a sequel to 2016 iPhone se has been
rumored for years and it's finally here
sort of it bears the icy moniker but it
looks like an iPhone 8 and the spec
sheet reads like an iPhone 11 hey Siri
what the heck is this thing wait don't
answer that
we've got x-rays from creative electron
and they're already showing us something
new we're seeing some subtle changes to
the antenna hardware
it may look i phone a dish on the
surface but you can't get gigabit LTE
and Wi-Fi 6 with iphone 8 parts
reviewers keep calling this apart spin
phone and that may be partly true but
maybe there's more to it than everyone
thought let's pop it open for a quick
first look and explore some more just a
little heat and a nice clock gets the
iPhone and C open and sure enough it's
an iPhone rinse and repeat with the
iPhone 8 and we can see we're dealing
with the same display cable design three
cables run between the display assembly
and the iPhones logic board hiding under
some shiny metal brackets in fact a
side-by-side comparison reveals that
these phones are almost identical down
to the layout of chips on the logic
board so what makes the iPhone se
different from the iPhone 8 well our
first difference shows up underneath the
battery connector cable while the
battery is identical through the iPhone
8 when it comes to specs 6 point 9 6
watt hours Apple has redesigned the
connector on the iPhone se to be just
slightly longer than the 8 making it
impossible to connect an S II battery to
an 8 or vice-versa this new connector is
the same one found in the iPhone 11 it's
possible that this new connector allows
the battery to report more detailed
usage information but it's equally
possible that it was just what Apple had
on hand since more iPhone Elevens are
being manufactured now than older iPhone
aids with all the visual similarities we
were curious if Apple was using the same
display part as the iPhone 8 Apple
erased 3d touch with the launch of the
iPhone 11 so it's no surprise that this
20/20 iPhone se doesn't have it no one
but Apple really knows why 3d touch bit
the dust
but some speculate that its removal was
to create more space for a bigger
battery the S II battery has the same
capacity as the 8 though so could this
display secretly have 3d touch
capabilities just disabled in software
both the display on the iPhone 8 and the
new se are secured with a ton of tiny
white triple zero screws and our initial
parts testing showed that both displays
work in both phones though of course we
lose true tone and some other
functionality rumors suggested that this
new se II might have the same camera as
the iPhone 10 R but the camera module
looks a lot more similar to the iPhone 8
they're even interchangeable the iPhone
se camera module works in the iPhone 8
and vice versa that doesn't necessarily
mean they're identical though catch our
full teardown next week where we'll
dissect the camera modules investigate
displays and dive deeper into parts
compatibility in the meantime expect our
written teardown on Monday and if you're
in the US or Canada get excited we're
giving away an iPhone se that's right a
brand new one not one we've already
taken apart I promise all you have to do
for a chance to win is take our quiz and
answer the questions correctly we'll
have a link to it in the description
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