The iPhone SE 2020 Review
The term SE first appeared in the iPhone world in 2018 but for whatever reason was discontinued and then revived in April 2020. The 4.7-inch model looks like an iPhone 8 on the outside. The internals can be compared to iPhone 11.
Features:
- A13 Bionic chip
- 3GB RAM
- Colours are black, red and white
- Storages are 64, 128, and 256GB of storage.
- The display is 4.7-inch retina HD, LCD with true tone
- Wide Dolby vision
- The rear camera comes with a single lens
- Built with a glass
- Wireless charging
- IP67 water and dust resistance
- Works with the latest WIFI protocol
It comes with a thick top and bottom bezel just like the iPhone 8, located at the top bezel is the 7- megapixel front facing camera and a microphone. The button bezel has the Touch ID home button for fingerprint based biometric authentication.
Quick actions and contextual menus are done through haptic touch, 3D has been eliminated from the iPhone lineup.
Front Camera
- 7 Megapixel front camera features a f/2.2 aperture with portrait mode.
- It supports depth control despite the lack of a true depth camera system
- It supports quick take, the first camera to come with this feature
- A 1080p video can be recorded at 30 frames per seconds
- Retina flash
- Auto image stabilisation
- Burst mode
- Auto HDR
- Wide colour capture
Rear camera
- 12 megapixels with an f/1.8 aperture
- Optical image stabilisation
- Supports portrait mode and lighting
- No night mode feature
- Smart HDR
- Supports wider colour
- LED true tone flash with slow sync capabilities
- Records 4K video of up to 60 frames per seconds
- Optical image stabilisation
- Supports slow motion and time lapse videos
- Microphone
The front camera supports portrait mode and uses image signal processor plus neural engine of the A13 Bionic.
The iPhone SE 2020 Review
The phone is equipped with modern chip technology, it has the same A13 Bionic chip found in the iPhone 11. Apple claims it is the fastest chip in a smartphone to date, the bionic posses a dedicated 8 core neural engine which performs 5 trillion operations per seconds.
Video Capabilities
- Shoots 4K video at up to 60 frames per seconds
- 24 to 30 frames per seconds are also optional alongside 1080 and 720p shooting modes
- Videos up to 30 frames per seconds has extended dynamic range available, plus optical image stabilisation
- Quick takes video feature to run video mode by holding down the camera button in photo mode.
Battery
- It will last up to 13 hours for watching videos
- It will last up to 8 hours for streaming
- 40 hours for audio
- Charges faster
- Charges up to 50 percent in half and hour when using 18 power adapters or higher
Design
The design is somehow like iPhone 5 even though it is identical to the iPhone 8. I will conclude that it sits between the iPhone 5 and 8. They’re top bezel features:
- Front facing camera
- Speakers
- Sensors
At the bottom of the phone is a touch ID home button covered with sapphire crystal. The phone is built with an all body glass like the iPhone 8, this gives the phone a rich depth of colour. An aluminium band holds the glass display and body together, which matches the colour for each phone.
The iPhone SE 2020 Review
Volume buttons and mute switches are on the left side of the phone. The right side features the sleep/wake button. Lighting ports and speakers’ holes can be found at the bottom part. There is no headphone jack therefore Bluetooth or lighting headphone is a requirement.
It measures:
- 4mm tall by 67.3mm wide
- 3mm thick and weighs 5.22 ounces
Display
- Resolution of 1334 by 750 to 326 pixels per inch and a 1400:1 contrast ratio
It has multi touch capabilities, P3 wide colour which supports rich true to life colour and 625 nits for maximum brightness.
Touch ID
To make this affordable phone, it comes with an all glass design with Face, ID, also offers a home button with a touch ID fingerprint sensor. The touch ID home button is covered with a sapphire crystal which does two things.
- It protects the ID sensor and has a steel ring that detects a user’s finger sensor.
Touch ID is used for:
- It unlocks the phone,
- Inputs the password with key chain
- Confirm Apple store purchases
- Opens protected passcode apps
- Confirms Apple pay instructions
True Tone
The phone is compatible with true tone, a feature introduced to iPad and 
iPhone some years ago. The functionality of true tone is taking advantage of the ambient light sensor to detect the lighting in a room. It then adjusts the colour temperature and intensity to match the light to produce a more natural paper-like viewing experience that reduces eye strain.
Haptic Touch
One of the differences between the iPhone SE and the 8 model is, the 8 model comes with a 3D touch whilst the SE comes with a haptic touch found in the 11 models. The 3D and haptic has similar functionality, but it is not pressured sensitive and doesn’t support multiple functions for each press.
Haptic Touch is used for:
- Accessing quick actions on the home screen
- Links preview in safari
- Flash activation on the lock screen
- Access to extra features in control centre.
Haptic touch does not work with notifications on the lock screen or in the notification centre.
Water and Dust Resistance
The water resistance is rated at IP67 this means the phone will still be functional after being immersed in water for up to one metre (3.3) feet for up to 30 minutes. This is not a licence to drop your phone in the water because you want to experiment. Apple’s warranty does not really cover water damage.
The Phone will survive:
- Rain splashes
- Rain
- Brief water exposure
Portrait Mode and Lighting
- This phone supports portrait mode despite not having two cameras on each side
- The image signal processor is used for portrait lighting and depth control
- Neural engine is used for computational photography
- This is the first phone to use a software solution to enable portrait mode.
- Artful blurring is possible in the background of an image because of the portrait mode
- Portrait lighting allows six studio quality lighting effects to be added to images.
- The amount of blur capture in a portrait mode is decided by depth control to be tuned for the best possible blend and detail.
In Conclusion
The reviews about the phone from experts reveals that it is a very good phone, claiming that although the design is outdated with the thick bezels, the display is excellent, and the quality is solid. As proclaimed by Apple Privacy is your fundamental human right. This phone was designed to protect your privacy and give you control over your information.
This cutting edge device provides the benefit of effortless high performance and comfort, thanks to an outstanding innovation. The secret behind this stunning device is the amazing design which provides much functionality with effortless power. The device offer an amazing feeling of comfort and control.
