- iPhone SE 2020 release date, price, specs and all you need to know:
The iPhone SE 2020 is Apple's brand new cheap
iPhone, starting at just $399 / £419 / AU$749 / Rs 42,500, yet it still offers the specs, camera and screen size of something
that's been much more expensive before today.
The new iPhone SE isn't
called the iPhone 9, as some had expected, as the company has decided to the SE
moniker first used in 2016 (so we're be calling it the iPhone SE 2020 for
clarity here – and no, Apple hasn’t told us officially what the SE stands for).
It essentially replaces
and improves on the iPhone 8 (which is now discontinued and Apple's product
page redirects to a splashy notice about the iPhone SE 2020) while maintaining
the same price point as the original iPhone SE.
- Why the new Iphone is actually cheapest phone of Apple?
Well, while the current and old iPhone SE share the
same price, the latter came out four years ago. If you allow for inflation,
that same phone would cost $429 in the current market, so the new iPhone from
Apple is easily the cheapest the brand has ever offered.
Apple has been trying to pretend that it’s not going
to launch a low-cost iPhone, and you could argue that it still hasn’t – after
all, the $399 price point of the new Iphone SE 2020 is same as badged on 201
- iPhone SE 2020 release date and price?
he iPhone SE 2020 release date is set for Friday
April 24, with pre-orders opening later today (Friday, April 17) and going live
at 5am PDT / 8am EDT / 1pm BST.
The iPhone SE price starts at $399 / £419 / AU$749 / Rs 42,500, meaning it's the same price in the US as the original
iPhone SE (but higher in the
UK). The base model comes with 64GB of storage, with 128GB and 256GB models also
available for a higher price
In the US, Apple is offering the new iPhone SE at
$16.62/month through its financing plan or, if you have something like the
iPhone 8 to trade-in, just $9.54/mo. or $229. If you are upgrading from the
original iPhone SE or iPhone 6, you'll only get $30 toward the full price of
the device.
- iPhone SE 2020 design and display
It’s backwards compatible with all iPhone
8 cases, and has the same
4.7-inch Retina HD Display as found on the last 4.7-inch model (1334 x 750)
with a 326 pixels per inch sharpness.
It gets the same TrueTone technology as
the latest models too, If you’re familiar with the design of the iPhone
8 (and the iPhone
7, iPhone
6S and iPhone
6, come to think of it) then you already know what
the new iPhone SE looks like.
As the design is almost
identical to an iPhone 8, that means there’s a Touch ID home button built into
the bottom bezel on the phone’s front.
You’ll be able to unlock
your phone with your fingerprint using this, rather than using Face ID as on
other modern iPhones - which for some people will be a little simpler to use
- iPhone SE 2020 specs and battery life
the iPhone SE 2020 might seem similar to the iPhone
8, inside it’s a different story. Where the iPhone 8 used the A11 Bionic
chipset, the new iPhone SE packs the same A13 Bionic engine that powers the iPhone
11 range.
It allows the speed under the finger to be improved
in a range of ways – faster snapping between apps is a given (although we’ve
not tried the phone yet ourselves to confirm this), and things like video
editing on your device and computational photography are now possible.
What’s interesting is that Apple is
stating that the iPhone SE's battery life will be the same as that of the
iPhone 8, despite the A13 chip being more efficient in terms of power.
That means you should be
expect up to 12 hours of internet use, or – as we noted in our iPhone 8 review
– it’ll last just about a day on a single charge.
And also good thing is you’ll be able to charge the new
iPhone SE wirelessly with a Qi charger too. For storage, as mentioned your
options are 64GB, 128GB or 256GB – and there’s no microSD support for expanding
that, so make your decision wisely.
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