10 T3 JUNE 2020
Horizon
SCREEN TEST
Apple knows
what it’s doing
with LCD displays.
The 326ppi Retina
HD display in
the iPhone SE
is pretty damn
colourful, and
it can display
HDR10 and Dolby
Vision content as
it was meant to
be seen.Edited by Josh RussellThe best new tech heading your way
“Ideal for those who
don’t have to have the
very latest iPhone”
Josh Russell, EditorTECH-O-METER
APPLE
IPHONE SE
From £419, apple.comAt the precise time OnePlus was blowing us
away with the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro (see p58),
and right about the time news of the Pixel 4a
was emerging, Apple remembered that mid-
range phones are a thing and reminded us just
what it can do with devices that don’t cost the
earth. No wheels have been reinvented: the
Cupertino wizards have simply taken the 2017
iPhone 8 body and crammed it with modern-
day hardware, in the same vein as the previous
SE, which squashed itself into an iPhone 5 shell.
But oh, what a selection of components.
There’s a generous HDR10-capable 4.7”
Retina display, complete with Touch ID security
on the home button and a glass – not plastic –
case rear. Wireless charging has made it in,
along with fast charging to get you up to 50%
battery in 30 minutes. There’s Wi-Fi 6, too –
though no 5G quite yet.
The core package is where this shines the
most. Apple might have looked back in time
for the case, but it’s pulled the A13 Bionic
processor right out of today’s kit, giving the
iPhone SE a tremendous amount of power
for its size. As for the camera, it uses a 12
megapixel, f/1.8 sensor, which Apple boldly
claims is “the best single-camera system ever
in an iPhone”.
Yes, it doesn’t look spectacular. It looks
like an iPhone 8 from 2017. But if power,
performance and longevity are higher on your
list than thin bezels, this is an absolutely
amazing little phone.