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Re: iPhone SE

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Post by devindotcom »

oconnore wrote: post #23
afreak wrote: post #10

$399 USD is great, but why are we still stuck with 16 GB of storage on base model phones? You can barely put a day's worth of music on your phone and you cannot always stream via services like Spotify. Spotify accounts for 2 GB of traffic per month on my phone and some plans are barely affordable when you want more than that--fortunately I can do up to 6 GB before I am traffic shaped, but that isn't the say the same…

A full 24 hours worth of music (~33 complete albums) at 192 kbps is only 2GB.

And that's about all the space you'll have with ios and default apps!

Re: iPhone SE

#32

Post by fiatpandas »

As a stubborn iPhone 4 user, I was excited for this press conference because of the return to a smaller form factor. I'm not sure the SE is going to push me over the edge just yet, despite the price.

Think I can hold out for a couple more months, just in case something amazing happens with the 7.

Re: iPhone SE

#33

Post by phesse14 »

agildehaus wrote: post #13
afreak wrote: post #10

$399 USD is great, but why are we still stuck with 16 GB of storage on base model phones? You can barely put a day's worth of music on your phone and you cannot always stream via services like Spotify. Spotify accounts for 2 GB of traffic per month on my phone and some plans are barely affordable when you want more than that--fortunately I can do up to 6 GB before I am traffic shaped, but that isn't the say the same…

It encourages people to spend an extra $100. If the base model were 32GB, far fewer would.

and do not forget the cloud storage. Moore's law is in decadence

Re: iPhone SE

#34

Post by roymurdock »

yeukhon wrote: post #18
jdc0589 wrote: post #4

I immediately thought "Secure Edition" when I read the title...

I read it special edition like motherboard / slimmed edition. Usually SE is a trimmed down edition...

Or "Standard Edition" ala Java SE...really not doing themselves any favors with the ambiguous, expanded naming conventions here.

Re: iPhone SE

#35

Post by tsunamifury »

No 3D touch is a very odd fragmentation. You'd think they'd want to shore up their devices to be completely compatible with this across the spectrum to motivate developers to use it as a key part of their UX.

Now when only XSo your apps have to optionally use 3D Touch, Pencil, adaptive layout, fingerprint, and several other interactions that only cover fractions of their hardware line.

Re: iPhone SE

#36

Post by masklinn »

dham wrote: post #9

I'm one of those hold outs. I had a iPhone 6 for a month and it literally gave me anxiety because I couldn't thumb around Spotify and other apps like I was used too. I traded it in for a 5s and have been using it ever since. I figured I would have to keep it until they stopped putting iOS updates on it. Really glad they did this.

> I figured I would have to keep it until they stopped putting iOS updates on it. Really glad they did this.

Then again, considering the 4S is still being updated I'm guessing the 5S still has quite a bit of life in it.

No SE for me though, I can't live in 64GB anymore.

Re: iPhone SE

#37

Post by giarc »

maxaf wrote: post #30
giarc wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is a 64GB model.

It isn't competitively priced. The 32G used to be a sweet spot I could go for, but it's gone now.

Why not upgrade to a 5 or 5S now though? The 4S is quite a ways behind, and with the 5 and even the 5S being out for so long, you could get some great deals.

Re: iPhone SE

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Post by programLyrique »

afreak wrote: post #10

$399 USD is great, but why are we still stuck with 16 GB of storage on base model phones? You can barely put a day's worth of music on your phone and you cannot always stream via services like Spotify. Spotify accounts for 2 GB of traffic per month on my phone and some plans are barely affordable when you want more than that--fortunately I can do up to 6 GB before I am traffic shaped, but that isn't the say the same…

I am always surprised by these expansive US plans.

In France for instance, you can have 50 GB LTE for 20 € per month (with Free). In Austria, 10 GB LTE for 15 € is not uncommon.

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