This guy gets it! There is a huge disconnect between tech KZfaqrs and average users. I love my iPhone SE. it’s such a minimalist powerhouse of a device.

Got my SE3 back in December and it is still at 100 percent with the battery I am not a heavy user either and it really got on my nerves how some these tech tubers have bashed such an amazing phone I am really happy with my purchase

Thanks for doing this phone justice. I much prefer this “outdated” design to the latest one. The larger bezels give you a place to rest your fingers without disturbing the screen and I love the home button which I know many people with the more expensive models miss. Touch ID is also a big bonus of course.

I'm into smaller phones, that's why I always buy the minis and the SEs. I'm not really into taking photos with my phone because I have camera for that purpose. I basically use my smartphone for apps like banking, music and videos - just the basic entertainment apps that don't require super features. I can afford to buy the latest iPhone Pro or Pro Max, but I'd rather buy the latest SE and save money. I hope Apple continues to make SEs.

Thank you for this video. After watching this I bought my first iPhone last week after 15 years of Android with huge screens and batteries. You might think I’m crazy but I could have got the 12 (or the Pixel 7a with free Pixel Buds) but went for this instead. I’m absolutely loving my SE. I love the bezels and the home button and the fact I can drop it into my pocket and not feel it there. It feels like a little gadget from Star Trek. I’m so sick of identical rectangular screen slabs. This makes me excited about phones again in a way that I haven’t felt since 15 years ago when I bought the first Google phone that had the physical slide out keyboard. When phones all looked different. Long live the SE. We’ve forgotten how fun small things were.

I actually recently downgraded from a 14 Pro Max to the SE 2020 edition. Although these latest high shelf devices are so feature rich the reality of constant usability is overblown. I have to say in all the time I used the 14 I rarely used much if any of it. It's kinda like the person who buys the latest 80k $ Truck with the intention of using it to move everyone but never puts even a box in the back of it to haul. That's essentially my experience with these latest,greatest phones. The SE is perfect in its minimalist design and is really packed with features and hardware for its price. It has basically all the features you could want for a $200 phone (you can pick em up all over for 100 and change now swappa etc) and most importantly it allows you to access all the favorites naturally as with the others. Face-time, icloud, apple music and arcade are no problem for this phone. Its the best of 3 worlds. Low price, functions of an apple phone and then some and fits easily in your pocket. My biggest reason for picking up one of these also was I was always freaking out about where my $1000 phone was and not wanting to loose it (Yes I'm off the grid) at times. These are perfect for the apple music library, battery life and remote mountain hiking.

I've been using the SE3 for a year (is there already that many), I bought a cover with magsafe magnetic rings, so I have all the functionality of the big brothers (magsafe wallet, magsafe battery pack...)... For me, SE3 has no flaws!

Amazing video ! I have the SE 2020 and living my life perfectly with it. Tech youtubers are just so narcissistic, they can have all the phones they desire, and always seek more and more. We are happily satisfied with what we got👌🏻

Good one. This was needed in 2023. People simply disregard the SE 3 , but it’s a great phone for a everyday user.

I’m actually sad they stopped making it because it’s their last LCD display phone and I can’t use OLED because the PWM flicker gives me seizures.

Dude! Thank you for the tips and apps! Especially the MagSafe case! I got the SE 2022 last week to replace my SE first Gen and I'm loving it. For the record I also have an iPhone 11 Pro as my main work phone, but the SE 2022 is my personal private line.

Thank you for seeing the good in older phones. You are right on point about the super tech KZfaqrs bashing the older phones. Love my SE!

This video was great. Not unnecessarily long and straight to the point!

So refreshing! An everyday phone user giving his honest opinion, as opposed to one who was perhaps gifted 5 different phones and reviews them for a living; often without the genuine connection with average real world users. There is room for new tech lovers and lesser tech lovers. Some live for the latest tech, and that is fine, whilst others just want the tech to fade into the background so they can get on with living … Apple’s greatest gift to us is it’s IOS, how we choose to experience it is part of the varied tapestry of life!

I just went out and bought the iPhone SE 3 today. I had the iPhone 12 mini from new but after about two years of use the battery is shot. As mentioned in the video it was a common problem with the mini. As much I liked that phone it was getting to the point of being barely usable. Also my first iPhone was the SE first generation from 2016!! I loved that thing and still have it around.

Great video. I agree with your thoughts. The SE 2022 has served me well and performs well. Tech reviewers don’t give some products a fair shake.

I have an iPhone SE 2022 and I love it. I wish it wasn’t going away.

I'm using the galaxy s21 fe right now. I kinda wanna switch to an SE 2022 (or 2020). I had an iPhone 7. I love the design because it's smaller and it is definitely enough for me. But it had a small storage capacity and the performance wasn't enough to play games so I switched to my aunt's S21 FE. I realized I really do love that design. I'm satisfied with the 720p display, that small screen and those bezels. I guess I just really found a size that's good for me.

Good stuff! Just to point out though, while it is an A15, the 14 has the overclocked version from the 13 pro. You honestly wont notice a difference though since Apple phones have so much overhead for power. Another thing is that, at the time of this writing, multiple sources have stated that the SE series will have physical features from either the XR or the mini series, more likely the former. Other than that, great video man! Love the cinematography

Got my mum one of these (SE2) to upgrade her from the 6S. It's all she needs, for a relatively novice tech user the big iPhones would just confuse her I think. I'm glad they still make an older-style iPhone that just about anyone, whatever your tech level can use.

Excellent, excellent, excellent. As an iPhone SE 22 user and lover, I thank you for this. Just let us enjoy our stuff!

Thanks for your video! I’m still on a SE 1 since 6 years. And love it so far. Slowly I think about a new phone and there is the SE 3. I don‘t need crazy flagship performance but techyoutubers say we need always the biggest and best Smartphone all 2 years. Thank you for showing the other side. ❤

100% agree, thank you for the video!

I’m just really happy that he started by calling out the negativity and had a positive frame of mind from the start! 🙌👏

I love your review. Make perfect sense & delivered useful info. I have been using iphone se 2020 as my primary phone for 3 years and my battery is still at 84% and recently bought iphone se 2022 just incase Apple do no produce phone with home button anymore. I ever used iphone X and iphone 11 but still preferred iphone SE. Everyone have their own preference and I realized that I am a home button person & not a fan of huge phone at the same time. Iphone SE ia a great compact phone which I referred as Simple but Neat. Keep it up bro👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

your music is amazing its making me fall asleep, great video btw too

Your videos are fricking amazing and love the review

What a great video! The SE is a nice budget option. This model has the A15 chip. It’s also in the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14. Yes you read that right. PS I heard the SE4 is back in development too

Just got one with straight talk. $149. Really can’t beat it. I like having money in my bank account instead of spending it on latest $1,000 portable computer

Awesome video. Me personally I've had every SE and they all were fantastic. This 2022 version in particular because of having 5g and better battery life. I've always said the SE line is for those that want touch ID and a retro iPhone. Tech reviewers often lose sight of the value it offers with the a15 chip and the features it brings. I wound up loving the SE 2020 design and that carrief over to the 2022 version too. It's a shame they'll probably use a Face ID model on the next one instead of Touch ID which was a huge selling point for me.

I love this review because you’re the first guy who said exactly what I’ve been saying for a long time. This is exactly how I feel about the SE. I love it. BTW I don’t subscribe to very many channels, but I just subscribed to yours.

I currently have a 14 pro and I’m struggling to find the value in it. I’ve been considering going to the SE.

I hear you Alex. I upgraded from my iPhone 12 pro max to the se3 6 months ago. And couldn’t be happier.

I bought an iPhone SE 3rd gen (256gb) to replace my iPad Air 2 that doesn't perform well at all nowadays. I used my iPad mostly for mobile gaming. Since Apple doesn't care about iPod Touch and never got to make a bigger than 4 inches iPod, I took this iPhone and it does really well. It's powerful as hell. It runs anything I throw at it PERFECTLY ! And since it has a rather low resolution screen, it actually outperforms the iPhone 15 Plus my best friend have. The only slight issues are : 1) The battery life when gaming. It's not amazing. (But coming from my 9 years old iPad Air 2 battery, it actually does better lol.) 2) The device can get quite hot when pushed with the most intensive games. But that's an issue with most if not all iPhones / iPads sadly. (Thermals still seems to be better than any other modern iPhone past iPhone X except the Xr / 11 though, thanks to the PCB design not trapping the SoC between two layers of PCB.) And since the camera is so small, putting a peltier cooler where the SoC is located is possible. And it does help A LOT for long gaming sessions. Anyway, thanks for showing a bit of positivity for this phone. I still wish Apple made an iPhone SE Plus based on the iPhone 8 Plus design, but oh well. I'm very happy with my SE 3rd gen 😁

Great short vid. Thank you.

Sold my iphone 14 pro for se2 and decided to *upgrade* to se3, while having android flagship alongside with se3 to have the BEST of both worlds.

Really good and to the point review. I sometimes use the panoramic feature in the camera app of the SE 3 to simulate a ultra wide shot. I recently “downgraded” from the 14 pro. It’s freeing IMHO.

i have an iphone 5 and i have to get a new one. I held on to this phone as long as i could because i ❤️ the size of it and how much it holds for storage and it's just 64 gig. so i have been researching on another small iphone. it was between the 13 mini and SE 3rd gen. I am glad i saw your video about the case! Yes Apple needs to keep small models and if people would buy them and let them know they probably would. Thanks for the vid

Finally pulled the trigger on this one yesterday after a long, unnecessary deliberation. I think it's gonna be just fine.

this is the most honest tech youtube that i know so far, thanks for the info.

I got this phone a week ago and I’m enjoying it so far. I love the OG design with the home button and the battery isn’t that bad considering how small it is….if only the screen was oled and it had night mode it would be damn near perfect :/

I Feel You. It‘s exactly how you tell us. This Phone is underrated and many People just make hate on this Device. I love mine too🙏🏻💪🏻👍🏻

Thank you for making this video, this is exactly how I feel and I am glad that amongst the tons of bashing videos; this video exists. Not all of us want to spend thousands or have special partnerships and sponsorships to get the latest iPhone every release. Truth is; they only use it once or twice and then onto the next greatest thing… it’s dumb and they don’t get the everyday consumer at all… I love my minimal phone experience; it doesn’t do the bells and whistles but what it is good at is the basics or what I would say I need most; I know I’ve got a solid camera on here; I know my phone will work well and battery life is adequate for my needs; I love how so many tech reviewers also bash the 5G for not being the fancier version of it but guess what? Who cares? I just like that I have faster speeds when browsing the web now and I like that I didn’t have to give my life savings away for that experience. Again; thank you for this; I hope you continue to make videos like this in the future ❤

Finally an honest positive video on this device, I am a tech nerd and this is my dream phone but all the people I talk to or see talking about it online are negative about it. While it looks """"outdated"""" I think the SE looks WAY better than any other iPhone and what may be the last home button iPhone and with touch ID it is a no-brainer for me. I know people will just say get the 8 or SE 2 but the newer chip will give me longer software support and without doxing myself I could take advantage of the 5G seeing as I have not had good experiences with 4G thus. far.

Thank you so much for this video!! SE is an awesome phone!!

Hi Alex! First of all what a great video and regards from Mexico! I was remembering when on 2022 I was deciding on buying the iPhone SE 3rd gen or the iPhone 13 Mini and at the end I chose the 13 Mini due to many features such as the cameras, MagSafe and Face ID but, I realized I don’t take a lot of pictures and I really miss the Touch ID but the main reason is how thin this iPhone SE is. I’m very happy with my13 Mini but it was a very difficult decision when I bought it cause my previous phone was an iPhone SE 1st gen and I loved the form factor and design.

Funny thing. You probably weren't around when the only thing the guys at the office bragged about having the smallest was their cell phone. They went from the brick to the best little flip phone, Motorola Razr. Then the cell grew to the size of a small tablet. Love my newly acquired Se3.

Ended up grabbing the 13 mini but the SE 2022 was almost what I went with! ❤

Thanks for this video, which was (somewhat creepily) the first video listed in my KZfaq feed after just now buying a refurbished SE 2022 on Ebay for half the price of a new one. This is to replace my iPhone 8 Plus that has a dying battery, a cracked screen and no iOS 17. It's meant as a stopgap until I can clear the credit for an iPhone 15 Pro, but who knows, maybe I'll get to love the SE and not want to part ways until that dies too.

Thank you!!! I love and completely agree with everything you said. It's sad that others don't get the point of the SE. Great review. I rarely give Thumbs Up but you nailed it.

ok dude you just pushed me from buying iphone 13 mini to iphone se 3... now gotta get the magsafe case....

Damn, great video! Watching this on my iPhone SE 2022.

This is last compact phone that any mobile company could make......We Must thank apple for making this phone with this model even this day

Good video! Serious question. Which would you choose, an iPhone SE 2022 at $400 or an iPhone 11 at $500? Both new and 64 GB.

Thank you shout out from iPhone SE lover here ❤

Thank you so much for this video. I am a tech reviewer, but I don’t go for the latest upgrades every year. I am actually planning to sell my iPhone 12 Pro Max and get an iPhone SE 3. I recommended it for my mother and my cousin and I love the old-school form factor. I had an iPhone 7 Plus for over five years. The only reason why I had to upgrade is because I dropped my phone and the sound card broke 😭. I could not find anyone that was willing to fix it but I was wanting to keep the phone for longer. It was in great shape otherwise. Thank you so much for this video because the iPhone SE is a great deal and it does everything every other iPhone does pretty much. Some people like to get caught up in the hype of the latest and the greatest but I’m not like that. I like to be somewhat practical.

I agree!! I miss the home button and actually want to switch to the se from a 12 mini

Really does suck that the SE will more than likely be no more.. I’ve owned a Product Red SE3 since early September and it’s done everything I could possibly ask of it in a Smartphone and far surpassed my expectations! The same chipset used that was in the 13’s has made this little device practically un-freezable, 5G service works flawlessly in my area, it’s old school TouchID design reminds me of times long past and in all honestly, paying a little under $430 for a brand new, out the box iPhone makes cheapskates like me happy 😂 My only minor annoyance with it would perhaps be the battery life, but it’s totally livable! So really, I’m not all that surprised that a lot of these well known reviewers on here trash talk the SE so much. It’s a future-proof, well put together but miserly on features type of device. Something they absolutely find reprehensible in the tech world. If what they’re reviewing doesn’t have a minimum 2 camera modules, an OLED display, a battery with at least 3000mAh in capacity and a starting price of no less than $800 new, it’s garbage to them… as are the people who’d consider them 😂 Oh well. If I destroy this phone by the time Apple axes the SE altogether, guess I’m going back to buying a 2-3 year old standard issue device of theirs that’s been refurbished and sold on Amazon…

Hello Alex - Maybe ask which magsafe charger you slapped on the back of the phone for this video? Great and down to earth video and a new subscriber. Thanks

As crazy as it may sound....I might possibly be trading my iphone 11 for the se3. I've always loved this phone, solid specs, still a great camera and a lot more future proof compared to my 11. I was originally wanting to trade for the 12 mini but every post I seen of one had less battery percentage health than my 11 (currently 85% health). So the Se3 is still looking like a solid option

Price? With tax brother please tell me price

Well said. I have a 13 Mini, and I love it.

I'm a little late to the party. Anyway, a few months ago I purchased a new iPhone SE 2 (2020) on sale. I was not perfectly happy with the battery life. I recently updated to iOS 16.4.1 and the battery life has increased quite a bit. Strangely, it takes a bit longer to charge but I'm happy with the battery life now. Now I only with I had gone with more storage. Also, I am new to iOS and quite like it. EDIT: I love the "outdated" design.

I'm just waiting until September to trade my iPhone 14 Pro back in. It's been so glitchy and all, I'm constantly rebooting or restarting. Never had those problems with my SE. Apple just needs to update the camera on the SE, give it magsafe technology and LEAVE the damn home button alone!!! LOL. IMO, the home-button will always be more intuitive than Face ID - great video Alex!!!

I completely agree. I’m using the 2020 SE and love it so I’m sure the 2022 SE is great, I just don’t really have a reason to upgrade yet. I’m even using a 2016 SE (that has had the battery replaced) for an iPod and it is still incredibly smooth.

Awesome review, and I agree.

Wholeheartedly agree. There should be options for everyone. I prefer simple!

It’s a great phone for the everyday user, if you use the phone for your business and need the extra capacity and ability to then it’s available. I bought one of these for my wife and a year later needed to replace my outdated phone and got one also. Love it and the battery life is great.

Praise, i love the classic look

It’s a vintage design that looks beautiful

Glad to have come across this video,as i couldnt make up my mind for buying an SE 2022...all doubt's gone now...SE 2022 it is 🙂

Using iPhone11pro since the launch. Looking to upgrade my phone. But most of options in the market rn are iPhone with face ID and they r so heavy.. i miss touch ID and lightweight of 6 series..

I have a iPhone 13 pro max sitting in the drawer, using the iphone SE 2020 with the A-13 bionic chip. A Fast & Convenient run around phone.

of all the iPhone SE reviews I've seen on KZfaq, this is the only 1 I'm bookmarking and instantly become a fan of.

Alex would you please help me 🙂. I'm confused between iPhone SE 2022 and iPhone 12 minu . It'll be my secondary phone. Which one should I purchase?

i've got the iphone se 2022, it's wonderful. it's the first iphone i've ever had, and i love it.

You just touched on a bigger issue in the tech KZfaq space. They all seem to be singing the same tune. They all saying foldables are the future, but they seem expensive and fragile. They keep wanting to put Mac OS on iPad when tablets with Dex, and Full Windows don’t put a dent into iPad sales. Just in general it’s a circle jerk of narratives. I love seeing new tech, but they all seem stuck on the same narrative and think film editing is the only pro activity one does on their device.

I have SE3 and I really loved it.

I have the same phone coming from a iPhone 13 Pro and 13. I like this a lot more

I feel you brother!!!!!

Got a 12 mini after cracking the home button on my iPhone 8 in 2020 and hated it. Switched to a 3rd Gen SE back in October and haven’t looked back.

Great video here's a thumbs up....where did you get that case?

YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!!! This iPhone is incredible for $429 or with some carriers, $189.99. KZfaqrs just get it wrong (except you), I don't think they understand that everyone doesn't need an iPhone 15 Pro Max and not everybody wants to pay like $1299 for it. You did a spectacular job with this video, keep up making these HONEST and TRUTHFUL tech reviews!

Love this phone and love when other people like it too!

Camera is superb ❤

I'm debating getting either an SE 2020 or 2023, iPhone XR or iPhone 12 Mini. Think I'm going to purchase one of the SE phones. It will last long enough, be small and sleek, last longer same length as 11/13 depending on which one I purchase. Plus they have the same power at a much cheaper price. Now just to decide if I should get the 2020 SE for €189 in excellent condition or the 2022 SE in very good condition for €309. Honestly, both seem worth it imo!

Ive been using SE as my Daily Driver for almost 2 years now,,, BH is 87% now ,,,, im also a heavy user and SE is love And perfect Replacement of My old Iphone 6s ,.., The Way Some of youtubers said its actually not outdated for everyone ,,, It still feels new in performance like When i first bought it

While I overall wouldn’t choose the SE over a flagship model, *most* of the decisions made for cost cutting wouldn’t really bother me much. I don’t really care whether a screen is LCD or OLED. I don’t really care for the “all screen” design, between the notch and curved edges and the aspect ratio that come as a result it’s not really a major improvement. On my iPhone XR, the only issue I really have with the camera is that it gets grainy with digital zoom, I only infrequently wish I had the ultrawide or telephoto lenses. The only reasons why I would never choose to buy an SE (operating under the assumption that the internals are the same as the latest baseline iPhone, which, granted, is only true one year in two) are - I don’t like smaller screens, they’re hard for me to type on accurately - Touch ID doesn’t like me much on any device I’ve used it on, face ID is hard to give up And, well, I could look past those if I had to for budget reasons. You can get a 2022 SE refurbished for under $200, and at that price point it’s an incredible deal. It’s ahead of $1200 Androids in terms of raw CPU speed, which while that’s not everything (OBVIOUSLY it isn’t a better phone overall than an S23 Ultra), raw CPU speed means it’ll never have any hiccups doing day-to-day tasks for years to come.

Apple should pls produce more of iphone SE 3(2022), I love it so much

Also; ANY phone is going to run out of battery if your editing videos on it or whatever…. Again; to the tech KZfaqrs; I’m not editing a video on my phone like that so no; it’s not crap because of that… I also love the older design and having the home button; that’s why I am using this phone!! 😅

Really good phone hands down I got one after I sold my iPhone 13 & this rocks solid ! 128gb works good so far

I loved the mini as I do not like big phones. As a first time Apple user, I went for the SE instead. With the money I saved I bought an Apple watch!

Im using my iPhone 7 for 4 years now, and Im switching soon to se 2023. That’s the best design ever! I don’t need a plasma TV in my pocket that limits my movement!

I'm looking at getting a new phone. The se 2022 was highly recommended for what I need. One of the main things was the size, just right. I am getting tired of being 6" or more; if I wanted a tablet, I'd buy a tablet.

I’m on iPhone 7. Se 2022 would be a big upgrade. With that said, I have a brand new battery installed and I just love it! It’s a 128gb version red. Got it for 150$ with the new battery (Apple Original) Next phone might be the se 2022 with a new battery. I just love the formfactor, wish it would come in white front tho but you can’t have everything

I love my SE 2022,I use it in a seme way as in a video,it serve me well!And I have touch id!

The se 3 is a beast I do think it at least should been in iPhone 8 Plus body. I don’t think there would be much more to complain about then.

I actually have the SE 2022 and it sure doesn’t sucks, I like it, the size of it, great performance to me with that A15 Bionic Chip. It’s a perfect phone to me. I’ve had it since February and it’s still at 100 percent battery health. I like the home button on it,

I got this phone after my iPhone 11 kicked the bucket. It's a great little phone, I'm not a heavy user anymore so it fits my needs. It's difficult to hold a huge phone so this is ideal with my arthritis. It's light weight too so that's grand. My company uses these as work phones too and the are magic. I tried a Samsung but they aren't for me.

Is Apple still making and selling the iPhone SE 3? Thinking of getting one!