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Title: Apple Store Goes Down Ahead of iPhone SE Pre-Orders Post by: HCK on April 18, 2020, 04:05:09 pm Apple Store Goes Down Ahead of iPhone SE Pre-Orders
Apple has taken down its online store (https://www.apple.com/us/shop/goto/buy_iphone/iphone_se) in preparation for iPhone (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/iphone/) SE pre-orders, due to start today at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time. (https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2020/04/apple-store-down-iphone-se-2020.jpg) The original ‌iPhone‌ SE was a budget 4-inch ‌iPhone‌ before being discontinued in 2018, but Apple has revived the name in with a new 4.7-inch model announced earlier this week that looks like an ‌iPhone‌ 8 with internals similar to those of the iPhone 11 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-11/). There's a single-lens 12-megapixel rear camera in the ‌iPhone‌ SE with an f/1.8 aperture, optical image stabilization, and support for Portrait Mode and Portrait Lighting. Night Mode (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/night-mode/) is not supported, but there is Smart HDR, Wide color support, and more, plus an LED True Tone flash with Slow Sync capabilities. (https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2020/04/iPhone-SE-2020-Side-Cropped-for-Feature-copy.jpg) Because the ‌iPhone‌ SE is physically identical to an ‌iPhone‌ 8, it continues to feature thick top and bottom bezels. The top bezel houses the 7-megapixel front-facing camera and microphone while the bottom bezel includes a Touch ID (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/touch-id/) Home button for fingerprint-based biometric authentication. Like the iPhone XR (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-xr/), ‌iPhone 11‌, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max, the ‌iPhone‌ SE features support for Haptic Touch (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/haptic-touch-vs-3d-touch-whats-the-difference/) instead of 3D Touch (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/3d-touch/). That means ‌3D Touch‌ has officially been eliminated from Apple's ‌iPhone‌ lineup as the now-discontinued ‌iPhone‌ 8 was the last ‌iPhone‌ Apple sold that supported ‌3D Touch‌. (https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2020/04/iphone-SE-2020-apple-store-down.jpg)<center>The UK Apple Store shows a different placeholder</center> The second-generation ‌iPhone‌ SE features an A13 Bionic chip, 3GB RAM, and a low starting price of $399. Comes in white, black, and red, and comes with 64, 128, or 256GB of storage. First pre-orders are expected to ship in one week. <div class="linkback">Related Roundup: iPhone SE 2020 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-se/)</div><div class="linkback">Buyer's Guide: iPhone SE (Buy Now) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#iPhone_SE)</div> This article, "Apple Store Goes Down Ahead of iPhone SE Pre-Orders (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/04/17/apple-store-down-iphone-se-launch/)" first appeared on MacRumors.com (https://www.macrumors.com) Discuss this article (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-store-goes-down-ahead-of-iphone-se-pre-orders.2231295/) in our forums <div class="feedflare"> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=JGqJnUiXhVA:jA1pJw9mmXU:yIl2AUoC8zA) <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=6W8y8wAjSf4" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=JGqJnUiXhVA:jA1pJw9mmXU:6W8y8wAjSf4) <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=JGqJnUiXhVA:jA1pJw9mmXU:qj6IDK7rITs) </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MacRumors-Front/~4/JGqJnUiXhVA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Source: Apple Store Goes Down Ahead of iPhone SE Pre-Orders (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/04/17/apple-store-down-iphone-se-launch/) |