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-[* black] Since Apple retired 3D Touch, we expected to see a thinner display panel, making room for a thicker battery. But it sure doesn't look that way from here. The iPhone 8 display (left) looks pretty much identical to the SE's (right).
- [* black] But wait! On 3D Touch screens, we'd normally find a chip on the back of the display that drives the parallel plate capacitors (as seen in our [guide|48170|6S teardown|stepid=107873|new_window=true]). The iPhone SE display (on the right in [https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/fJQWVI5tbYcEWfyk.full|this photo|new_window=true]) doesn’t have that chip, just a blank window where the chip ''would'' be.
-[* black] We start peeling off layers in an attempt to confirm...
+[* black] Back to that 3D Touch-less display—we expected to find a slight but measurable difference in thinness, but it sure doesn't look that way from here. The iPhone 8 display (left) looks pretty much identical to the SE's (right). Are they secretly the same?
+[* black] Not so fast! On 3D Touch screens, we'd normally find a chip on the back that drives the parallel plate capacitors (as seen in our [guide|48170|6S teardown|stepid=107873|new_window=true]). The iPhone SE display (on the right in [https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/fJQWVI5tbYcEWfyk.full|this photo|new_window=true]) doesn’t have that chip, just a blank window where the chip ''would'' be.
+[* black] And the layer of capacitors? We start peeling off display parts in an attempt to confirm...
[* black] Confirmed. No 3D Touch.
- [* icon_note] But we can't say we're surprised at all, especially since the 11s don't have it.
-[* black] On the bright side, the two displays are functionally interchangeable! Before you get any ideas about adding 3D touch to your new iPhone SE though, we tried it, and it doesn't work.
+[* black] On the bright side, the two displays are functionally interchangeable, which is kind of amazing considering the difference in hardware—the 8 display works on the SE, and vice versa.
+ [* icon_reminder] Before you get any ideas about adding 3D Touch to your new iPhone SE though, we tried it, and it doesn't work.