FAQ: What you need to know about the 4-inch iPhone SE > It starts at $399, it does Live Photos but no 3D Touch, and the battery > should even outlast the bigger iPhones. > > <image001.jpg>Apple's iPhone SE comes in many colors Credit: Apple > · > · > · > · > · > · > · > 1COMMENT > <image002.jpg> > Susie Ochs | @sfsooz > Executive Editor, Macworld > · Mar 21, 2016 5:40 PM > It turns out that in today’s “go big or go home” world, plenty of people > didn’t want a bigger iPhone. So they did go home, back to their 4-inch iPhone > 5s and 5c models, to wait for Apple to make a pocket-sized iPhone once again. > Now that wait is (nearly) over. > > On Monday, Apple unveiled the iPhone SE, which has the form-factor of an > iPhone 5s, but the speedy components of an iPhone 6s. Here is everything we > know so far about Apple’s newest little thing. > > Important thing first: When can I get it? > Let’s get this out of the way right now! Apple will start taking preorders > for the iPhone SE on Thursday, March 24, and will start shipping the devices > a week later, on Thursday, March 31. > > How much will it cost me? > The iPhone SE comes in two storage capacities. The 16GB version is $399 > unlocked, and the 64GB version is $499 unlocked. > > (Nope, there’s no 32GB iPhone SE, and nothing bigger than 64GB. If you need > more storage, the iPhone 6s comes in 128GB size for $849 unlocked, or $949 > for an unlocked 128GB iPhone 6s Plus.) > > Is it worth it? Check out Jason Snell’s first look at the iPhone SE. > > Can I pay in installments? > Of course you can. This is America. > > <image003.jpg> > First, the bad news: The iPhone SE is not eligible for Apple’s iPhone Upgrade > Program, which only covers the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, and only when you buy > it from the Apple Store. > > But there is also good news! The new iPhone SE is eligible for the “trade up > with installments” program Apple announced in February, but you can only get > this deal by bringing your old device to the Apple Store. Depending on which > model you’re trading up from, your iPhone SE could be as little as $10/month. > > “Carrier financing” is available—those are installment plans from the > carriers, like T-Mobile Jump on Demand or AT&T Next. You can purchase your > iPhone from Apple and then compare plans from multiple carriers, including > Sprint Easy Pay, T-Mobile Equipment Installment Plan, and Verizon Device > Payment. Or you can purchase the iPhone SE directly from your carrier of > choice. > > Apple also has a financing program through Barclaycard, so you could put your > new iPhone SE on installments that way. That’s not the same as the iPhone > Upgrade Program, which is an 18-month financing term that lets you upgrade > after 12 months and includes AppleCare+. Financing an iPhone SE through > Barclaycard just lets you spread out the payments of the full retail price. > > What’s the screen like, besides 4 glorious inches? > It’s a 4-inch screen, just like the iPhone 5s, 5c, and 5. (iPhones before > that had a 3.5-inch screen.) The resolution is the same, too: 1136x640 at 326 > pixels per inch. > > That’s the same ppi density as the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 6s—the iPhone SE > screen won’t look any worse, just smaller. The really big iPhones (the > 5.5-inch 6 Plus and 6s Plus) have 1920x1080 screens at 401ppi. > > <image004.jpg>APPLE > Does it have 3D Touch? > No. You can take Live Photos, and tap and hold the screen to see them > animate, but the iPhone SE doesn’t have the full 3D Touch feature. You can’t > deep-press home screen icons for Quick Actions, or use the Peek and Pop > gestures. Bummer. > > 3D Touch is currently exclusive to the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. > > Physically, how close is it to the iPhone 5s? > Extremely close. Apple mentions some incredibly subtle differences, like > “bead-blasted aluminum for a satin-like finish,” but the size and shape are > the same. Both the iPhone SE and the now-discontinued iPhone 5s are 4.87 > inches tall, 2.31 inches wide, and 0.30 inch thick. You should even be able > to use the same cases on both. > > The iPhone SE weighs 3.99 ounces, and the iPhone 5s weighs 3.95 ounces. > Almost the same. > > What colors does it come in? > The four you’d expect, same as the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus: silver, gold, rose > gold, and space gray. The space gray version has a black bezel around the > screen, while the other three have white bezels. The ring around the home > button matches the color of the metal back. > > And yes, “rose gold” could be colloquially known as “pink,” but it has a > golden undertone that makes it look a little more sophisticated than a pure > cotton-candy pink. > > <image005.jpg>APPLE > Apple’s iPhone SE has the processing power of the iPhone 6S > > Tell me about the cameras > The rear-facing “iSight” camera has a 12-megapixel sensor with Apple’s Focus > Pixels and True Tone flash. It can shoot 4K video and up to 63-megapixel > panoramas. > > The iPhone SE’s front-facing “FaceTime HD” camera takes 1.2 megapixel stills > and records 720p video. It gets the Retina Flash feature, which lights up the > phone’s entire screen for a more natural looking flash, great for selfies. > The front camera even has burst mode, like the rear camera does. > > To compare, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have all these features, but on those > flagship devices, the front camera is 5-megapixels, not 1.2. The iPhone 6s > Plus has optical image stabilization for both photos and video, but it’s the > only device that does. (The iPhone 6 Plus does for photos but not video.) > > 4K video? Does it have the same video modes as the bigger iPhones? > Yep! You can record 4K video at 30 frames per second (fps). If you go down to > 1080p video, you can opt to shoot at 30fps or 60fps, but 720p video is always > 30fps. Slo-mo is supported, at 120fps for 1080p, or 240fps for 720p. The > time-lapse mode is here, and you get cinematic video stabilization in 1080p > and 720p modes, but the iPhone SE lacks the optical image stabilization for > video that’s exclusive to the iPhone 6s Plus. You can even take 8-megapixel > still images while you’re recording video. > > What kind of chip does it use? > The iPhone SE has the same 64-bit A9 system-on-a-chip, featuring the M9 > motion coprocessor, as the flagship iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. > > When we reviewed the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, we tested the A9 with GeekBench 3 > and found it smoked all other iPhones—especially the iPhone 5s, which this > new iPhone SE replaces. You can see those results below—longer bars mean > faster performance. It’s a speedy little chip. > > <image006.png>JASON SNELL > What about the the battery life? > So glad you asked. One huge advantage of using the powerful A9 chip on a > device with a smaller screen is that iPhone SE users should actually see > better battery life than the larger-screened iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. > > Apple quotes up to 50 hours of audio playback, or up to 13 hours of video. > Using the Internet, you should get 13 hours of LTE or Wi-Fi, and 12 hours of > 3G. You could talk for up to 14 hours on the 3G network, if you still use > your iPhone for actual phone calls. And it should last up to 10 days in > standby mode. We’ll test all these when we get our review unit. > > Can it use Apple Pay? > Yes. Thanks to Touch ID, built-in NFC, and the Secure Enclave, the iPhone SE > is compatible with Apple Pay, which debuted with the iPhone 6 and recently > spread to more countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, and China. > > <image007.png> > Does it have a headphone jack? > Yes! We’ve heard rumors that the iPhone 7 may ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack, > restricting users to Bluetooth or Lightning headphones instead. But the > iPhone SE has the same headphone jack you’ve been using for decades now. Whew. > > Got more questions about the iPhone SE? Let us know in the comments and we’ll > update this as we find the answers. > > Related: > · HARDWARE > > · IPHONE > > · IOS > > · IPHONE SE > > <image008.png> > Shop ▾ > What is this? > <image009.png>Amazon Shop buttons are programmatically attached to all > reviews, regardless of products' final review scores. Our parent company, > IDG, receives advertisement revenue for shopping activity generated by the > links. Because the buttons are attached programmatically, they should not be > interpreted as editorial endorsements. > <image010.jpg> > Susie Ochs Executive Editor > <image011.png><image012.png> > Susie has been covering Apple since 2006, and when she isn't glued to her > MacBook Air and iPhone, you can find her building sand castles at the beach > or snowboarding in the mountains.
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