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Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by saagarjha »

vadansky wrote: post #125
dijit wrote: post #40

Every 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…

I keep having to ask this every thread, but you know you can double tap the home button and it will bring the screen half way down so you can reach easier. I have no problem using my 8 one handed, and can even use it one handed while biking

> can even use it one handed while biking

Please don't :(

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by gkolli »

I apologize if this is a naive question, but why doesn't Apple continue to sell the SE if it was popular and there is a continued market for it?

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by saagarjha »

swiley wrote: post #106
noisem4ker wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> there are no compact Android phones either On Samsung Galaxy S6 and later models, one can tap the home button three times to shrink the screen so that everything can be reached with one thumb. It's called "one-handed mode". I can't say I've used it very often, but when I need it, it's there.

At this point why not just give people a real overlapping window manager?

It wouldn't make much sense on a screen that small.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by TacticalTable »

gkolli wrote: post #142

I apologize if this is a naive question, but why doesn't Apple continue to sell the SE if it was popular and there is a continued market for it?

Nobody besides Apple knows the exact reason(s), but I'd guess it's because they determined that enough users were attached to the ecosystem that they could upsell more of them on a larger/more-expensive phone, than they would lose to competitors. Presumably that profit difference is smaller than the cost to develop a new form factor.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by saagarjha »

dpflan wrote: post #109
saagarjha wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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. I develop iOS apps and love my iPhone SE. It's a bit difficult to develop for that screen size, but it's only a little bit of additional effort and I wouldn't give up my phone for that. Plus, even if iPhone SE went away there are new devices with that form factor (fo…

I've noticed this: web apps for mobile and even iOS apps seem to spill over. Is there a tool for helping you to develop for the varying screen sizes? (SE surely is an outlier here, but still, the question stands).

Honestly, the biggest one is just using the device regularly: you'll be able to tell what'll work and what won't a lot easier. It's clear when people design an interface for a device they haven't used (even Apple does this for certain apps). Get a physical iPhone SE (they're quite cheap) and use it as a development device. Or even better, use it as your actual device.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by draw_down »

wlesieutre wrote: post #11
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…

FaceID works a lot better with gloves on than TouchID did.

Yeah, and touch ID works better in basically every other circumstance.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by eddywebs »

Ive been using SE since the first day it came out and refuse to upgrade for the same reason stated in the post. Just yesterday I was stopped at the airport and security asked me that phone is so small is this new? I had to respond "no its an old iphone". I have been repeatedly made fun of using a tiny phone while whenever somebody makes this comment back in my mind I think the jokes on you.

Can't agree more with the sentiment here, great minds do think alike ;)

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by davidjnelson »

I wish Apple would make a good product. I’d be thrilled to drop a grand to get better cpu, storage, ram, and camera.

But if I have to give up the phone not falling out of my pockets and breaking, the removal of the aux jack, and the removal of Touch ID, why bother?

Are my interests unusual? Do they not want money? I don’t get it.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by lemoncucumber »

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…

Touch ID and Face ID both have cases where they don’t work well (gloves/wet fingers, and sunglasses/squinting).

The thing I like better about Face ID is that it lets you hide the text of your notifications by default but then reveal it as soon as you look at the phone, which is nice for privacy.

I never enabled the setting to hide notification text in the past because it was too inconvenient before Face ID.

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