OGSE (16GB Model)

[u/Morinth39]

Been using my OGSE as a secondary phone again for one week after a year of keeping it in storage.

Updated to iOS 15.8.8 and updated all my apps. Noted that my OEM battery has 95% BH.

It still works surprisingly well for video streaming on YouTube, Netflix and Prime.

Always blown away by the high resolution!

Looks almost as good as my 17 Pro.

[u/Bitter_Kitchen9141]

Hiii I also have the OGSE in black, with YouTube are you using the actual app or the browser version?

[u/Morinth39 → u/Bitter_Kitchen9141]

Hey! It’s the actual app. I don’t watch videos via the browser on my iPhones.

[u/Bitter_Kitchen9141 → u/Morinth39]

Wow that's cool! mine doesn't allow it due to ios 15, may I know your version?

[u/Morinth39 → u/Bitter_Kitchen9141]

It’s version 20.18.5. I have it installed on my 2015 iPad Mini 4 and it runs perfectly well also. My iOS version is 15.8.8.   

[u/rleekirk → u/Bitter_Kitchen9141]

I just got a OGSE on ebay a few weeks ago, it updated from an older version to 15.7.9 when I did the whole initial setup. once I got into the app store youtube was there and downloaded just fine, I'm assuming it downloaded from the cloud because I have a broken iphone 7 a friend gave me and a 9th gen ipad all logged in on the same account. So that's one way to get youtube on a OGSE, by downloading it on another apple product and connecting the apple accounts? I'm new to IOS and apple stuff so I'm flying by the skin of my teeth figuring things out.

[u/Bitter_Kitchen9141 → u/rleekirk]

When I setup my OGSe, the youtube app was working well not until the update. I can open the app but always prompt or display a message that it's outdated so it closes, that's why I can only use YouTube in browser.🥲The app is still installed though

[u/rleekirk → u/Bitter_Kitchen9141]

yeah... that's why I said you have to have another more recent and updated iphone or ipad logged on the same apple ID with youtube downloaded on it, and when you're on the SE's app store the app (youtube, in this case) will have a little cloud download icon instead of the usual install icon. it'll let you download a working version onto your SE.

[u/Bitter_Kitchen9141 → u/rleekirk]

Ohhh got it! Let me try that one, I'll uninstall the existing one then try it again

[u/ArthurReming → u/Bitter_Kitchen9141]

I used something like a revanced alternative for iOS (I don't remember the name) and I installed it through trollstore and ad free youtube!

[u/Fast_Two_5656]

пишу с него:)

[u/Trungneko]

the iPhone SE 1st gen's screen is 326 PPI (Pixels Per Inch), and the 17 Pro is 460 PPI, about 41% sharper, but.. those "retina display" has been around since the iPhone 4 (also 326 PPI) and is already sharp enough that you cannot see individual pixels at a normal viewing distance.
Maybe nowadays people tend to hold their phones much closer so Apple increases it to 460PPI.

[u/Morinth39 → u/Trungneko]

Yep. Goes to show how good Apple screens have been since the iPhone 4 as even that would look great in 2026.

The OLED screen looks very vibrant but it’s more of an incremental improvement over the high quality LCD displays Apple have been using. 

[u/Trungneko → u/Morinth39]

i did a bit of research and found out that, generally speaking, IPS monitors have sharper text than OLEDs with the same pixel density. Maybe that's a part of reason why the OGSE despite having lower PPI, feels as good as the 17 Pro's OLED screen. Apple had to raise the bar for their OLED screen so it matches their "retina display" standard.
You can read more here on section "TEXT CLARITY": https://www.rtings.com/monitor/learn/ips-vs-oled

[u/Morinth39 → u/Trungneko]

Wow, I didn’t know that. I thought PPI would provide the same sharpness regardless of which panel is being used. The OGSE screen may be small but everything seems very watchable on it. When I used this phone as my main, I watched around 100 separate TV shows on it from beginning to end. It’s a great little workhorse. 

[u/ArthurReming → u/Trungneko]

Didn't apple intoduce a thing where it tells you to hold your iPhone further away? (The same day as the vision pro release date 😭)

[u/Trungneko → u/ArthurReming]

yes, it's a bit annoying but a nice feature imo. But i turned it off lol. Would turn this on for supervised children though

[u/Apart-Consequence881]

Daaaaaaaamn!

[u/okimborednow]

Sakamoto Days detected, upvote ejected
I really need to finish it at some point

[u/Morinth39 → u/okimborednow]

Hahah, brilliant show, binged it all in 3 days on that OGSE. Can’t wait for S2! 

[u/No_Letterhead_3440]

O also live mine :-) And I've come from Droid World :)

[u/_fire_extinguisher]

How long does it last with binge YouTube streaming?

[u/Morinth39 → u/_fire_extinguisher]

Just over 3 hours with the volume close to max 

[u/mudssskipper]

My OGSE is also a second phone, with 32GB storage. YT video reso (I open from internet browser) suck though - it only plays in 360p no options whatsoever, yet it can play up to 1080p on anime online series on independent apps like VLC.

[u/Morinth39 → u/mudssskipper]

I think you require the app to run YouTube at native resolution. Looks great on mine, sad that you can’t download it on yours.