The iPhone SE (2020) Review: A Reinvigorated Classic
by Andrei Frumusanu on April 24, 2020 6:30 AM EST- Posted in
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- Apple
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- iPhone SE
- Apple A13
- iPhone SE 2020
GPU Performance
Real-world GPU Performance of the iPhone SE should be pretty much the best on any mobile device on the market right now. Apple’s A13 already outperformed any other chipset out there in the iPhone 11 series, and the fact that the new SE now comes with an even lower resolution 1334 x 750 means that on-screen performance will be even better than what you’d experience on an iPhone 11.
In all our 3D tests, we see peak performance of the iPhone SE be near that of the other A13-powered iPhones, take a few frames here and there. Sustained performance is also extremely respectable, as the phone keeps up with the 11 series in most tests, which is again very impressive given its much smaller form-factor and correspondingly smaller thermal envelope.
Again, because this is a low-resolution screen, I have doubts users will even find real-world workloads that actually stress the phone enough for it to dip below V-sync limits, meaning when it comes to gaming, it’s going to be a incredibly future-proof phone – as long as you have the battery capacity for gaming.
Compared to the iPhone 8, even though we’re “only” talking about 2 generations difference in the SoCs, the new iPhone SE is essentially double, in some cases more than double, faster than the A11-based counterpart.
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yeeeeman - Saturday, April 25, 2020 - link
This phone is LAME. Other than the chipset, everything is just 2016 at best...Screen is pathetic. My 100$ chinese phone has better resolution. Also it is oled.
The battery is just laughable. My Sony erricson from 2011 has a 1700mah battery lol.
It is just amazing how little iphone users are willing to get for their money.
toyeboy89 - Sunday, April 26, 2020 - link
I think 5 years of updates and excellent performance more than make up for some of it's shortcomings.justareader - Sunday, April 26, 2020 - link
Who uses a phone for 5 years? You are suggesting someone will still be using this retro phone in 2026. No way they will have cracked the screen way before 5 years go by. Updates are not that important unless they lock out features. I have old devices sitting in drawers and they aren't getting hacked.Tilmitt - Monday, April 27, 2020 - link
Phones last longer now as CPU progress has slowed. I went 4S -> 5S -> 6S and only plan on upgrading my 6S when the next generation comes out, so that'll be 5 years on a 6S.FakThisShttyGame - Monday, April 27, 2020 - link
Dude I literally used my 6S for 5 years and iPad Air 2 for 6 years...You hurt my feelings :(toyeboy89 - Monday, April 27, 2020 - link
Yes, someone could very well use this phone until 2026 with a couple of battery replacements along the way (like any phone)Deicidium369 - Sunday, April 26, 2020 - link
who the hell keeps a phone for 5 years? 1 year and it's in the junk drawertrparky - Friday, May 1, 2020 - link
I had an iPhone 7 Plus for three years and it was still fast as the day I bought it. Those of us who don't have bottomless money pit hang onto our phones longer.ThreeDee912 - Monday, April 27, 2020 - link
Every time somebody brings up resolution and OLED, I bring up this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcFXEXJicgc
The old iPhone XR uses LCD and is only 828p but everyone prefers it over the 1080p budget OLED.
trparky - Friday, May 1, 2020 - link
Chinese phone? How do you like the fact that everything that you have on your phone is being transmitted back to China?Not only is Android spying on you but when you add China to the mix it becomes even more of a toxic hellstew of spying.