The classic phones are the OG iPhone, the Mazda Miata, and the iPhone SE. Despite being dated and devoid of modern comforts, it performs well and its design is familiar and comforting. The SE is still one of Apple's best products.
While the flagship iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro are all about screen real estate, quality, battery life, and monster cameras, the iPhone SE focuses on simplicity, comfort in your hand, and keeping costs down.
Most people don't need the iPhone 13's excellent OLED screen, though you could argue that more would at least want its improved cameras. But for some users, the smartphone is an as-needed workhorse and nothing more. They want something affordable and reliable—something that will last them several years, so they don't have to think about the smartphone rat race at all.Even if the classic design of the iPhone is getting long in the tooth, it is still ideal for those users. For longevity, the inside is what matters.
The design, screen, dimensions, camera hardware, and storage capacity options have not changed. The 2022 SE still has the same design as the iPhone 8 and has a home button. You can get the new SE in 64, 128, and 256 gigabytes.
The A13 to the A15 were the first two generations that the system-on-a-chip jumped ahead of.
The A15 is the same chip found in the iPhone 13 lineup, so you can get cutting-edge performance in a cheap phone. No other phone at this price point can match the performance of the iPhone SE. We will get into benchmarks a bit further down.
Advertisement Apple claims slightly different battery life figures for the 2022 iPhone SE compared to the 2020 model. Namely, the 2022 claims 15 hours of offline video playback to 2020's 13, 10 hours of streaming video playback to 2020's 8, and 50 hours of audio playback to 2020's 40. This is likely due to the increased efficiency of the A15 over the A13.5G support is one of the major new features here. If you live in a place with good coverage, 5G can make a difference. Make sure you check to see if your carrier offers coverage in your location before buying a phone that is only available in your location.
The 2022 SE can record 4K video at 60 frames per second, just like its predecessor. Thanks to the A15, it supports some new features.
The phone has deep fusion and photographic styles. The Deep Fusion feature of the iPhone SE takes several images in rapid succession, then combines the best elements of each image to improve the overall outcome in a single image. It does its job well, and we have written about it in past reviews.
Some of the iPhone's competitors offer heightened images similar to what some of the iPad's competitors offer.
AdvertisementSome people will like Styles and some will not. You have the option of choosing which mode suits you best. You can't change the Photographic Style preset for an individual photo after the photo has been taken, unlike some other computational photography features on the iPhone.
We still like the design of the iPhone SE. This design has stayed in the lineup for so long despite a few changes over time. It is the most well-known iPhone design.
The 2022 SE might be the last one-handed phone that Apple will make because of rumors that the mini will be discontinued. Unless you get an iPhone 13 mini before this fall, this might be the only one for you.
Many people want big phone screens. If you want to immerse yourself in movies or video games, look to the iPhone 13 instead.
Even though the rest of the modern iPhones use Face ID, this phone still has Touch ID. Most of the time, Touch ID works well. Some people will be more bothered by seeing an iPhone with such a large screen than others. If you look at the photos, you'll know whether the size of the screen really matters to you.
The 2020 model of the iPhone used a harder glass for its front and back. The back of the iPhone 13 has the same glass as the SE. We did not subject our SE to any tests to verify this.
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