The iPhone SE (2020) Review: A Reinvigorated Classic
by Andrei Frumusanu on April 24, 2020 6:30 AM EST- Posted in
- Mobile
- Apple
- Smartphones
- iPhone SE
- Apple A13
- iPhone SE 2020
Battery Life - Matching the iPhone 8
In terms of battery life, the iPhone SE is said to perform similarly to the iPhone 8. Apple here employs a much newer and more efficient SoC in the form of the A13, while retaining the same battery capacity and display panel as the older phone. In essence, what we’re testing here is merely Apple’s calibration of the iPhone SE’s A13 chip in terms of its performance vs energy usage. Naturally of course, the new SE will have a more efficient cellular and WiFi chip as well which will contribute to the efficiency of the device.
In our web browsing test that we were able to run overnight, the iPhone SE confirms Apple’s claims of it matching the iPhone 8, and we’re essentially getting near identical results at 10.7h vs 10.4h, only a few minutes apart difference between the two devices.
We had noted in our iPhone 11 review that Apple’s battery life marketing claims oddly matched the results in our web test, and this again is the case for the new iPhone SE.
Whilst the iPhone SE isn’t able to match the longevity of the iPhone 11’s, it’s still a reasonably good result considering the battery capacity and size of the phone.
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star-affinity - Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - link
Why is it wasted? Should make it last many years, as long as the 3 GB RAM doesn't limit it, that is…nfineon - Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - link
// EUROPE PRICES (in usd)$532 belgium
$610 bosnia
$575 croatia
$513 czech
$539 denmark
$521 germany
$531 spain
$531 france
$542 ireland
$542 italy
$513 luxembourg
$521 nederlands
$512 norway
$521 austria
$527 poland
$542 poland
$542 portugal
$464 switzerland
$542 finland
$608 serbia
$517 uk
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EU Average Price = $536 usd
// ASIA PACIFIC (in usd)
aus $473
hkd $439
kor $446
myr $459
nzd $477
php $523
sgd $455
twd $482
thb $461
mop $439
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AP Average Price = $466 usd
$399 is only the promotional price used in the US (not including tax), the actual price globally is higher. Europe gets hit the hardest with the average price about $536, Asia Pacific is about $466 average and no pricing data yet for Latin America. This brings the current world average price to +/- $500 usd.
(SOURCES)
https://www.apple.com/choose-country-region/
https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/
zeeBomb - Saturday, May 16, 2020 - link
The best review. My goodness.sdfdsf - Thursday, May 28, 2020 - link
mntechjam - Tuesday, June 9, 2020 - link
Wow I can't believe the love this phone is getting.Such an outdated design, CPU and GPU performance matter so little to the consumer now. They've been more than powerful enough for years.
To put out such a lazy rehashed design just shows how complacent Apple are and the fact it's getting such praise shows just why they have gotten so complacent.
This simply wouldn't be acceptable in the Android world.
nd_marshall - Sunday, June 21, 2020 - link
It's like putting a Ferrari engine in a Lada.