Apple iPhone SE vs Orange San Francisco

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Display technology

  OLED versus LCD

  iPhone SE:

  LCD

  San Francisco:

  OLED

• Weight

  iPhone SE: 17 g lighter

  iPhone SE:

  113 g

  San Francisco:

  130 g

• Width

  San Francisco: 2.1 mm narrower

  iPhone SE:

  58.6 mm

  San Francisco:

  56.5 mm

• Screen diagonal

  San Francisco: 0.5 in smaller diagonal

  iPhone SE:

  4 in

  San Francisco:

  3.5 in

• Chipset

  iPhone SE:

  Apple A9 (14 nm)

  San Francisco:

  Qualcomm MSM7227 Snapdragon S1

• Depth

  iPhone SE: 4.2 mm thinner

  iPhone SE:

  7.6 mm

  San Francisco:

  11.8 mm

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. iPhone SE

   Height:

   123.8 mm +7.8 mm versus San Francisco

   Width:

   58.6 mm +2.1 mm versus San Francisco

   Depth:

   7.6 mm

2. 2. San Francisco

   Height:

   116 mm

   Width:

   56.5 mm

   Depth:

   11.8 mm +4.2 mm versus iPhone SE

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. iPhone SE

   Screen diagonal:

   4 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   44.1 cm²

2. 2. San Francisco

   Screen diagonal:

   3.5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   5:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   34.9 cm²

iPhone SE has approximately 26.5% more rectangular screen area than San Francisco.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

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