I don’t mind the larger phones, but I feel a lot of work could be done on keeping all input to one side or the other, easing single digit input.
Bring Back the SE
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Re: Bring Back the SE
#292I still have my first iPhone, a 3G with the curved back. Every once in a while I pick it up and always marvel at how comfortable it is in my hand compared to the iPhone X I use now. I oouldn't possibly go back to using a screen that small but would definitely give up some screen size to regain a bit of that old "nice to hold" feel.
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#293Does anyone have a source for the claim of dropped support in iOS 14?
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#294Earlier quoted context omitted.
FaceID works a lot better with gloves on than TouchID did.
True, but I don't see that as a real advantage. No matter how I unlock it, I need to take off my gloves to do anything with the phone, anyway.
There are gloves with conductive fingertips that can interact with the touchscreen, but they won't help you with a fingerprint scanner
Re: Bring Back the SE
#295Seriously. 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…
SE size but all-screen like the X would be perfect I think. Up to Apple whether they call it the iPhone SEX. There's nothing current and SE size in the Android world either (except at slow feature-phone level). Even better, release two new phones, one in SE size but all screen so the screen's bigger, and one with SE screen size but all screen but the phone's smaller. By my calculations you could fit a 5" screen on an…
Amusingly, Apple had to side-step exactly the same naming conundrum in 1989 when they released their new M68030-based models—the Macintosh II was followed by the IIx and the Macintosh SE was followed by the... SE/30.
Here's hoping for an iPhone SE/30. Sadly they missed the ideal time to release it, being that last January was the SE/30's 30th anniversary. That would have been cute. As they were both (for their time) small and powerful computers, it would have been perfect. I was almost expecting it as soon as they released the iPhone SE... and Apple isn't entirely immune to nostalgia, though it is rare.
An interesting bit of trivia: the SE/30 is the only Apple computer to ever to include a slash in its name. (Honorable mention does go to the Apple IIe which was occasionally stylised in type as //e, but that wasn't its actual name.)
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#296Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 :(
I use mine two handed while biking.
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#297Earlier quoted context omitted.
FYI, Telegram can also be used from a laptop without a phone being involved.
This requires the network I communicate with to move from iMessage, a platform that already works for them, to Telegram or any other app for my sake.
By staying for iMessage you're rewarding Apple for creating an antisocial messaging app and excluding other platforms.
Re: Bring Back the SE
#298I have a SE for work but a Xiaomi Mi 9 for personal use. I just can't get used to iOS and the small SE. Cant type a decent message on it and the UI, although easy, just makes me feel I'm missing out on efficiency.
Not to mention I don't really care for apple products besides my old iPod (and of course the old stuff like the Apple][).
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#299I have a SE for work but a Xiaomi Mi 9 for personal use. I just can't get used to iOS and the small SE. Cant type a decent message on it and the UI, although easy, just makes me feel I'm missing out on efficiency. Not to mention I don't really care for apple products besides my old iPod (and of course the old stuff like the Apple][).
Choice is good. I’m glad you have options that work for you. I don’t unless I use a 5 year old phone that may no longer be maintained.
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#300Macrumors just reported the other day that there may in fact be an SE 2 or equivalent coming in the spring: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/09/04/apple-to-launch-low-cos...