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The iPhone SE is a $400 iPhone that offers the same core iPhone experience as the $700 iPhone 11 in a smaller frame.
That's because both phones run on the same A13 Bionic mobile chip from Apple as well as the latest version of Apple's iOS interface.
Still, the $400 iPhone SE is wildly different to the $700 iPhone 11 in almost every single way. Among other things, both iPhones look different, have different cameras, different sizes, and different price tags.
Apple pulled one heck of a move with the iPhone SE's announcement that has a frankly massive impact.
The iPhone SE is a $400 iPhone with the same mobile processor as the latest iPhones that cost hundreds more. In a nutshell, it means that anyone who spends $400 on the iPhone SE will have the same experience running the iOS operating system and apps as someone who spent $700 on the iPhone 11.
With that said, there's more to smartphones than just their hardware inside. In fact, just about everything else between the iPhone SE and iPhone 11 is different, from design to the cameras.
Check out the main differences between the new $400 iPhone SE and the $700 iPhone 11:
Who should buy the iPhone SE, and who should get the iPhone 11?
The iPhone SE's rear camera.
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Battery sizes — one's bigger than the other, but they both support wireless charging.
The iPhone SE supposedly has the same 1,821mAh battery as the iPhone 8, according to GSM Arena. We have yet to see how good the iPhone SE's battery life truly is.
The iPhone 11 has a larger 3,110mAh battery due to its larger size. Larger screens suck up more power, but larger phones still typically have better battery life, so expect better battery life on the iPhone 11.
Both models support wireless charging, as well as Apple's fast 18W charger that's sold separately.
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The iPhone 11's biggest selling point against the cheaper iPhone SE is the cameras.
The iPhone SE has a single-lens 12-megapixel camera. It includes Apple's Smart HDR, portrait mode, depth control (to adjust background blur after taking a photo), and up to 5x digital zoom.
The iPhone SE's selfie camera is 7 megapixels with portrait mode.
The iPhone 11 has a 12-megapixel dual camera system that includes a regular and ultra-wide lens with a 120-degree field-of-view. It also includes Smart HDR, portrait mode, depth control (to adjust background blur after taking a photo), as well as Night Mode, better focusing, 2x optical zoom, and up to 5x digital zoom.
The iPhone 11's selfie camera has some big improvements with 12 megapixel, portrait mode, Animoji and Memoji support, and Smart HDR.
Touch ID is back — for the iPhone SE, at least.
The iPhone SE's Touch ID sensor.
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They both run on Apple's powerful A13 Bionic mobile chip, which is a huge deal for the iPhone SE.
The fact that the iPhone SE runs on Apple's A13 Bionic mobile chip is a very significant deal. That means the $400 iPhone SE has the same performance and longevity as the $700 iPhone 11. You can even say the iPhone SE has the same chip as the $1,100 iPhone 11 Pro Max.
The only minor difference is in the memory (RAM). The iPhone SE supposedly has 3GB of RAM while the iPhone 11 series has 4GB of RAM, according to GSM Arena.
RAM is like your iPhone's back pocket where it keeps all the apps you've opened running in the background. The only time you'd notice a difference between the two phones is when you open an app you haven't used in a while — it might take a little longer on the iPhone SE.
They basically have the same screen. One is just bigger than the other.
Apart from their size, the screens on both the iPhone SE and iPhone 11 (above) are identical.
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Classic design versus modern notch — but both are water resistant.
The iPhone SE.
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Both iPhones have very different price tags.
The iPhone SE starts at $399.00 for 64GB
The iPhone 11 starts at $699.00 for 64GB
You're getting identical 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB storage options with both the iPhone SE (2020) and the iPhone 11.