iPhone SE vs iPhone 6S

How does Apple’s newest iPhone compare to the company’s current flagship? The iPhone SE and iPhone 6s may look different on the outside, but they share a lot of the same internal hardware. Read on for our spec-by-spec breakdown of these two devices.

The iPhone SE sports a 4-inch display with an 1136 x 640-pixel resolution, while the iPhone 6s offers a significantly larger 4.7-inch 1334 x 750-pixel display. Both models start at 16GB with larger storage options, but only the iPhone 6s is available with 128GB.

Both phones also offer a 12-megapixel camera, but the iPhone SE packs a 1.2-megapixel shooter in front compared to the iPhone 6s’ 5-megapixel secondary camera. Apple Pay is available on both models as well, thanks to NFC and a Touch ID home button.

The iPhone SE design is almost identical to the iPhone 5s, with sharp corners and chamfered edges. The new phone is available in the same colors as the iPhone 6s, including rose gold, silver, gold and space gray.

The iPhone SE start at $399 for 16GB of storage, while the iPhone 6s still costs at least $649.

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Apple - iPhone SE Apple - iPhone 6s
Display Size 4-inch, 640 x 1136 pixel display (326 ppi) 4.7-inch, 750 x 1334 pixel display (326 ppi)
Resolution X 640 750
Resolution Y 1136 1334
Display Type LED‑backlit widescreen Multi‑Touch display Retina HD
Operating System iOS 9.3 (at launch) iOS 9 (at launch)
Processor A9 chip with 64‑bit architecture, Embedded M9 motion coprocessor A9 chip with 64-bit architecture
RAM N/A 2GB
Storage
  • 16GB
  • 64GB
  • 16GB
  • 64GB
  • 128GB
External Storage No No
Main Camera (Back) 12MP 12MP iSight camera with 1.22µ pixels
Secondary Camera (Front) 1.2MP 5MP
Networks
  • CDMA EV‑DO Rev. A
  • GSM/EDGE
  • LTE
  • TD‑LTE
  • TD‑SCDMA
  • UMTS/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA
  • CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (CDMA models only)
  • GSM/EDGE
  • LTE
  • TD-LTE
  • TG-SCDMA
  • UMTS/HSPA+
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth 4.2
Battery N/A 1715mAh
NFC Yes Yes
Connectivity
  • 3.5mm Headphone jack
  • Lightning port
  • 3.5mm Headphone jack
  • Lightning port
Sensors
  • Accelerometer
  • Ambient light
  • Gyroscope
  • Proximity
  • Touch ID fingerprint sensor
  • Accelerometer
  • Ambient light
  • Barometer
  • Gyro
  • Proximity
  • Touch ID
GPS
  • Assisted GPS
  • Digital compass
  • GLONASS
  • A-GPS
  • Digital compass
  • GLONASS
Height 4.87 inches (12.37 cm) 5.44 inches (13.82 cm)
Width 2.31 inches (58.7 mm) 2.64 inches (67.1 mm)
Depth 0.3 inches (7.6 mm) 0.28 inches (7.1 mm)
Weight 3.99 oz (113 g) 5.04 oz (143 g)
Colors Gold, Rose Gold, Silver, Space Gray Gold, Gray, Rose, Silver
Supported Audio Formats AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE‑AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
Supported Video Formats H.264 video up to 4K, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.2 with AAC‑LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG‑4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC‑LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M‑JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format H.264 video up to 4K, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.2 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
In The Box N/A N/A