Kennedy Jones
Staff Writer/ MC 301 Contributors
Apple unveiled its new iPhone SE (Special Edition) on Monday, March 21 during a live keynote event.
The newly announced iPhone looks identical to the iPhone 5s with a smaller four-inch screen but possesses the same A9 processor, megapixels, and features as the iPhone 6s. Apple describes the phone as “an iPhone that looks small, but lives large.”
The phone comes with the new iOS 9.3 software, which is also now available for all iPhones. According to Apple, the battery life is 30 percent better than the iPhone 6s and is good for 13 hours of Web browsers. At $400 without a contract, it is the cheapest iPhone Apple has ever had to offer.
The biggest thing about the iPhone SE is speed, according to Apple. The processor is up to 70 percent faster than the iPhone 6, which allows opening apps, switching apps, and processing things happen much faster. The Wi-Fi and cellular antennas have also been tuned to make them faster.
The question that everybody has been asking is why would Apple go back to the old iPhone 5s model? Well, according to Yahoo Tech, Apple went with a smaller phone with an old design to save money and to appeal to the big chunk of the population who do not like bigger iPhone 6 and 6 plus.
So far, the new iPhone has been receiving positive reviews from critics.
The Wall Street Journal said:
“iPhone SE is the first one made for everybody whose thumbs lack the wingspan of eagles. The phone packs Apples best phone processor and camera into a width of just 2.3 inches and it does it with significantly better battery life. The small phone is back with a vengeance.”
TechRadar said:
“Handling the iPhone SE is a lovely affair, particularly if you’re coming from the iPhone 6s Plus. Its dainty – cute, even – and although, obviously, it feels exactly as if you are handling the iPhone 5S, there is something extra novel about it now. The four-inch form factor is now the expectation.”
Jackson State students, on the other hands, are not impressed.
“The phone is okay, but there’s nothing really special about it. With me having an iPhone 6, it would be weird going back to a smaller phone,” said Jonet Washington, a freshman mass communication major from Blytheville, Ark.
In addition to the iPhone SE, the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro was also announced on Monday. The price for the new iPad Pro starts at $699.
Both iPhone SE and iPad Pro became available for pre-sale on Monday and go on sale March 31.
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