Smartphone Apple iPhone SE: reviews, technical specifications

If you look at any group of products, you can find in it a lot of proposals, each with its own merits and demerits. The same happens with smartphones, whose market is literally oversaturated. Despite the existence of a huge number of gadgets, among them there is always one, standing out from the crowd and playing a special role. This device is Apple's iPhone SE, which is reviewed below.

This phone is the quintessence of all the best that was created in the market of portable computers. A powerful set of technical innovations, balancing with a compact body, which in its time became a living classic. And despite the fact that the Apple iPhone SE, reviews on which are very controversial, does not fit the current standards, it still deserves special attention of all fans of mobile phones.

Equipment

Speaking of its configuration, it is difficult to note any innovations - everything that was bundled with the iPhone 5s, lies here. In the already familiar and much familiar white box, in addition to the device itself, there are:

1. Brochure with instructions for working with the device.
2. Power supply for charging from mains.
3. USB cable to Lightning (yes, the one that is torn so often).
4. Headphones EarPods with a 3.5 mm jack.
5. And as always, without changes, two branded stickers with the company logo.

Design

The appearance of the device is impressive. Designed by an era of design, many users still consider ideal.

Smartphone Apple iPhone SE has a body made of aluminum, with two plastic inserts for the antenna. Most of the front panel is a display. Below is the Home button with the first generation Touch ID sensor, and on the top there is a peephole of the front camera with traffic and lighting sensors. On the left side there are sound control elements, on the right side there is a SIM card slot, on the top board there is a power button. At the bottom of the device, as usual, there is a charging connector and a headphone port.

There are two minor differences from the previous generation. First, the edges of the device are no longer polished, they are matte. Secondly, the phone comes in a new configuration Apple iPhone SE Rose Gold. This is a new color design in the manner of iPhone 6s. The remaining colors are also in place. There are classic silver, gold and Apple iPhone SE Space Gray, first debuted in the iPhone 5s.

Display

The phone has a tiny, by modern standards, display. The diagonal of the display panel is 4 inches, and its resolution is 1136 by 640 pixels (326 dots per inch, Retina standard). At the same time, according to customers, it has high contrast and brightness, it has excellent viewing angles.

The touchscreen is capacitive, works without a single hover and is perfectly calibrated. The glass covering the screen is protected from glare and has an oleophobic coating, thanks to which there are no fingerprints on the screen.

The display device is its main plus and minus. Many after the release of the iPhone 6 have lost the habit of compact gadgets, preferring "fablets". For this reason, the output of a device with such a form factor looks strange, but it does not have a single competitor in this category.

Performance

According to experts, this device is the most productive among competitors. The heart of the smartphone was the chip of 2015 release - Apple A9, the processor is equipped with two productive cores, the frequency of each can reach 1800 megahertz. In addition, this chip is the most energy efficient. Also in the smartphone Apple iPhone SE received the coprocessor Apple M9, responsible for reading the data on the movement of the device on a permanent basis (even in the off state the phone is able to count the passed steps). Thanks to the M9, the device can turn on the display simply by lifting the device.

According to reviews, this smartphone is able to take on absolutely any task. There is no game or application that would not be launched on the new iPhone. The phone is equipped with the latest technology and earns the highest scores in synthetic tests. In addition, the iPhone SE bypasses the speed of even its older brother, which is the iPhone 6s, due to a more modest solution.

Memory

Many consumers are confused by Apple's policy towards the memory being embedded in the device described. It comes in two configurations. Basic - Apple iPhone SE 16 gb is the minimum amount of memory. The system takes an average of two to three gigabytes, so the user remains 12 gigabytes for their needs. Apple suggests using iCloud storage for storing photos, music and documents.

There is also a more advanced configuration - the Apple iPhone SE 64gb. This should be enough to the majority of admirers of these smartphones (there will be a huge number of games, full-length films, a lot of music albums, etc.), but they will have to put a tidy sum on top. And the difference in price between devices with different amounts of memory, among other things, reaches $ 100 (in Russian realities, these values are even more frightening).

As for RAM, the situation here is slightly brighter. In the phone there was a place for two gigabytes of RAM. Given that the phone is based on the mobile operating system iOS, you can say with confidence that there will be no sudden data loss. Applications stay in memory for as long as the tabs in the browser.

Shooting Quality

Despite the fact that Apple is actively praising the capabilities of the camera of its creation, the photo module, judging by the reviews, has always been the weak point of the smartphone from Cupertino. On the back of the phone hides a lens with a resolution of 12 megapixels, with autofocus and the ability to shoot branded "live photos" and slow motion video at a rate of 60 frames per second. With good lighting, the camera makes excellent photos with realistic color rendition, but it's worth to get into the weakly illuminated zone, as the problems begin: excessive graininess, loss of color. Only the faces look good, thanks to a double flash.

The front camera remains the same, only 1.2 megapixels, which is unlikely to please the queen of Selfie, but will more than cover all the requirements of fans to talk on Skype and FaceTime. But the phone got a front flash, while pressing the shutter, the phone's display lights up, reaching the maximum brightness, and highlights the user's face.

Autonomy

In addition to the fact that the phone is the leader of the most powerful smartphone, it also takes the first places in terms of autonomy. Indeed, despite a modest battery with a capacity of 1642 milliampere-hour, iPhone SE by right can be considered the most long-playing.

Specialists Apple reports that the phone is able to live 10 hours without recharging in talk mode. And according to reviews, these 10 hours can easily turn into 12-13, which can not but rejoice, given the modest dimensions of the case. Also at the time of operation, the operating system also favorably affects, actively extinguishing any activity in the background, so that harmful applications do not eat up the charge.

Unfortunately (and maybe, fortunately), the phone is not equipped with fast recharging technology. But then consumers give justice to the fact that a lot of time for it and not required (with a certain amount of battery). According to reviews, the iPhone charges an average of one hour.

Wireless interfaces

There is no point in doubting that the new smartphone from Apple supports all modern communication standards. At the same time, you should know something about the Apple iPhone SE. User feedback unambiguously hints that not all models work in Russian LTE networks.

This is a long-standing problem that appeared in the iPhone 5, when non-Rostest devices did not support domestic networks. For this reason, users should pay attention to the Apple iPhone SE a1723, which is an international model, working in all ranges.

With the other interfaces, problems should not arise. The phone has both Bluetooth of the latest version, and Wi-Fi, working on all modern frequencies.

operating system

Apple has always inspired everyone with the dogma that anyone who is serious about the development of hardware, should also deal with the software for it, so all mobile devices from Apple are running iOS. Did not become an exception and Apple iPhone SE. The review of all the functions of the system would require too much time, therefore in this material we will only talk about the main features of the system and the innovations of iOS 10.

According to reviews, the main distinguishing feature of iOS has always been its stability. The system crashes less often than any other consumer software product, which has won its reputation. And iOS 10 only confirms this fact.

A new version of the operating system has acquired a lot of new functions. For example, a completely updated application "Music", the ability to use stickers in a standard messenger, a rich selection of widgets and a completely modified screen lock. Also appeared one of the most long-awaited innovations, namely the ability to delete standard applications, such as "Mail", Safari, "Notes", "Reminders" and many others.

Apple iPhone SE: reviews

When you are the market leader, in addition to a huge base of fans, you will gain the same army of haters, so finding objective feedback about the product from California is quite difficult.

Let's turn to the main drawbacks that Apple iPhone SE users complain about:

• Price - the first in the list and, perhaps, the most significant drawback. Users have always complained about the pricing offered by Apple, and the cost of a smartphone seems to many to be too high.
• The amount of base memory. Another important drawback - a modest amount of memory and lack of support for memory cards. This approach of the corporation often forces users to purchase Apple iPhone SE 64gb.
• Closeness of the operating system. Ironically, but after so many years, people are still not used to Apple's policy, stubbornly complaining that the system can not work with torrent clients and is closely related to iTunes. In general, this is the problem of all fans of pirated content.

Of the pluses, users select a compact case. The gadget perfectly lies in the hand and is also perfectly controlled by it. In addition, users are positive about the speed of the device, long operation from one charge and stability of the operating system. Impressive and the work of a multi-touch display - no gadget in the world can boast such precision of pressing, which is especially noticeable with quick typing. From the distinctive features of the phone can be identified NFC-chip, through which you can make payments in all the retail networks, which support contactless payments PayPass and PayWave.

Apple iPhone SE: price

The prices for the device vary depending on the configuration:

• IPhone SE with a basic memory (16 gigabytes) - 34,990 rubles;
• IPhone SE with increased memory (64 gigabytes) - 39,990 rubles.

On the gray market, the device can be found for a much smaller amount - from 26 thousand rubles (the price can differ not only because of the difference in the amount of main memory, but also depending on the color).

Instead of concluding

In general, it is this, quite simple, but high-quality and became Apple iPhone SE. Reviews reviews, but they do not always convey the essence, so you should independently explore the possibilities of the device and, as they say, hold it in your hands. In any case, the iPhone is an iPhone - with its flaws and advantages that do not change from year to year and are familiar to everyone. The phone should be taken to all those who missed the compact flagships, capable of giving odds to any "fablet", which took a strong position in the segment of premium devices.