The price of iPhone SE, presented on March 21 in Cupertino, was lower than usual faces new Apple smartphones. But still very expensive! In Russia, the price of new items in a minimum of 16-gigabyte version was 37990 rubles. Fans of "apple" does not convince, and whether it is necessary, but the reasoning objectively, for the same money you can buy a smartphone to another platform where the big opportunities. In addition, iPhone SE in itself raises a number of issues, and in this article we will list, what he lacks.
1. Outdated design
During 2015, Apple sold more than 30 million chetyrёhdyuymovyh smartphones, which include the iPhone 5S and budget iPhone 5C. Having concluded that the users like small smart phones, the company is back on two years ago and released a long-awaited innovation in the housing, an identical 5S. Yes, without any changes. Still not changed its iPhone 5S even "six"? Do not worry, from March 21 to you again the owner of a fashionable gadget. The only way to stand out - to buy a new iPhone in a pink case, to which in 2013 still have not guessed.
Release novelty in design is irrelevant - it's weird. We loved 5S, but much has been done over the appearance of the sixth generation of "apple smartphones", the iPhone today all already looks that way. Why go back to the past stage?
The famous American presenter Jimmy Kimmel conducted an experiment: he gave passersby on the street two iPhone 5S and said that one of them - this is a new iPhone SE. As a result, people are "seen" on one of the same gadgets brighter screen and a high response speed. Is this a good example of how the Apple marketing?
2. Weak battery
Good, powerful "hardware" of the iPhone 6S (recall that in 2015, he became the most productive smartphone) placed in the body of the 5S. But, as we recall, earlier "small» iPhone run out of steam by the middle of the day. The battery is the same iPhone SE increased by only 82 mAh. Reporters have not yet tested the new product on the battery life, but the result can be predicted is not very good. However, iPhone users this will most likely not be put out, a habit to always carry a charge they have already purchased.
3. The lack of prospective USB Type-C
Speaking of charging. Many iPhone owners familiar with the situation when the Lightning cables are broken, one after another, and they are not cheap. In the days of the iPhone 5S proprietary connector for charging could be justified by the fact that the Lightning cable is a two-way, so it is more convenient than a universal and universally common micro-USB (and even Apple just likes to control everything). But now for the contact of the plug into the socket on the third attempt, you can forget and with devices equipped with USB Type-C. Why not use this technology in the new iPhone? Oh yes, control ...
4. The broad scope of
While gadgets manufacturers demonstrate trends with increasingly thin frame and even displays, "crawl" on the brink of all Apple smartphones flaunt very free space around the screen. And if the sixth-generation iPhones framework was not as noticeable due to the curved glass and rounded shape of ribs, the SE looks like a visitor from the past.
5. Memory cards are not supported
Version 16 GB of memory is in the Russian online store Apple 37990 rubles, and 64 GB will have to pay is already 47990. opportunity to increase the memory at the expense of a replacement card no. The options on the 32 and 128 GB are not. 48 thousand for iPhone SE - too expensive. A point in buying a smartphone capable of recording 4K video, but having only 16 GB - too little for any price.
6. Inability to work as a removable disk
Position Apple on this issue of principle: their gadgets can not be directly connected to a PC, they, unlike the Android-devices are not designated as a flash card. Such a possibility appears after the jailbreak, but this risk and loss of warranty. Best friend of Apple - iTunes program that allows you to synchronize media files between iPhone and PC. But you still do not see where they lie - iOS file system is closed.
At the same time, any Android-smartphone, you can connect to your computer and simply drag a file or a folder.
7. There is no support for two SIM
Support for smartphones two SIM-cards has long been a must for all manufacturers point. For all but Apple: iPhone at all, you can put only one card nano-SIM format. So fans of "apple" products often can be seen with two phones: the work requires two or even more rooms, but only one on the iPhone can be used, period.
8. Implementation of little NFC
The new product has a NFC module, but it works only with the payment system Apple Pay, which has not yet come to Russia. So what is the use of "apple" implementation NFC no. While on Android-devices, short-range communication technology is used in full.
9. Lack of 3D Touch
This function has remained the prerogative of the top Apple devices - at the moment the glass with the recognition of pressing force is only a flagship iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. And I would like to get for the money, if not exhaustive, at least to an impressive array of flagship "features." What impresses more opportunity to weigh the fruit on your smartphone's screen (sarcasm)?
10. No Stereo
While many smart phones on other platforms for a long time are equipped with stereo speakers, SE, as well as all previous generation iPhone, got mono - Do not be fooled there are two grids on the bottom, it's beauty. They say, the iPhone 7 tradition finally interrupted, and the smartphone will receive stereo. Well, let's wait another six months.
11. There is no protection against dust and moisture
Dropped iPhone in the bathroom? Congratulations, you can run for the new. Assembling the iPhone is excellent, but the open connectors and speakers do not give it in the water no chance of survival, while other companies flagship feature a no (mostly no), but protection. By the way, from the dust and sand "apple" technique it is also desirable to protect.
12. There is no built-in wireless charging
"Airborne" transmission of electricity is becoming as commonplace as Wi-Fi, however, charge a new iPhone is offered in the old way. Qi standard is officially supported by the majority of manufacturers of mobile devices, from giants to the kids, but Apple now kept away from progress. Indeed, why all this Satan-charging, better go and buy some more cables Lightning.
13. You can not install third-party contacts and dialer
Well, that at least the keyboard can be changed to a more comfortable than full-time (by the way, if you iPhone - we recommend to do so). A "dialer" and use such contacts have, as they conceived to Apple, even if you do not like it - no way to set the others do not.
14. No optical stabilization
Once the flagship Apple has become two, the usual and more, it turned out that some interesting and useful features gets only the older 5.5-inch version. For example, many bought iPhone 6 Plus or 6S Plus due to the large battery. Also, the camera "plus" version has an optical stabilization, while a mere 6 and 6S digital content to - less effective, as shown by tests. And since the iPhone SE received the "stuffing" of 6S, he, too, remained without adequate stabilization system, which means that less high-quality photography.
15. Retina Display is not in the HD version
And there are questions to screen new items. If due to the small diagonal pixel density per inch iPhone SE have turned out the same as in the flagship 6S (326 ppi), the viewing angles are simply unacceptable for the flagship 2016: in the sixth generation, is equipped with a display Retina HD, they are much better. A new iPhone 5S inherited from conventional got Retina display with a resolution of 1136h650.
16. The old version of the Touch ID
On SE installed fingerprint scanner of the first generation, while the 6S and 6S Plus is already equipped with the second generation of Touch ID, which sounds much more quickly. But what to say, considerably faster fingerprint sensors work on many of today's devices, even the middle segment.
results
There is an annoying feeling that the new iPhone - it's not quite "flagship cheaply" as its positioning and product purification warehouse with outdated components. So, Apple offers us under the name of the SE to acquire a copy of the iPhone iPhone 5S iPhone 6 at a price - for 37990 rubles in Russia. The usual 5S, which has become a classic, you can buy at the same version Rostest for 25 thousand rubles, and yet avoid possible problems with the battery. And you can completely forget about iPhones until something really decent, and buy Android-smartphone, spending less and gaining more.
And what you do not like Apple iPhone? We offer to share something about these smartphones in the comments.
During 2015, Apple sold more than 30 million chetyrёhdyuymovyh smartphones, which include the iPhone 5S and budget iPhone 5C. Having concluded that the users like small smart phones, the company is back on two years ago and released a long-awaited innovation in the housing, an identical 5S. Yes, without any changes. Still not changed its iPhone 5S even "six"? Do not worry, from March 21 to you again the owner of a fashionable gadget. The only way to stand out - to buy a new iPhone in a pink case, to which in 2013 still have not guessed.
Release novelty in design is irrelevant - it's weird. We loved 5S, but much has been done over the appearance of the sixth generation of "apple smartphones", the iPhone today all already looks that way. Why go back to the past stage?
2. Weak battery
Good, powerful "hardware" of the iPhone 6S (recall that in 2015, he became the most productive smartphone) placed in the body of the 5S. But, as we recall, earlier "small» iPhone run out of steam by the middle of the day. The battery is the same iPhone SE increased by only 82 mAh. Reporters have not yet tested the new product on the battery life, but the result can be predicted is not very good. However, iPhone users this will most likely not be put out, a habit to always carry a charge they have already purchased.
3. The lack of prospective USB Type-C
Speaking of charging. Many iPhone owners familiar with the situation when the Lightning cables are broken, one after another, and they are not cheap. In the days of the iPhone 5S proprietary connector for charging could be justified by the fact that the Lightning cable is a two-way, so it is more convenient than a universal and universally common micro-USB (and even Apple just likes to control everything). But now for the contact of the plug into the socket on the third attempt, you can forget and with devices equipped with USB Type-C. Why not use this technology in the new iPhone? Oh yes, control ...
While gadgets manufacturers demonstrate trends with increasingly thin frame and even displays, "crawl" on the brink of all Apple smartphones flaunt very free space around the screen. And if the sixth-generation iPhones framework was not as noticeable due to the curved glass and rounded shape of ribs, the SE looks like a visitor from the past.
5. Memory cards are not supported
Version 16 GB of memory is in the Russian online store Apple 37990 rubles, and 64 GB will have to pay is already 47990. opportunity to increase the memory at the expense of a replacement card no. The options on the 32 and 128 GB are not. 48 thousand for iPhone SE - too expensive. A point in buying a smartphone capable of recording 4K video, but having only 16 GB - too little for any price.
6. Inability to work as a removable disk
Position Apple on this issue of principle: their gadgets can not be directly connected to a PC, they, unlike the Android-devices are not designated as a flash card. Such a possibility appears after the jailbreak, but this risk and loss of warranty. Best friend of Apple - iTunes program that allows you to synchronize media files between iPhone and PC. But you still do not see where they lie - iOS file system is closed.
At the same time, any Android-smartphone, you can connect to your computer and simply drag a file or a folder.
7. There is no support for two SIM
Support for smartphones two SIM-cards has long been a must for all manufacturers point. For all but Apple: iPhone at all, you can put only one card nano-SIM format. So fans of "apple" products often can be seen with two phones: the work requires two or even more rooms, but only one on the iPhone can be used, period.
8. Implementation of little NFC
The new product has a NFC module, but it works only with the payment system Apple Pay, which has not yet come to Russia. So what is the use of "apple" implementation NFC no. While on Android-devices, short-range communication technology is used in full.
This function has remained the prerogative of the top Apple devices - at the moment the glass with the recognition of pressing force is only a flagship iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. And I would like to get for the money, if not exhaustive, at least to an impressive array of flagship "features." What impresses more opportunity to weigh the fruit on your smartphone's screen (sarcasm)?
While many smart phones on other platforms for a long time are equipped with stereo speakers, SE, as well as all previous generation iPhone, got mono - Do not be fooled there are two grids on the bottom, it's beauty. They say, the iPhone 7 tradition finally interrupted, and the smartphone will receive stereo. Well, let's wait another six months.
11. There is no protection against dust and moisture
Dropped iPhone in the bathroom? Congratulations, you can run for the new. Assembling the iPhone is excellent, but the open connectors and speakers do not give it in the water no chance of survival, while other companies flagship feature a no (mostly no), but protection. By the way, from the dust and sand "apple" technique it is also desirable to protect.
12. There is no built-in wireless charging
"Airborne" transmission of electricity is becoming as commonplace as Wi-Fi, however, charge a new iPhone is offered in the old way. Qi standard is officially supported by the majority of manufacturers of mobile devices, from giants to the kids, but Apple now kept away from progress. Indeed, why all this Satan-charging, better go and buy some more cables Lightning.
13. You can not install third-party contacts and dialer
Well, that at least the keyboard can be changed to a more comfortable than full-time (by the way, if you iPhone - we recommend to do so). A "dialer" and use such contacts have, as they conceived to Apple, even if you do not like it - no way to set the others do not.
Once the flagship Apple has become two, the usual and more, it turned out that some interesting and useful features gets only the older 5.5-inch version. For example, many bought iPhone 6 Plus or 6S Plus due to the large battery. Also, the camera "plus" version has an optical stabilization, while a mere 6 and 6S digital content to - less effective, as shown by tests. And since the iPhone SE received the "stuffing" of 6S, he, too, remained without adequate stabilization system, which means that less high-quality photography.
15. Retina Display is not in the HD version
And there are questions to screen new items. If due to the small diagonal pixel density per inch iPhone SE have turned out the same as in the flagship 6S (326 ppi), the viewing angles are simply unacceptable for the flagship 2016: in the sixth generation, is equipped with a display Retina HD, they are much better. A new iPhone 5S inherited from conventional got Retina display with a resolution of 1136h650.
16. The old version of the Touch ID
On SE installed fingerprint scanner of the first generation, while the 6S and 6S Plus is already equipped with the second generation of Touch ID, which sounds much more quickly. But what to say, considerably faster fingerprint sensors work on many of today's devices, even the middle segment.
results
There is an annoying feeling that the new iPhone - it's not quite "flagship cheaply" as its positioning and product purification warehouse with outdated components. So, Apple offers us under the name of the SE to acquire a copy of the iPhone iPhone 5S iPhone 6 at a price - for 37990 rubles in Russia. The usual 5S, which has become a classic, you can buy at the same version Rostest for 25 thousand rubles, and yet avoid possible problems with the battery. And you can completely forget about iPhones until something really decent, and buy Android-smartphone, spending less and gaining more.
And what you do not like Apple iPhone? We offer to share something about these smartphones in the comments.