
Apple unveiled iPhone SE as a new budget entry earlier this month. With a starting price of $399, the device is aimed at burgeoning markets, Android switchers and iPhone faithful who prefer smaller form factor devices.
iFixIt found the entire display assembly is straight out of the iPhone 5S – right down to the FaceTime camera, which explains why that remained a 1.2MP unit instead of the 5MP version in the iPhone 6S. iFixit confirms the Touch ID unit is first-gen which appears on the iPhone 5S.
There are a many minor components also taken straight from the 5S, which includes the speaker and vibration motor. there are also many minor changes, like the Lightning connector, while the battery is a bigger 1624mAh battery rather than the 1560mAh in the 5S.
iFixit gives the phone a repair-ability rating of 6/10, noting that the greatest risk is tearing the Touch ID cable when opening the casing. This is slightly worse than the iPhone 6S, which scored 7/10. The rear-facing 12-megapixel iSight camera is a vast improvement over the 8MP shooter on iPhone 5s. Interestingly, while the specifications match those of the iSight module on iPhone 6s, the parts appears to be slightly modified and are therefore not interchangeable.
[via iFixIt]
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