The iPhone SE (2020) is priced starting at Rs. 42,500 in India and offers a lot of features plus a powerful processor, but its design might put a lot of buyers off.
iPhone SE (2020) is an extremely important product for Apple in India, and we’ve finally got our hands on it. The launch of this new phone based on an old design, at (what Apple considers) the low starting price of Rs. 42,500, has set off a firestorm of comments from Gadgets 360 readers and viewers, and opinions are quite split. While Apple hopes to tempt buyers who couldn’t otherwise afford an iPhone, the price is still too high for many people to stomach, and the iPhone XR doesn’t cost that much more.
On one hand, we have the prospect of the class-leading Apple A13 Bionic processor, the slick iOS 13 with updates likely for years, Apple’s ecosystem of services, and various other features that match the current-gen iPhone 11 (Review) and iPhone 11 Pro (Review). On the other, we have a dated design, small screen, and a single rear camera, all at three times the cost of a perfectly good Android phone.
The iPhone SE (2020) looks nearly identical to the iPhone 8 (Review), and in fact, the body has pretty much been recycled without anything other than colours to help you distinguish between them. Silver, Space Grey and Gold have been replaced by simpler White, Black, and (Product)RED options. All three have black front faces, which gives the White version an especially striking look. The glass back is the same, and thankfully so is the IP67 water and dust resistance.
