6 Reasons to Buy the iPhone SE 2020 & 4 Reasons to Wait

Buy for Fantastic Software Support

If you plan on keeping your next iPhone for a long time you should probably buy a newer model like the iPhone SE 2020. 

If you typically wait three, four, or even five years to upgrade your phone, the iPhone SE 2020 has a lot of appeal. Here's why. 

Apple doesn't advertise this on its website, but the iPhone SE 2020 will get excellent software support for many years to come. 

The company typically keeps iPhones updated with new software for four to five years. The company's software support includes major OS upgrades with new features in addition to a constant stream of bug fixes and security patches for potential exploits. 

While it might be tempting to buy an older, cheaper iPhone, software support for those devices will come to an end much sooner. 

Apple didn't bring iOS 13 to the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, or iPhone 5s. They didn't get iOS 14 and they won't get iOS 15 either.

The iPhone SE 2020 will, at the very least, get iOS 16 down the road. And there's a very good chance it gets iOS 17 and iOS 18 as well.

The iPhone SE 2020's hardware also ensures that it will get robust versions of iOS. Older phones sometimes miss out on new features due to hardware limitations. That's the case with iOS 14.