I wouldn’t call that “entirely different” but ok. It is what it is. Between the camera and the battery life, this is a disappointment to me, and I’ll pass (was expecting to buy one).
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What do you mean? I see it as it has the same as 11 Pro. Its just missing the other 2.
Where do you see its from XR and not 11 Pro?
Where do you see its from XR and not 11 Pro?
Battery life is the big one for me, Okay the A13 is more efficient but I'm not expecting this to be great.
iPhone 11 rear lens has 100% Focus Pixels which enables night mode. This SE2 doesn’t have it.
I don't see how this could be, unless they shrunk the battery
I think they undersold SE1 too on battery life at release. A9+same battery was battery than A7+same battery, no doubt. Especially on the shipping iOS version it came with, vs. several major iOS upgrades later on 5s
A13 power efficiency gains were very minor. The biggest change with iPhone 11 Pro was a bigger battery which increased device thickness. This SE2 retains the same thickness as iPhone 8. I wouldn’t expect much if any battery life gains.
It looks 1:1 like the iPhone 8.
I wonder if existing iPhone 8 cases and screen protector will fit for the new iPhone SE.
If so there is no need for me to buy new one.
I wonder if existing iPhone 8 cases and screen protector will fit for the new iPhone SE.
If so there is no need for me to buy new one.
I did a comparison between XR and the new SE, although they have the same camera, thanks to A13 the new SE should have better if not noticeably HDR capability.
Reviews on what? Everything is known. Same size and weight as iPhone 8 with same display and battery life. Same chip as iPhone 11/Pro/Max. Same camera as iPhone XR. Pretty much an iPhone 8 with a better chip and camera.
A11 to A13, a two generational leap, we're at a standstill? A12 powering a relatively low res screen (XR), had big leaps over A11 (granted powering an OLED but) even more so than A11 powering 8+ and certainly A11 powering 8
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is this one nerfed from having Night Mode or Night Sight or whatever its called, like 11/11 Pro have?
The dimensions are exactly the same. Along with button placement. It should work. Particularly since people made the X and Xs work with the same smart battery case.
Based on in-depth review of A13 by Anandtech, power efficiency in some areas regressed with A13 compared to A12.
The XR battery life largely came from the chassis thickness.
It’s possible the SE2 has a smaller battery due to Gigabit LTE antennas or the XR camera module.
a11 ---> a13 chip, yet 0% difference in battery life. so these "new efficient chips" have been a marketing scam the entire time?
I don’t care about cameras at all, but battery life is #1. This is a letdown for sure, but Apple battery case support could salvage it for me.
It is more efficient, as it’s faster, and consumes about the same amount of energy. But changes to the chip wouldn’t be enough to give you major battery difference that you seem to be (wrongly) expecting.
I use an 11 Pro as my personal device but this looks like it might make a good work phone. Will see if the rumoured Pixel 4a materialises, but will need to get one in July.
A11 to A12 gives us up to 30 minutes more battery life, according to Apple.
A12 to A13 is about even and in some cases, regressed.
I do keep forgetting even with big efficiency gains as a marketing bullet point, that cpu represents an overall much smaller picture of what is using up the battery .. that's how its been explained to me before when you hear 30% more efficient but nowhere near 30% more battery, for example.
I think a lot of those figures are "up to" - so corner cases. It might be up to 30% better when under full load, but most people are not transcoding a video on iPhone.