Play 5G iPhone SE 3 with A15 chip from $3699 - 20220402 - Supplement - Daily Ming Pao

The price of the iPhone has always been high, but Apple has also introduced the SE series that is cost-effective in recent years, giving fruit fans more choices. The iPhone SE 3 (2022), which was launched earlier, starts at $3699, which is a lot cheaper than the iPhone 13 (starting at $6799) and iPhone 13 mini (starting at $5999). However, what is the difference between the iPhone SE 3 and the iPhone 13 in terms of functionality?

Keep Home button fingerprint unlock

The iPhone SE 3 follows Apple’s most classic “small machine” design. The appearance is similar to the previous generation SE 2, but it has a built-in A15 Bionic chip of the same level as the iPhone 13 series. It also supports 5G networks. It can be regarded as Apple’s cheapest 5G mobile phone. The iPhone SE 3 is designed with aerospace industry-grade aluminum and glass. The front and back are made of the same glass material as the iPhone 13. The waterproof and dustproof rating is IP67. Most especially, the iPhone SE 3 retains the Home button and Touch ID, and now it is necessary to wear a mask every day. It may be more convenient to unlock with a fingerprint or pay with Apple Pay than face recognition.

The chip and the 13 series have similar performance benchmarks

The iPhone SE 3 is equipped with the same A15 Bionic chip as the iPhone 13 series, which makes it very smooth to open apps or handle complex tasks. A15 Bionic has a built-in 6-core CPU, including 2 high-efficiency cores and 4 energy-saving cores, plus a built-in 16-core neural network engine, which can process 15.8 trillion operations per second, bringing a faster machine for third-party applications Learn to operate. The reporter used Antutu and Geekbench 5 to test the iPhone SE 3 and iPhone 13. The iPhone SE 3 scored about 760,000 points in Antutu. Geekbench 5 scored 1741 for single-core running, 4594 for multi-core running, and 13,208 for GPU running; The iPhone 13 scored about 810,000 points in Antutu, Geekbench 5 scored 1731 in the single-core test, 4694 in the multi-core test, and 13,623 in the GPU test. It can be seen that the performance of the two machines is similar.

In terms of battery life, although the iPhone SE 3 is much lighter (144g/173g) and has less power than the iPhone 13, thanks to the deep integration of the A15 Bionic chip and the iOS 15 system, the iPhone SE 3 has a slightly shorter battery life than the previous generation SE 2. The improvement (the battery life of continuous video playback, from 13 hours to 15 hours), is only 4 hours different from the iPhone 13, which is generally enough for 1 day of use. In addition to Qi wireless charging, iPhone SE 3 can also be equipped with a 20W Fire Bull, which is half full in 30 minutes.

The new shooting functions are complete, but the ultra-wide angle is lacking

Many users care about the shooting function. At first glance, the iPhone SE 3 maintains the 12-megapixel F1.8 aperture wide-angle lens of the previous generation, and there is no progress; but also with the blessing of the A15 Bionic, it can provide more powerful computational photography advantages, such as smart HDR 4, “photography style” , “Deep Fusion”, etc., these shooting technologies are on par with the iPhone 13: Smart HDR 4 uses AI technology to layer the subject and background, and the color, contrast and noise are better adjusted; Home applies personal photo preferences to each photo, and it is different from ordinary filters. It uses AI to make appropriate adjustments to different parts of the photo, so as to keep the skin color of the portrait from changing excessively; “Deep Fusion” uses advanced The advanced machine learning technology processes the pixels one by one on the photo, and the texture, detail and noise processing have excellent results.

Of course, it’s only about half the price of the iPhone 13, and there will always be some trade-offs. The screen of the iPhone SE 3 is only 4.7 inches, which is indeed much thinner than the 6.1 inches of the iPhone 13. In addition, the iPhone 13 has a dual-lens back, which can be switched to an ultra-wide-angle lens when shooting landscapes, making the framing more flexible.

In addition, for users who need to use two sim cards, the iPhone SE 3 only corresponds to a single sim card, which is also a major disadvantage. But all in all, more than 3,000 yuan can play the flagship iPhone performance, and it has TouchID, which is very sufficient and affordable for ordinary users.