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22nd Mar 2016

The new small-screened iPhone hasn’t exactly set the world on fire

Matt Tate

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

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.

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