The iPhone SE 2020 is the best cheap smartphone for most people – its camera, build quality and speed all match more expensive phones. Its smaller screen will also please those who feel left behind by ever-larger devices.

Premium build, Excellent processor, Very impressive camera, Great value, Waterproof

Average battery life, No haptic touch on lock screen, No Night Mode in camera

Apple’s budget iPhone delivers a satisfying and slick smartphone experience at an attractive price Excellent build quality Colourful, detailed screen Musical sound Camera not great in low light Battery life could be better

Apple iPhone SE (2020): The iPhone SE gets an upgrade at last and it’s now as powerful as the iPhone 11

Compact and lightweight, As fast as an iPhone 11, Impressive single camera

Small screen, Only one camera, Poor battery life

This is the phone to get if you just want a iPhone that will last you a few years, but don’t want to pay a lot for it. It might not be the newest model any more but the iPhone SE 2020 offers ‘decent but not top-end’ performance: a good camera, enough power, a great App Store to plunder and a lighter...

Lightweight frame, Low price for iPhone, Powerful chipset

Battery life could be better, Old screen technology, No headphone jack

While it may lack the design clout of more recent iPhones and is missing creature comforts such as an OLED display and Face ID, the iPhone SE 2020 is world-class in almost every other regard, and the fact that it can be purchased for £400 is nothing less than amazing.

Smartphone brilliance, but we need more juice

App store, Smooth operating

Battery life isn’t great

The iPhone SE (2020) comes in at a price tag that in Apple world has to count as a bargain; to be honest, if an Android offered this performance for £419/$399 we'd be calling it superb value for money.

The new Apple iPhone SE is indeed one of the most compact smartphones not only within the iPhone ranks but among the Android phones as well. It is thin and lightweight, yet powerful and dependable, with great speakers and a high-quality screen, and impresses with camera performance even if it misses...

Compact and lightweight, water-resistant., Bright and high-contrast screen., Outstanding performance from the A13 chip., Loud stereo speakers., Touch ID is back and we love it., Excellent daylight photos and good low-light ones., Very good video recording capabilities with proficient stabilization.

When I reviewed the iPhone 8 , I questioned the value that phone offered, given that it was not that far off in price from Apple's new flagship at the time, the iPhone X . But the iPhone SE is a superior handset to the iPhone 8, and it costs half as much as the 8 did when I reviewed it in 2017.

This is a highly competitive price for an iPhone, The fastest performance available in a smartphone today at less than half the cost of top-of-the-line iOS and Android flagships, iOS is an effective, secure, and robust mobile operating system that is a great choice for most users, The inclusion of...

The iPhone SE trails behind other iPhones in terms of battery life, The design is looking a bit dated, There's no headphone adapter included in the box, Mediocre low-light camera performance, Folks expecting the return of the hyper-compact, 4-inch iPhone SE will be disappointed

An upgraded classic. With the second generation of the iPhone SE, Apple has visually recreated the iPhone 8. While this has resulted in a - for current standards - relatively compact smartphone with a few high-end features, the screen-to-body ratio is fairly poor.

bright, color-accurate display, snappy SoC, supports Wi-Fi 6 and a wide range of LTE frequencies, IP67 certification, wireless charging, lightweight and slim, good locating capabilities

weak power adapter, non-expandable storage, poor screen-to-body ratio, only a single-camera, mediocre call quality, only 12 months of warranty