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twenty-four hours in and the newest littlest iPhone still has that new car smell but what have we learned so far about Apple's mid Ranger mashup I'm Juan Carlos bag now for pocket now and here's day one with the iPhone se I'm personally not the biggest iOS fan so first day use is often spent getting back into the swing of Apple software it's like speaking a language I'm only conversationally familiar with and the muscle memory takes a little while to overwrite no one double tapping the home button here doesn't launch the camera that and there's still a tendency to feel around for a non-existent power button on the side of the phone still there's something charming about coming back to this form factor in design the metal and glass back is my favorite look for any iPhone it's clean sharp modern simple this throwback to the iPhone 5s shell also means that the SE is maybe the best accessorized air quotes new phone ever launched even I have old iPhone cases lying around and my magnetic lens kit came with extra iPhone 5s adhesives now day one is a terrible time for getting a sense of what the battery life might be like setting up the phone is a new device it's not the kind of usage one would normally put the phone through for daily tasks but the SE has held up well considering full charge in the morning at 8 a.m. installing a handful of mission-critical apps over Wi-Fi logging into accounts fielding a couple phone calls and some emails and we're down to around 70 percent by noon not really impressive by any stretch but certainly not terrible the battery is around five percent larger than the iPhone 5s though I doubt that we'll see significant differences in longevity this screen has been perfectly fine for covering the basics there were concerns going back to a lower resolution display but at arm's length text is perfectly readable and photos look decent enough people who like to get their noses into their phones will probably be a bit disappointed and no one was seriously looking to this phone for virtual reality applications but the real test will come when we start taxing the camera a bit more using a phone screen as a viewfinders one area where it's really easy to get spoiled by larger and higher resolution displays nor should anyone be shocked by the sentiment that 16 gigabytes of storage is really lean these days I'm not quite through installing my mission-critical apps and this phone is already down to around seven and a half the eggs of available storage I haven't put on any music and maybe I'll rely on streaming options and the camera hasn't seen much action yet but a lightning connector memory card reader will be in regular rotation to backup camera samples speaking of music there's little fault to be found with the first couple tracks we've listened to over headphones there's still a bit of EQ color delivered on the stock settings but anecdotally the iPhone se delivers louder playback than our galaxy s7 review unit we'll have proper tests and charts to share with the full review any criticisms we might have though are a little less frustrating on a mid-range er phone and to be sure this is a mid-range phone I can drop a Ferrari engine in a Toyota and that won't mean I suddenly have an Italian supercar the early complaints we might share while using the iPhone se though just don't feel as significant on a device which costs a hundred and fifty dollars less than a brand new iPhone 6 we're going to run this little phone hard over the weekend and report back with a final review also be on the lookout for a couple comparison videos so we can all see exactly where the iPhone se should fit in the overall smartphone market even though this isn't a power user device it's already shaping up to be a solid recommendation for some of the people in my circles of family and friends as always thanks so much for watching be sure to subscribe to this channel for future smartphone reviews and comparisons and hit that thumbs up button for a little extra positive reinforcement for pocket now I'm Kwon Carlos back now you can chat me up on Instagram and Twitter as some gadget guy I will catch you all on the next review