Apple iPhone 17 vs Apple iPhone SE 2020

Apple
iPhone 17

Apple
iPhone SE 2020
At a glance
- Brand
- Apple
- Apple
- Release date
- September 2025, 7 months ago
- April 2020, 6 years ago
- Launch price
- € 959.00 ($ 1,122.77)
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- AnTuTu
- 2.084.100 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 95% of devices
- 843.971 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 82% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.3"
- 4.7"
- Resolution
- 1206 x 2622 px QHD
- 750 x 1334 px HD+
- Type
- Oled Super Retina XDR
- LCD IPS
- Density
- 458 ppi Very high density
- 326 ppi High Density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 16:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, HLG, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 1000 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 1600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 3000 cd/m², 2000000:1 contrast ratio, Always-On Display, HDR10+, DCI-P3, True Tone display, Super Retina XDR, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass, Ceramic Shield, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Oleophobic (lipophobic) coating, Frameless, Haptic Touch, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
- Without Notch, Brightnes 625 cd/m² (typ), 1400:1 contrast ratio, DCI-P3, Wide Color display (P3), True Tone display, Scratch resistant, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Liquid Retina display
Performance
- Chipset
- Apple A19
- Apple A13 Bionic
- CPU
- 6Core TSMC N3P
- 2x Thunder 2.65 GHz + 4x Lightning 1.8 GHz
- CPU type
- Hexa-Core
- Hexa-Core
- Process
- 3 nm
- 7 nm
- Frequency
- 4 GHz
- 2.65 GHz
- GPU
- 5 core GPU
- Apple 4-core graphics processing unit A13 GPU
- RAM
- 8 GB
- 3 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 48 Mpx
- 12.2 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.6
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Sensor
- Sony IMX904
- Sony IMX315
- Pixel size
- 1.22 µm
- 10.00 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.56"
- 1/6"
- Flash
- LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- Yes
- Yes
- Slow motion
- Yes, 240 fps
- Yes, 240 fps
- Features
- Cinematic Mode, Noise reduction, Face unlock, Pro Video Mode, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
- 4K Video, Digital zoom, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
Front camera
- Resolution
- 18 Mpx
- 7 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.9
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- Sony IMX914
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- Pixel size
- 0.96 µm
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Battery
- Capacity
- 3692 mAh
- 1821 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 40.0W
- Yes , 18.0W
- Wireless charging
- 25W Wireless Charging
- Packaged with 5W charger, Fast charge 18W, Wireless reverse charging
- Charge cycles
- 1000 cycles
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- Runtime
- ~ 41h
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- Features
- Wireless charging, Non-removable
- Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 64 GB
- Type
- NVMe
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- SD slot
- No
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 71.5 mm 149.6 mm 7.8 mm Print 3D Model
- 67.3 mm 138.4 mm 7.3 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 177 g
- 148 g
- Materials
- Aluminium alloy
- Glass
- Colors
- Black White Blue Pink Green
- Black White Red
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68
- IP67
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 180 drops without defects
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- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
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- Usable surface
- 90 %
- 65 %
Software
- Operating system
- iOS 26 iOS 26
- iOS 18 iOS 18
- Updates
- OS updates: 7 years, Security updates: 7 years
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Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM / eSIM + eSIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy)
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 6E , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi MiMO
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
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- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, QZSS, Galileo
Networks
- 5G
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n26 (850), n28b (700), n28a (700), n30 (2300), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n53 (2400), n66 (1700), n70 (1700), n75 (1500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700), n258 mmWave (26GHz), n260 mmWave (39GHz), n261 mmWave (28GHz)
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- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B30 (2300), B32 (1500), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B53 (TDD 2400), B66 (1700/2100)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B11 (1500), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B21 (1500), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B29 (700), B30 (2300), B32 (1500), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B46 (TDD 900), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- CDMA BC1 (1900), CDMA BC10 (800 Secondary), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- No
- Yes, on the front
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Barometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- No
- Audio
- Dolby Atmos, Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers, 3 microphones
- Stereo Speakers




