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Bring Back the SE

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Re: Bring Back the SE

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post #106

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> 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?

Samsung does, at least on my S8

Re: Bring Back the SE

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post #43

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> 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.

It's already not what most people would call a sensible price. Seems difficult to significantly shrink a phone that has a pair of M.2 slots in it though.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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post #117

EDIT: 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

You mis-quoted your source, which says September 12, 2018, which in my mind does count as the tail end of 2018.

Oops! Thank you, I was so sure that I read it, and typed it, incorrectly. It was when they announced the iPhone XS then.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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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 wouldn't even call the SE compact. It's just normal. It's the size that Steve Jobs said fits comfortably in your hand, and since hand sizes haven't changed, it's still true today.

It’s actually a bit bigger, the original iPhone was 3.5” screen and the iPhone 5 got taller.

I have to give up a bit of grip to get my thumb to the top corners of the screen, but it’s a lot better than anything else and I’d say worth the trade off for the extra space. Bigger than this I’m not convinced.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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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 wouldn't even call the SE compact. It's just normal. It's the size that Steve Jobs said fits comfortably in your hand, and since hand sizes haven't changed, it's still true today.

Wasn't that talking about the iPhone 4, before they added the extra row of icons on the 5 and SE form factor?

As is, I have no inclination to give up my SE, and if it fails I'll almost certainly pick up another off eBay or similar.

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