iPhone SE (3rd generation) - Technical Specifications

Finish

• (PRODUCT)^RED

• Starlight

• Midnight

Capacity¹

• 64GB

• 128GB

• 256GB

Size and Weight²

• Width: 67.3 mm (2.65 inches)

• Height: 138.4 mm (5.45 inches)

• Depth: 7.3 mm (0.29 inches)

• Weight: 144 grams (5.09 ounces)

Display

• Retina HD display

• 4.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen LCD Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology

• 1334x750-pixel resolution at 326 ppi

• 1400:1 contrast ratio (typical)

• True Tone display

• Wide colour display (P3)

• Haptic Touch

• 625 nits max brightness (typical)

• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

• Display Zoom

• Reachability

Chip

• A15 Bionic chip

• 6-core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiency cores

• 4-core GPU

• 16-core Neural Engine

Splash, Water and Dust Resistant³

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

Camera

• 12MP Main camera

• ƒ/1.8 aperture

• Digital zoom up to 5x

• Portrait mode with Depth Control

• Portrait Lighting with six effects

• Optical image stabilisation

• True Tone flash with slow sync

• Panorama (up to 63MP)

• Sapphire crystal lens cover

• Autofocus with Focus Pixels

• Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos

• Deep Fusion

• Smart HDR 4

• Photographic Styles

• Advanced red-eye correction

• Auto image stabilisation

• Burst mode

• Photo geotagging

• Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG

Video Recording

• 4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps

• 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps

• 720p HD video recording at 30 fps

• Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps

• Optical image stabilisation for video

• Digital zoom up to 3x

• LED True Tone flash

• QuickTake video

• Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps

• Time-lapse video with stabilisation

• Night mode Time‑lapse

• Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)

• Continuous autofocus video

• Take 8MP still photos while recording 4K video

• Playback zoom

• Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264

• Stereo recording

Front Camera

• 7MP camera

• ƒ/2.2 aperture

• Portrait mode with Depth Control

• Portrait Lighting with six effects

• Deep Fusion

• Smart HDR 4 for photos

• Photographic Styles

• 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps or 30 fps

• Time-lapse video with stabilisation

• Night mode Time‑lapse

• Retina Flash

• QuickTake video

• Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos

• Auto image stabilisation

• Burst mode

• Cinematic video stabilisation (1080p and 720p)

Touch ID

• Fingerprint sensor built into the Home button

Apple Pay

• Pay with your iPhone using Touch ID in shops, within apps and on the web

• Complete purchases made with Apple Pay on your Mac

• Pay for your journey using Express Travel⁴

Learn more about Apple Pay

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, 1900 MHz)

• 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 wireless technology

  • NFC with reader mode

  • Express Cards with Power Reserve

For details on 5G and LTE support, contact your carrier and see apple.com/uk/iphone/cellular.

Location

• GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou

• Digital compass

• Wi‑Fi

• Mobile data

• iBeacon micro-location

Video Calling⁶

• FaceTime video calling over Wi‑Fi or a mobile network

• FaceTime HD video calling over Wi‑Fi or 5G

• Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay

• Screen sharing

• Portrait mode in FaceTime video

• Spatial Audio

• Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum 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

• Spatial Audio

• Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes

Audio Playback

• Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus

• Stereo playback

• User‑configurable maximum volume limit

Video Playback

• Supported formats include HEVC, H.264 and ProRes

• Supports Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG

• Up to 4K HDR AirPlay for mirroring, photos and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay-enabled smart TV

• Video mirroring and video out support: up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately)⁷

Siri⁸

• Use your voice to send messages, set reminders and more

• Activate hands‑free with only your voice using “Siri” or “Hey Siri”

• Use your voice to run shortcuts from your favourite apps

Learn more about Siri

External Buttons and Connectors

1. Front camera

2. Side button

3. SIM tray

4. Home button/Touch ID

5. Lightning connector

6. Volume buttons

7. Ring/Silent switch

8. Rear camera

9. Flash

Power and Battery⁹

• Video playback Up to 15 hours

• Video playback (streamed) Up to 10 hours

• Audio playback Up to 50 hours

• Fast‑charge capable Up to 50% charge in 30 minutes¹⁰ with 20W adapter or higher (sold separately)

• Built-in rechargeable lithium‑ion battery

• Wireless charging (works with Qi chargers¹¹)

• Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter

Sensors

• Touch ID fingerprint sensor

• Barometer

• Three‑axis gyro

• Accelerometer

• Proximity sensor

• Ambient light sensor

Operating System

iOS

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iPhone User Guide

Accessibility

Built‑in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of your iPhone.

Learn more about Accessibility

Features include:

• VoiceOver

• Zoom

• Magnifier

• Voice Control

• Switch Control

• AssistiveTouch

• RTT and Textphone support

• Closed Captions

• Live Captions

• Personal Voice

• Live Speech

• Type to Siri

• Spoken Content

Built-in Apps

• Apple Store

• App Store

• Books

• Calculator

• Calendar

• Camera

• Clips

• Clock

• Compass

• Contacts

• FaceTime

• Files

• Find My

• Fitness

• Freeform

• GarageBand

• Health

• Home

• iMovie

• iTunes Store

• Keynote

• Magnifier

• Mail

• Maps

• Measure

• Messages

• Music

• News

• Notes

• Numbers

• Pages

• Phone

• Photos

• Podcasts

• Reminders

• Safari

• Settings

• Shortcuts

• Siri

• Stocks

• Tips

• Translate

• TV

• Voice Memos

• Wallet

• Watch

• Weather

SIM Card

• Dual SIM (nano-SIM and eSIM)¹²

• Dual eSIM support¹²

Rating for Hearing Aids

• M3, T4

Mail Attachment 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

• Apple ID (required for some features)

• Internet access¹³

• Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:

  • macOS Catalina 10.15 or later using the Finder

  • macOS High Sierra 10.13 to macOS Mojave 10.14.6 using iTunes 12.9 or later

  • Windows 10 or later using iTunes 12.12.10 or later (free download from itunes.com/uk)

Environmental Requirements

• Ambient operating temperature: 0° to 35° C (32° to 95° F)

• Non-operating temperature: −20° to 45° C (−4° to 113° F)

• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing

• Operating altitude: tested up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet)

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 auto-correction

  • 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, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Anjal, 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 (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Hindi (Latin), Vietnamese

• QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

  • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Hindi (Devanagari, 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, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Swedish, Vietnamese

• 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

• 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

• Thesaurus

  • English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified)

• Spellcheck

  • 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 (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hindi (Devanagari), Hungarian, Irish Gaelic, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Vietnamese

• Apple Pay–supported regions

  • Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China mainland,¹⁴ Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, US, Vatican City

In the Box

• iPhone SE

• USB‑C to Lightning Cable

• Documentation

As part of our efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2030, iPhone SE does not include a power adapter or EarPods. Included in the box is a USB‑C to Lightning cable that supports fast charging and is compatible with USB‑C power adapters and computer ports.

We encourage you to re‑use your current USB‑A to Lightning cables, power adapters and headphones that are compatible with these iPhone models. But if you need any new Apple power adapters or headphones, they are available for purchase.

iPhone and the Environment

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

See the iPhone SE Product Environmental Report

Made with better materials

• 100% recycled tungsten in the Taptic Engine, representing 100% of the tungsten in the device¹⁶

• 100% recycled rare earth elements in the Taptic Engine and audio magnets, representing 91% of the rare earth elements in the device

• 100% recycled tin in the solder of the main logic board

• 35% 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 Programme helps suppliers eliminate waste sent to landfill

• All final assembly supplier sites are transitioning to 100% renewable energy for Apple production

Responsible packaging

• 100% of virgin wood fibre comes from responsibly managed forests

• 90% or more fibre-based packaging

Apple and the Environment

We’re committed to making our products without taking from the earth, and to become carbon neutral across our entire business, including products, by 2030.

See Apple’s commitment