Andrew Cunningham
A rose gold iPhone SE (left) next to an iPhone 5S.
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Have you ever held an iPhone 5? How bout an iPhone 5S? If you have, you really probably don't need me to tell you what it's like to hold an iPhone SE. They're close enough that you'll have trouble telling them apart if you don't know what you're looking for.
Let's focus on the physical differences: the chamfered edges of the phone, previously shiny, are now matte. Those shiny edges were prone to getting scratched and losing their finish in extended use, so a change to a matte finish may help out a bit. Also, the Apple logo on the back is now a separate, inset piece of metal rather than a shiny patch of finish as it is on the 5 and 5S. This is the end of the list.
And that's not really a bad thing; by sticking with an iPhone 5-era design, Apple has avoided some of the common complaints about the 6 and 6S design. There are no awkward visible antenna cutouts, because the wireless signals can escape through the glass cutouts at the top and bottom of the rear case. There’s no camera bump, since the phone is a little thicker. There are no slippery rounded edges, making the phone a bit easier to hold.
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