All new Apple iPhone SE

This is Apple’s latest product the iPhone SE which was released on April 24. This is the economical iPhone Apple has ever released. This sure has grabbed everyone’s attention with the price tag. It has most of the features of the latest iPhones but physically look like their previous creation iPhone 8. This is considered to be the successor of their preceding gen SE. Apple have always set a benchmark in the industry with their every new launch, but those do cost very high, but with this new SE  we can say “Lots of Love, Less to Pay”. So lets get deep into the device look into all their major details.

So, the basic specifications of the new iPhone SE are as follows:

·         Display: 4.7-inch Retina HD, with 1334x750 resolutions, True Tone display.

·         Chip: A13 Bionic Chip, with iOS 13.

·         Camera: 12MP Wide camera, Digital zoom up to 5x, LED True Tone Flash, 7MP Front Camera.

·         Ports: Dual SIM (nano and eSIM), Lightning Connector,

·         Storage: 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, 3GB RAM.

·         Battery: Around 2000mAh, li-polymer battery

Let’s go for deep dive in the features of the new iPhone SE

The new iPhone SE comes with 4.7-inch HD Retina display. Apple has been providing one of the best display and resolution in the whole smart phone industry. This contains the new LCD Multi-Touch display with IPS technology. Having resolution of 1334x750 - with 326 ppi. True Tone display gives you the best tone of colors with each and every detail clearly visible. Having the maximum brightness of 625 nits( not the best but easily functional). This also has fingerprint resistance due to oleophobic coating. Overall this is one of the finest display for a finest phone.

The new iPhoneSE comes with the fastest and efficient chip in any of the smartphone, period in the mobile industry. A13 Bionic is so powerful; everything you do is fast and fluid. It also works in the most power‑efficient way possible, so your battery lasts longer. In fact, A13 Bionic is so advanced, its years ahead of the pack. Launching apps, playing the latest games and playing with augmented reality are desirable.

Apple have been incredibly beautiful with their camera and its features. With just single camera you can do wonders. This new iPhone has 12MP Wide Camera, with aperture of f/1.8. Have a Digital Zoom up to 5x, has a very good image stabilization with 6-element lens. Autofocus with the help of Focus Lens. Containing Wide Color Capture for Photos and Live Photos with Burst Mode. It has Next-Generation Smart HDR for photos. The advanced camera system with A13 Bionic brings you Portrait mode, which artfully blurs the background to put the focus on your subject — even when you’re taking selfies.

A simple slider helps you to change the background blur as much or as little as you want even after taking the snap.

With the help of Next Generation Smart HDR one can capture more natural colors and skin tones it also optimizes highlights and shadow detail in the background.

4K recording means 4 times the clarity of an 1080P HD Video. And for increasing shadow and highlights they use Extended Dynamic Range.

o   4K Video recording at 60fps, 30fps and 24fps

o   1080P Video recording at 30fps and 60fps

o   720P Video Recording at 30fps

o   Stereo Recording

o   LED True Tone Flash

o   Digital Zoom up to 3x

o   Captures 8MP Photos while recording 4K video.

o   Stereo Speakers and Stereo Recording

Apples classic and unique Touch ID is back after 3 years. The Touch ID of the new iphoneSE has Haptic touch id removing the previous Taptic technology. Touch ID helps you to unlock your phone also helps to login to apps instantly. Using this Touch ID you can make payments. Also slightly more convenient than the Face ID because it uses your finger impressions to recognize you and unlock the phone easily and securely.

As an icing on the cake iphone SE comes with IP67 rating so its Water Resistant to 1 meter for 30 minutes so if little amount of coffee, tea or any other soft drinks spills shouldn’t be bothering us much. Also its dust poof as well.

In smart phone industry Apple is hands down the safest in terms of privacy. The iMessages exchanged are end to end encrypted, photos are well organized safely. Touch ID data is stored in the device itself not on any of the servers.

The new iphone SE comes with a beautiful Binge Worthy battery. Up to 13 hour video playback if streamed then reduces to 8 hours video playback on a single charge. Comes with Dolby Atmos Speaker and  gives 40 hours audio playback. When powers down just plug into any wireless charger or plug into 18w fast-charge to 0 to 50% in and around 30 minutes.

 The iphone SE is built for iOS13 and can get many future updates periodically as Apple updates. You can use Dark Mode, Siri Shortcuts, new Photos app and the usual Apples high security towards your privacy.

Right from the box we get the following items.

v  iPhone with iOS 13

v  EarPods with Lightning Connector

v  Lightning to USB cable

v  USB Power Adapter

v  Documentation

Available in three colors

·         Black

·         White

·         Product Red

The cost of iPhone SE varies between

·         64GB 42,500Rs

·         128GB 47,800Rs

·         256GB 58,300Rs 


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Photos and Information credits: Apple