iPhone SE outclasses all Android phones thanks to Apple’s A13 chip
John Kim / CNET
By packing the big ones A13 chip in his little one iPhone SEApple has made its budget Smartphone a more convincing product at the right time for a Corona virusghostly world. Where most inexpensive phones cut costs by using lower price processors is the new one $ 400 iPhone SE uses the same flagship chip that the $ 1,450 iPhone 11 Pro maxthat was launched last year.
This computing power means that, although some iPhone 11 features like Face ID and an ultra wide-angle camera are missing, this latest iPhone still gets new features that require the A13 chip. These include the latest portrait mode effects for blurring backgrounds behind photo motifs, the six studio lighting effects offered by Apple, the latest HDR technology for scenes with light and dark elements and 4K video at 60 frames per second.
“Apple’s A13 is a remarkable piece of silicon,” he said Tech potential Analyst Avi Greengart. “It surpasses everything else on the market at all costs.”
The A13 processor outperforms all current Android phones, not just cheap ones that price-conscious buyers might want to keep an eye on. The iPhone SE scores 1,328 points on the Geekbench speed test of single-task performance, matching the iPhone 11 and far above the iPhone’s strongest competitor, Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultrathat has a score of 835.
Expenditure limits during the pandemic
The balance between price and performance is good news for buyers who are concerned about COVID-19, the coronavirus disease that has killed tens of thousands of people blocked business around the world. In his CNET’s review Patrick Holland praises the 2020 iPhone SE as a great value.
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The cheaper iPhone SE comes because financial worries are likely Distract customers from top models and cheaper alternatives.
“With an impending recession … we see the possibility of a stronger shift of the mix down towards iPhone SE,” said Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi in a research report on Wednesday.
An inexpensive but modern iPhone helps Apple keep the iOS ecosystem running, which offers a lot more money beyond the initial phone sale. With this iOS foundation, Apple is expanding its business to include services such as Apple TV Plus, Apple Music, Apple Arcade iCloud data sync and backup, and the 30% that the company charges developers who sell apps through their app store.
A13 chip PS
The A13 chip – its full name is A13 Bionic – is the product of a gigantic technical effort. It has 8.5 billion transistors, the tiny on-off switches that do everything from simple math to artificial intelligence Algorithms that process voice commands.
Two main processor cores perform performance-critical tasks such as playing games or scrolling through busy Facebook feeds. They are combined with four smaller, power-saving cores for background tasks like playing music and running the phone when most of it is in your pocket.
The processor also has large modules for graphics and AI processing. Other dedicated modules handle photo processing, video decoding, HDR video, cryptography and assessing the distance of people from the camera. Apple can switch off entire modules or parts of them that are not required to extend the battery life.
“We only turn on the smallest amount of logic on the chip. Reduce performance drastically, “said Sri Santhanam, Apple Vice President of Silicon Technology, at the iPhone 11 launch event in 2019.
The A13 won’t look as advanced when successors arrive. But it has enough power to work in a design that, apart from software updates, is unlikely to be updated annually like flagship iPhones. The first iPhone SE arrived in 2016, however Apple continued to sell it until 2019.
“By using the most powerful processor currently available, Apple ensures that the iPhone SE can be sold unchanged for years,” said Greengart.
