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Apple iPhone SE 1 (2016)
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CPU
1.84 GHz dual-core 64-bit ARMv8-A "Twister" -
RAM
2 GB LPDDR4 -
Storage
16/32/64/128 GB -
Display
4.0" 640x1136 pixels -
Camera
12MP 2160p -
OS
iOS (iPhone OS) 9.3.2, up to iOS 15.5
iPhone SE 1 (2016)
Product Brand: Apple
Editor's Rating:
4
4
Pros
- Compact size makes it easy to hold and use with one hand
- Similar specs to the iPhone 6s at a lower price point
- Good camera performance, especially in well-lit environments
- Fast performance thanks to the A9 chip and 2GB of RAM
- Good battery life for a smaller phone
Cons
- Outdated design with large bezels and a small display
- No water resistance
- Limited storage options with a maximum of 128GB
- Lack of 3.5mm headphone jack may be inconvenient for some users
- No wireless charging support
Apple iPhone SE (1st Generation) Review and Features
The first-generation iPhone SE (also known as iPhone SE 1 or iPhone SE 2016; the SE on iPhones is an initial for Special Edition) is a smartphone that was designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc.
Dimensions: 58.6 x 123.8 x 7.6 mm
Weight: 113 g
SoC: Apple A9 APL0898
CPU: Apple Twister, 1840 MHz, Cores: 2
GPU: PowerVR GT7600, Cores: 6
RAM: 2 GB
Storage: 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB
Display: 4 in, IPS, 640 x 1136 pixels, 24 bit
Battery: 1642 mAh, Li-Polymer
OS: IOS 13.5.1
Camera: 4032 x 3024 pixels, 3840 x 2160 pixels, 30 fps
SIM card: Nano-SIM
Wi-Fi: a, b, g, n, n 5GHz, ac, Dual-band, Wi-Fi Hotspot
USB: 2.0
Bluetooth: 4.2
Positioning: GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Wi-Fi, Cell ID
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Full Technical Specifications
General
| Device Type | Smartphone |
| Models | A1662 (US model) A1723 (Sprint and in most countries) A1724 (China Mobile model), iPhone8,4 |
| Announced | 21 March, 2016 |
| Released | 31 March, 2016 |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Predecessor | Apple iPhone 5C |
| Successor | Apple iPhone SE (2nd Generation) |
| Slogan | A big step for small. |
| Generation | 9th |
Design
| Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones. | Bar |
| Lenght | 123.8 mm or 4.87 inches |
| Width |
58.6 mm (millimeters) 5.86 cm (centimeters) 0.192 ft (feet) 2.307 in (inches) |
| Height |
123.8 mm (millimeters) 12.38 cm (centimeters) 0.406 ft (feet) 4.874 in (inches) |
| Thickness |
7.6 mm (millimeters) 0.76 cm (centimeters) 0.025 ft (feet) 0.299 in (inches) |
| Volume |
55.14 cm³ (cubic centimeters) 3.35 in³ (cubic inches) |
| Weight |
113 g (grams) 0.25 lbs (pounds) 3.99 oz (ounces) |
| Protection |
Glass front (Gorilla Glass) Aluminum back Aluminum frame |
| Colors |
Rose Gold Gold Silver Space Gray |
Network
| SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. | Nano SIM |
| Number of SIM cards | 1 |
| GSM |
GSM 850 MHz GSM 900 MHz GSM 1800 MHz GSM 1900 MHz |
| CDMA |
CDMA 800 MHz CDMA 1700/2100 MHz CDMA 1900 MHz |
| CDMA2000 |
1xEV-DO Rev. A |
| TD-SCDMA |
TD-SCDMA 1900 MHz (A1723) TD-SCDMA 2000 MHz (A1723) |
| UMTS (3G) |
UMTS 850 MHz UMTS 900 MHz UMTS 1700/2100 MHz UMTS 1900 MHz UMTS 2100 MHz |
| LTE (4G) |
LTE 700 MHz Class 17 LTE 800 MHz LTE 850 MHz LTE 900 MHz LTE 1800 MHz LTE 1900 MHz LTE 2100 MHz LTE 700 MHz Class 13 (A1662) LTE 2600 MHz (A1723) LTE-TDD 1900 MHz (B39) (A1723) LTE-TDD 2300 MHz (B40) (A1723) LTE-TDD 2500 MHz (B41) (A1723) LTE-TDD 2600 MHz (B38) (A1723) LTE AWS (B4) LTE 700 MHz (B12) LTE 800 MHz (B18) LTE 800 MHz (B19) LTE 800 MHz (B20) LTE 1900+ MHz (B25) LTE 800 MHz (B26) LTE 800 MHz SMR (B27) LTE 700 MHz APT (B28) (A1723) LTE 700 MHz de (B29) (A1662) LTE 2300 MHz (B30) |
Display
| Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) | LCD Multi-Touch display with IPS technology |
| Size | 4-inch (diagonal) widescreen |
| Resolution | 640 x 1136 pixels |
| Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others. | 24-bit (16.76 million colors) LCD |
| Aspect Ratio | 1.775:1 |
| Display area | (~60.8% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality. | 326 pixels per inch (PPI) |
| Touch Screen | Multi-touch touchscreen display |
| Features |
Capacitive Multi-touch Scratch resistant Retina HD display 800:1 contrast ratio 500 cd/m² Full sRGB standard Oleophobic (lipophobic) coating LED-backlit |
Media
| Audio File Formats |
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) eAAC+ / aacPlus v2 / HE-AAC v2 M4A (MPEG-4 Audio, .m4a) MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer II, .mp3) WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave) Apple Lossless AAX+ AAX |
| Video File Formats |
3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project, .3gp) H.263 H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 / AVC video H.265 / MPEG-H Part 2 / HEVC QuickTime (.mov, .qt) MPEG-4 |
| FM Radio | No |
| Alert Types | Vibration, proprietary ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm Audio jack | 3.5mm jack, 16-bit/44.1kHz audio |
| Audio Features |
Loudspeaker Earpiece HAC (M3/T4) - Hearing Aid Compatibility |
Rear/Main Camera
| Number of cameras | 1 |
| Sensor type | CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) |
| Main cameras |
Sony IMX315 Exmor RS 12 MP |
| Depth lens/LiDAR scanner | No |
| Sensor size |
4.8 x 3.6 mm (millimeters) 0.24 in (inches) |
| Pixel size |
1.19 µm (micrometers) 0.001190 mm (millimeters) |
| Crop factor |
7.21 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 |
| Focal length and 35mm equivalent | 4.02 mm (millimeters) 29 mm (millimeters) *(35 mm / full frame) |
| Number of lenses | 5 |
| Flash type | Dual LED |
| Image Resolution |
4032 x 3024 pixels 12.19 MP (megapixels) |
| Video Resolution |
3840 x 2160 pixels 8.29 MP (megapixels) |
| Video FPS | 30 fps (frames per second) |
| Other features |
Autofocus Continuous shooting Digital zoom Digital image stabilization Geotagging Panorama HDR Touch focus Face detection Exposure compensation Self-timer Sensor type - RGBW Hybrid IR filter Sapphire crystal glass lens cover 1080p @ 60 fps 720p @ 240 fps |
Front/Selfie Camera
| Number of cameras | 1 |
| Main cameras |
OmniVision OV2E0BNN 1.2 MP |
| Sensor type | CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) |
| Aperture | f/2.4 |
| Image Resolution |
2560 x 1920 pixels 4.92 MP (megapixels) |
| Video Resolution |
1280 x 720 pixels 0.92 MP (megapixels) |
| Video FPS | 30 fps (frames per second) |
| Other features |
1.2 MP Retina flash HDR Exposure compensation Self-timer |
Software
| Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. | iOS 9.3, upgradable to iOS 15.5 |
| User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface. | iPhone OS UI |
Hardware
| Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming. | Apple A9 APL0898, Embedded M9 motion coprocessor |
| SoC Process Technology | 14 nm (nanometers) |
| CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone. | 1.84 GHz dual-core 64-bit ARMv8-A "Twister" |
| CPU bits | 64 bit |
| CPU cores | 2 |
| CPU frequency | 1840 MHz (megahertz) |
| Level 1 cache memory (L1) |
64 KB + 64 KB (kilobytes) |
| Level 2 cache memory (L2) |
3072 KB (kilobytes) 3 MB (megabytes) |
| Level 3 cache memory (L3) |
8192 KB (kilobytes) 8 MB (megabytes) |
| GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. | PowerVR GT7600 |
| GPU cores | 6 |
| RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. | 2 GB |
| RAM Type | LPDDR2 |
| Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored. | 16/32/64/128 GB NAND connected via NVMe |
| Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras. | No |
| Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device. |
Touch ID fingerprint sensor Three‑axis gyro Accelerometer Proximity sensor Ambient light sensor |
Connectivity
| Bluetooth Version | 4.2 |
| Bluetooth Features Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. |
A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) LE (Low Energy) |
| Infrared Infrared connectivity is an old wireless technology used to connect two electronic devices. It uses a beam of infrared light to transmit information and so requires direct line of sight and operates only at close range. | No |
| Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. |
802.11a (IEEE 802.11a-1999) 802.11b (IEEE 802.11b-1999) 802.11g (IEEE 802.11g-2003) 802.11n (IEEE 802.11n-2009) 802.11n 5GHz 802.11ac (IEEE 802.11ac) Dual band Wi-Fi Hotspot MiMO |
| USB | Lightning, USB 2.0 |
| GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. |
GPS A-GPS GLONASS Wi-Fi Cell ID |
| NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inch. | |
| HDMI HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant source device to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. | No |
| Wireless Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device. | No |
Data
| GPRS GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is a packet oriented mobile data service on the 2G and 3G cellular communication system's global system for mobile communications (GSM), Generally, GPRS is used for the purpose of wireless data transfer, such as sharing pictures and videos or browsing the Internet via a mobile phone connection. | |
| EDGE EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Environment) is a wireless network technology generally considered the next step in the 2G network offers data transfer rates up to four times faster than ordinary GSM networks, Generally, EDGE is used for the purpose of wireless data transfer, such as sharing pictures and videos or browsing the Internet via a mobile phone connection. | |
| Speed | HSPA, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps |
| Web Browser Web Browser => a web browser is a software application used to locate, retrieve and display content on the World Wide Web, including Web pages, images, video and other files, The primary function of a web browser is to render HTML, the code used to design or markup webpages. | (Safari) |
Messaging
| SMS SMS (Short Messaging Service) is a text messaging service component of phone, Web, or mobile communication systems. It uses standardized communications protocols to allow mobile phone devices to exchange short text messages over the networks. | Yes (threaded view) |
| MMS MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content (audio clips, video clips and images) to and from mobile phones over wireless networks using the WAP protocol. | |
| Email Email (Electronic Mail) is a system for receiving, sending, and storing electronic messages, Similar to a letter, email is text messages that may contain files, images, or other attachments sent via the internet to a recipient by using applications and software prograps. An email address is required to receive email, and that address is unique to the user. | Yes |
| IM IM (Instant Messaging) is an exchange of text messages through a software application, it enable you to create a kind of private chat room with another individual in order to communicate in real time over the Internet. | Yes |
Battery or Power
| Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. | Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer) |
| Capacity Battery Capacity is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions. | 1624 mAh 3.82 V 6.21 W⋅h |
| Placement | Non-removable |
| Standby Standby Time is the total amount of time that you can leave your is fully charged, turned on and ready to send and receive calls or data transmissions before completely discharging the battery. | Up to 240 h (3G) |
| Talk Time Talk Time is the longest time that a single battery charge will last when you are constantly talking on the phone under perfect conditions, Ambient temperature and highly dependent on the cellular network environment such as the distance to the closest cell network tower. | Up to 14 hours on 3G |
| Music Play | Up to 50 hours |
Prices (Prices are estimated and varies by capacity)
| Price in (USA) $ | $44 |
| Price in (Bangladesh)৳ | ৳ 10,900 |
| Price in (Canada) | CA$579.00 - CA$789.00 |
| Price in (Dubai/UAE) د.إ | AED 1549 |
| Price in (India) ₹ | ₹16,999 |
| Price in (Iraq) ع.د | IQD 249,480 |
| Price in (Nigeria) ₦ | NGN 72,240 |
| Price in (Tanzania) TSh | TZS 391,608 |
| Price in Australia | A$99.00 - A$175.00 |
| Price in France | €2,022.00 |
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