IPhone SE 2 vs. IPhone 11: which one is worth it?

IPhone SE 2 vs. IPhone 11: which one is worth it?

The terminal, which launches on April 24, includes an A13 Bionic microchip. It is the same "brain" that drives the iPhone 11, the most current range of the American company that launched in October last year. And that gives a good example of the situation: it is very powerful. This model is powered by a 3 GB RAM memory. It is a data that the company does not usually provide but, as it happens a posteriori, it is discovered during the analyzes. In the case of the iPhone 11, this section goes up to 4 GB, while in advanced models (iPhone 11 Pro) it shoots up to 6 GB, which are values ​​that are more or less in line with that provided by other rivals in the same range.

The performance of electronic devices usually comes from optimizing two areas, hardware and software. Two parallel worlds that must be worked online to squeeze the benefits. Apple, in that sense, has always wanted to differentiate itself from its competition by manufacturing very powerful «smartphones». Although the iPhone SE 2 is not surprising in this matter, the combination of an acceptable RAM and a very advanced chip can offer a balanced behavior that suits a large part of consumers.


At the design level, both terminals are barely alike. In recent years Apple has faced the emerging trend (already consolidated) in the market that it carried in 2017 with the iPhone X. Its first model without a physical button that has served as an inspiration to all those who have come after. An elegant design that continues to give good sensations and that seems that it has not gone out of style yet. The iPhone 11 was stylized but maintaining its general lines, with edges somewhat more pronounced than the «Pro». Instead, it brings back the physical button like the iPhone 8, from where it inherits its outer face. So its 4.7-inch screen seems like an almost bigger product compared to the 6.1 on the iPhone 11, with hardly any frames.

The screen type is similar. Both the iPhone 11 and the iPhone SE 2 are committed to an IPS LCD surface that is a technology that is highly perfected. It does not present the colors as intensely and the blacks as deep as the OLED type screens that the most advanced mobiles on the market carry, but, a priori, it is more than enough. They are also governed by the same version of the operating system, iOS 13, which is the most current, so the new device has an additional guarantee: at least five years of support are guaranteed. And that is another positive aspect.

More differences are seen on the camera. The iPhone SE houses a single 12-megapixel camera with F1.8 focal length a priori very similar to the one that carried the iPhone XR, a model released in 2018 and which was the world's best-selling for the past year. Although it does not have a double lens like the iPhone 11 (two 12-megapixel sensors in its main and wide-angle cameras), the new model allows portrait mode shooting. In other words, through software and computational photography, the subject can be taken in the foreground and the background can be blurred. The results will have to be seen but they can be more than acceptable.

The Home button on the iPhone SE houses the Touch ID fingerprint sensor, but not the facial recognition system through its proprietary FaceID technology. On the other hand, a great difference is found in its autonomy. Although it remains to be confirmed, the numbers may reduce the initial euphoria. The terminal includes a battery of only 1,821 mAh, while the iPhone 11 reaches 3,110 mAh. We will have to see it. They also don't have headphone jacks, although most consumers may have already adapted to the circumstances. But what can most attract consumers is undoubtedly its price. In Spain, it will start from 489 euros with 64 GB of memory (659 euros with 256 GB capacity) while the iPhone 11 starts at 809 euros with the same configuration.

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