Makes sense, since the display is smaller and there is less pixels to push. Still the numbers are definitely impressive.
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All the complaining and it sounds like Apple has given the 4" phone most of the options the users wanted and more. The battery will make those people who do not charge while sleeping happy, too.
Apple now has a choice for mostly everyone.
Apple now has a choice for mostly everyone.
check the prices in Europe. If it's cheap to you ...Who said "cheap" had to suck?I'm amazed more and more at the stories I hear about how capable this phone is... it's going to be a fun day when my preorder comes in!
You realize the SE doesn't even have a 720p display, while the S7 has a 2K display right? It's no wonder the SE gets higher benchmarks in some tests.
One could easily say that it has half as much ram and only dual core CPU. Display alone can't explain the difference.
Walt Mossberg on the iPhone SE...
In my tests, the iPhone SE performed like a champ. For one thing, it’s wicked fast. It shouldn’t be any faster than the larger 6s, because its main and graphics processors are the same. But it feels faster to me, flying through scrolls and swipes. This may just be because I haven’t used a 4-inch phone for awhile, or perhaps because the chips are having to move fewer pixels on the smaller screen.
The rear camera is also excellent. It’s been bumped up to the same great 12-megapixel version on the 6s. And the phone has an array of features introduced since the 5s came out in 2013. These include Apple Pay, 4K video recording, faster LTE and Wi-Fi, and new colors, including Apple’s oft-hyped rose gold, which just looks like pink to me.
Battery life in my trials was very, very good. While I didn’t perform a formal test, the new iPhone SE easily lasted a full 12-hour day for me — and still had 20 percent or more left in the tank. And that was after lots of testing, including streaming video and audio and downloading hundreds of messages.
The rear camera is also excellent. It’s been bumped up to the same great 12-megapixel version on the 6s. And the phone has an array of features introduced since the 5s came out in 2013. These include Apple Pay, 4K video recording, faster LTE and Wi-Fi, and new colors, including Apple’s oft-hyped rose gold, which just looks like pink to me.
Battery life in my trials was very, very good. While I didn’t perform a formal test, the new iPhone SE easily lasted a full 12-hour day for me — and still had 20 percent or more left in the tank. And that was after lots of testing, including streaming video and audio and downloading hundreds of messages.
Wicked fast.
Walt Mossberg on the iPhone SE...
In my tests, the iPhone SE performed like a champ. For one thing, it’s wicked fast. It shouldn’t be any faster than the larger 6s, because its main and graphics processors are the same. But it feels faster to me, flying through scrolls and swipes. This may just be because I haven’t used a 4-inch phone for awhile, or perhaps because the chips are having to move fewer pixels on the smaller screen.
The rear camera is also excellent. It’s been bumped up to the same great 12-megapixel version on the 6s. And the phone has an array of features introduced since the 5s came out in 2013. These include Apple Pay, 4K video recording, faster LTE and Wi-Fi, and new colors, including Apple’s oft-hyped rose gold, which just looks like pink to me.
Battery life in my trials was very, very good. While I didn’t perform a formal test, the new iPhone SE easily lasted a full 12-hour day for me — and still had 20 percent or more left in the tank. And that was after lots of testing, including streaming video and audio and downloading hundreds of messages.
Wicked fast.
Has there ever been an iPhone that wasn't wicked fast out of the box? They all are, what matters is how fast it is 6 months down the road when it's loaded up with apps, pictures, and other junk. Even the 3G was "wicked fast" when it came out of the box.
These days as hardware catches up to the demands of software, I find that even my father's 5S is still lightning fast and performs admirably to this day! It's all part of why spec sheets don't matter as much as they used to for the general populace, though the SE is light years ahead of the 5S.
I totally agree
I have no idea why they're still selling the 6 and 6+
Too many SKU's right now
Uh, yes. The graphics benchmarks are extremely biased towards lower resolution screens. Run a graphics benchmark on the 6s and the 6s+ and you'll see what I mean.
Why would we be offended? Ignorant?
You are manipulating the word budget to carry a negative meaning. However it's a neutral word and in respect to the iPhone 6S/6S+ it is the budget model per the definition of the word.
That's not a bad thing, seems like a good phone if you want to save money and/or prefer a smaller phone. If it would have come out 6 months earlier I would have definitely got it over the 6S but now I'm used to and prefer the 4.7" screen.
I think Apple knew that they needed to release the 4" after last September. I'm sure there were quite a few people who got the 6S but might have gotten the SE, had it been available at the same time.
I am really curious how this translate to real-world usage. Will it be superior to 6S in terms of opening apps, loading webpages, smooth animations, game performance, etc? Yeah, I read the same processor is detuned, but since it has much fewer pixels it can do certain things better than 6S
Come on now - if we see an iPhone 3.5" SE model you would see that 3.5" display model destroy the current iPhone SE. This isn't even fair! What's the point of all that jelly with no toast? The screen is just way too small to do anything practical.
If you are moving everything from a previous iPhone, photos are about all that won't be loaded up right after it's out of the box.
lol so I have done nothing practical on my iPhone 5, 4 and 3GS over the last 6 or so years? Right....
Simple: to appeal to those who don't want the SE but don't want to spend the money to get the 6S, either. Widen the number of sweet spots you appeal to and you increase sales.