My work bought me an "upgrade" to the XR, as my SE is starting to show some battery issues. But after a day of playing with the XR, I put it back in the box to send back to Apple. Compared to the SE, the XR is 50% heavier -- even without a case. It doesn't have a good edge to hold onto being so thin, so it makes you want to hold on by the front. But every corner of the front of the device is a UI element that you can…
Bring Back the SE
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Re: Bring Back the SE
#112My GF controls her apple watch by voice, glances at imessages on the screen and replies by voice, and really only pulls out her phone when seated or waiting-while-standing.
I doubt a modernized SE-sized device could meet Apple's margin needs.
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#116I bought a new SE earlier this year, but managed to completely shatter the screen twice and gave up on it. Still holding onto a 6S.
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#117EDIT: Never mind, OP is right, I had this wrong. Thanks, 333c. Apple discontinued the iPhone SE at the tail end of 2018 Actually it was on September 12, 2017, the day they announced the iPhone X [1], even if they had it on sale for a while early this year. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_SE
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#118Every 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 bein…
Wait what? This doesn't make sense. I remember getting OnePlus as well (bought it for a friend in Europe) and the screen size was pretty mainstream at that point. It had 5.46" size. It got released the same year Apple released 6+ which had bigger screen, and in US it doesn't get more mainstream than that. In no particular order a list of other pretty successful smartphones released in 2014:
- Galaxy Note 4 (5.7")
- Google Nexus 6 (6")
- HTC One (M8)(5")
- LG G3 (5.5")
- Droid Turbo (5.2")
Where do you live?
Re: Bring Back the SE
#119My work bought me an "upgrade" to the XR, as my SE is starting to show some battery issues. But after a day of playing with the XR, I put it back in the box to send back to Apple. Compared to the SE, the XR is 50% heavier -- even without a case. It doesn't have a good edge to hold onto being so thin, so it makes you want to hold on by the front. But every corner of the front of the device is a UI element that you can…
> EDGE is a little slow Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe EDGE has been disabled across a lot of the US.
AT&T shut their footprint off completely a few years ago to free up spectrum in 850mhz.
Re: Bring Back the SE
#120Not true. iOS 13's compatibility list includes iPhone SE (near the bottom): https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-13/