Why You NEED The iPhone SE…
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2024
- The iPhone SE is perfect for you if you want 1 of these 3 things…
1. 1. It’s a fantastic minimalist phone
2. It’s significantly less distracting
3. The iPhone SE discourages its use by having a smaller and lower quality display
Shout out to my friends who helped me with the b-roll and special shout out to Honey the Dog for being such a great model for the video, she’s the greatest dog of all time!
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Buying an IPhone SE bc Honey was here
Honey comes in the box with every new iPhone SE…
The SE line is what every person needs. This is not an opinion or subjective matter. The SE line delivers the same realistic and practical needs of any one. The pro-notch line are just fancy marketing to fool consumers but does not in any way improve one's work and life.
I've had my refurbed SE 2016 for several years now and with its A9 chip, still gives good service in my most frequent usage for something like an "e-reader" of news stories on internet. Very small with 4" screen, but with text zooming, I can read anything and with is 4oz weight, definitely shirt-pocket size. Very convenient. Maybe in awhile, I'll move up to SE2 or SE3.
Should note that there is 3 gens of the SE - I've had experience with the third. Great points about the minimalism and the less distractions. Compared to my 7 Plus, it feels lightning fast, so I'm happy with that. Plus it's cheap - got one for just over £200 second-hand which I made from cashback, so it was effectively free for me!
I have a 256GB SE 2022, still on iOS 16.7.2 (to ensure the device stay fast). It’s a beast, especially for gaming.
The low resolution screen helps in games with no settings / high resolution, as the GPU have less pixels to render.
The low resolution also help with any concerns about A15’s low RAM bandwidth (34.1GB/s).
Also, due to the fact the SE 2022 use an iPhone 8 inspired motherboard, the A15 chip isn’t encased between two layers of PCB unlike all other current iPhones, making passive cooling more effective, and making active cooling with a phone cooler also more efficient.
(Mine doesn’t get that hot in daily tasks, but variance in the way phones are built is a known fact, some may heat up more than others. Updating the phone may also increase the heat produced because let’s face it, the older your phone get, the less care it gets from Apple when it comes to optimization of iOS)
I’ve never noticed much slowdowns in any games on the SE 2022 with a phone cooler, it just flies through everything at rock solid framerates.
Only issue is the limited battery life, especially with a phone cooler as the A15 doesn’t throttle as much with it.
But overall, I love this phone, like so much !
The fact about the passive cooling is actually super interesting… however I didn’t get to experience this because I was using the 2020 iPhone SE, idk if it has the same interior design as the 2022 model… if it does, then my phone in particular was cooked because it got hot quite regularly, especially in outdoor use, and it doesn’t help that I live in AZ so the heat would get to it pretty fast. Thank you for sharing tho!!!
@@dvn950 I know the iPhone 11 had the same kind of PCB design (non encased SoC), but it was getting super hot, when the XR with the same design was quite cool. I'm guessing all of this was based on how well built the phones the reviewer had were. (Anandtech is the reviewer I'm talking about)
SoC are like so complex, little nano differences in the production line will affect how much SoCs do heat up.
I can only speak for my SE 2022, basic tasks doesn't make it heat up much. Am I a lucky one ? Or is the SE 2022 better cooled than the 2020 ? No idea 😅
it can handle 18 just fine. my x s max has no issues with ios 18
@@genzeuronymous7787 Due to my intense gaming since well, 23 years (and I'm 26), I've grown a powerful eyes to notice frame drops and small visual annoyances... iOS 16 already have small stutters every once in a while on my SE 2022 and I definitely know that iOS 18 can only be worse...
I'll hold off from any kind of update until iOS 16 doesn't support enough apps for my liking.
For now I've been perfectly fine.
And performance have been perfect outside of the occasional small stutters, no bugs, no issues, no nothing !
Same for my iPad Pro 2018, iPadOS 17.7 is like the smoothest iPadOS 17 version so far (I bought it refurbished with 17.0.3). It's far from perfect though, 5 years of update truly shows sometimes. But it's okayish and I will probably skip the sixth update, iPadOS 18
I have one since last year. It’s the last iPhone released with a home button which makes it special and its gonna stay blazing fast for the years to come
My oldest son has an SE 3 and it’s okay. Times I used it to look at something it was comfy to hold and things like that. I’d still prefer a 13 mini though personally. I prefer Face ID and swipe controls though so that’s a big bias for me.
Swipe controls are superior, and the all screen design in a small form factor, chef’s kiss
Putting hand model on my resume
I said apple could’ve saved everyone the pain by relocating the home button/Touch ID, by putting the power button back to the top and put the home button there. I dread having no home button after seeing the 4th gen SE. my 2nd & 3rd gen have been great.
Cameras are great I use my 2nd gen for my YT videos
Great video! And it really sums up my experiences with the iPhone SE when I used to own it. (I upgraded from SE to 12 Mini, then have recently upgraded to the standard iPhone 15)
I had an SE that I believe was from 2nd generation and I must say my experience with SE was really good and I generally was fascinated by the home button. SE was also very useful for what I needed back in the day. I did have drawbacks which was the low screen brightness and the battery was sometimes frustrating, but overall, it’s a nostalgic phone that I appreciate.
The iPhone 15 is definitely the best phone I have yet and is a very great upgrade as my needs changed, I am a female multimedia artist, and I’m studying micro computing so I usually now do more stuff on my phone than ever before so all the upgrades are very useful and needed!
As for Touch ID, I personally disagree and I think Face ID is faster, convenient and consistent but the Touch ID definitely got its merits, it was pressing the home button which is not just satisfying but also, it generally was reliable as well, personally not as much for me as Face ID is, but still pretty consistent. The only real drawback of Face ID for me is if you can’t always directly stare your phone or it’s on your pocket, you can’t generally open the phone if you don’t stare it. Personally, I don’t have to make much of an effort to unlock it, I just look at it as I unlock it and it’s done. So it really feels good that much more comfortable in the majority of cases.
As far as I know, Face ID proposes better security than Touch ID which is also more positive in terms of security features.
I honestly still think the SE can be great, and the SE 4 will probably adapt to current iPhone design which might make sense but yup, the home button will likely not be there.
I personally prefer the swipe up and swipe interactions as well as everything is seamless, super smooth, fast, and I honestly just like the swipe gestures in general
As you said, the SE outdoors wasn’t particularly good at it either as the screen brightness was very low, and I’m outdoors at times so it definitely was an inconvenience for me, my iPhone 15 is perfect honestly and this is no longer an issue.
I owned the SE I had for 2 years before switching phones. I had to temporarily switch to the 12 mini as I made the change then I have recently got the iPhone 15 brand new. Much needed battery life, great improvements, and generally just everything is way better ✌🏻 but the iPhone SE GEN 2 has been my first phone that I owned and was very satisfied with it for years before its battery eventually started to fail.
dude you should become a model
I currently use an iPhone 7 on iOS 14.7.1, but I might look at the 2020 SE running the same version.
Bro trust, go for the 2022 model, it’s $70 to $100 more, but it has a new chip so it’ll get software support for a lot longer and it’ll be faster/smoother for longer too! It’s worth the short term investment!
I have 2022 SE and it's a really good phone, definitely worth the extra money for the longevity.
The battery life is dog shit. Most people should get regular size iPhone 15 or 16
True… I had to charge my phone atleast twice a day… I forgot to included weak sauce battery in the review
I have the 2020 SE and I agree the battery isn’t great pretty bad these days (I don’t remember how it used to be when it was new, but I have to charge it like twice per day (not including overnight), but I pretty much always have a portable charger so it’s not a big deal for me.
I much prefer a weaker battery with Touch ID than a better battery with Face ID instead of Touch. Just my preference though
Yeah that is true
I had one and believe me the 4h battery life is not enough
I have an iPhone SE 2022 128gb and it’s doing a great job on iOS 17.6.1 ( I got iOS 18 and I absolutely hated it especially the control center, the phone app, the photos app got worse, some animations were changed for absolutely no reason, no music haptics for the SE not sure why, they patched some tweaks so they don’t work anymore, the App Library & Widget screen background used to get blurred now it doesn’t plus the phone started to get hot for absolutely nothing and so on so I downgraded using iTunes and an ipsw file, it’s like apple is just killing the phone purposely for no reason, I mean yeah there are some cool new things on iOS 18 like the new calculator update, call recording, app icon themes and tinting, icon placements, hide distraction elements on webs in safari, video pause while shooting and others but it’s not worth upgrading to get an unusable experience ). FOR ALL THE PPL WHO HAVE AN SE ON iOS 17.7 OR LOWER PLEASE DON’T UPDATE TO iOS 18 OR LATER.
I have had an iPhone SE 2nd Gen for a while. The home button is wonderful. My only complaint is touch ID only works about 30% of the time, I find face ID much more reliable. But maybe I didn't set up my fingerprint correctly... Also maybe my phone was treated better, but my UI is snappy and responsive on iOS 18.1 beta 5. Siri doesn't do crap. My battery life is very impressive, but that's because I swapped the battery and the screen to a lower energy screen and a higher capacity battery. I just got an iPhone 12 Mini because of some heat issues I was having with charging.
Good video, thanks
I have the same phone, and my Touch ID works like 98% of the time (pretty much only doesn’t work when my phone or finger is wet)
It definitely works better when you add “more fingerprints,” as in, clicking to add a new fingerprint, and just putting your thumb on the reader at a different angle or just the edge of your thumb. I highly recommend doing this if you haven’t already
@@brevin1234-e3r Oh, that's pretty smart, thanks for the suggestion
@@buteverythingisnormal no problem bro. Hope it helps!
Bro Face ID is NOT more reliable
@@Vro_xppy It is when I have used it 🤷♂️
What about the 3rd gen?
3rd Gen is still good! Thats the one to buy
Yes man
Thank you for replying to bro!
Also I have a iPhone 11 coming soon!
Well if you do prefer the features on the SE, then you should get it but if you prefer a higher quality phone for around the same cost you should definitely just get a refurbished or used iPhone 11-13
In my experience, refurbished iPhones are awful. They always had at least one big issue (usually terrible Bluetooth, which is very important for phones without a headphone jack)
I could’ve just gotten unlucky, but it was like 2 or 3 refurbished Iphones in a row
iPhone SE is so nostalgic
You have good content, keep up the grind bro
Ahh thank you bro
I think it’s very underrated but I would never buy it until it gets USB C unfortunately
I agree Touch ID is better
U mean usb c?
@@DerekIsADino0605 yep haha
Trueeee I think the SE 4 will get usbc but it’s gonna be a refreshed hardware design so it won’t be in the same body sadly
I hate USB-C. I have way too many lightning devices. I don’t want extra cables.
@@newsuperbowserworld it’s a change you’ll have to make eventually I suppose but you can always use adapters on them 🙂
I have the exact phone, the SE second gen. I bought it used for $130 and it is a pretty good deal. This is the type of phone to give to your high school kid. One caveat that's easy to fix. Being 4 years old the battery life is abysmal, so get a battery case. (I consider a battery case a must for ANY iPhone)
Used an iPhone SE 2020 version b4 but changed to iPhone 11 but it sucked so I went back to using the iPhone SE but using the 2022 version and the reason why I went back cause I liked touch id better than face id.
how it is nowadays? I have the 13 mini and it costs the same to change the battery and to buy an iPhone SE so im thinking about doing the change, do you think it will hold for a few years?
@@SaavedraLeon ye since the 2022 iPhone SE will have longer software support than the iPhone SE 2020
why dont they put the fingerprint scanner on the on button on other iphones like the ipad air or 10th gen
Ikr! They can’t do that but they can add a goofy camera button… im gonna make a video about that soon lol
ultrasonic fingerprint scanners don't care about your finger being wet, if apple went with touch id, they would probably ship with those now
I would like to see how it looks in live because on video I couldt't find any freezes
Yes for day to day life a smaller phone is much needed atleast for me but in market there are no good small display phones even iphone mini is discontinued 😢
The 13 mini is still a great phone tho!! Lower price on the aftermarket and it’ll still probably get 3-4 more years of software support!
@@dvn950 yeah I'm using Samsung phone and I now need 2 phones cause I got my job
And I want to use totally different phones for professional and personal purposes
I think you're right 13 mini would be a good choice as personal carry
Hey thanks man I hope your channel booms soon
you can buy a brand new iphone 13 mini still for the same price as the SE
I have a Sony Xperia 5 Mark 4 and believe me, it's way better than the iPhone SE in terms of camera quality, battery life, OLED screen with high refresh rate, headphone jack, water resistant and expandable storage all in a compact form factor. I don't care about the software support much though I'm on Android 14 and will have a couple of major updates.
what microphone are you using
Wireless DJI Mic Version 1, they have a V2 out but they really aren’t a big jump over V1 in terms of features and quality.
Here’s a link for them on Amazon!
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I think the only time when my SE 2 got hot was when I was installing a new iOS update or when I was using Google maps outside, also my battery drains very quickly, but other than that it is still a pretty good iPhone to me, it is my first iPhone, the only thing I have to do now is replacing the battery, Its at 77% battery condition 💀
Apple should stick to an old design of SE until it reach the maximum specs of it such as Dual camera (like an iPhone 8+ but in iPhone 8 body), oled display and type c charger
Judging the iphone SE 2020 have an iPhone 11 chipset. The 11 get’s hot like the SE? I’m still with the 8, and it get hot as hell randomly when using outdoors. I will upgrade this year, but i can’t take the newer models, because they are too much expensive in Brazil, i’m thinking on the SE, iPhone 12 or the 13 mini. What is the best option?
The iPhone 13 mini will definitely be the best for longevity, it’s newer, so that means extra years of software support, and newer hardware means it’ll be a speedy phone for years to come
The 12 is also still a good option, it’s got the same pros as the 13 mini accept it’s a year older
If budget is what your going for, try the iPhone SE (2022) model, it’s newer then the 13 and 12, so it has all the pros of the 13, but will still feel familiar to you, and it’s really easy to find them on Amazon for a decently low price!
@@dvn950 definitely the 12 or 13 is the best option for me. Unfortunately the SE 2022 it’s almost impossible to find used in Brazil. It’s price is absurd, and nobody bought it. The SE is sold by apple for R$4300, it’s almost USD 800,00 new 😂
5 years old? So you are talking about the se 2 right?
Yes! The SE 2 came out in 2020 tho so it’s only around 4 years old
Apple literally announced that they were making an iPhone se 4 for $500 in early 2025
It’s only a rumor! Nothing is confirmed yet, but I hope they do this because I would buy it instantly!
best video ive ever seen.
Yesss it feels better when you have smaller phone AND when the design is not boxy😂 far more comfortable
I had a Samsung J7 2016 and that screen was very small for me, since i play Brawl Stars, sone brawlers' ranges of attacks are very wide so i couldn't drag them fully which would make me lose games and it was extremely frustrating.
pfffffft swipes better than touch id my ass. i love touch id. i dont have to look at my device to scroll songs. i still use a iphone 6s in todays world and only use my iphone x when i need to charge the 6s. am thinking abought getting the 2020 se myself.
Aye I agree with you, I love Touch ID, I’m just saying swiping to go home is faster then pressing a button!
Especially when it comes to going to the app switcher, double tapping the home button vs swiping up and holding for the app switcher is soooo much slower!
@@dvn950 hmmmm not for me. I guess when your used to it it is faster. I hardly use the x as I say it’s read only. It’s just the way I am. I bought it this year as it’s the only modern phone I wanted but wanted it cheap so when it popped up I thought I’d try it. Used it for a hour on day one and haven’t since. Not a massive fan of the bigger non Touch ID phones tbh.
I upgraded from a 6 to an SE in 2020 and I don’t regret it at all. Tbf I don’t remember much about my 6 that was worse and the only benefit of the 6 was the headphone jack.
I’ve been using my SE since summer of 2020 and it’s still going strong to this day.
I will say the battery isn’t great these days, but I pretty much always have a portable charger on me so it’s not a big issue for me. It’s also 4 years old so the battery is bound to be worse.
@@brevin1234-e3r do you recommend upgrading from 6s in 2024?
@@LibbyMia-rz8gk it’s hard to say. If you’re satisfied with your 6s, then I don’t see a need to upgrade. I personally am glad I upgraded to the SE from the 6, but my 6 was pretty old anyway I think, so pretty much any new phone would’ve been an upgrade.
Maybe if you’re considering switching to an SE, you could try it out in an Apple Store first if there’s one close enough to you, the you can compare the two phones in person
Iphones could easily have a fingerprint scanner in their screen but no
I’M watching this with an iPhone SE.
Man this is good content, keep it up bro, remember me when you get with the big ones, greetings!
Juat recently switched from my iPhone se 3rd gen to a Galaxy s24.
Its a great small iphone but at the end of the day its hard to reae small things on it, no apps are optimized for the smaller screen (facebook cuts off a lot of post/photos on the sides), overall its a decent phone and its was only like $400ish for the 128gb model but the galaxy s24 is a better option for me.
Price?
On Amazon you can get a 2020 model for $100 refurbished… but if you want a newer 2022 model, you can find them on Amazon for around $200… id go for the 2022 model, same design, newer chip, so it’ll last a few years longer over the 2020 model!
@@dvn950 should I take it in 2025?
Do you have plans of doing the 13mini too? Hehe
138 sub! 😊
Thanks for the sub!!! I used to have the 12 mini actually… I could make a video about it in the near future!
When I listen to the cons, I cried 😅, but it doesn't happen to me. This phone is great. I don't use the 6 (I love it) only because of the incompatibility with several apps, but the SE2 is good for me (and for most of the people; but they think they need more power even if they not 😅)
iPhone 13 Mini Body should be used as iPhone SE 3 with latest chipset.
what blows my mind is that if only apple added touch ID behind screen, instead of the useless camera control that is bad placed and took more money to research and develop... god dam it iphone 16 would have been muuuch more worth it
Sc3 has the a15 chip that the iPhone 14 has so it won't get too hot and it can handle the 5G
me subscribing b4 u blow up
good stuff man
HAHAHA THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE
iphone se is like 2 years old
Yeah?
@@dvn950 you might have the 2020 model i guess
Yeah! I should’ve mentioned that, the 2020 model is fine but by 2025/26 it’s gonna be unusable
1:50 Wait, newer iPhones don't have a fingerprint scanner? (or TouchID how you Apple users call it) WTF? I knew iPhones don't have a Jack port (which I can't live without), and even newer Android phones don't have it, but not even a fingerprint scanner? Apple could just put it beneath the screen or on the power button like most Android manufacters do. Is it that hard?
ever heard of face id, uncle?
Yeah.. they switched to Face ID like 7 years ago with the iPhone 10 which is just facial recognition for unlocking your phone and honestly I have to say in my experience it is objectively worse than Touch ID. I liked being able to immediately unlock my phone with my thumb as I pulled it out of my pocket, and not having to deal with Face ID's jankiness where it sometimes wouldn't recognize my face if I had glasses on or whatnot. Or if I'm laying in bed I would have to position my phone in a certain way where it would recognize me.
Touch ID was fast enough, no idea why they couldn't have kept the scanner under the screen or something. I believe that's what Google does with the Pixel and I think Samsung aswell
@@hannn272damn bro 💀
iphone se battery is shit even with new battery 🤣
True, I had to charge it atleast twice a day lol
An se iPhone would only be good for like grandparents maybe. Just the screen size on that lil thing makes it terrible to use. Why do we think Apple killed the 12 and 13 mini? They didn’t sell good at all. Majority of ppl do not want a small screen
It’s definitely a niche product now, I prefer smaller screens for everything except video watching, and photo editing!
Me watching this on an iPhone 5SE
Devon uploads go brrrrr
Making my middle school dreams come true lmao
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i just subbed
Cant you just downgrade your iphone ? To his perfect ios
no I don't "NEED" an oudated Iphone se for 400usd
Yea your right, you don’t “need” it… you “ABSOLUTELY MOST POSITIVELY NEED” an outdated iPhone SE for 400usd
You mean, buy a samsung galaxy s21 ultra? For 287 usd?
Honestly, yea lmao
Iphone se's display is worse than a phone from 2013. iphone se's battery is terrible as well. has a design from 2016....
no
yes
The iphone se has a 720p lcd display. terrible.
Honestly it’s really only noticeable when your watching videos, but even then it’s still a Retina display so if your holding the phone at a normal distance, it’s still a very very sharp display :)
@@dvn950 but for most people an android flagship like a galaxy note 20 ultra is the absolute best to buy under 300$.
Face ID is the shit. Not shit
Bud no need to buy an iPhone se 3 when iPhone se 4 is around the corner and being one of the best phones out there
Agreed! However for the people who still enjoy the 4.7 inch screen and the homebutton, the SE 3 is still a great buy… granted it’s a small niche of people
@@dvn950 eh true it was a phone that was meant for putting new things into old tech which was cool! especially for the people that were used to the design of the iPhone 8.