Iphone SE - would you recommend?

[beansprout]

Hi,

I need to get a new iphone and can’t afford to pay for the latest one.

Been thinking about this as an alternative and was wondering what people thought of it. I an pretty clueless!

The other alternative is a Samsung - rec please.

Thanks.

[SpringTime]

Forget iPhones, they're rubbish. Just get a Samsung. Much better.

[Lemming]

I have a 2020 incarnation of the SE2. It's basically an iPhone 11 processor - inside an older iPhone chassis. If you can live with the screen (which is obviously small compared to most now) and the battery life ('adequate' would best describe it - a longer lasting battery would be the main quibble) then there's not much to fault with it. It still works absolutely fine.

We buy all our phones a few generations down, reconditioned, usually from Music Magpie. You get 14 day money back period to try it out and then a one year guarantee - and have had no problems with any of them to date.

£220 - £260 will get you something like the older SE2 or an XR sort-of generation. Both of which will still work fine.

[beansprout]

Thank you -