The Hot Four

H OT FOUR #1

SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED Apple iPhone SE

History is full of diminutive figures conquering larger foes. From David toppling Goliath with his sling, to Diego Maradona ‘outjumping’ Peter Shilton in Mexico City and Donald Trump’s intellect (and hands) tricking the USA into electing him, there’s ample proof that small doesn’t have to mean weak. Now you can add the new iPhone SE to the list. For starters, it’s powered by exactly the same A13 Bionic chip that makes the iPhone 11 Pro such a hugely fantastic smartphone, which should mean flagship performance despite only having a 4.7in display – and for mid-range money too. That screen has all the same tech as the one on the standard iPhone 11, so while it’s only 1334x750 pixels, you still get True Tone, P3 colour and 625-nit brightness. The single 12MP snapper might not seem like much from a specs perspective, but all the nifty camera stuff on iPhones is the result of computational cleverness, so you’ll still get Portrait mode, Smart HDR and 4K video. Handy for capturing people’s expressions when they find out just how powerful your dinky new phone is. As hot as… Maradona’s second goal from R10 000 / myistore.co.za

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The new SE has a Touch ID fingerprint sensor rather than face-unlocking skills… but with so many people now wearing a mask to go outside, maybe that’s a good thing.

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Drooly ocean Just because you paid less for it, doesn’t mean your new SE is disposable. So it’s waterresistant to 1 metre for 30 minutes and won’t splutter when offered coffee, tea or juice.

Teenage quicks When the A13 chip debuted last year it was streets ahead of anything in an Android, and in most benchmarks it still edges the Snapdragon 865. Not bad for a mid-ranger.