How to make a screenshot in Apple iPhone SE

Apple iPhone SE

An essential feature of modern mobile phones and tablets is the ability to take screenshots, or capture an image of what is currently displayed on the screen of your Apple iPhone SE.

While there are apps that can perform this function, you don’t need to install any additional apps as it is already included in the iOS 9.3.2| upgradable to iOS 10.3.2 operating system.

When you take a screenshot, you can save a WhatsApp conversation, Tinder message, Instagram story, Facebook photo, or video frame in the memory of your Apple device.

On the contrary, if you want to record a video of what is shown on the screen of your Apple iPhone SE, for example to record a video call, a story or a web page or piece of an internet video, you can follow the next tutorial: Record screen from Apple iPhone SE

Table of Contents:

First method:

If you want to make a screenshot to your Apple iPhone SE you have to follow these simple steps:

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

First, go to the screen that you want to capture a screenshot of on your Apple iPhone SE, whether it’s a web page, chat, or application.

2- Second step:

Press and hold the top or side button. Immediately click on the start button and release the top or side button.

3- Third step:

The captured image will be minimized and will appear in the lower part of the screen on the left of the iPhone SE for a few seconds.
If you want to edit or share the capture immediately, click on the thumbnail before it disappears. If you don’t want to use the screenshot at this time, you can ignore the thumbnail and continue using the device, taking more screenshots if desired.

4- Fourth step:

If you have clicked on the thumbnail, the screenshot editor will open, allowing you to edit the screenshot. You can cut it, draw on it, erase parts, add arrows, circles, comment bubbles, use the magnifying glass, add text, or add a signature. These tools can be very useful for highlighting important information or annotating the screenshot before sharing it with others.

5- Fifth step:

Once you have finished editing the capture, press “OK” to save it in the photo gallery of your iPhone SE. A confirmation prompt will appear, asking you to either save the screenshot in the photo gallery or delete it.

6- Sixth step:

If you want to send the capture, press the share button, select the app where you want to share it, and once it has been shared, press “OK.” A confirmation prompt will appear, asking you to either save the capture or delete it.

Second method to make a screenshot in iPhone SE:

1- Go to the screen you want to capture the screen in your Apple.

2- Open the notification bar and select “Capture”.

3- The captured image will appear with the possibility to edit it, from this editor you can cut it, draw, erase, add arrows, circles, comment bubble, use the magnifying glass, add text or a signature. Once you have finished to save it in the photo gallery of your Apple press “OK” will ask for confirmation to save in the photo gallery or delete the screenshot. If you want to send the capture press the share button, select the app to share, once shared click “OK”, ask for confirmation to save the capture or delete it

If you want to capture a complete web page on your iPhone SE, you should first be aware that this method only works with Apple’s Safari browser. Therefore, you should open the page you want to capture with scrolling using the Safari browser.

To take the screenshot, follow the method indicated above. When you take the screenshot, the thumbnail will appear in the lower left of the screen on the Apple iPhone SE screen. Click on the thumbnail to access the screenshot editing application. You will see the text “Full page” appear at the top right. Click on it and you will see the full screenshot along with the scrolling on the right side of the screen.

You can now add notes, draw on the capture, crop, rotate and share the screenshot by clicking on the arrow icon in the upper right of the screen. When you are finished, press “Done” to save the edited screenshot in the photo gallery

All the screenshots taken on an Apple iPhone SE are saved in the photo gallery both in the recent images together with the photos captured with the camera and in a specific folder that you can see below.
Screenshots are saved in PNG format.

Go to the home screen where you will find the icon of the photo gallery of your Apple iPhone SE, it is an icon of a kind of flower with each petal of a different color.

In recent you will be able to see the screenshots that you have taken recently, they are also saved in a specific category called “Captures”, to see this category go down to the “Types of content” section, you will see the “Captures” category, click to access and see all the screenshots taken on your Apple iPhone SE.

About the device:

Apple iPhone SE is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm (4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 in), a weight of 113 grams, a screen size of 4.0 inches (~60.8% screen-to-body ratio) and a screen resolution of 640 x 1136 pixels (~326 ppi pixel density).

It has a processor Dual-core 1.84 GHz Twister, a graphics card PowerVR GT7600 (six-core graphics), a RAM memory 2 GB RAM and an internal memory of 16/32/64/128 GB.

The Apple iPhone SE comes from the factory with the iOS 9.3.2| upgradable to iOS 10.3.2 operating system.