In case you missed it, Apple announced a (sort of) new iPhone yesterday.
The iPhone SE – which apparently stands for ‘Special Edition’ – is essentially, and very confusingly, an iPhone 5S in shape and screen size, but with double the processing power and much improved graphical performance.
It’s basically a smaller iPhone 6S under the hood. Hoo-ray.
The teeny phone boasts a 12 megapixel camera and the ability to shoot 4K video for budding Steven Spielberg’s who don’t mind squinting to watch their would-be masterpiece.
Apple have obviously swooped on the fact that they sold more than 30 million small-screen phones in 2015, clearly indicating that a lot of consumers just don’t want a bigger bulge in their pockets.
But even so, people were pretty amused by the tech giant’s latest mobile ‘innovation’…
https://twitter.com/ibraheemanwar1/status/712028927129165825
ok so apple is basically making a whole new batch of iPhone fives and giving it a different name. I think they're bored or something
— Landon Romano (@landonromano) March 21, 2016
When you wait all day to see the new iPhone and the only new feature is that it has a SMALLER screen #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/4y1Hwp57Px
— DatGirlViv (@datgirlviv) March 21, 2016
ok officially in love with the new iPhone 7 design 😍😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/eLteyBjofk
— levi (@lvwrfl) March 21, 2016
The new iPhone is the old iPhone?
— Nathan Fillion (@NathanFillion) March 21, 2016
Looking at the new iPhone SE like: pic.twitter.com/L5ZltUXG2w
— DigiTour (@DigiTour) March 21, 2016
After reading the specs of the iPhone SE.
I'm pretty sure the SE means, "Same Ehh"
— Joakim Gomez (@JoakimGomez) March 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/IsmailSahak/status/712115557198266369
Still, with prices starting at £359, the iPhone SE is Apple’s cheapest handset yet and seems to be a solid option for those who still value the age-old art of texting with one hand.
Apple – forever innovating. Even when they’re not.
