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Apple iPhone SE review: Reminiscence

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2025-07-30 08:19

The 4" Retina display returns unchanged

There is a lot that can be said about the old 4" Retina display, and the opinions will be polarized. The naysayers will nag incessantly about the super small display, the big bezels, the low screen resolution while the opposite camp will praise the great colors and sunlight legibility, as well as the high brightness.

Apple iPhone SE review

We'll keep it simple. The display uses a 4" IPS panel of 640 x 1136 pixels, which is 326ppi density - the very definition of a Retina display.

Apple iPhone SE review

The iPhone SE rendition of blacks is brighter than we would prefer, but on the other end of the spectrum, the 600 nits worth of brightness level is quite appreciable. The resulting contrast of 1:804 is not as noteworthy mainly due to the poor black levels.

As a comparison, the 4.7" iPhone 6s screen has the same 326ppi but is a less bright screen with higher contrast.

Regarding color rendering, the iPhone SE scored excellently with an Average DeltaE of 2.3, which means an almost perfectly calibrated screen. The maximum deviation of 5.2 is in the whites which come out slightly bluish but it's not something you would notice without an external reference point.

Display test 100% brightness Black, cd/m2 White, cd/m2 Contrast ratio Apple iPhone 6s 0.36 536 1481 Apple iPhone SE 0.77 618 804 Xiaomi Mi 5 0.51 628 1227 Xiaomi Mi 4S 0.49 475 975 OnePlus X 0.00 340 ∞ Samsung Galaxy S7 0.00 391 ∞ Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 0.00 313 ∞ LG G5 0.17 306 1855

As far as sunlight legibility goes, the iPhone SE is an excellent performer outside with excellent contrast under bright sunlight, which puts it towards the top of our chart.

Sunlight contrast ratio

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
4.615 Samsung Galaxy S7 edge
4.439 Samsung Galaxy S7
4.376 HTC One A9
4.274 Samsung Galaxy A3
4.241 Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
4.124 Samsung Galaxy Note5
4.09 Huawei Nexus 6P
4.019 OnePlus X
3.983 Oppo R7s
3.964 Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)
3.918 Samsung Galaxy A5
3.895 Samsung Galaxy J7 outdoor
3.879 Samsung Galaxy J2 outdoor
3.873 Samsung Galaxy A8
3.859 Apple iPhone 6
3.838 Microsoft Lumia 950XL
3.837 Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016)
3.817 Motorola Moto X (2014)
3.816 Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016)
3.789 Apple iPhone 6s
3.783 Meizu Pro 5
3.781 Microsoft Lumia 650
3.772 Vivo X5Pro
3.706 Apple iPhone SE
3.681 Samsung Galaxy A7
3.679 BlackBerry Priv
3.645 Apple iPhone 6s Plus
3.53 Acer Jade Primo
3.521 Microsoft Lumia 950
3.512 Oppo R7 Plus
3.499 Samsung Galaxy J7
3.422 Meizu MX5
3.416 Oppo R7
3.32 Xiaomi Mi 5
3.24 Samsung Galaxy J2
3.235 Motorola Moto X Play
3.222 Lenovo Vibe Shot
3.113 LG Nexus 5X
3.092 Huawei Mate S
3.073 Microsoft Lumia 640 XL
3.065 Apple iPhone 6 Plus
3.023 Samsung Galaxy Note
2.97 Huawei Mate 8
2.949 LG G5
2.905 HTC One S
2.901 Sony Xperia Z5
2.876 Microsoft Lumia 550
2.851 Sony Xperia Z5 compact
2.784 LG V10
2.744 Xiaomi Redmi 3
2.735 Sony Xperia M5
2.69 Xiaomi Mi 4i
2.641 Xiaomi Mi 4c
2.574 Microsoft Lumia 640
2.563 Oppo F1
2.528 Sony Xperia Z5 Premium
2.525 Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
2.503 Motorola Moto G
2.477 Huawei G8
2.471 Sony Xperia Z
2.462 Huawei Honor 7
2.406 ZUK Z1 by Lenovo
2.382 HTC One E9+
2.305 Alcatel One Touch Hero
2.272 Apple iPhone 4S
2.269 Lenovo Vibe K4 Note
2.254 Sony Xperia C5 Ultra
2.253 Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (MediaTek)
2.249 Sony Xperia C4 Dual
2.235 Motorola Moto G (2014)
2.233 LG Nexus 5
2.228 Huawei P8
2.196 Xiaomi Redmi Note 2
2.166 OnePlus Two
2.165 HTC One X
2.158 LG Aka
2.145 Archos 50 Diamond
2.134 Xiaomi Redmi Note
2.119 Xiaomi Mi 4S
2.095 Huawei P8lite
2.078 Moto G 3rd gen max manual
2.026 Sony Xperia E4g
1.972 OnePlus One
1.961 Meizu m2 note
1.892 BlackBerry Leap
1.892 HTC Butterfly
1.873 ZTE Nubia Z9 mini
1.759 Sony Xperia U
1.758 Asus Zenfone Selfie
1.68 Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen)
1.675 ZTE Nubia Z9
1.659 Motorola Moto E
1.545 Sony Xperia M
1.473 Xiaomi Redmi 2
1.311 Sony Xperia C
1.283 Meizu MX
1.221

Battery life

The battery inside the iPhone SE is slightly bigger than the one inside the iPhone 5s. The iPhone 5s has a 1,560mAh battery, whereas a 1,624mAh unit powers the iPhone Special Edition.

Apple iOS 9 introduced a Low-Power mode, which you will be prompted to turn on once the charge drops below 20%.

The iPhone SE posted very balanced score across all of our tests - it can do about 12 hours of 3G calls, 13 hours of web browsing, or 14 hours of video playback on a single charge.

Apple iPhone SE review

So, the total rating of the iPhone SE is 73 hours - 11 hours better than the iPhone 6s and 19 hours on top of the iPhone 5s.

This is how long a single battery charge will last you if you use the iPhone SE for an hour each of telephony, web browsing, and video playback daily. Such usage pattern is of course entirely artificial, but we've established it so our battery results are comparable across devices.

The battery testing procedure is described in detail in case you're interested in the nitty-gritties. You can also check out our complete battery test table, where you can see how all of the smartphones we've tested will compare under your own typical use.

Connectivity

The Apple iPhone SE comes with a bunch of wireless connectivity features. It supports fast LTE Cat. 4 (up to 150Mpbs down, 50Mbps up) with wide LTE bands coverage. Regular 2G and 3G connectivity are safely covered as well with a multitude of supported network bands.

The iPhone SE also supports the latest Voice over LTE (VoLTE), HD Voice and Wi-Fi calling protocols, but those are carrier-dependent features, so not everyone will enjoy them.

The iPhone SE supports all the current Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac standards. AirPlay is the only way to cast your screen's contents to an HDTV wirelessly, but you'd need to have an Apple TV set-top box.

Some apps will allow you to cast your screen to a Chromecast or a Smart HDTV, but compatibility with the latter will vary.

Additional local connectivity includes Bluetooth 4.2 LE. There is also support for NFC, but its functionality is only limited to Apple's region-restricted Apple Pay.

The iPhone SE uses a proprietary Lightning connector for wired data transfers and charging.

There is no support for USB On-the-go or USB host, but you can pair a Bluetooth keyboard to the phone should you need this sort of peripheral.

For transferring pretty much any content, you will be dependent on syncing it via the Apple iTunes software on your computer. The good news is that it can connect wirelessly to your iPhone over Wi-Fi. The bad news is that the paradigm of syncing content between the computer and the phone is quite old - as old as the first iPod and nowhere near as user-friendly and straightforward as copy-pasting. It also requires you add your content to iTunes library first.

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