iPhone SE 2016 Price in Jordan

Why consider it?

The smallest phone Apple has released in the modern era, offered today at around ≈ 35. Its official standing is oddly split: Apple's security releases page still names it among the devices covered by iOS 15.8.8, issued 11 May 2026, while the vintage-and-obsolete page files "iPhone SE" as obsolete worldwide — live software and closed service at the same time.

Who it suits

A second handset for calls, messages and authentication codes, a genuinely pocket-sized phone, or the cheapest way into iOS.

Who should look elsewhere

Not a sole everyday phone, not for heavy photography or a day spent in current apps, and not for anyone unwilling to have repairs done outside official channels.

Performance, camera, display and battery — and the limits of the evidence

Apple's name for this device is "iPhone SE (1st generation)", model numbers A1723, A1662 and A1724, introduced in 2016, and its specifications page is still published: a 4-inch LCD at 1136-by-640 and 326 ppi, an A9 chip with 64-bit architecture alongside the M9 motion coprocessor, a 12-megapixel rear camera with 4K video at 30 fps, a 1.2-megapixel front camera recording 720p, four capacities — 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB — and a 113-gram body 7.6mm thick. What Apple leaves out is worth noting as well: no battery capacity in mAh, no memory figure, no refresh rate and no charging wattage. In their place are runtime claims for a handset when new: up to 14 hours of talk on 3G, 13 hours of internet use on LTE, 13 hours of video, 50 hours of audio and 10 days of standby.

The judgement then falls between two Apple pages pointing opposite ways. The first is the security releases list, where the iOS 15.8.8 update of 11 May 2026 covers "iPhone SE (1st generation)" by name, so the phone is not unpatched. The second is the vintage and obsolete page, where "iPhone SE" sits under obsolete worldwide, a category Apple defines as the end of all hardware service, with parts no longer orderable. A third line completes the picture: the iOS 27 device list reads "iPhone SE (2nd generation and later)", covering the family while excluding this member of it.

The result is a phone that is reasonably secure and officially unrepairable at once, and that pairing is what fixes the role it can play.

Alternatives worth comparing

• iPhone 6s Plus — Around the same money, ≈ 35, from the same A9 chip generation and covered by the same patch branch. In its favour: a 5.5-inch screen, a larger battery, and most of its capacities filed by Apple as vintage rather than obsolete. Against it: it is a big, heavy handset next to a phone built specifically to be small. (35 JOD · estimate)
• Tecno Spark 8T — Dearer by ≈ 5, and from 2022 rather than 2016: our record gives it a 6.8-inch 90Hz screen and a 5000mAh battery. Anyone who needs one phone for everything will find far newer hardware here and an Android base much closer to the present, with the caveat that makers in this class rarely publish a defined support window. (40 JOD · estimate)

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Verdict — conditional on your needs and the documented price above

If you want a small second device for calls, messages and login codes, then at ≈ 35 it still makes sense, because it remains inside the patch window. As a sole phone, no: its real limit is that the newest OS it accepts is a 2021 branch, and that Apple itself cannot supply a part for it if something breaks.

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We have not tested this phone hands-on: the analysis above is built from the manufacturer's published specifications and from the price and price status in our record — not from camera or battery measurements we ran, and not from user reviews. Sources: Apple — iPhone SE (1st generation) Technical Specifications · Apple — Vintage and obsolete products · Apple security releases · Apple — iOS 27 compatible devices · Apple — Identify your iPhone model · Apple — iPhone battery and performance · Text updated: 2026-09-14