{"id":28659,"date":"2020-04-15T14:40:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T18:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=28659"},"modified":"2020-04-22T16:50:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T20:50:11","slug":"iphone-se-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/15\/iphone-se-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone SE 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2020\/04\/iphone-se-a-powerful-new-smartphone-in-a-popular-design\/\">Apple<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pschiller\/status\/1250439912442048512\">Phil Schiller<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2020\/04\/15\/iphone-se-2020\/\">MacRumors<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=22878515\">Hacker<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=22878506\">News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2020\/04\/iphone-se-a-powerful-new-smartphone-in-a-popular-design\/\">\n<p>Apple today announced the second-generation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/iphone-se\/\">iPhone SE<\/a>, a powerful new iPhone featuring a 4.7-inch Retina HD display, paired with Touch ID for industry-leading security. iPhone SE comes in a compact design, reinvented from the inside out, and is the most affordable iPhone. The new iPhone SE is powered by the Apple-designed A13 Bionic, the fastest chip in a smartphone, to handle the most demanding tasks. iPhone SE also features the best single-camera system ever in an iPhone, which unlocks the benefits of computational photography including Portrait mode, and is designed to withstand the elements with dust and water resistance.<\/p>\n<p>iPhone SE comes in three beautiful colors &mdash; black, white and (PRODUCT)RED &mdash; and will be available for pre-order beginning Friday, April 17, starting at just $399 (US).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>When the original iPhone SE came out, I loved it because it had the easy pocketability and the comfortable, square edges of the iPhone 5s, combined with the processor and camera of the then-flagship iPhone 6s. The 2020 iPhone SE has the hard-to-hold shape of the iPhone 6&#x2013;8, the processor of the flagship iPhone 11 Pro, and the camera (it seems) of the previous-generation iPhone XR.<\/p>\n<p>So, this is a <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/20\/04\/15\/compared-iphone-8-versus-iphone-se\">better, cheaper iPhone 8<\/a>, but unlike the original SE it seems unlikely to inspire down-switchers. The wildcard is that, if we all end up wearing face masks for an extended time, Touch ID could end up being more important than any new feature in the forthcoming iPhone 12.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/08\/masks-and-face-id\/\">Masks and Face ID<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/switching-to-an-iphone-se\/\">Switching to an iPhone SE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"iphone-se-2020-update-2020-04-17\">Update (2020-04-17): <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorenb\/status\/1223267476894552065\">Loren Brichter<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorenb\/status\/1223267476894552065\">\n<p>Also if I was Steve Jobs coming back from the dead the iPhone lineup would look like this. No more of this iPhone 11 XR XS PROMAXX Dell-circa-1999 shit.<\/p>\n<p>S\/M\/L :: Consumer\/Pro<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2020\/04\/the_quadrennial_iphone_se_schedule\">John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2020\/04\/the_quadrennial_iphone_se_schedule\"><p>We&rsquo;ve had size choices ever since the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in 2014. But those choices have always felt like a choice between <em>big<\/em> and <em>bigger<\/em>, not between <em>small<\/em> and <em>big<\/em>. And it&rsquo;s not just about how it feels in your hand, or how it fits in your pocket or purse. There&rsquo;s a philosophical aspect to it, which was evident even back in 2016, when the 4.7-inch size still felt &ldquo;big&rdquo;, and it&rsquo;s why that Obi Wan quote still feels so apt. It&rsquo;s about the role our phones play in our lives&#x2009;&mdash;&#x2009;how big a chunk of our attention they consume, how big a space they occupy in our <em>minds<\/em>. We are all cognizant of how ever-present phones now are in our lives. Cutting back on the time we spend staring at, poking, and swiping them&#x2009;&mdash;&#x2009;paying more attention to the world and to the people around us rather than the content on our phones&#x2009;&mdash;&#x2009;is something most of us try to be mindful of.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The new SE betters the iPhone 8 with a main camera that is physically&#x2009;&mdash;&#x2009;sensor and lens&#x2009;&mdash;&#x2009;equivalent to that of the iPhone XR. But in practice the SE should be more capable than the XR as a camera system because of the A13 imaging pipeline (compared to the XR&rsquo;s A12). This is evident from the fact that the new SE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/iphone-se\/\">supports Portrait mode features<\/a> the XR does not&#x2009;&mdash;&#x2009;the background-masking &ldquo;stage light&rdquo; and &ldquo;high-key light&rdquo; effects.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birchtree.me\/blog\/the-important-thing-about-the-new-iphone-se\/\">Mike Rockwell<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/birchtree.me\/blog\/the-important-thing-about-the-new-iphone-se\/\"><p>As the commenter points out, the $399 iPhone SE is more powerful than every flagship Android phone released last year, this year, and likely next year too. Yes, the $399 iPhone will be more powerful than the entire Android ecosystem into at least early 2022.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pxlnv.com\/linklog\/seifert-small-phones\/\">Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/pxlnv.com\/linklog\/seifert-small-phones\/\">\n<p>Even after carrying it every day for the last two and a half years, I still find that my iPhone X feels uncomfortable in my pocket.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mergesort\/status\/1250517120812814347\">Joe Fabisevich<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mergesort\/status\/1250517120812814347\">\n<p>Worth noting that 4.7&rdquo; screen that&rsquo;s zoomed in for accessibility will have the same screen size as a 4.0&rdquo; phone, so it&rsquo;s something you should still support.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/supporting-the-iphone-se-resolution\/\">Supporting the iPhone SE Resolution<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"iphone-se-2020-update-2020-04-22\">Update (2020-04-22): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/opinion\/why-im-buying-the-iphone-se-2020\">Philip Michaels<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/opinion\/why-im-buying-the-iphone-se-2020\">\n<p>There&rsquo;s not much at this point that could dissuade me from buying an iPhone SE 2020. The size is right, and so is the feature set. Apple may have bigger and better phones coming down the pipeline in 2020, but there&rsquo;s unlikely to be a phone better suited for me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dhh\/status\/1251326440663998465\">David Heinemeier Hansson<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dhh\/status\/1251326440663998465\">\n<p>In celebration of the SE2, I switched to my original SE for the weekend. It still feels like a completely magical device. You&rsquo;d think if there&rsquo;s room for fifteen different iPads, there&rsquo;s room for a 4&rdquo; SE with an A13 and a proper camera?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2020\/04\/21\/market-for-small-phones\">John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2020\/04\/21\/market-for-small-phones\">\n<p>The way Apple&rsquo;s iPhone lineup has shaken out over the years, device size has correlated to camera quality to some degree.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>I think what makes truly small phones&#x2009;&mdash;&#x2009;let&rsquo;s say iPhone 5S-sized phones&#x2009;&mdash;&#x2009;hard to gauge the demand for is that no one has made one since the original iPhone SE 4 years ago.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple (Phil Schiller, MacRumors, Hacker News): Apple today announced the second-generation iPhone SE, a powerful new iPhone featuring a 4.7-inch Retina HD display, paired with Touch ID for industry-leading security. iPhone SE comes in a compact design, reinvented from the inside out, and is the most affordable iPhone. 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