iPhone 5S vs iPhone SE: Know The Difference Between The 2 Apple iPhones

It has been said that the new iPhone SE just looks like the 2013's iPhone 5S as both iPhones have 4-inch displays. Now, many wonder if they still have to upgrade their old iPhone to the newly released one, which is being dubbed as the "most powerful 4-inch smartphone."

Hence, here's a comparison to prove that iPhone SE has a big difference compared to iPhone 5S. The new iPhone SE has the similar features like iPhone 6S, thus, iPhone SE is called the mini iPhone 6S.

According to Digital Trends, iPhone SE and iPhone 5S have the same size and design. iPhone SE and iPhone 5S are both 4.87 inches tall, 2.31 inches wide and 0.30 inches thick, but the iPhone SE is .04 ounces heavier.

It has been known that iPhone SE and iPhone 5S have 4-inch displays with equally 1,136 x 640-pixel resolutions. Neuro Gadget adds that iPhone 5S is equipped with an Apple A7 chipset, dual-core Cyclone CPU clocked at 1.3GHz, PowerVR G6430 graphics card and 1GB of RAM.

iPhone SE, on the other hand, is powered by Apple A9 chipset, dual-core Twister CPU clocked at 1.84GHz, PowerVR GT7600 graphics card and 2GB of RAM, which made iPhone SE more powerful in contrast with iPhone 5S. iPhone 5S has an 8-megapixel rear camera while the iPhone SE carries a 12-megapixel primary camera. Both the iPhone 5S and iPhone SE have 1.2-megapixel front cameras.

Digital Trends reports that the iPhone SE has the capability to take video in different resolutions and speeds like 4K at 30 fps, 1080p at 60 fps, slow-motion and more. Alternatively, the iPhone 5S can only go with 1080p at 30 fps, and 720p at 120fps for slow-motion capture.

iPhone SE and iPhone 5S both have non-removable batteries, but the iPhone SE is more powerful with 1642 mAh compared to iPhone 5S' 1560 mAh. iPhone SE has a starting price of $399 while the iPhone 5S is already overtaken by Apple iPhone's continues upgrades.