iPhone SE - Technical Specifications (2024)

iPhone SE

Finish

(PRODUCT)RED, Starlight, Midnight

Capacity1

  • 64GB
  • 128GB
  • 256GB

Size and Weight2

Weight:

144g

Display

  • Retina HD display
  • 4.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen LCD Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology
  • 1334-by-750-pixel resolution at 326 ppi
  • 1,400:1 contrast ratio (typical)
  • TrueTone display
  • Wide color display (P3)
  • Haptic Touch
  • 625 nits max brightness (typical)
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Display Zoom
  • Reachability

Chip

  • A15Bionic chip
  • 6-core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiencycores
  • 4-core GPU
  • 16-core NeuralEngine

Splash, Water, and Dust Resistance3

  • Rated IP67 (maximum depth of 1 meter up to 30 minutes) under IEC standard 60529

Camera

  • 12MP Main camera
  • ƒ/1.8 aperture
  • Digital zoom up to 5x
  • Portrait mode with DepthControl
  • Portrait Lighting with sixeffects
  • Optical image stabilization
  • TrueTone flash with Slow Sync
  • Panorama (up to 63MP)
  • Sapphire crystal lens cover
  • Autofocus with Focus Pixels
  • Wide color capture for photos and LivePhotos
  • Deep Fusion
  • Smart HDR 4
  • Photographic Styles
  • Advanced red-eye correction
  • Auto image stabilization
  • Burst mode
  • Photo geotagging
  • Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG

Video Recording

  • 4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps
  • 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps
  • 720p HD video recording at 30 fps
  • Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
  • Optical image stabilization for video
  • Digital zoom up to 3x
  • LED TrueToneflash
  • QuickTake video
  • Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps
  • Time‑lapse video with stabilization
  • Night mode Time‑lapse
  • Cinematic videostabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p)
  • Continuous autofocus video
  • Take 8MP still photos while recording 4K video
  • Playback zoom
  • Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264
  • Stereo recording

Front Camera

  • 7MP camera
  • ƒ/2.2 aperture
  • Portrait mode with DepthControl
  • Portrait Lighting with sixeffects
  • Deep Fusion
  • Smart HDR 4
  • Photographic Styles
  • 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps or 30 fps
  • Time‑lapse video with stabilization
  • Night mode Time‑lapse
  • Retina Flash
  • QuickTake video
  • Wide color capture for photos and LivePhotos
  • Auto image stabilization
  • Burst mode
  • Cinematic video stabilization (1080p and 720p)

TouchID

  • Fingerprint sensor built into the Homebutton

Cellular and Wireless

Model A2783*

  • 5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n77, n78, n79)
  • FDD‑LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 66)
  • TD‑LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)
  • UMTS/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
  • GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

All models

  • 5G (sub-6 GHz) with 2x2 MIMO4
  • LTE Advanced with 2x2 MIMO and LAA4
  • Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO
  • Bluetooth 5.0
  • NFC with reader mode
  • Express Cards with power reserve

Video Calling5

  • FaceTime video calling over cellular or Wi‑Fi
  • FaceTimeHD video calling over 5G or Wi‑Fi
  • Share experiences like movies, TV, music, and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay
  • Screen sharing
  • Portrait mode in FaceTime video
  • Spatial Audio
  • Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
  • Zoom with rear‑facing camera

Audio Calling5

  • FaceTimeaudio
  • Voice over LTE (VoLTE)4
  • Wi‑Fi calling4
  • Share experiences like movies, TV, music, and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay
  • Screen sharing
  • Spatial Audio
  • Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes

Audio Playback

  • Supported formats include AAC, MP3, AppleLossless, FLAC, DolbyDigital, and DolbyDigitalPlus
  • Stereo playback
  • User‑configurable maximum volume limit

Video Playback

  • Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, andProRes
  • Supports DolbyVision, HDR10, andHLG
  • Up to 4K HDR AirPlay for mirroring, photos, and video out to AppleTV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay‑enabled smartTV
  • Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters soldseparately)6

External Buttons and Connectors

Home/
TouchID sensor

Volume up/down

Ring/Silent

Side button

Built‑in stereo speaker

Lightning connector

Built‑in microphone

Built‑in

stereo speaker Built‑in microphone

Power and Battery7

Video playback

  • Up to 15 hours

Video playback (streamed)

  • Up to 10 hours

Audio playback

  • Up to 50 hours

Fast‑charge capable

  • Up to 50% charge in 30 minutes8 with 20Wadapter or higher (sold separately)
  • Built-in rechargeable lithium‑ionbattery
  • Wireless charging (works with Qichargers9)

Sensors

  • TouchID fingerprint sensor
  • Barometer
  • Three‑axis gyro
  • Accelerometer
  • Proximity sensor
  • Ambient light sensor

Operating System

  • iOS17
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Accessibility

Built‑in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing, and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of youriPhone.

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Features include:

  • VoiceOver
  • Zoom
  • Magnifier
  • Switch Control
  • AssistiveTouch
  • Closed Captions
  • Personal Voice
  • Live Speech
  • Spoken Content

Built-in Apps

SIM Card

  • Dual SIM (nano-SIM and eSIM)10
  • Dual eSIM support10

Rating for HearingAids

  • M3,T4

Mail Attachment Support

Viewable document types

.jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx(Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics; .usdz (USDZ Universal)

System Requirements

  • AppleID (required for some features)
  • Internet access11
  • Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:
  • macOSCatalina10.15 or later using the Finder
  • macOSHighSierra10.13 through macOSMojave10.14.6 using iTunes12.8 orlater
  • Windows 10 or later using iTunes12.12.10 orlater (free download from apple.com/ph/itunes/download)

Environmental Requirements

Operating ambient temperature:

0° to 35° C

Nonoperating temperature:

−20° to 45° C

Relative humidity:

5% to 95% noncondensing

Operating altitude:

tested up to 3,000 meters

Languages

Languagesupport

English (Australia, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Spain), Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese – Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke), Chinese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Ainu, Albanian, Amharic, Apache (Western), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Phonetic, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch, Dzongkha, Emoji, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, Fula (Adlam), Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Kannada, Kashmiri (Arabic, Devanagari), Kazakh, Khmer, Konkani (Devanagari), Kurdish (Arabic, Latin), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic, Latin), Malayalam, Maltese, Manipuri (Bengali, Meetei Mayek), Māori, Marathi, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Odia, Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Sindhi (Arabic, Devanagari), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil99), Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese (Telex, VIQR, VNI), Welsh, Yiddish, Akan, Bengali (Transliteration), Chickasaw, Choctaw, Chuvash, Gujarati (Transliteration), Hausa, Hmong (Pahawh), Ingush, Japanese (Handwriting), Kabyle, Kannada (Transliteration), Liangshan Yi, Malayalam (Transliteration), Mandaic, Marathi (Transliteration), Mi’kmaw, N’Ko, Osage, Punjabi (Transliteration), Rejang, Tamazight (Standard Moroccan), Tamil (Transliteration), Telugu (Transliteration), Urdu (Transliteration), Wancho, Wolastoqey, Yoruba

QuickType keyboard support with auto-correction

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Zhuyin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Dutch (Belgium), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana), Japanese (Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Anjal), Tamil (Tamil99), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese(Telex)

QuickType keyboard support with predictive typing

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Cantonese (Traditional), Dutch, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Polish, Romanian

QuickType keyboard support with multilingual typing

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin), French (France), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (Switzerland), German (Germany), German (Austria), German (Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Hindi (Latin), Vietnamese, Polish, Romanian, Turkish

QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Hindi (Devanagari), Hindi (Latin), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with QuickPath

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese (Traditional Pinyin QWERTY), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Swedish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Hebrew, Korean, Polish, Romanian

Siri languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish (Finland), Hebrew (Israel), Malay (Malaysia), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish(Türkiye)

Dictation languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Spanish (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, US), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Monolingual dictionarysupport

English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Greek, Malay, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian

Idiom dictionary support

Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese–English, Cantonese–English

Bilingual dictionary support

Arabic–English, Bengali–English, Chinese (Simplified)–English, Chinese (Traditional)–English, Czech–English, Dutch–English, Finnish–English, French–English, French–German, German–English, Gujarati–English, Hindi–English, Hungarian–English, Indonesian–English, Italian–English, Japanese–English, Japanese–Chinese (Simplified), Korean–English, Polish–English, Portuguese–English, Russian–English, Spanish–English, Tamil–English, Telugu–English, Thai–English, Urdu–English, Vietnamese–English, English–Greek, English–Malay, English–Swedish

Thesaurus

English (UK, US), Chinese(Simplified)

Spellcheck

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium), Finnish, Greek, Hindi (Devanagari), Hungarian, Irish Gaelic, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Vietnamese

ApplePay supported regions

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China mainland,12 Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, ElSalvador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guernsey, Honduras, HongKong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, NewZealand, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, SanMarino, SaudiArabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, SouthAfrica, SouthKorea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, UnitedKingdom, UnitedStates, VaticanCity, Vietnam

In the Box

  • iPhone with iOS17
  • USB-C to Lightning Cable
  • Documentation

iPhone and the
Environment

iPhoneSE is designed with the followingfeatures to reduce its environmentalimpact:13

See the iPhoneSE Product EnvironmentalReport

Made with better materials

  • 100% recycled tungsten in the TapticEngine, representing 100% of the tungsten in the device14
  • 100% recycled rare earth elements in the TapticEngine and audio magnets, representing 91% of the rare earth elements in the device
  • 100% recycled tin in the solder of the main logic board
  • 35% or more recycled plastic in multiplecomponents

Energy efficient

  • Meets U.S. Department of Energy requirements for battery chargersystems15

Smarter chemistry16

  • Arsenic-free display glass
  • Mercury-, BFR-, PVC-, and beryllium‑free

Green manufacturing

  • Apple’s Zero Waste Program helps suppliers eliminate waste sent tolandfill
  • All final assembly supplier sites are transitioning to 100% renewable energy for Appleproduction

Responsible packaging

  • 100% of virgin wood fiber comes from responsibly managedforests
  • 90% or more fiber-based packaging

Recycling

Apple takes a holistic view of materialsmanagement and wasteminimization.

Learn more

Apple and the Environment

We’re committed to making our products without taking from the Earth, and to become carbon-neutral across our entire business, including products, by2030.

See Apple’s commitment

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