Apple resumes selling iPhone SE at lower $249 price on its clearance store

Post by theli0nheart » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 2:30 PM UTC

mdorazio wrote: post #242

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> Yes, the demand really is that low. Do you have any evidence for that? There are virtually no, modern, reasonably-specced and reasonably priced phones with smaller screens available currently, so it's no wonder they're not selling. In the Android world, there's only a couple of low-end Nokia phones (Nokia 1 - 4.5" screen and Nokia 3 - 5.2" screen), low-end Samsungs like the Galaxy J3 and the high-end and expensive…

In 2016, 4 inch Apple phones accounted for only 16% of total iPhone sales (see bottom of [1]). The market clearly shifted to favor bigger screens. Personally, I love the SE form factor and will only begrudgingly get a bigger phone when this one dies, but every time someone sees it they inevitably comment to the effect of "why is your phone so small?" The general market expectation is now that bigger = better, unfortu…

Post by scarface74 » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 2:49 PM UTC

40acres wrote: post #72

Hardware lends itself to a vertical business model, Apple has clearly been the best example but even video game console manufacturers write their own games. With AI assistants seemingly the 'next big thing', which lends itself to a more horizontal model, will Apple change gears to accommodate? Their services division has been growing rapidly. Apple could leverage it's brand to create an awesome cell phone at a very c…

Post by kgwgk » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 3:24 PM UTC

scarface74 wrote: post #304

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I think he means “iOS supported”.

Well seeing that the iPhone 5s from 2013 is still supported in 2019, I don’t see any reason that the SE/6S won’t get support until 2021.

Post by Kaibeezy » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 4:12 PM UTC

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Do you have any insight as to why? I'm part of that minority and small phones seem better in so many ways. My hands are relatively big I think, but even with "small" phones now I can barely use them with one hand. The smaller screen uses less battery. Larger phones don't fit in pockets very well and result in a spot that wears through on my jeans where the corner of the phone pokes out from my pocket. I'm really stru…

Clothing should have a certain amount of utility, IMO. Perhaps it's the jeans that need to be updated. I'm pretty happy with the size of my phone currently, not sure it qualifies as small or large. Largest phone I had was for work, Iphone 6+, that thing was unwieldy, essentially a tablet. I wouldn't own one that big personally.

Post by isostatic » Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 4:41 PM UTC

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I like small phones because I feel that they're a better tradeoff between form + functionality. I want a premium phone, and I'm willing to pay a lot for it, but I also want to spend as little time on my phone as possible. A smaller screen gives me all the benefit while being easy to carry and handle, and the small screen keeps me from using it too much. I also happen to think small screens feel more elegant. The prom…

Totally agree. HNers do understand the tradeoffs better. It's like when they started making laptop screen reflective. All my non-tech relatives were saying: "wow that screen is super nice" while I was thinking: "holy crap, the matte screen is disappearing, how I am going to work?"