Apple finally announces a new iPhone SE

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  The new iPhone SE resembles the iPhone 8 in design, but it sports an A13 chip and aluminum edges. [credit: Apple ]

Today, Apple announced the return of the iPhone SE with a new (but old) design that resembles the iPhone 8. The phone has a 4.7-inch display and features Apple's A13 processor-the same found in the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro introduced late last year.

The iPhone SE will start at $399 in the US, with preorders starting on April 17 and the first shipments going out April 24.

Like the iPhone 8, the iPhone SE has edges made of aluminum and both a glass front and back, and it supports wireless charging via Qi-certified chargers; Apple claims you can get up to 50-percent charge in about 30 minutes by this method. Unlike all the iPhones introduced last year, the SE features Touch ID via a home button as its authentication method rather than those devices' Face ID, as this phone does not have the front-facing TrueDepth sensor array.

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