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Apple iPhone SE (3rd Gen)
Apple's compact home-button iPhone with 5G, A15 Bionic, and a $429 entry price.
$429
Released March 18, 2022
Pricing
| Storage | RAM | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 64GB | 4GB | $429 |
| 128GB | 4GB | $479 |
| 256GB | 4GB | $579 |
Where it sits in this database
CompareForge tracks 47 phones. The median below is the middle value of those records — our own database, not a market survey — so it shows how Apple iPhone SE (3rd Gen) sits against the phones we actually publish, not against everything on sale.
| Measure | Apple iPhone SE (3rd Gen) | Median of our 47 phones | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery capacity | 2,018 mAh | 5,000 mAh | 2,982 mAh below the median |
| Weight | 144 g | 200 g | 56 g below the median |
| Starting price | $429 | $799 | $370 below the median |
| Screen size | 4.7 in | 6.7 in | 2.0 in below the median |
A figure above the median is not better by definition — a heavier phone may carry a larger battery — but it tells you where this model sits among the records on this site before you read the specification table.
Specifications
Display
- Size
- 4.7"
- Resolution
- 1334 x 750
- Panel
- LCD
- Refresh Rate
- 60 Hz
- Peak Brightness
- 625 nits
- HDR
- No
- Protection
- —
Performance
- Chipset
- A15 Bionic
- Fabrication
- 5nm
- CPU Cores
- 6
- GPU
- Apple 4-core GPU
- RAM
- 4 GB
- RAM Type
- —
Camera
- Main
- 12 MP
- Main Aperture
- f/1.8
- Ultrawide
- —
- Telephoto
- —
- Optical Zoom
- —
- Front
- 7 MP
- Max Video
- 4K @ 60fps
Battery & Charging
- Capacity
- 2,018 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Wired Charging
- 20W
- Wireless Charging
- 7.5W
- Reverse Wireless
- No
Design & Build
- Weight
- 144 g
- Frame
- Aluminum
- Back
- Glass
- Water Resistance
- IP67
- Colors
- Midnight, Starlight, (PRODUCT)RED
Software
- OS at Launch
- iOS 15
- UI Skin
- —
- OS Updates
- 6 years
- Security Updates
- 6 years
- AI Features
Storage
- Options
- 64GB, 128GB, 256GB
- Expandable
- No
- Type
- NVMe
Connectivity
- 5G
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- WiFi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- Lightning
- SIM
- Nano-SIM + eSIM
- Satellite
- No
Sources
- Apple — display(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Apple — performance(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Apple — camera(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Apple — battery(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- 9to5Mac — batteryCapacity(accessed 2026-09-25, estimated)
- Wikipedia — pricing(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
Last verified: 2026-09-25
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