The new iPhone SE will start pre-sale in China this evening.
In terms of price, the 64GB version costs 3299 yuan ($466), the 128GB version costs 3799 yuan ($537), and the 256GB version costs 4599 yuan ($650). There are a few color options you can choose from – white, black, and red.
Interestingly, this morning, the number of appointments for the new iPhone SE on the Jingdong platform exceeded 320,000. And it was less than 2 days before the handset was launched. If you remember, JingDong opened the appointments for this phone on April 16.
The iPhone SE has a similar design to the iPhone 8. Its screen size is 4.7 inches, and its material is LCD. The phone supports original color display, Touch ID fingerprint recognition, but does not support 3D Touch.
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Under the hood, the new iPhone SE carries the Apple A13 Bionic chip. By the way, the iPhone 11 series is equipped with this chip. Compared with the previous generation, the Apple A13 Bionic chip has greatly improved in computing, graphics, AI machine learning, etc. It is currently the strongest chip in the smartphone industry.
In addition, the iPhone SE is equipped with a 12-megapixel wide-angle lens that has an aperture of f/1.8, supports OIS (optical image stabilization), portrait mode, 4K video shooting, slow mirror, etc.
As for the battery life, Apple claims that the new iPhone SE can play videos for up to 13 hours on a full charge. It supports 18W fast charging and can be charged from 0 to 50% in 30 minutes (the 18W fast charging adapter must be purchased separately).
It is worth noting that the iPhone SE is also IP67 dust and water resistant.