The iPhone SE range has evolved over the years, so much so that it has positioned itself as one of the best-selling phones on the market edition after edition despite the numerous "criticisms" it usually receives with each update.
Discover with us what is new about the new iPhone SE (2022), a beast in sheep's clothing, the cheapest iPhone in the catalog. The Cupertino company has wanted to invest in its interior everything that its facade lacks... Is it still an interesting option today? We will get you out of doubt very quickly.
Nothing seems to have changed (on the outside)
At first glance and as you may have seen, this iPhone SE (2022) is identical to its predecessor, which in turn takes over from the iPhone 8, a phone that externally in 2017 already felt outdated and now we could almost catalog Retro. At this point we have dimensions of 138,4 x 37,3 x 7,3 millimeters for a not inconsiderable weight of 148 grams of those who give good faith to their manufacturing materials, which despite everything, are still very noble, such as aluminum and Gorilla Glass.
We keep Touch ID on the front, those infarct frames, a single camera on the back and now three colors: red, black and white (silver), with that peculiar hue that Apple has given to its white devices as is already the case with the Apple Watch. That said, we completely forget about Face ID in this model that seems to have frozen in time, at the design and performance level, we can say little more. It remains, yes, the IP67 water resistance.
The 4,7-inch TrueTone IPS LCD panel, Although it is still the best LCD in history (and on the market), it contrasts with the implementation of other technologies in most Apple devices. This device maintains a rather poor resolution of 1334 × 750 pixels, which does not reach FullHD.
The best of this iPhone is hidden
The most "interesting" remains for its interior, and that is that Apple has mounted a real beast under the hood of the iPhone SE (2022), the Apple A15 Bionic processor that also mounts the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro, although in this case they do not give us information about the RAM memory, something usual in the case of Apple and that we will later know thanks to the exploded views of iFixit, as it happens in each edition. This processor has an integrated GPU, it is manufactured in 5 nanometer architecture and of course it has a fifth generation Neural Engine, that is, Apple has thrown out the rest entirely.
Similarly, update your wireless communication system, and for this not only does it mount WiFi6 connectivity like the rest of Apple devices, but it also goes to 5G, the latest and most powerful wireless and mobile connectivity on the market, something that it shares in turn with the iPhone 13 range. We will have, how could it be otherwise, a system Dual SIM mixed, that is, a NanoSIM card and an eSIM card, both with 5G connectivity.
Obviously, This iPhone SE does not dispense with NFC, with which we can make payments through Apple Pay, as well as the rest of the GPS systems that all Apple devices implement.
As for autonomy, it is surprising that Apple guarantees two more hours of use than with the previous model, something that we could attribute to the A15 Bionic, but that we cannot confirm since we do not have exact information about the capacity in mAh of the battery. supposedly the same as in the iPhone SE, that is, 1821mAh with a fast charge of 18W that we can carry out through the cable, through a charger with Qi standard and of course, now also through any accessory compatible with MagSafe technology from Apple, which provides a whole range of accessories and possibilities to the company's new device.
The camera is slightly better
Although Apple insists on not mounting more sensors in the iPhone SE (2022), it promises that its 12MP rear sensor includes Apple's DeepFusion image processing technology that debuted with the iPhone 11, which promises us a significant improvement. in the detail of photographs, as well as Smart HDR 4 to improve contrast and color. We also have Portrait Mode, Portrait Lighting and Photographic Styles, as in the rest of the devices in the range, but no Night Mode.
Price and Availability
The iPhone SE (2022) will have a starting price of 529 euros in Spain, available for purchase starting this Friday, with deliveries scheduled for March 18 and in different storage versions:
- 64GB: 529 euros.
- 128GB: 579 euros.
- 256GB: 699 euros.