Apple iPhone SE Coming to India in April 2016: Key Specs, Features & More!

By Sayan
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Apple has hit the stage at their Cupertino office in US and as expected they have brought their all new iPhone along. Dubbed the iPhone SE, the new smartphone is a simply a 4-inch variant of its bigger brother namely the Apple iPhone 6S.

Apple iPhone SE Coming to India in April 2016: Key Specs & Features

Apple has however kept the design of the iPhone SE similar to the one seen in the two generation old iPhone 5S. Well, it would be safe to assume that Apple is touting the all new smartphone as an 'enhanced' version of the existing iPhone 5S.

Now with a 4-inch Retina Display

Upfront the Apple iPhone SE maintains the 4-inch display real estate of the iPhone 5S, but it is now sharper thanks to a new Retina panel with a resolution of 640x1136 pixels. However, do note the 3D Touch features of the Apple iPhone 6S goes missing in the all new device.

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Surprisingly Apple hasn't played around with the internals of the iPhone, and the much of the specs have been carried over from the flagship iPhone 6S.

Apple iPhone SE Coming to India in April 2016: Key Specs & Features

As powerful as iPhone 6S

Under the hood of the Apple SE is an in-house A9 chip clubbed with a M9 co-processor. This according to Apple translates into a performance boost as high as 2X from the Apple iPhone 5S. Besides that, Apple claims that the all-new budget iPhone has a similar performance as seen in iPhone 6S. Apart from that the Apple iPhone SE features the same 12MP iSight camera capable of capturing 4K videos.

The Live Photos features of the iPhone 6S also carries forward to the 4-inch SE. Besides that, the front selfie camera of the iPhone SE comes with a similar 'Display Flash' feature seen in the bigger and costlier sibling.

Support for Apple Pay

The iPhone SE also sports a TouchID on the front which can again be used for making payments using Apple Pay. For enabling payments via the Apple iPhone SE, the Cupertino giant has integrated a NFC chip on the inside. Incidentally Apple claims that despite all the add horse power the iPhone SE provides a significantly improved battery life over the aging iPhone 5S.

Apple iPhone SE Coming to India in April 2016: Key Specs & Features

Cheapest iPhone till date!

Coming to the pricing, the Apple iPhone SE is the cheapest 'new' iPhone available at just $399 (Rs 25,950 approx.) for the 16GB variant. Users can however, opt for a variant with a 64GB internal storage for a $100 for at $499 (Rs 32,435 approx.) The Apple iPhone 5S is available in an all new Rose Gold variant apart from the existing Grey, Gold and Silver ones.

To hit Indian shores in April

The Cupertino giant will start accepting order for the iPhone SE starting March 24 with the first round of shipping starting March 31 in US. The Apple iPhone SE will first go on sale in 11 countries simultaneously with Apple aiming to bring the new device to 111 countries by the beginning of May. Besides that, the Apple iPhone SE is expected to hit Indian shores early April. Any credible information regarding the expected pricing of the device isn't available till now.

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