Updated August 20. Originally on August 19.
It’s the mid-range smartphone summer. As the economy contracts under the effect of Covid-19, smartphone brands are putting more emphasis on the mid-range market to locate growth. While Android is set in this space, it was Apple’s wonderful release of iPhone SE in the spring that set the benchmark.
August 20 update: With the release of Google Pixel 4a earlier this month, Apple’s iPhone SE now has Google’s “direct competitor.” Of course, clashes are now taking place. Lynn La for CNet stands out between the two phones:
“That means more commitments than the iPhone SE and has fewer features than its older brother, the Pixel 4. It has no wireless charging or water resistance, for example, and has the least resistant Snapdragon 730G processor.”
The 730G of the Pixel 4a is one step ahead of the 735G used by many mid-range phones. This low-performance processor may not have a massive effect on Pixel functionality at this time, but will it be able to cope with software updates in two or 3 years? Given Apple’s increased help for their phones, using the existing A13 bodes well.
Most Android brands strongly advertise their smartphones in the $400 area with phones designed to provide the right functionality in the genuine world without breaking the bank. Take the OnePlus North phone. Although this brings the Shenzhen-based company back to the “flagship killer” area that once ran, compared to this summer’s OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro, it’s priced at $379 here in the UK.
Google’s Pixel 4a takes a look. It abandons a series of key expectations (such as 5g) to offer a device that meets the desires of a wide variety of consumers, starting at 349 euros.
This is where the iPhone SE fits in. Not only did it capture the merit of the first to arrive with its release in April, but it also prevailed over the Android festival in this area thanks to an undeniable resolution by Apple.
It’s much harder than Android devices can imagine.
It’s no secret: Apple has a great thrill in telling consumers that the mid-range iPhone SE’s A13 Bionic chip is the same chip as the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro. Although some of the iPhone SE’s specifications have decreased slightly (I’m looking for you, RAM), there is a great possibility of using the A13, which adds the longevity of the phone. Expect more apple updates than the popular two years of Android.
The iPhone SE also benefits from the tight integration of A13 hardware with iOS software. Where Android has to host a variety of chipsets on your phone, whether it’s the graphics processor, processor, memory, storage, etc., iOS only has to manage a very limited variety of options, all controlled through Apple.
This gives you your own gain of functionality in addition to the chip functionality.
With most Android devices from Qualcomm’s SnapDragon architecture, none of the mid-range phones have any of the high-end 8xx processors. While the tastes of the 765G are competent and offer enough power, the iPhone SE with the A13 has a little more reserve.
Apple will increase processor strength next month with the expected release of the iPhone 12 Family Circle and related A14 Bionic chip (especially if it achieves the 30-40% functionality gains that have been evaluated), but for now, the iPhone SE walks smoothly alongside the iPhone 11.
The iPhone 12 can paint in front of the SE, but with an army of slower Android devices, the iPhone SE is still for me one of the key phones of 2020. The iPhone 12 may be the phone that shows what Apple is capable of. However, the iPhone SE is the phone that will attract more users and increase Apple’s market share by 2020 and beyond.
Learn more about the effect of the iPhone SE 2020 when it launches…