It's coming in the spring.
It's rumoured to have a 4.7-inch screen, so probably not much smaller than the iPhone 6,7 and 8, even if they are able to reduce the top bezels somewhat.
Bring Back the SE
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Re: Bring Back the SE
#32Presumably Apple doesn't make a new SE because it would kill their margins. And it'd be hard for them to make the SE expensive because it would probably be thicker, with a cheaper screen, worse battery life and worse performance (because of battery & cooling). But I'm sure they could come up with some semi-plausible reason to make an "SE Pro" so they can keep those margins. How about owning the extra thickness and gi…
Pretty insane that the most profitable company in the (history of the?) world is so risk adverse so as to obsess about margins.
That's probably how they became the most profitable tech company in the first place.
Re: Bring Back the SE
#33I won't upgrade from this old used SE until some phone manufacturer produces a working phone that will fit in a pocket. It boggles the mind. I tried the Jelly Pro, which ran Slack and a handful of critical apps, but the battery life was only a few hours.
Agreed, pocket-sized phone is crucial, unless I should be buying JNCO jeans (but I thought that trend died away).
Lucky for you and your giant phone! Now you can spend an outrageous amount for outrageous jeans for your outrageously large phone.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jnco-jeans-comeback-cost-250_...
Re: Bring Back the SE
#34Keeping SE supported fragments iOS market and burden the developers. iPhone 8 is now the low-cost iPhone roughly at SE price point with a screen size that you kind of have to support anyway.
Removing the SE fragments the user base. I'll go to another hardware vendor to keep a hand-sized device.
Re: Bring Back the SE
#35Presumably Apple doesn't make a new SE because it would kill their margins. And it'd be hard for them to make the SE expensive because it would probably be thicker, with a cheaper screen, worse battery life and worse performance (because of battery & cooling). But I'm sure they could come up with some semi-plausible reason to make an "SE Pro" so they can keep those margins. How about owning the extra thickness and gi…
They still make the iPod touch. It even has an A10 in it. The 128 GB model is $299.
The 128 GB iPhone 8 is $499 with an A11.
They don't have to sell a new iPhone SE for less for $499. I'd pay that for it. Small is a premium. But would selling it at $399 really kill their margins?
Edit: the iPhone 8 64GB refurb pricing is now $379. That's a pretty good deal:
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/FQ6K2LL/A/Refurbished-iPh...
Re: Bring Back the SE
#36Mostly, I hope they bring TouchID back, preferably via a scanner on the back of the phone. Outside of providing a bigger screen, FaceID is strictly worse: - When I pulled my old iPhone out of my pocket, I would have my finger on the scanner and it would be unlocked before it reached my face. With FaceID on the iPhone X, I have to wait a few seconds. - If you wake up and you're squinting as you look at your phone, Fac…
But if you're in a pool with your family and want to take a photo, TouchID isn't going to work. And if you've been running and sweating and want to unlock your phone, many times it won't work. And if you're riding your bike in the woods and want to unlock it - right, gloves...
Re: Bring Back the SE
#37Presumably Apple doesn't make a new SE because it would kill their margins. And it'd be hard for them to make the SE expensive because it would probably be thicker, with a cheaper screen, worse battery life and worse performance (because of battery & cooling). But I'm sure they could come up with some semi-plausible reason to make an "SE Pro" so they can keep those margins. How about owning the extra thickness and gi…
Pretty insane that the most profitable company in the (history of the?) world is so risk adverse so as to obsess about margins.
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Re: Bring Back the SE
#38My SE will probably be my last iOS device.
iOS used to be much better than competition, but I don't think that's the case now.
I never liked big-ass phones, and in my opinion the best iPhone design was the iPhone4, this one was a real masterpiece.
But I won't pay a premium for a phone I don't like, when my SE will no longer do its job, it will be replaced by a cheap Android device.
Re: Bring Back the SE
#39Please do it. I would buy it on a heartbeat. I don’t like carrying this tablet sized display (XS). I miss my SE, it was just too sluggish and restarting too much when I replaced it.
Also, I have a feeling that the reason why they don’t do it is because bigger screen generate more engagement.
Re: Bring Back the SE
#40Every year I wait on bated breath at the release of a similarly compact phone to the SE. I even recently bought a new one right before they removed them from the store, so I have 2 year apple care+ for it to tide me over.
Ordinarily I would vote with my wallet, but there are no compact Android phones either.
Ironically I still own a Oneplus One which is quite old by todays standards; and I distinctly remember it being called a "Phablet" due to it's obtuse stature in comparison to its contemporaries. However it would not look out of place today, in fact in comparison to my friends iPhone Xs (not max) it hardly seems at all larger!
I would merrily slam down 1K+ EUR for a real flagship phone at a size I can actually use.
(also, I wonder how women get on, since generally they have smaller hands than men.)