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Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?

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Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?

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hoistbypetard wrote: post #8
_trackno5 wrote: post #2

I ended up moving to an iPhone 12 mini. As much as I liked the original SE form factor, I really appreciated some things like bigger and better screen and face id. I use mine as an mp3 player connected to some speakers at home. If I were in your position I’d just get an iPhone 13 Mini since it’s the last iPhone with a small form factor. Another option is to look for smaller android devices, but i doubt anything will…

I've got the 2022 iPhone SE. It's small, still has a fingerprint reader, and works well.

I got a refurbished iPhone SE 2nd version (2020) for my wife and she's happy about it so far. It only costs $200 which is nice. It's bigger than the other phones, but at this price I can't complain.

Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?

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jstx1 wrote: post #5

To be fair to Apple, the 1st gen SE came out in 2016 with a 2015 chip and a 2012/2013 body, supporting it for this long is very impressive. There's still the later generations SE (I'm very happy with my SE2) or the 13 mini.

Same SoC was used in the HomePod and other later released devices which is why this phone got longer than normal support.

I’m still using my SE, and will continue until it dies

Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?

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Post by daneel_w »

I spent $15 on a third party DIY battery replacement kit for my 1st gen iPhone SE about a year ago just before I decommissioned it, to make sure I can keep it around at least for a couple of years more as a spare. At 6 years of age Apple definitely honored their 5 year support plan for the model.

Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?

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Post by PostOnce »

tazjin wrote: post #9

I've been trying to wean myself off phones completely since the demise of the SE, but life in Moscow without a phone is basically impossible (taxis, deliveries, electric scooters, bikes etc. all become pretty much unavailable). As a compromise I've been using the Palm Phone[0] for a while now (before that the Unihertz Atom, which is quite the chonker, albeit with a small screen). It's the size of a credit card and ha…

"Life is impossible without e-scooter rentals and fast food delivery."

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Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?

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Post by laserlight »

jstx1 wrote: post #5

To be fair to Apple, the 1st gen SE came out in 2016 with a 2015 chip and a 2012/2013 body, supporting it for this long is very impressive. There's still the later generations SE (I'm very happy with my SE2) or the 13 mini.

Distinguishing feature of the original SE is its form factor. Successors are large phones branded as SE, unfortunately. So, they won't make up for the original one.

Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?

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Post by nicolaslem »

tazjin wrote: post #9

I've been trying to wean myself off phones completely since the demise of the SE, but life in Moscow without a phone is basically impossible (taxis, deliveries, electric scooters, bikes etc. all become pretty much unavailable). As a compromise I've been using the Palm Phone[0] for a while now (before that the Unihertz Atom, which is quite the chonker, albeit with a small screen). It's the size of a credit card and ha…

> those adapters actually draw a surprising amount of power if they have a DAC!

Do they? Intuitively I would imagine that they do not consume much more than the same DAC inside the phone. I use such adapters a lot and never really noticed anything out of the ordinary related to battery life nor the part with the DAC getting warmer.

On the other hand, the sound quality of these adapters is surprisingly good, in the same league as dedicated audio interfaces[0].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0P8-TUDJ4Q

Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?

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jstx1 wrote: post #4
_trackno5 wrote: post #2

I ended up moving to an iPhone 12 mini. As much as I liked the original SE form factor, I really appreciated some things like bigger and better screen and face id. I use mine as an mp3 player connected to some speakers at home. If I were in your position I’d just get an iPhone 13 Mini since it’s the last iPhone with a small form factor. Another option is to look for smaller android devices, but i doubt anything will…

You probably mean 13 mini.

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