Apple iPhone SE

iPhone SE at a glance

Marketed as a "reinvented" 4-inch iPhone, the iPhone SE (Special Edition) models, regardless of network compatibility, are nearly identical in appearance to the iPhone 5s, apart from matte-chamfered edges rather than shiny ones, but have many innards more in common with the higher performance iPhone 6s.

All iPhone SE models have a 4" (diagonal) widescreen multi-touch IPS LED-backlit 1136x640 native resolution (326ppi) "retina display" and no 3D Touch support. They have dual cameras, a rear 12 megapixel, 4K "iSight" camera with 1.22 micron pixels, an f/2.2 aperture, a dual LED "True Tone" flash and more as well as a modest front 1.2 megapixel, 720p "FaceTime" type camera.

The iPhone SE is available in four metallic color options: "Silver," which has a white glass front and a predominantly silver colored aluminum back; "Space Gray," which has a black glass front and a predominantly medium toned "gunmetal" gray aluminum back; "Gold," which has a white glass front and a predominantly gold colored aluminum back; and "Rose Gold," which has a white glass front and a predominantly pink-tinted gold colored aluminum back. Regardless of color, each also includes a 1st generation "Touch ID" fingerprint sensor embedded in the so called "home" button.

All iPhone SE models are powered by a 1.8 GHz 64-bit "Apple A9" CPU and have 2GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 16, 32, 64, or 128GB of flash storage (16GB or 64GB for devices sold from March 21, 2016 until March 21, 2017 and 32GB or 128GB for devices sold afterwards). They also support 4G/LTE, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, and NFC (for Apple Pay), have a bottom-mounted headphone jack and use the "Lightning" connector to hook up with a Mac, PC, dock, or power adapter.

Apple estimates that the iPhone SE models provide up to 50 hours of audio playback, 14 hours of talk time on 3G, 12 hours of Internet use on 3G, 13 hours of Internet use on 4G/LTE, 13 hours of Internet use on Wi-Fi, 13 hours of video playback and 10 days of standby time.