Apple iPhone SE formally announced, a 4-inch iPhone for all

Apple has announced the iPhone SE, a smaller format of device that updates its entry-level of device at its special event on 21 March 2016.

Apple said that the smaller format was still hugely popular and the newly updated iPhone SE will give you the power of the iPhone 6S, but in that smaller 4-inch format.

The iPhone SE is powered by the Apple A9 chip, supported by the M9 motion coprocessor, and it will give you the same processing and graphical performance as the iPhone 6S. 

It will also carry the 12-megapixel iSight camera, offering 4K video capture, as well as the ability to edit 4K video you capture, and all the fancy camera features offered on the 6S, such as Live Photos. 

There will also be Touch ID through the fingerprint scanner on the front, with support for Apple Pay, so you’ll be able to pay conveniently on the go.

The design is very much the same as the iPhone 5S, so the iPhone SE doesn’t get the metal unibody of the iPhone 6, instead sticking close to the design of the device it replaces.

The iPhone SE will be available from $399 for 16GB, with pre-orders opening on 24 March and hitting shelves on 31 March. 

We are still awaiting UK pricing.