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We test drive Apple’s new iPhone SE

Announced by Apple CEO Tim Cook earlier today, the 4-inch iPhone SE has the same processing chip as the 4.7-inch iPhone 6s.

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The iPhone SE is available in 16 and 64GB capacities in the United States, with pricing that starts at $399 for an outright purchase. Now how big is the screen on the 9.7-inch Apple iPad Pro?

This 4 inch phone is the most powerful in its category, claims Greg Joswiak, head of iPhone marketing.

“In some countries like China, for a majority of these customers, it is their first iPhone”.

This new smartphone of Apple addresses both demand for a small screen iPhone as well as the demand for a cheap iPhone.

Basically, it’s the innards of Apple’s latest line of 6S phones packed into the body of an iPhone 5S. Not only did they debut a new 4-inch iPhone and release iOS 9.3, but they also took the wraps off of an new iPad model.

On a related note, the iPhone SE apparently shares the same RAM configuration of 2 GB with the Apple iPad Pro, says Matthew Panzarino of Tech Crunch.

It features a 64-bit A9X chip which rivals most portable PCs and comes with a 12-megapixel iSight® camera for shooting Live Photos™ and 4K video and a 5-megapixel FaceTime® HD camera.

In the United States, consumers will be able to get the handset for as low as $10 a month for 24 months under Apple’s installments program.

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The iPhone SE also includes more LTE bands for better worldwide roaming and supports Voice over LTE and Wi-Fi calling for high-quality wideband calls. The new iPad also features support for a new Smart Keyboard which has been exclusively designed for it.

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