<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The iPhone Special Edition (SE) is designed and sold by Apple Inc. as part of the iPhone series of devices . It was released on March 31, 2016 and serves as the successor of the iPhone 5S . </P> <P> The previous major redesign of the iPhone, the 4.7 - inch iPhone 6 and 5.5 - inch iPhone 6 Plus, resulted in larger screen sizes . However a significant number of customers still preferred the 4 - inch screen size of the iPhone 5 and 5S. Apple stated in their event that they sold 30 million 4 - inch iPhones in 2015 . </P>

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