Will they not release security patches to the last-supported iOS version though? I think they were doing that in the past.
You're absolutely right, it's still supported security wise. You just don't get the new versions of iOS
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Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#22I plan to switch to iPhone 13 mini, which unfortunately will be the last small form factor iPhone.
You will be shocked to learn (as was I) that the iPhone Mini is the same size as the iPhone 6- which is what I considered to be too large for my tiny mitts.
Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#23I use the iPhone 13 mini, it's marginally bigger than the SE.
"Marginally"
Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#24I'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." -Socrates
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize."
So, it's safe to assume GP meant modern life with modern comforts, rather than "my oxygen is only available with an iCloud subscription".
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#25I'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 sa…
Maybe it's more noticeable because this phone has a really tiny battery, but yeah.
I actually went through a few adapters to find one that worked, because some of them (e.g. the one Apple makes) actually only wire up a DAC inside the phone to the physical 3.5mm connector. The Palm phone doesn't have a DAC though ...
Maybe the one I have (by a company called Baseus, which I've never heard of before) just sucks and it shouldn't be drawing as much power as it does. Thanks for the link to that video, might be some good alternative in there!
Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#26The current 2022 SE is the same size and form factor.
Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#27I'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…
> but life in Moscow without a phone is basically impossible (taxis, deliveries, electric scooters, bikes etc. all become pretty much unavailable).
am I the only one who finds this horrifying
Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#28I use the iPhone 13 mini, it's marginally bigger than the SE.
I really dislike the fact that it only has Face ID in the age of masks, but otherwise I too think it's a great device. I'm surprised how quite a few apps in that ecosystem don't support the small formfactor though(i.e. keyboard doesn't close and you can't press next in some apps) even though it's not like in android where there is a thousand formfactors to support.
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#29Wow, about 3 days after my five year warranty ran out. They don't hang about do they!
I was planning to keep it running until the next Apple phone with 3.5mm jack. Are there any 3rd party companies providing security updates to keep such working hardware running?
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#30Die-hard SE fan, moved to iPhone 12 mini. Really happy.
It's a bit larger, but it's a good change as it's actually more comfortable. Ymmv, of course.