On April 15, 2020, the second-generation iPhone SE was announced in a press release note on Apple's website. However, references to the iPhone SE were quickly removed. Belkin screen protectors for the iPhone SE were also listed on the online Apple Store, cross-compatible with the base models of the iPhones 6, 6S, 7, and 8. In March 2020, cases for the phone were reportedly being supplied to Best Buy, showing an iPhone with an iPhone 8-sized body and a single camera lens.
Guesses included (most prevalently) iPhone SE 2, iPhone SE 2020, and iPhone 9 due to design similarities with the iPhone 8. The name was also subject to speculation. Ī successor to the first-generation iPhone SE had been a source of rumor stemmed in 2017, the year after original was released. It also features the next generation Smart HDR-2 photos, which are marketed as being better than Smart HDR photos on the iPhone XS and iPhone XR. įollowing the pattern made by the first-generation iPhone SE (which shares the dimensions and form factor of the iPhone 5S, with the internal hardware of the iPhone 6S), the second-generation model shares the dimensions and form factor of the iPhone 8, while sharing selected internal hardware components from the iPhone 11 lineup, including the A13 Bionic system-on-chip (as opposed to the A11 Bionic system-on-chip found in the iPhone 8 series), which allows the phone to utilise the single Wide angle lens Portrait Mode, as on the iPhone XR.
It was released with a starting price of US$399, and positioned as a budget phone. Pre-orders began on April 17, 2020, and the phone was subsequently released on April 24, 2020. The iPhone SE succeeded the smaller and lighter first-generation iPhone SE. Apple announced the second-generation iPhone SE on April 15, 2020, coinciding with the discontinuation of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. It is part of the 13th generation of the iPhone, alongside the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro/Pro Max models. The second-generation iPhone SE (also known as the iPhone SE 2 or the iPhone SE 2020) is a smartphone designed and developed by Apple Inc.
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Multi-touch touchscreen display, barometer, motion coprocessor, 3-axis gyroscope, accelerometer, digital compass, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, Touch ID fingerprint reader, microphoneĤ.7 in (120 mm) True Tone Retina HD display with IPS technology, 1334 × 750 pixel resolution (326 ppi), 1400:1 contrast ratio (typical), 625 nits max brightness (typical), with dual-ion exchange-strengthened glass and Haptic Touch ġ2 MP with six-element lens, ƒ/1.8 aperture, quad-LED "True Tone" flash with Slow Sync, autofocus, IR filter, Burst mode (photography), 4K video recording at 24, 25, 30, or p at 25, 30 or 60 fps 720p at 30 fps, slow-motion video (1080p at 120 or 240 fps), timelapse with stabilization, panorama, face detection, Smart HDR, digital image stabilization, optical image stabilization, cinematic video stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p), Portrait mode and Portrait lightingħ MP with QuickTake video, f/2.2 aperture, burst mode, exposure control, face detection, auto-HDR, auto image stabilization, Retina Flash, 1080p HD video recording, cinematic video stabilization (1080p and 720p), Portrait mode and Portrait lighting Lightning connector (fast-charge capable up to 18W), or Qi wireless charging (256 GB model discontinued since September 14, 2021 ( ))ģ.82 V 6.96 W⋅h (1821 mAh) Built-in rechargeable non-removable Lithium‑ion battery Hexa-core (2× high-power Lightning cores at 2.66 GHz, and 4× low-power Thunder cores at 1.82 GHz )ĭual SIM ( nano-SIM and eSIM), Gigabit-class LTE with 2x2 MIMO and LAA GSM, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA+, DC‑HSDPA, CDMA EV‑DO, FDD‑LTE, TD‑LTEĬurrent: iOS 15.2, released December 13, 2021