iPhone SE review: Turns out, good things do come in small packages

Modern smartphones are all about screen size. For the last five years, we've seen our phones get bigger and bigger. Sometimes, even too big.

Still, most phone makers have coalesced around the 5-inch mark. At 4.7-inches, the iPhone 6S is actually one of the smaller flagship smartphones on the market — at least if you just judge it by its screen size

In an era when phones are getting bigger, it's notable that with its latest iPhone, the iPhone SE, Apple is revisiting its smaller 4-inch form factor.

Even after Apple released the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in 2014, it continued to sell 4-inch phones. But those phones were all older models. The iPhone 5S — released in 2013 — was the most powerful 4-inch phone you could buy from Apple Read more...