Meet the iPhone SE, which packs iPhone 6S performance in a 4-inch body
There’s a new iPhone in town, and it looks pretty familiar. The iPhone SE, which is available to preorder on Thursday, is nearly identical to the iPhone 5S but has 6S guts, which makes it a compelling buy for people who love 4-inch phones but want the latest hardware features.
The 6S mini, as I prefer to call it, has an A9 chip and M9 coprocessor, which means it has double the speed of a 5S and is three times faster when it comes to graphics performance. The SE has always-on fitness-tracking, hands-free Siri, a 12-megapixel camera that can shoot 4K video, a front-facing camera with Retina flash, and supports Apple Pay with built-in NFC and Secure Element for secure mobile payments. It also has matte chamfered edges, like the 6S, though it definitely resembles the 5S.
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