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Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Re: Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

fastball wrote: post #87
FreakyT wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you ever want eSIM support? The very existence of eSIM is completely antithetical to reason SIM cards were created in the first place. Without physical SIM cards, you're forced to grovel to your wireless provider to please provision your phone, and they can refuse to do so for any reason. With SIM cards, there's no limit to what devices you can use on what networks, outside of hardware ones. I find it ridic…

That ship already sailed when Apple introduced the concept of "locked" phones.

Was that an Apple concept? I think it was common quite some time before the first iPhone, at least in the US market.

Re: Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

throwaway5r09 wrote: post #74
princeb wrote: post #54

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none at 4".

Here’s the closest I could find, at 3.5” - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/K-touch-I9-Super-Mini-Mobile... There’s a ton more and some at 2.5”!

Is this (or any of the other, off-brand alternatives) any good at all? Does the battery last more than a few hours?

I'm not sure how I'd answer these questions, if I was in the market for a small Android phone. And frankly, it's more likely to be crap than not.

Re: Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Post by beamatronic »

switz wrote: post #94
taurath wrote: post #71

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I’m not so sure anymore - I have a 3.5 year old iPhone 6s, and replaced the battery with a brand new on from the Apple store not 6 months ago - already, the new battery is worse than the old one a year into the phones life. Random shut offs at 10% and not getting through a day are regular occurances, something that didn’t happen at all the first 2 years

I'm having the same exact experience. I'm considering heading to the Apple store and asking for a fresh battery replacement. I don't want to give up my headphone jack.

iPhone 6s Plus here - I don’t want to give up the button, Touch ID, force touch, or the headphone jack.

Edit: added force touch

Re: Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Post by dijit »

I’m going to add to the dogpile here and add: I am really not sure how I can vote with my wallet more than I currently do.

I had a 5S; upgraded to a 6S and spent a year with it, but I really hated the size of the phone and realised that small phones were entirely gone by the end of my time with the 6S.

I tried Android for a while but it was Samsung’s Android and was not for me, I was frustrated and annoyed after every interaction with my phone. After a year of that I went and got an iPhone SE. I’m still very happy with my choice. (Although my AirPods sometimes cut out and I think its due to the size of my Bluetooth antennae)

I buy a fair amount of Apple stuff, I’m on the highest iCloud storage tier, I have AirPods, Mac Pro’s, MacBook Pro’s etc; if they have /any/ customer profiling at all they must realise that I certainly have the means to “upgrade” but doggedly refuse to do so.

When I picked this phone up I bought apple care for as long as I could. I will attempt to extend Apple care on this phone (or buy a new SE if it’s available) before support on this expires.

How else can I show my support to the small phone factor?

Re: Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Post by miqkt »

Timely announcement.

The battery on my (year old) Sony Z5C running LineageOS has recently decided to start failing. I had a Z3C for two years before it too decided to start failing on touch input (you'd think I'd learn my lesson by this point).

I lament the absence of compact Android phones with long-term security updates. Maybe it's time I just bite the bullet.

Re: Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Post by thatguy0900 »

geofft wrote: post #73
FreakyT wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you ever want eSIM support? The very existence of eSIM is completely antithetical to reason SIM cards were created in the first place. Without physical SIM cards, you're forced to grovel to your wireless provider to please provision your phone, and they can refuse to do so for any reason. With SIM cards, there's no limit to what devices you can use on what networks, outside of hardware ones. I find it ridic…

My experience (with AT&T prepaid in the US) is that SIM cards are associated with IMEIs and don't work with a new IMEI without my phone company approving it. So it's not functionally different from CDMA. CDMA was fine; the overhead of swapping phones when I was on CDMA is comparable to the current overhead, and I don't recall anything else I missed from not having a physical SIM card.

Having worked for att I can say this is definetely not the case, the sim card will work with any imei.

Re: Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Post by godzillabrennus »

miqkt wrote: post #125

Timely announcement. The battery on my (year old) Sony Z5C running LineageOS has recently decided to start failing. I had a Z3C for two years before it too decided to start failing on touch input (you'd think I'd learn my lesson by this point). I lament the absence of compact Android phones with long-term security updates. Maybe it's time I just bite the bullet.

Security and privacy are what Apple is betting on these days.

Not much else that makes an iPhone special anymore.

Re: Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Post by joecool1029 »

geofft wrote: post #73
FreakyT wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you ever want eSIM support? The very existence of eSIM is completely antithetical to reason SIM cards were created in the first place. Without physical SIM cards, you're forced to grovel to your wireless provider to please provision your phone, and they can refuse to do so for any reason. With SIM cards, there's no limit to what devices you can use on what networks, outside of hardware ones. I find it ridic…

My experience (with AT&T prepaid in the US) is that SIM cards are associated with IMEIs and don't work with a new IMEI without my phone company approving it. So it's not functionally different from CDMA. CDMA was fine; the overhead of swapping phones when I was on CDMA is comparable to the current overhead, and I don't recall anything else I missed from not having a physical SIM card.

Sprint (and its resellers) is the only carrier in US with a technical reason to pair sim to device and it's because they rolled out their tech in such a wonky way that they now have 4 or 5 versions of same sized sim card in order to support all proprietary weirdness in each device.

Re: Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Post by paultopia »

I am a big dude with big hands, I love my XS. BUT: people with less big hands and especially women have expressed the sentiment that is showing up frequently in this thread about the smaller form factor being better---and I really don't understand why Apple is so reluctant to build for half its user base!

Re: Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Post by joecool1029 »

ksec wrote: post #120
sfcguyus wrote: post #106

I 'downgraded' from an iPhone XS to an iPhone SE. I had misplaced my XS and got an SE temporarily. Best thing to have ever happened - the iPhone SE is the best iPhone apple has ever made. So much so that I have an XS and the SE and cannot get back to the XS. I know HN has some weird opinions sometimes that aren't representative of a majority. But I genuinely think if people used this or gave it a shot they wouldn't s…

As a Phone, a Communication Devices, and Social Network, I could may be want the iPhone SE had an Edge to Edge Design, but other than that I agree it is perfect. As a Media Consumption devices, that is mostly video and Gaming. The iPhone SE size just doesn't work. Sometimes I kept thinking if I just ditch gaming and I could have a smaller phone. Hopefully Apple will come up with a 5" Full Display SE size iPhone, and…

>I could may be want the iPhone SE had an Edge to Edge Design

Why? So you can accidentally tap the screen every day with the edge of your fingers as you hold the device?

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