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Re:iOS 12 released by adpirz on Monday September 17, 2018 @02:09PM (#18008359)
"iOS 12 on the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPad Mini 2: It’s actually faster!"

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/09/ios-12-on-the-iphone...

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Re:iOS 12 released by ivraatiems on Monday September 17, 2018 @02:15PM (#18008429)
This is persuasive, but I wonder why they didn't test the SE. Maybe because the 5S is older but quite similar/appeals to the same market?
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Re:iOS 12 released by edbaskerville on Monday September 17, 2018 @02:22PM (#18008508)
The SE is basically a 6 in the 5S form factor.
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Re:iOS 12 released by masklinn on Monday September 17, 2018 @02:40PM (#18008711)
It has the 6S's internal hardware, not the 6's. So it's way more powerful than the 6, let alone the 5S.
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Re:iOS 12 released by ahakki on Monday September 17, 2018 @03:27PM (#18009151)
There are actually two phones called iphone se. It was updated from iphone6 hardware to iphone6s hardware partway through it’s life cycle withou a change to the name. The updated SE is also availible in rose gold while the original was not.
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Re:iOS 12 released by deergomoo on Monday September 17, 2018 @03:45PM (#18009309)
That is not true at all. There’s only ever been one SE and it was always based on the 6S hardware. The closest thing to a refresh was a mid-cycle bump to the base storage.
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Re:iOS 12 released by wlesieutre on Monday September 17, 2018 @05:33PM (#18010287)
The iPhone SE launched with 6S internals and has never been changed except for a storage bump and a price drop.
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Re:iOS 12 released by xuki on Monday September 17, 2018 @02:28PM (#18008567)
6s
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Re:iOS 12 released by earenndil on Monday September 17, 2018 @05:27PM (#18010242)
Faster than ios 11. Unclear if it's faster than ios 10.
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