I think the Google Pixel 3a is the best reasonably sized and reasonably priced phone for most people. Performance is good, camera is great, price is sensible.
Bring Back the SE
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Re: Bring Back the SE
#202My 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.
I agree. I’ve got an SE, 5S, and 5C, and when they all die, I’m looking into Purism’s lineup. But if Apple resurrects the SE, I will probably get it.
Re: Bring Back the SE
#203Mostly, 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…
I believe Apple claims that FaceID is more secure? More data points = more entropy.
Re: Bring Back the SE
#204Seriously. This giant phone trend is nonsense. Nonsense! I'm a 6'5" man with large hands who still swears by an SE, despite being mocked by friends and strangers whenever I pull out my "tiny phone". I had a 6S and promptly ditched it for an SE after feeling like the thing was designed to slip out of my enormous hands. That whole "reachability" feature they added when they started with this phablet obsession was basic…
I absolutely agree. I switched from iPhone to Android (Galaxy S10e, smallest one I could find that was high end but still huge) last year.
I would switch back in a heartbeat with a new SE. Moreover, I would love a high-end SE rather than a "low end" one.
Re: Bring Back the SE
#205Seriously. This giant phone trend is nonsense. Nonsense! I'm a 6'5" man with large hands who still swears by an SE, despite being mocked by friends and strangers whenever I pull out my "tiny phone". I had a 6S and promptly ditched it for an SE after feeling like the thing was designed to slip out of my enormous hands. That whole "reachability" feature they added when they started with this phablet obsession was basic…
> mocked by friends and strangers whenever I pull out my "tiny phone". Interesting. I don't often get mocked for having an SE, but I do often have people asking what model my phone is and where they can get one. My current hope is that we might see something like the SE come back now that Jony Ive's had at least a glancing blow from the boot. Maybe now Apple's at least a little bit more able to resist the constant dr…
No one has ever asked me that. They know it's an old phone or the SE. It looks the same as the 5 and 5s.
Re: Bring Back the SE
#206Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_series > The Samsung Galaxy Note series is a series of high-end Android-based _phablets_ and tablets developed and marketed by Samsung Electronics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnePlus_One >Type: _Phablet_
I understand that when OnePlus One was launched it was in the "Phablet" category. My point is I don't recall anyone using that label on mine (or on my IPhone 6+) because larger phones were becoming a lot more mainstream at that point.
Then we're making the same point.
The overton window has shifted so much that things that used to look ridiculous and had to be labelled as a portmanteau look ordinary today.
Re: Bring Back the SE
#207My 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.
If it makes it a few more months your best bets will probably be the Nokia 6.2 or 7.2 (depending of your processor and camera desires). You're also going to need to look at the phone width for what's comfortable, a lot of the Android screens have been going for more stretched screen sizes so just the screen size may not be informative enough.
Re: Bring Back the SE
#208Here I was thinking the author was suggesting bringing back the Macintosh SE, but with, oh, a retina display, 12 cores, 4 TB of SSD, powerful mini-speakers, and ... a small drink-refrigerator or maybe a place to hold a potted plant. That would have been cool.
Re: Bring Back the SE
#209Nothing wrong with the current SE. I’m typing on it now. :-) (other than all the websites that stopped testing on small screens... looking at you Reddit).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wwe4m83my4zj4ul/Photo%20Sep%2010%2...
Re: Bring Back the SE
#210Every 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…
Android is equally disappointing. There has never been a successor to the Nexus 4.
I liked the Nexus 4 form factor as well. I've bounced around to larger phones, including the Nexus 6, Pixel and Pixel 2... but I recently went back to a Sony device (XZ1 compact) because it:
(1) Has a headphone jack
(2) Has the same processor as my Pixel 2
(3) Is actually a usable size (roughly the same as the Nexus 4)
I have giant hands and large pockets available but will always prefer a smaller phone.