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this is the new iPhone se it's Apple's newest iPhone although it's not necessarily the company's best new iPhone on the one hand it's a really tiny phone that has almost all of the features of the flagship iPhone 6s on the other hand it's basically a very improved iPhone 5s which came out in 2013 so you would think maybe in three years these technological advancements might happen anyway so how good is the iPhone se and who is it for I'll answer that last question first the iPhone se is probably not for someone who already has a large phone and liked it over the past few days I have found that it feels pretty weird to go back to a smaller smartphone after using big screen phones or even using a normal sized 4.7 ish phone like the iPhone 6s the iPhone se is really for people who want to stick with that smaller 4-inch display size it's also the least expensive iPhone that Apple has ever sold at least in terms of starting price which is $399 for a 16 gigabyte phone that makes it a good first smartphone for a lot of people or nez upgrade for iPhone 4s or 5s holdouts of course that cost is still relative because $400 or $500 for a phone is still a lot for a lot of people and it's still not as cheapest comparable Android phones but it's not as expensive as say $700 iPhone so if you ever had an iPhone 5s or you've at least seen one of those the iPhone se is going to look pretty familiar because it is essentially the same smartphone on the outside it has the same boxy body and chamfered edges the buttons are all in the same place and of course there's the 4-inch Retina display personally I used to really like the way that the smooth aluminum iPhone 5s felt in the hand and also the fact that it fit in my hand and the iPhone se feels exactly the same but it's what's inside the iPhone se that's really supposed to make it better it has most of the same parts as the success but crammed into this tiny body the biggest improvement is in its processing power the iPhone 5s ran on Apple's a7 chip and had one gigabyte of RAM the iPhone se runs on Apple's faster a nine processor the same chip powering the 6s and 6s plus Apple hasn't said how much RAM the new phone has but based on my experience so far the se feels super speedy the more efficient processor also impacts battery life and in a good way even though they're the exact same size the iPhone se gets better battery life than the older iPhone 5s it really takes a few weeks to get to know an iPhone's battery but in the few days I've been testing this it has gotten me through a full day the camera is also a lot better than the camera on an older iPhone it focuses more quickly 12 megapixel rear camera sensor matches the rear camera and the iPhone 6s and the front-facing camera has a retina flash for selfies the iPhone se actually captures 4k video and now there's Apple pay the iPhone 5s had touch ID Apple's authentication system but it actually did not have Apple pay now the iPhone se does so you can use this phone to quickly pay for things that stores that accept Apple pay or you know on the flip side hold up the line of places where you're not sure Apple pay works but you sure hope it does okay so real talk the iPhone se is not a huge leap forward it's not a tiny little engine of technological advancement it's today's tech in yesterday's phone body and it's primarily a business move on the part of Apple how can we get people upgrading to iPhones and not buying $300 or less Android smartphones close the thinking and in truth it's probably pretty smart thinking because even though the iPhone se doesn't have all the features of the flagship iPhone 6s it has made improvements where it matters all of this coupled with the new software for newer iPhone makes the iPhone se kind of a no-brainer for people who are looking for an upgrade or you know for people with really small hands