Using The iPhone SE 1st Gen in 2023! (Review) 

Anyone here who have used an OG iPhone SE before?

4" is perfectly sized who needs 6"+ when u can have a proud and confident 4" with a great personality

The SE 2016 is basically the most premium 4 inch smartphone you can buy that still gets security updates and isn’t manufactured by a Chinese company. Shame it will be obsolete soon. Still using mine with a cheap mvno for online sales and music.

Using SE as my daily with new battery and OS 15.7.6 Awesome phone. So much lighter and more comfortable than the heavy new pocket warmers

The original iPhone SE was an amazing phone. It was my second iPhone in November 2017 after the 5s i had for a year and a half before that. I think what surprised me the most was how long it has been supported. The fact it is still usable in 2023 is astonishing. I seem to remember getting 4 hours or slightly over of screen on time with the SE. Which is not great now but also decent given the size of the battery. It's also surprising that photo and video quality holds up still. I'd say the biggest downsides were definitely the unimpressive speskers and the lack of brightness. This is where Apple used to be innovative because a phone like this can function quite well even 7 years or so after it's release.

I replaced my battery on the se myself with a stronger and newer battery (Polarcell) and the I can go throughout an entire day with it. Not expensive at all ❤

I still have my original IPhone SE which I bought in 2016… it still works well. I bought it because of its smaller size. It takes decent photos. It does exactly what it needs to do.

The perfect smart "dumbphone" , using it for sms call and music is awesome.

I picked one up for $30 and it’s still such a good capable little device!

still my everyday driver... works really well. was using a regular iphone 5 until about a year ago when it was made almost impossible to use because of 3g shutdown. after turning off all the privacy and data sharing settings, the battery lasts about a week if i dont use it much and i end up charging around every other day with my regular use.

and going to Mac Store later this week to get new battery installed in SE 1st gen - will keep them as a second/backup phone.

I have this gem and bought it for $50. It works great for me and actually serves my purposes. The battery life decreased however but it's still enough for not bothering me.

I have two of them (SE first gen) and just now bought a new phone (SE third gen).

When I first bought it at 2017 i was absolutely happy with it, fast i could do anything with it , the only thing that bothered me was having a small storage. I still have it in 2024 with me in case if something happens to my new one

My daughter hate to see me going around with iphone SE, which is looks like iphone 5. Couple years ago she got iPhone 12 for me, I ended up giving it to my husband he had 11 at that time. This year my daughter got iphone 15 for me, I'll keep it as backup if my SE will die one day. Every time I am asking my daughter not to try to switch me to new phone, but she cant understand. I think SE 1st gen is perfect size, very durable and comfortable and quick.

i'm still using that phone... i love my phone so much but its battery health is 79% now :( i've been using it for 5 years. i don't want to say goodbye it. i want iphone 13 mini but it isn't being produced anymore i think... and in my country, unfortunately iphone 13 mini is expensive.

I own this phone still in 2023 and it’s still running well

I bought one for my mom 32 gb, for basic usage is great

I had an iphone SE before, but after a couple of years it had broken completely.

The B-Roll in this is 🔥 ngl

I just bought a iPhone SE 2 for a backup phone and it feels tiny compared to my iPhone 12..i don't think I could go bk to anything smaller than 4.7 these days.

Im currently using a Samsung S22 (as I have always been an android boi) and really enjoy it. But, I just need to get into the Apple ecosystem. Literally everyone I know uses iMessage and Apple products so i'd like to give it a shot. I used a few Apple products back in the 2015 days but havent touched them since. I was gonna go for a 6S, 8 or 2020 SE but this just seems cute and manageable for a beginner. Probably gonna pick one of these up and if I like iOS its a 15 pro when they come out 🎉

I still have one as a second device and it works fine.

Im actually looking at these now just because its about the only good option for a 4" screen.

I love your English speaking ❤❤❤

Still good

I’m watching this on my OG SE right now. I love this phone. Apple, let’s go ahead and throw an A17 Pro with 8gb of ram in this phone body lol

Watching from the Philippines

I have a question, what's your battery health on your SE? Because I'm thinking of getting one that's at 91% just until I can get a newer iPhone again. Do you think one at 91% would have slightly better battery life?

Sabe qual apple watch é compatível com ele? Tentei conectar o Series 7 e não emparelhou,depois vi que precisava do ios 16, tem algum apple watch que não precisa do ios 16?

Love it

Love this phone

I feel bad for you. Im on iphone 7 and it sucks, specifically the battery even if its a new battery

Se 1st gen or 6plus which is better

hey Saran! been a while, how are you?

Just the simple fact that the battery life is on the super suck side makes this phone not worth getting. Or at least not for a lot of money. I know people who sell it for about $80, but for this battery life this is too much money. You buy it and you can barely do anything it cuz the battery doesn't last, so you end up just keeping it in your pocket and refrain from using it in order to preserve that battery charge in case you have an emergency and really need to make a phone call. Maybe some geeks say that they can live with this flow, and that's perfectly fine, but at the end of the day it's still a "cell-phone"! You carry it around so it can save your life when you need it. But if you carry this around and the battery dies quickly, this can make the difference between life and death. I know sound dramatic, but to me, at least, the battery life is a dealbreaker and I am not gonna compromise on this. The phone looks good, it feels good in the hand, it's handy and it's pocketable, but that's it.

Question my friend 1st of all is good to see you buddy from New York City 5:36 PM Wednesday may 10. You know I got the iPhone 12 pro Max battery percentage is 87%. I had it for 3 years how many? Many more years do I have with this phone 3 more 4 more? What do you think

Do it in 2024

Sir will you provide me i phone SE 32

How much does that cost?

bought one for 21$ with ios 13 lol

Where can i buy ip 5se now 😢

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Can this film some RU-vid videos ?

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You looks like indian

What if you don’t play games, have social media, or use the camera all that much. Just use for messages and phone calls and light web surfing and use of navigation. You think it would work well? I found my old one and might transition and limit my usage.