What happens a few days before the launch of a new iPhone? The publication of handpicked media tests by Apple. The iPhone SE 2020 does not cut it. Small review of tests.
Design
The design of the 2nd generation iPhone SE is well-known, since it is that of the iPhone 8 and, more or less, that of the iPhone 7, 6S and 6. This does not bother Matthew Panzarino of TechCrunch, who believes that this design is still “Good and modern”.
Dieter Bohn from The Verge goes wrong, noting that many Android smartphones at the same price no longer have these imposing borders. It is not only an aesthetic consideration; reduced borders allow to fit a larger screen in a smaller frame.
Compared to almost all recent smartphones, the iPhone SE “Is smaller, but not too small” for the TechCrunch reporter. “I had bought an old iPhone SE a while ago as a handheld device, but I realized that I could no longer type effectively on a 4” screen “, he explains.
Joanna Stern from Wall street journal note that at the moment, while the wearing of the mask is becoming widespread, the Touch ID button on the iPhone SE 2020 is more practical than Face ID.
Performances and photo
The iPhone SE benefits from an A13 Bionic chip, the same as the iPhone 11. “There is no faster smartphone processor at any price. So yes, the iPhone SE is fast ”, sums up Dieter Bohn.
The advantage of having a latest generation processor is also to take advantage of major iOS updates for quite a few years, notes Joanna Stern.
The most visible benefits brought by the A13 chip mainly concern the photo, as the journalist from TechCrunch underlines: “Even in the painful absence of a telephoto lens, [l’iPhone SE] is still one of the best cameras on the market thanks to the image processing process which is the same as on iPhone 11 “.
Her sister from Wall street journal confirms: “By comparing the photos in portrait mode of the iPhone 11 Pro [qui a un téléobjectif, ndr] with those of the iPhone SE, I find it difficult to determine which is the best. “
For Dieter Bohn, even if the iPhone SE does not have the night mode of the iPhone 11 and is limited to a conventional wide-angle lens, “There is nothing to complain about considering the price. “
Autonomy
The Verge is equally satisfied with the autonomy, judged “Good, without being exceptional”. The sound is quite different at the Wall street journal : “It’s not an iPhone that meets my 2020 expectations for autonomy. After moderate use – email, SMS, a few calls and too much Twitter – I had 15% at 6 p.m. My iPhone 11 does not fall to 15% before 11pm. “
To conclude
“Great value for money, and a hell of a good phone, concludes Matthew Panzarino. Alas, I’m too used to the lack of a home button for it to be really appealing to me, but it will be a great phone for millions of people. “
Accustomed like the other testers to the high-end models costing two to three times more expensive than the iPhone SE, Dieter Bohn recognizes that their improvements (OLED screen, triple camera …) could be missed, “But not as much as you imagine”. ” [L’iPhone SE] is fast, convenient, reliable and familiar “, he sums up.
For Joanna Stern, the iPhone SE even goes so far as to ask you if there is a good reason to pay $ 1,000, or even $ 699, for an iPhone.
IPhone SE is currently on pre-order from 489 € (or a little less according to the shops). It will be available from April 24. See you soon for our test!
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