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Re: iPhone SE

#101

Post by macintux »

agildehaus wrote: post #15
yeukhon wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to be in your camp but honestly, after using iPhone 6 (not PLUS) I am okay. I actually don't use my phone all the time. It is mainly sitting on my desk or in my pocket on the go. My hand is not huge per se, just regular size, like any grown up male in his 20s. Comparing to the old model with smaller screen, the larger screen does increase read space which is quite pleasant. Give it a try.

If you really want to use an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus with one hand, just double-tap ( not press, tap) the home button and the software adjusts the display size for you.

Doesn't pull the left side in, though. No way I can use the Plus one-handed, even with that feature.

Unfortunately, I found even the 4" too large for completely comfortable one-handed operation. Shame I'll never see another 3.5" iPhone option.

Re: iPhone SE

#102

Post by Blaaguuu »

grandalf wrote: post #61
agildehaus wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

If the 16GB phone would just treat the local storage like a cache for everything it would be plenty of storage. With rare exceptions the expiry rules for my usage would be quite simple. That app I use once every two months can be re-downloaded when I want to use it (it's probably less than 20 MB in size anyway).

That seems great in theory, but many people still have really restrictive data caps on their plans, so I'm not sure we are quite ready for that model.

It would also suck if you had an app on your phone like a star/constellation map, which you only use every once in a while when you are out in the middle of nowhere... To have your phone automatically delete that app, then try to re-download it when there isn't any way to do so would be a pretty awful experience.

Works well for something like the Apple TV - I don't think it's good for phones yet.

Re: iPhone SE

#103

Post by yoodenvranx »

pfortuny wrote: post #50
programLyrique wrote: post #40

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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.

WOW I SAY WOW!! No way you can get that in Spain!

Same here in Germany, our mobile prices are ridiculous.

Re: iPhone SE

#104

Post by afreak »

programLyrique wrote: post #40
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.

France and Austria, unlike Canada are very much dense so the infrastructure required to setup an LTE/UMTS/etc network is less costly.

To travel from Vancouver to the next principal Canadian city (Calgary), it requires 900 KM of driving and there's only really one metropolitan area of sorts between the two, meaning that you're going to be setting up cell towers that handle only so much traffic in a day.

As a result, to get service where you end up with just traffic shaping once you go beyond 6 GB (beyond that there is no real limit really), you need to go with a carrier that only services the larger cities. So in my case, my carrier services just Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, and Ottawa, which are fairly dense areas with a combined population of 18 million or so, or just about half of the country's population. Once I leave the city, I have to piggyback on to other carriers however.

Hence why mobile carriers suck in Canada because the bigger carriers do not want to eat into their fairly large profit margins. They can afford to offer such plans, but they simply don't want to.

For the record, I pay $40 CAD/month ($30 USD or 27 EUR) for unlimited North American calling and text plus the "unlimited" data use.

Re: iPhone SE

#105

Post by giarc »

fiatpandas wrote: post #72
giarc wrote: post #49

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You're using a 6 year old, 3.5 inch phone. 7 is going to be bigger than 5, 5S, 5SE, I would upgrade if I were you. Can iphone 4 even get iOS 9?

Yes I understand 7 is going to be bigger than the 5S/SE size. I'm willing to go bigger if there something really compelling about the 7, so I want to wait. (and 4 is stuck on iOS 7)

What about the SE doesn't appeal to you then?

Re: iPhone SE

#106

Post by mojuba »

> The only camera you’ll ever need.

Apple, you are usually good at slogans and titles, but this one... At least three flops in one sentence:

"The only camera" - so no more Canons, Nikons and Leikas? "...you'll ever" - so there will be no more innovation ever, even from you, Apple? "...need" - so you are confident everyone needs a camera?

Re: iPhone SE

#107

Post by pen2l »

mlex wrote: post #94
Negitivefrags wrote: post #52

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It's because Apple has realised 3D touch is bad and it's also a very expensive feature to add to a phone. The real question is if they will admit it was a misstep by removing it from their flagship model or just keep pretending and keep it in. Companies really hate admitting they were wrong so my bet is that they are stuck with it for the forseeable future.

I wouldn't say 3D touch is entirely a bad feature. I agree with the argument that 3D touch features are usually hard to discover (took me a while to realize you could press the keyboard to get a "trackpad"). Some of the features you get from it are nice little quality-of-life things though, like quick app switching. It will be tough getting app developers to decide to implement 3D touch features when it isn't support…

> Some of the features you get from it are nice little quality-of-life things though, like quick app switching.

You can quickly switch apps using 3D Touch? How?

Re: iPhone SE

#108

Post by erickhill »

This phone's naming convention (which at least seems better than the confusing iPad names: mini, Air 2, Pro, Pro) brings back fond memories of the Mac SE.

Re: iPhone SE

#109

Post by nharada »

davidw wrote: post #81

Here's hoping that they'll include something like this in the Google Nexus lineup. They keep growing the phones, but my pocket is the same size.

Have you considered gaining weight?
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