Apple iPhone SE 2020 64 GB

Finally fits in your hand

The 2020 iPhone SE has become one of the most controversial smartphones of the year. And even in recent years. Therefore, let's agree that it will not be possible to evaluate it objectively. Fans of the apple brand unanimously say that this is finally a classic compact iPhone that can be freely held in your hand and controlled with one finger. But with modern hardware from the iPhone Xr, dual SIM slots, an iPhone 11-like camera, an "affordable" price tag, and a modern version of iOS, which "as everyone knows, is much better than Android." Although, after the constant glitches of iOS 13, this argument has lost its former strength.

Pros and cons

Fans of Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi and other Android fans are twiddling their thumbs in response, as they are watching from their bell tower. Their system of values does not fit the fact that people are being fed a morally obsolete phone (in fact, it is an iPhone 8 with a new processor), with so-so hardware, a small screen and huge side frames three years ago. Just look, this is not even a dumb monobrow of iPhones of recent years, but a design in the style of five and six. Yes, it is compact and the camera is good, but for this $600 you can buy a conditional OnePlus 7 Pro, which will tear the iPhone SE to rags in almost all respects: 3 GB of RAM versus 8 in OnePlus, 64 GB of internal memory versus 256 GB, albeit very high quality , but still quite a normal 4.7-inch IPS screen with HD resolution (HD in a $600 phone, Carl!) versus OnePlus' huge 6.67-inch 90Hz Fluid AMOLED display. In general, the OnePlus display is a separate reason for buying, and few people can still compete with it.

Wireless charging, great camera and so-so battery

If we talk about other little things and try to maintain objectivity, then the situation is also ambiguous. The front camera and the main camera send greetings from 2017, when double and triple modules have not yet become fashionable. However, despite one module, the iPhone SE 2020 shoots very decently, somewhere on the level of the iPhone 11. But the OnePlus 7 Pro with its triple camera and 114 DxOMark points is a bit ahead. At the same time, the latest sixth-generation Wi-Fi module is installed in the iPhone, the case is quite reliably protected from water (can withstand immersion in a metre for 30 minutes), and the phone itself supports wireless charging.

Most controversial smartphone of the year

As you can see, the new light iPhone is difficult to evaluate due to completely different requirements of buyers. Therefore, to decide whether Apple won, or vice versa, deceived everyone, it's not for us to decide, but for you. If you've been wanting an inexpensive iPhone for a long time, then this is a win. If you are used to reasonable prices and good quality Android smartphones, then you are unlikely to want to buy SE.