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- You may have seen a video I did recently
on why I'm switching to Android.
Well, yes, that might be the right decision
for me personally, there are two sides to every argument,
and the iPhone SE 2020 is one hell of a side.
In case you've been living under a rock,
the iPhone SE takes the same tried and true formula
from the original SE which, of course, came out
over four years ago, and simply takes all of the most recent
internals and puts it into a much more affordable package
because at 399, there's no doubt that this is probably
the best value iPhone that has ever been made.
Also, that's very red.
At $399, you're not sacrificing a lot beyond, I guess,
the fact that it still comes with the tiny five watt charger
in the box.
So you still get water resistance,
something that is pretty rare on phones at this price.
You get wireless charging, and probably most importantly,
you get the same Apple A13 chip as in the full iPhone 11
and the 11 Pro range, which means that this $399 phone
is probably the most powerful phone
that you can get regardless of price.
One small recommendation though, while you can
pick up the base model with 64 gigs of storage,
for only $50 more, you can upgrade that to 128 gigs,
and I would definitely recommend that.
It's certainly usable to spend time with a 64-gig phone,
but considering it's not that much more, you're gonna get
a lot more longevity, especially considering that this phone
should be getting updates for years to come.
Apple delivered this with a very simple strategy,
the parts bin.
So the design here is very similar to 2018's iPhone 8,
which is an upgraded version of the iPhone 7,
which you could buy after the iPhone 6 came out.
Of course, that being the S model of the iPhone 6,
so this design, I guess, is five years old at this point,
which to be fair, if it ain't broke, don't fix it,
and if you're broke, buy an iPhone SE.
I'll admit, I'm not a massive fan of this design.
While, yes, it is better than that original iPhone 6,
I like the glass back,
and they've done a couple of minor tweaks,
but generally speaking, it lacks the specialness
of that original SE, which had
that awesome chamfered design, that really tiny size.
I was about to say it's not an outdated design,
but when you look at the front,
you look at the giant size of the bezels here,
it does look a little bit dated.
Well yes, it is time for me to set up Apple Pay and Siri
in the settings.
A lot of components have been lifted
straight off of the iPhone 8, including Touch ID,
which makes sense considering that it is much more
mask friendly than Face ID, and, of course,
the screen itself, while it is only a 4.7-inch display,
and yeah, it's low resolution, blah, blah, blah,
the thing is, this is still a very bright color
accurate IPS panel, and it has held up remarkably well
considering that it's, well, a few years old at this point,
but you know what doesn't feel like a five-year-old design?
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our iPhone SE video.
The most impressive part of the SE
is absolutely the Apple A13 inside.
Let me be super clear.
This is the most powerful phone you can buy, period.
I don't care what price point you're playing in.
So it is pretty much identical to what you get
on the iPhone 11 and the 11 Pro,
even though it is down to three gigs of RAM
compared to four, but trust me, you won't notice,
and when you put this thing side by side with a Pixel 3a,
it is not even close.
You also have Wi-Fi 6, as well as Bluetooth 5
from the bigger iPhones.
It has support for NFC, as well as Apple Pay.
The SE camera is a hybrid of the iPhone 8 lens
and sensor and the iPhone 11 processor.
What this means is it actually is a fairly decent step up,
and it does get really close to the iPhone 11.
When you look at a lot of these stills side by side,
the dynamic range especially is very impressive.
The only place that you really do notice a deficiency here
is in the sharpness of the image.
If you're looking at it on Instagram, you're totally fine,
but as soon as you start to pixel peep,
you notice that is a little bit on the softer side.
Somewhere else the SE falls a bit short
is in the Night Sight mode, or rather,
the lack of because while yes, the low light photos
are fine on the iPhone, they're much much better
on something like the Pixel 3a.
When you put it together as a whole though,
it is a solid package, and it does have portrait mode
for both the rear camera as well as the front.
Now, as with all of these things, it always misses
the side of my glasses, but beyond that,
it does do a respectable job.
Where, I think, the iPhone SE really shines is in video.
So this is 4K video, completely untouched,
straight off of the iPhone SE, and while yes,
it might not be quite as stable as something like
what you get on the iPhone 11, it's really impressive
to see this level of video quality on a phone
at this price, right?
I mean, generally speaking, iPhones have been
ahead of the game on video for a while,
and this really cements that even at a 399 budget.
While on paper, the 1,800 milliamp hour battery
isn't particularly impressive,
because of the efficient display, processor
and iOS, battery life actually isn't too bad on the SE.
Still not quite where I would like it.
It does feel a little bit of a generation behind,
but it is certainly enough to make it through a day.
So as someone who's been struggling with the decision
between iOS and Android,
there have been a lot of major advantages
that I've seen on both sides,
which makes it a very complicated decision
because at its very root, both Android and iOS
are very, very good these days.
So for example, with Android, one of the main advantages is,
of course, the customization not only
in the operating system, which, of course,
gives you a much deeper level of control,
but also, in the amount of hardware that you can pick up.
Now, yes, the iPhone line is probably the broadest
that it's ever been, between the SE on the low end,
you have the iPhone 11, the Pro, the Pro Max,
but even that pales in comparison
to the hundreds of legitimately very impressive
Android options out there.
If you want folding phones,
as I mentioned my previous video, if you care about 5G
and high refresh rate, all that stuff is available
on the Android side of the fence.
When it comes to app support, at least for me,
95% of the apps that I use on a daily basis
are available not only on Android and iOS,
but are very similar quality.
There aren't major differences.
Of course, what are phones these days beyond a camera,
and just a portal to whatever app you want to use.
Now, there are certainly some exceptions.
Instagram would be a good one,
which I do think is significantly better on iOS
and of course, there are some advantages
on the Android side of the camp.
For example, if you want to play some retro games
via an emulator, good luck trying to do that
on iPhone unless you want to do some weird side loading.
When you talk about the Apple ecosystem,
there is a negative connotation there,
and I will certainly admit, I have perpetuated that
with, I mean, even my last video.
Now, yes, it is very annoying
once you get into the Apple ecosystem,
and everyone has you on iMessage,
and your grandma calls you on FaceTime,
and you're charging with your Apple Card,
and you have your Apple Watch, and your AirPods,
and your Mac and your iPad.
I mean, there's so many things that make it very difficult
once you have that iPhone to get out,
but by that same token, there are some advantages,
of course, too, if you have a couple of Apple devices
in your life, right?
Having an iMessage pop up on your Mac is great,
or being able to take a call on your iPad or vice versa.
All this stuff is nice to see,
but you don't have to go all in.
One thing I will say though, if you are coming from Android,
all the Google apps work great on iOS
with almost no exceptions,
but if you're going from iPhone to Android,
well, you can listen to Apple Music,
and probably another app.
I can't think of one, though.
Something I will give Apple props for is the level of focus
they put on not only security, but also privacy in iOS.
Not only does Apple have an excellent track record
of continuously supporting devices,
something I'll talk about a little bit later,
but on top of that, they also put a lot of emphasis
on privacy, and we've done an entire video on this,
so you can definitely find out more
about my personal thoughts, but TL;DW,
I definitely think Apple does a better job
than pretty much anyone else in the industry
for protecting your personal privacy.
Yes, if you look at a poll of random people,
they might think that Google or Facebook
are more trustworthy, which I find
to be quite wrong, but generally speaking,
when you look at just how much they've invested in things
such as differential privacy,
and when you look at the general business model of Apple
makes money when they sell you a phone,
and Google makes money when they sell you an ad
using the data they acquire using their phones,
it kind of becomes fairly straightforward,
in my opinion that while we all spend a lot of time online,
but especially these days with all of us so invested
in our digital lives, I think it really matters personally,
that I have a device that actually is looking out
for my privacy.
Yes, that might be a little bit overblown.
Yes, I might be that weirdo on the internet
telling you about why privacy matters,
but I do think this is a legitimate selling point
for using iOS and Apple products in general.
If I had to give you a single pitch
on why iOS might make more sense for you,
compared to Android, it will be
in the long-term software support.
Now, Android has certainly gotten better,
but generally speaking, an Android phone
may only get you around two years or so of updates,
and that might not even be major updates.
Those might be security updates after you get
one major release.
On the iOS side, you're pretty much,
if you look at the last few years of phones,
looking at somewhere between five and six years
of software support.
I mean, look at the iPhone 6S.
This is a flagship phone that came out in 2015,
and is still getting updates here in 2020,
and very likely may continue to get updates
through the next year, year and a half or so.
There's simply no other Android phone
that can come close, regardless of the price.
Even if you look at something like the Google Pixel line,
the original Pixel 1 is already stopped getting updates
as of December of 2019, and that's the best case scenario
where it actually got more updates
than Google originally promised.
Okay, so say you're considering this safe, practical choice
of buying an iPhone this time around?
Well, at that $400 price point, the iPhone SE 2020
seems like the obvious choice, right?
Well maybe, but there are a couple of other things
you may consider.
So for example, at around that same $400 price point,
you can buy a used or refurbished iPhone XR.
Now the XR is a great phone.
It was my daily for pretty much all of last year,
and for good reason.
Not only does it have the modern swipey Face ID design,
swipey, I'm gonna say this is a swipey, swipey designs.
Yeah, it has to swipey design, but you also have a great
camera, very solid battery life,
but the downside is is that if you do pick up a used phone,
as always, you have to consider that that battery
is probably going to be not at 100% health,
whereas, when you look at the SE, it actually has
a slightly newer processor, which means it will get updates
for longer and you have that security knowing that
it has not been abused by Little Timmy
with his 20-hour Fortnite gaming sessions.
You can also just buy a brand new iPhone 11,
which, at $700, is almost double the price of the SE,
but for your extra $300, you're getting a better camera
as well as an ultra wide, you're getting a bigger display
with your swipey interface, as well as your Face ID,
and you are also getting what should be
at least somewhat better battery life.
The iPhone 11 does a pretty good job,
whereas the SE, of course, is fine,
but when you look at the almost doubled price tag,
a lot of those benefits, I would argue,
probably aren't worth it for most people.
If you look at something like the iPhone 11 Pro, stop.
There is no reason to spend $1,000-plus on an iPhone 11 Pro
right now, when not only could you get a lot of other phones
that are, I would argue, just as good, if not better,
but also, there's certainly going to be a major update
later this year, which will bring higher refresh rate,
and 5G, and all that stuff.
Don't spend $1,000 on an iPhone right now.
Just don't do that.
So is it time to switch to iOS?
If you are looking for something in the mid-range,
then, iPhone SE 2020 is a no-brainer.
It really is a game-changer,
and if you don't really care about Android versus iOS,
it is an incredibly compelling value.
If however, you were looking for something
a little bit more exciting, a little bit more expensive,
you want a brand new flagship,
then, there are many, many reasons why I personally think
Android is the move right now.
So I am very curious, is the iPhone SE enough
to tempt you away from Android?
Definitely be sure to let me know, and of course,
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Until next time, I'm going to go
remember how to use the home button.
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