iPhone SE - Technical Specifications (2024)

iPhone SE

Finish

(PRODUCT)RED, Starlight, Midnight

Capacity¹

64GB
128GB
256GB

Size and Weight²

Weight:

144 grams (5.09 ounces)

Display

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

Chip

A15Bionic chip
6-core CPU with two performance cores and four efficiencycores
4-core GPU
16-core NeuralEngine

Splash, Water and Dust Resistance³

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

Camera

12MP Main camera
ƒ/1.8 aperture
Digital zoom up to 5x
Portrait mode with DepthControl
Portrait Lighting with six effects
Optical image stabilisation
TrueTone flash with Slow Sync
Panorama (up to 63MP)
Sapphire crystal lens cover
Autofocus with FocusPixels
Wide colour capture for photos and LivePhotos
DeepFusion
SmartHDR4
PhotographicStyles
Advanced red-eye correction
Auto image stabilisation
Burst mode
Photo geotagging
Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG

Video Recording

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

FrontCamera

7MP camera
ƒ/2.2 aperture
Portrait mode with Depth Control
Portrait Lighting with six effects
DeepFusion
SmartHDR4
PhotographicStyles
1080p HD video recording at 25fps or 30fps
Time‑lapse video withstabilisation
Nightmode Time‑lapse
RetinaFlash
QuickTake video
Wide colour capture for photos and LivePhotos
Auto image stabilisation
Burst mode
Cinematic video stabilisation (1080p and 720p)

TouchID

Fingerprint sensor built into the Homebutton

ApplePay

Pay with your iPhone using TouchID in stores, within apps and on participatingwebsites
Complete purchases made with ApplePay on your Mac
Pay for your ride using ExpressTransit in selectedcities⁴

Learn more about ApplePay

Mobile 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, 1900MHz)

All models

5G (sub-6 GHz) with 2x2 MIMO⁵
4G LTE Advanced with 2x2 MIMO and LAA⁵
Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO
Bluetooth®5.0
NFC with reader mode
ExpressCards with power reserve

Location

GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou
Digital compass
Wi‑Fi
Mobile data
iBeacon microlocation

Video Calling⁶

FaceTime video calling over a mobile network 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
Portraitmode in FaceTime video
SpatialAudio
Voice Isolation and WideSpectrum microphone modes
Zoom with rear‑facing camera

Audio Calling⁶

FaceTime audio
Voice over LTE (VoLTE)⁵
Wi‑Fi calling⁵
Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay
Screen sharing
SpatialAudio
Voice Isolation and WideSpectrum microphone modes

AudioPlayback

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

VideoPlayback

Supported formats include HEVC, H.264 andProRes
Supports DolbyVision, HDR10 andHLG
Up to 4K HDR AirPlay for mirroring, photos and video out to AppleTV (2ndgeneration 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)⁷

Siri⁸

Use your voice to send messages, set reminders andmore
Activate hands‑free with only your voice using “Siri” or “HeySiri”
Use your voice to run shortcuts from your favourite apps

Learn more about Siri

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 Battery⁹

Video playback

Up to 15 hours

Video playback (streamed)

Up to 10hours

Audio playback

Up to 50 hours

Fast‑charge–capable

Up to 50% charge in 30minutes¹⁰ with a 20W adapter or higher (sold separately)
Built-in rechargeable lithium-ionbattery
Wireless charging (works with Qichargers¹¹)

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.

Learnmore

Features include:

VoiceOver
Zoom
Magnifier
VoiceControl
SwitchControl
AssistiveTouch
RTT and TTY support
ClosedCaptions
Live Captions
Personal Voice
Live Speech
Type to Siri
SpokenContent

Built-inApps

SIMCard

Dual SIM (nano-SIM and eSIM)¹²
Dual eSIM support¹²

Rating for Hearing Aids

M3,T4

MailAttachment 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 access¹³
Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:

macOSCatalina10.15 or later using the Finder
macOSHighSierra10.13 through macOSMojave10.14.6 using iTunes12.8 orlater
Windows10 or later using iTunes12.12.10 or later (free download from apple.com/au/itunes/download)

Environmental Requirements

Operating ambient temperature:

0° to 35°C (32° to 95°F)

Nonoperating temperature:

−20° to 45°C (−4° to 113°F)

Relative humidity:

5% to 95% noncondensing

Operating altitude:

Tested up to 3,000metres (10,000feet)

Languages

Language support

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, Bangla, Belarusian, 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, Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese (Telex, VIQR, VNI), Welsh, Yiddish, Akan, Bangla (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 autocorrection

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bangla, 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 (Tamil 99), 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), Russian, Swedish, Portuguese (Brazil), 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 (Republic of 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), Mandarin Chinese (China (mainland), Taiwan), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, US), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), 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, Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China (mainland)), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Monolingual dictionary support

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, Bangla–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)

Spell check

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)¹⁴, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guernsey, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, US, Vatican City, Vietnam

In the Box

iPhone with iOS16
USB-C to LightningCable
Documentation

iPhone and the
Environment

iPhoneSE is designed with the following features to reduce its environmental impact:¹⁵

See the iPhoneSE Product Environmental Report

Made with better materials

100 per cent recycled tungsten in the TapticEngine, representing 100per cent of the tungsten in the device¹⁶
100 per cent recycled rare earth elements in the TapticEngine and audio magnets, representing 91per cent of the rare earth elements in the device
100per cent recycled tin in the solder of the main logic board
35per cent or more recycled plastic in multiple components

Energy-efficient

Meets US Department of Energy requirements for battery charger systems¹⁷

Smarter chemistry¹⁸

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 100per cent renewable energy for Appleproduction

Responsible packaging

100per cent of virgin wood fibre comes from responsibly managedforests
90per cent or more fibre-based packaging

AppleTradeIn

Trade in your eligible device and get credit towards your next purchase, or an AppleGiftCard you can use at any time.¹⁹ If your device isn’t eligible for credit, we’ll recycle it forfree.

See how it works

Apple and the Environment

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

See Apple’s commitment

Trade in your smartphone for credit.

With AppleTradeIn, you can get credit towards a new iPhone when you trade in an eligible smartphone.¹⁹ It’s good for you and the planet.

Learn more about Apple Trade In

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