iPhone SE (1st Gen) Still Worth It in 2021? (Review)

hi everyone in this video we will find 
out if the first generation iphone se  
is still worth buying in 2021
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back to the video iphone se was part of the 9th  
generation of the iphone alongside with its higher 
end models iphone 6s and 6s plus it was launched  
in march of 2016 with the price starting at 399 
dollars with 16 gigabyte of storage and knocked  
us out at 499 with 64 gigabytes today you can 
find these iphones refurbished or brand new at  
ebay or other online markets ranging from thirty 
dollars until two hundred dollars depending on  
the condition and storage it had four color 
options gold rose gold silver and space gray  
similar to its brothers iphone 5 and 5s the se 
shares the similar design with these two phones  
with metal body chamfered flat edges and a 4-inch 
display with 4-inch display the screen size is  
quite small for today’s standards but still usable 
for multi-image apps like youtube and netflix  
also the headphone jack is still present here  
so if you’re still using wired or 
earphones it is still usable as of today
the iphone se features the same internals as 
the iphone 6s it featured the alien cpu with  
2

gigabytes of ram which at the time it was
launched are plenty enough to handle tasks
after 5 years since it was launched it
starts to show its age however unlike
their predecessor iphone 6 and 5s that
struggles with a gigabyte of ram the sd still
handles the apps of the day at ease with some
occasional loading times that you may encounter
games such as call of duty sketching impact and
other games can still run decently on this phone
the iphone se has a different touch id
sensor compared to 6s iphone 6s uses second
generation touch id which is way faster
than the first generation that the se has
the s is equipped with the same main camera as
the iphone 6s a 12 megapixel isight camera with
dual tone flash capable of recording 4k videos
at 30 frames per second it can also shoot slow-mo
videos at a maximum of 120 frames per second in
full hd and 240 frames per second in hd its front
camera is 1.2 megapixel which is quite mediocre
for today’s standards here are some sample photos
taken with the se as you can see its main camera
still shoots acceptable photos with decent color
production and texture photos taken with this
phone can be confidently used in social media apps
especially if you are only taking mostly daytime
photos nighttime photos on the other hand are
not as good but you can compensate for that
by using flash for the quality of the image
the front camera is still usable for video calls
but it is not on par with today’s standards
today the essay still supports
the current ios version
ios 14 which makes it have the new
features of iphones such as widgets
privacy features picture-in-picture mode
and a lot more however with the forthcoming
ios 15 it is believed that apple will drop
the support within devices particularly se
and 6s models even though the phone may not or
may still receive software updates in the future
the current ios 14 version gives two to three
years of app support in the app store so most
of the apps will still support this phone even
to the three years since apple drops to support
expect that you will charge this phone five to six
times a day if you’re a heavy user and three to
four times a day if your moderate one the phone
has a great standby time but it drains fast and
feels warm when playing graphic intensive games so
take consideration if you’re planning to get one
so in conclusion if you’re only on a budget
and you just want to try the apple ecosystem
without spending a lot of money definitely you
should get this iphone however you should take
consideration of the cons of this phone such
as the heating problems especially if you’re
playing intensive graphic games and also
the battery life of this phone it is not
acceptable with these standards however if
you’re planning to purchase a refurbished phone
with a degraded battery life you should purchase
a third-party battery pack in order to change that
second if you’re if you only purchase this phone
as a secondary phone definitely purchase it or
if you’re a parent and you just want to give
your child a phone to use definitely you should
purchase it for your chat because it will be
useful thirdly if your phone upgrade usually
takes two to three years i think you should skip
this unit and go to 6s or 6s plus since it has
a better screen and a better battery life however
if you have more budget please consider purchasing
an iphone 7 and an iphone 8 since it will give
you a longer software support and a better specs
especially if you’re going to keep your phone for
a long time and that’s all if this video helped
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