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It's debatable whether it has better hardware. The iPhone SE has a faster processor than any Android phone in the world. Also, where in the world is an iPhone

It's debatable whether it has better hardware. The iPhone SE has a faster processor than any Android phone in the world. Also, where in the world is an iPhone SE ($399 USD) cheaper than a OnePlus 8 ($699 USD)?

nromiun 6y ago
I doubt a few percent increase in CPU power can make up for the only camera, those huge bezels, the abysmal battery life (mrwhoistheboss got only 3 hours of SOT). It starts at exactly the same price in India (about 41k rupees - 590 dollars). Shocking isn't it?
- saagarjha 6y ago
  iPhone SE is at least 50-70% faster than top-of-the-line Android phones, and there's no way that its actual battery life would be 3 hours. Also, the phone comes with iOS.
  - nromiun 6y ago
    The Geekbench5(multicore) scores for SD865 and A13 are 3463 and 3517 respectively. How did you get a 70%(!!!) percent difference? Can you give a source? Of course the actual battery life would be much better then just the SOT. But still it gives an indication of how quickly you are going to drain it with your usage. For me it's unlikely to last more then 6 hours. Which is way worse then any phone I have used in the last 5 years. And regarding iOS, that's exactly the point I was making in my first comment. Despite the ridiculous price in some countries people will still buy it because it is the cheapest iPhone.
    - saagarjha 6y ago
      > The Geekbench5(multicore) scores for SD865 and A13 are 3463 and 3517 respectively. How did you get a 70%(!!!) percent difference? Single core. For most tasks I think that’s the better measure, anyways. > For me it's unlikely to last more then 6 hours. I don’t know what you’d have to be doing to make it do that; maybe keep the screen at full brightness with GPS on?
      - nromiun 6y ago
        That's the thing though. I can do all that and more on the OnePlus 8 and it will still give me more then 2 days of battery life. The only pro of the iPhone SE is that it is the cheapest iPhone. If it was an Android phone (even with the processor) nobody would pay more then 200 dollars for it.

nromiun 6y ago

I doubt a few percent increase in CPU power can make up for the only camera, those huge bezels, the abysmal battery life (mrwhoistheboss got only 3 hours of SOT). It starts at exactly the same price in India (about 41k rupees - 590 dollars). Shocking isn't it?

saagarjha 6y ago
iPhone SE is at least 50-70% faster than top-of-the-line Android phones, and there's no way that its actual battery life would be 3 hours. Also, the phone comes with iOS.
- nromiun 6y ago
  The Geekbench5(multicore) scores for SD865 and A13 are 3463 and 3517 respectively. How did you get a 70%(!!!) percent difference? Can you give a source? Of course the actual battery life would be much better then just the SOT. But still it gives an indication of how quickly you are going to drain it with your usage. For me it's unlikely to last more then 6 hours. Which is way worse then any phone I have used in the last 5 years. And regarding iOS, that's exactly the point I was making in my first comment. Despite the ridiculous price in some countries people will still buy it because it is the cheapest iPhone.
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    > The Geekbench5(multicore) scores for SD865 and A13 are 3463 and 3517 respectively. How did you get a 70%(!!!) percent difference? Single core. For most tasks I think that’s the better measure, anyways. > For me it's unlikely to last more then 6 hours. I don’t know what you’d have to be doing to make it do that; maybe keep the screen at full brightness with GPS on?
    - nromiun 6y ago
      That's the thing though. I can do all that and more on the OnePlus 8 and it will still give me more then 2 days of battery life. The only pro of the iPhone SE is that it is the cheapest iPhone. If it was an Android phone (even with the processor) nobody would pay more then 200 dollars for it.