Teardown suggests the iPhone SE is built mainly from 5s and 6s scraps

[YamiYukiSenpai]

Article from Pocketnow

Article from Chipworks

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An iPhone 5s rehashed on the outside but substantially improved under the hood. An iPhone 6s in 5s clothing. The iPhone 6s mini. Those all seemed like valid characterizations of the iPhone SE at a first glance, and taking a closer look at the new 4-incher’s internals confirms its myriad of 5s and 6s similarities.

The components that came from the iPhone 6S:

• A9 processor
• NFC
• 6-axis inertial sensor
• modem
• RF transciever

The components that came from the iPhone 5S:

• body (obviously)
• touch screen controller solution

New components:

• " 338S00170 device, which is very likely a new Apple/Dialog power management IC"

 

As a fan of smaller smartphones, I don't care if the iPhone SE doesn't have 3D Touch or if some components came from the iPhone 5S.  The iPhone SE is still one of my options as my next smartphone.  However, I'm gonna have to spend the extra cash for the 64GB model.

[asim1999]

No surprise since it was always rumoured to be a beefed up 5s. 

It's a win win: consumers get better hardware for less and then Apple can spend less on R&D onnthwir entry level phone 

[Unhelpful]

Yes. It's a 6s with the body of a 5s. Wasn't this already known?

[potoooooooo]

Congratulations, you made a news post about the single most obvious thing you could have.

 

At least it's a pretty good news post