2020 iPhone SE 2 vs 2016 iPhone SE - How Much Better Is It? By Jonathan Casey

Hey, what's up everybody if you're new to the channel, my name is Jonathan Casey. Welcome if you're, not new, welcome back today we're going to be comparing the 2016 iPhone SE to the 20/20, iPhone SE, and I'm pretty excited about this. Video I mean I'm sure most of you know which phone is going to come out on top, but I think it would be kind of cool to take a step back and just see how far a Palest in all the improvements they've made in four years, when you consider it's been four years since we've seen an iPhone SE, so let's go ahead and kick off this video. The original iPhone SE came out in 2016 and was priced at $399 for the 16 gigabyte model and 499 dollars for the 64 gigabyte model. Currently, you can pick up the 2016 SC for under 100 bucks, depending on where you're looking it features the same design as the iPhone 5, which in my opinion, is one of the best-looking iPhone designs to date. On the front, we have a 4-inch, 640 P display a physical home button with touch ID and 10, a 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera. But you know that was the old, and this is the new.

This is the 20/20 I phone SE and product red it retails for 399 bucks for the 64 gigabyte model, 449 for the 128 and 549 for the 256 this morning, 20s he uses the same body as the iPhone 8. In my opinion, it's not as striking as the iPhone 5 design, but it's still a great looking phone. The display is technically a 720p panel, but to be exact, it's like 750. Also, on the front. You will find a home button with the latest version of touch ID and asked for the front-facing camera.

Well, it's 7 megapixels in the hand. The first thing I noticed was the overall size, the 2016 iPhone SE just feels really tiny. However, I think it feels more premium than the 20/20 iPhone. Se I love the boxier design in the Sham furred edges of the 2016 model. The 20/20 is much more rounded without the sharp edges of the 2016, the glass back.

While not my favorite, it still does provide a premium feel the 2020 model also comes with an ip67 rating, making it dust and water resistant. The 2016 is thicker, but because of that thickness, you do get a flush camera bump, whereas the 2020 model has a small bump on the backside, no biggie, but something worth pointing out. Speaking of cameras, the original iPhone SE has a 12 megapixel camera. That's capable of recording 4k video up to 30 frames per second, the 2020s C features a 12 megapixel camera as well, but it's capable of recording 4k video up to 60 frames per second. The screen difference is the first thing that I think anybody is going to notice.

Not only is the 20/20 iPhone SE a bit bigger, but it's also quite a bit nicer. Despite having the same exact dpi, brightness, color accuracy, color shift and sharpness have all been improved, even when scrolling pages and swiping from side to side I feel like the experience is a little smoother on the SE -. Thanks to the glass back on the SE ?, you do get wireless charging, which is quite impressive, to see on an iPhone under $400 and may not be the fastest wireless charging around. But nonetheless it is a feature. I would have never expected Apple to put on a phone with this kind of price tag.

Another physical difference is the SE 2 features the latest version of touch ID versus the old version on the 2016 model in terms of speed they're, both about the same but the 2020. Se is a little more accurate staying on the home button. I think the biggest difference is that the 2016 SC uses a clickable home button. Here's a quick listen! So you can hear yourself in comparison. The 2020 model uses a haptic engine to simulate a press just like we saw on the iPhone 8 and here's a quick, listen to that one.

This may come as a surprise, but I prefer the simulated home button press on the 2020s C versus the clickable home button on the iPhone SE, 2016 I'm not really sure why? But I definitely do the haptic feedback on the 2020s. C is also much better than the 2016 model. The iPhone SE features stereo speakers and spatial audio playback versus the 2016 model, which features a single speaker on the bottom. The difference is mind-blowing to be honest, like they sound way different and the SE 2020 is much, much better. Here's a quick, listen for yourself, the 2016 SE, does have that headphone jack.

So that could make up for the speakers, depending on who you're asking the jump from the nine to the thirteen is pretty huge. Looking at the benchmarks alone, you can see exactly what I mean. The question is: does all of that power translate to real world use? Well, yes, and no I'm going to go ahead and play into the dead 2 on the iPhone SC from 2016 it loaded up fairly, quick, but I know the 2020. A model is going to load. It much faster go ahead and get started on this game right here, not the volume that way you guys can hear a little something-something and give it time to load I mean the experience is definitely not bad in any way do wish.

We could get some sound. Oh, there we go all right, no I mean it's its doing. Good I mean this, isn't the most graphical game by any means, but I think the experience is fine for a four-year-old phone, it's doing just fine, and once again we got in a sound. Oh, there we go yeah I mean it might be a little smoother, but it's definitely not really noticeable, at least when it comes to this game other than the fact that the screen is bigger. It's easier to you, know, control the guy and actually play I can't really notice a difference in the overall gaming performance running.

The an tutu benchmark really shows the difference between these two chips. The a13 is a great chip, regardless, if it's being throttled or not, the a9 at that time was an excellent chip. But, given that this is a four generation leap day, 13 is just definitely going to perform night and day better than the a9. The difference in RAM between these two is only one gigabyte, but honestly I believe you will see a difference, especially if you like to leave a lot of apps open in the background and then switch between them. Also, the 2020s he can open apps much faster, but I don't know if this is a big deal to you or not.

I just want to let you know. One thing: I was interested in testing as soon as I received. My sc2 was the network and Wi-Fi performance to see if the antennas have been upgraded from the 2016 model to the 2020 model, so we're going to go ahead and run a speed test using the speed check app to show you. Both phones are connected to the same exact Wi-Fi network. Cellular is shut off and there is no SIM card inserted in each of these phones.

So we're going to go ahead and run the speed check at the same exact time and take a look at the performance of each of these, because I am thinking that the 20/20 iPhone S II is going to perform much better versus the 2016 model, which here's that way it appears to be doing double the speed in terms of download go ahead and look at the upload, and it's pretty much the same. Actually, the SC from 2016 is performing a little better on the upload, which I don't think the upload speeds have anything to do with the antennas inside these phones. I think that's just my provider, because I'm using spectrum, and it's not the best service battery life is something that I really can't share with you right now. First, I just received my iPhone SE.2, and I also have a 2016 iPhone SE. Currently, that has 90% capacity remaining on the battery health report.

So it's not going to give me an accurate representation. What I can tell you are the battery sizes? In my prediction, the 2016 SE has a 1624 million-dollar battery, while the 2020s he has a 1821 million power battery according to Apple, both phones will offer 13 hours of video playback, but the 2016 sew ill get you 50 hours of audio playback versus the 2020 models. Of course, these are company numbers and in the real world, things can be much, much different. I'll update you in my full review, with my personal experience, so stay tuned and subscribe for that video I'm, assuming despite the 2020s II having a bigger display and beefier processor. It's still going to get like around an hour to an hour and a half extra use versus the 2016 SE when it comes to the software on both phones, they're running the latest version of iOS, which is really impressive, given how old the original SE is.

Both of us support a lot of the same features given the fact that they are running identical software versions. But I think the biggest thing to take note here is that, if you're big into firmware, updates and receiving various new features, then you're going to get a lot of life out of the 2020s II I will say due to the superior internals on the 20/20 iPhone SE iOS does run a little better and smoother, but that's to be expected a one thing: that's cool to see on both phones is Apple Pay I mean it's a given on the 20/20 model, but having it on the 2016 model was a bit of a surprise. Alright, let's explore the cameras for a minute. The 20/20 I phone SE is able to utilize portrait mode as long as it can detect a face, whereas the 2016 variant does not have portrait mode at all. The 20/20 iPhone SE is the obvious winner when it comes to quality, no matter the scenario or conditions, but it's still cool to see how impressive the original iPhone SE is.

Despite it being four years old, there's been a lot of camera improvements in four years, and this still hangs with the best of them. I think it's kind of cool. Go ahead and take a look at the rest of these samples, and let me know what you think down in the comments section. Obviously the point of this comparison is not to persuade you to buy the iPhone SE from 2016, but rather show you how much Apple has improved in four years. Some may argue, but I think Apple did a damn good job if you've been using an iPhone.

Se. Now is your chance to get a refreshed experience, more powerful, internals and a much, much better camera and the best thing is you could do it without having to empty your pockets? You're going to pay that price that you love paying for your original SE. But what do you think 2016 to 2020 did Apple do a good job sound off down below in the comment section stay tuned for more 20/20 SE content? If you're not subscribed, go ahead, and does it now make sure to click that Bell icon for good measure? If you enjoyed this video, consider giving it a thumbs up, and I will talk to you. Fine people in the next video.

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