Apple · Smartphone · 2020
iPhone SE (2nd generation)
The second-generation iPhone SE is a smartphone developed and marketed by Apple. It is part of the 13th generation of the iPhone, alongside the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro/Pro Max models. Apple announced it on April 15, 2020, coinciding with the discontinuation of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. Orders began on April 17, 2020, and the phone was released on April 24, 2020. It was released with a starting price of US$399, and positioned as a budget phone.
- Display
- 10.2 cm (4")
- Chipset
- Apple A9
- Storage
- 64 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB
Camera
- Flash type
- LED
- Multi-shot
- Yes
- Self-timer
- Yes
- Digital zoom
- 3x
- Face detection
- Yes
- Zoom capability
- Yes
- Rear camera type
- Single camera
- Video stabilizer
- Yes
- Front camera type
- Single camera
- Maximum frame rate
- 240 fps
- Video recording modes
- 720p, 1080p, 2160p
- Resolution at capture speed
- 1920x1080@120fps, 1920x1080@30fps, 1920x1080@60fps, 3840x2160@30fps
- Video capture resolution (max)
- 3840 x 2160 pixels
- Rear camera resolution (numeric)
- 12 MP
- Front camera resolution (numeric)
- 1.2 MP
Design
- Form factor
- Bar
Battery
- Battery technology
- Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)
- Talk time (3G) (max)
- 14 h
- Standby time (3G) (max)
- 240 h
- Browsing time (3G) (max)
- 12 h
- Browsing time (4G) (max)
- 13 h
- Browsing time (Wi-Fi) (max)
- 13 h
- Continuous audio playback time
- 50 h
- Continuous video playback time (max)
- 13 h
Display
- Panel type
- IPS
- Screen shape
- Flat
- Pixel density
- 326 ppi
- Second display
- No
- Display diagonal
- 10.2 cm (4")
- Touch technology
- Multi-touch
- Touchscreen type
- Capacitive
- Display brightness
- 500 cd/m²
- Display resolution
- 640 x 1136 pixels
- Contrast ratio (typical)
- 800:1
Network
- AirPlay
- Yes
- 4G standard
- LTE
- 2G standards
- Edge, GSM
- 3G standards
- DC-HSDPA, EVDO, HSPA+, UMTS
- SIM card type
- NanoSIM
- Bluetooth version
- 4.2
- 3G bands supported
- 850,900,1700,1900,2100 MHz
- SIM card capability
- Single SIM
- 2G bands (primary SIM)
- 850,900,1800,1900 MHz
- Mobile network generation
- 4G
- Near Field Communication (NFC)
- Yes
Storage
- Compatible memory cards
- Not supported
- Internal storage capacity
- 64 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB
Software
- Platform
- iOS
- Operating system installed
- iOS
- Mac operating systems supported
- Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- Windows operating systems supported
- Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Education x64, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home x64, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows
Processor
- Processor model
- A9
- 64-bit computing
- Yes
- Processor family
- Apple
- Coprocessor model
- M9
Multimedia
- Speakers
- Mono
- Audio formats supported
- AAC, AAX, AAX+, AIFF, HE-AAC, M4A, MP3, WAV
- Image formats supported
- GIF, JPG, TIF
- Video formats supported
- AVI, M4V, MOV, MP4
- Archive formats supported
- Zip
- Video compression formats
- H.264, M-JPEG, MPEG4
- Document formats supported
- DOC, DOCX, HTM, HTML, ICS, Key, PDF, PPT, PPTX, RTF, TXT, VCF, XLS, XLSX
Performance
- Fingerprint reader
- Yes
Ports & interfaces
- USB port
- No
- Lightning connector
- Yes
- Headphone connectivity
- 3.5 mm
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