SoC. It's funny how some people got excited about the "Liquid Retina" which refers to exactly the same LCD display, just wrapped around the edges, something that doesn't even apply here. Don't buy into Schiller's marketing jargon, friends.
Not only it's lazy beyond reprieve for a company with the resources and talent pool of Apple, my beef is all the tech bloggers/youtubers who still hail it as an accomplishment in value. Starting at €479 in EU it's not exactly a burner phone price, just because Apple and other major OEM's have gaslit us to accept the idea of a €1000+ smartphone.
Otternonsense, the iphone SE screen has not been marketed as having a ‘liquid retina screen’ unless i am missing something. Oh and i will never accept the idea of $/£1000 phone. The iphone pro’s are premium, well built phones no doubt, but not worth £/$1000 in anyway whatsoever.
It's a very insignificant update and no one is going to often use inductive charging due to slow charging speed. Apple is so lazy that it did not make any improvement with QI charger and absolutely not worth upgrading to the iPhone 8S.
Quoting specs of the two phones is one thing. Testing a new phone on daily usage with a established phone with a track record is quite another. Specs are important. However, they in and of themselves should not be used to make recommendations to other forum members, especially when said secs involve a new phone that hasn’t been released.Hardware-wise it behaves exactly like an iPhone 8 (minus 3D Touch). Performance-wise it behaves exactly like an iPhone 11 (slightly faster graphics as it has to render fewer pixels).
If you lack the imagination as to how an iPhone 8 with iPhone 11 performance would compare against an iPhone Xr, that is your problem. There is almost nothing that cannot be accurately predicted in regard to how they compare.
Please name a couple of things that only a hands-on comparison could reveal.
Nobody outside of Apple (at this time) knows. And we won’t know for sure until a teardown is done. More then likely, it will be Intel, given the recent legal problems between Apple and Qualcomm.Which modem is used in iPhone SE 2020 - Intel or Qualcomm?
It isn't "false" someone who has a xr can end up buying an se. That's what I'm doing.Obviously a false comparison. The iPhone SE is designed for people who had an iPhone 8, 7, 6s, etc. People who already bought an XR would be looking for an iPhone 11.
The iPhone XR is a complete flop, so will be the “new iPhone SE”.
When you have two phones with very similar specs, it really doesn’t take a genius to predict that they will handle very similarly in real life.Quoting specs of the two phones is one thing. Testing a new phone on daily usage with a established phone with a track record is quite another. Specs are important. However, they in and of themselves should not be used to make recommendations to other forum members, especially when said secs involve a new phone that hasn’t been released.