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Bring Back the SE

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Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by JansjoFromIkea »

dpflan wrote: post #6

Cool, another supporter of a smaller iPhone. I upgraded my SE to a newer SE after buying a clearance SE from the Apple store. If they could make a high res. screen that essentially is the entire front of the phone (ala the trend for larger phones), I'd be impressed and upgrade. I wonder what data is motivating Apple with regard to phone sizes. I assume trends towards video and image consumption are really pushing for…

On one side having a significantly smaller screen to cater to limits app developers quite a bit, so removing the 320px option would be welcomed there.

Another factor is the things that drive a person to spend $500+ on a phone are probably quite far removed from what they actually want from a phone from day to day. A big huge all encompassing screen is gonna outperform something that actually fits in your pocket every time.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by TylerE »

briandear wrote: post #12
ruffrey wrote: post #5

I 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.

How small are your pockets? I have an iPhone X and it fits just fine.

I think the regular X is in a really good spot in terms of size. Fits in pockets, easy to reach the corners, but still a fairly large screen.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by als0 »

Apocryphon wrote: post #21
033803throwaway wrote: post #4

Or someone, anyone, make a functional clone of it. I don't care much which OS I have to run, they are all the same now. I just want a smart phone that fits in a single hand. I tried the palm and it is a bit too small, and the battery life was insanely bad.

> I don't care much which OS I have to run Maybe Purism could think about making a Librem 4 after the 5 releases. Double-down on the hacker-hobbyist niche.

> Double-down on the hacker-hobbyist niche.

Might be hard to sell for a sensible price in that case.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by TylerE »

dpflan wrote: post #6

Cool, another supporter of a smaller iPhone. I upgraded my SE to a newer SE after buying a clearance SE from the Apple store. If they could make a high res. screen that essentially is the entire front of the phone (ala the trend for larger phones), I'd be impressed and upgrade. I wonder what data is motivating Apple with regard to phone sizes. I assume trends towards video and image consumption are really pushing for…

> If they could make a high res. screen that essentially is the entire front of the phone

So, an Iphone X?

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by Apocryphon »

als0 wrote: post #32
Apocryphon wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

They also took risks, once

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by dpflan »

devinjflick wrote: post #33
dpflan wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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_...

Thank you, yes, my wardrobe needed an upgrade. I can store my jeans inside my jeans too.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by cpuguy83 »

temuze wrote: post #9

Mostly, 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…

Sounds like you have the more secure mode active which requires attention to unlock. You can disable this so it doesn't care about attention.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by mehrdada »

castis wrote: post #34
mehrdada wrote: post #25

Keeping 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.

Android has never had good support for small devices, so I don't think that's a huge risk.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by paul7986 »

jcampbell1 wrote: post #16
paul7986 wrote: post #2

Yes .. iPhone 8 size and below.. please. Current sizes are too big to use in one hand without having to reposition the phone (my pet peeve). Touch ID as well. Preferred over Face ID... grab phone with thumb it opens instantly (my personal experience). Another year for myself Im not refreshing my iPhone. I did every year from 2009 to 2018; bought the XS last year and returned it. EDITED

I was in your camp, then I got a ring that sticks to the back of the phone. I stopped using a case because I no longer drop my phone, and have even started really stupid things like texting while biking. A ring let's you use bigger phones one handed. Those popper things are more popular but inferior in every aspect.

Cool, but still no Touch ID as well. One step .. grab my phone with thumb and it's open even before meeting my face.
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