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1 APPLE IPHONE SE
From £419, apple.com
At the precise time OnePlus was blowing us away with the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro (see p58), and right about the time news of the Pixel 4a was emerging, Apple remembered that midrange phones are a thing and reminded us just what it can do with devices that don’t cost the earth. No wheels have been reinvented: the Cupertino wizards have simply taken the 2017 iPhone 8 body and crammed it with modern-day hardware, in the same vein as the previous SE, which squashed itself into an iPhone 5 shell. But oh, what a selection of components.
There’s a generous HDR10-capable 4.7” Retina display, complete with Touch ID security on the home button and a glass – not plastic – case rear. Wireless charging has made it in, along with fast charging to get you up to 50% battery in 30 minutes. There’s Wi-Fi 6, too – though
