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Re: Bring Back the SE

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ebiester wrote: post #68
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…

https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2013/02/how-do-users-r... People with smaller hands, regardless of gender, often use two hands. Once you're used to using two hands, there's no reason to have a smaller screen.

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Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by jhrmnn »

adrianN wrote: post #307
yoz-y wrote: post #304

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Thing is, it is not nonsense. People here always cry for 'voting with your wallet'. Well, people did and here we are. Apple was massively criticised for _years_ that they did not put out a large phone, because that's where all of the android market went. Then, when they finally made the iPhone 6 their sales were so large that the next year's phone was deemed a flop even though it did extremely well. (If one would rem…

They could offer a big phone and a small phone to hit both target markets.

Unless the target market for the small phone is not worth it at the scale of Apple.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by toomanybeersies »

jeffkeen wrote: post #195
mumblemumble wrote: post #182

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> 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…

Yeah, hopefully! Nobody is asking for paper thin phones, and this needless obsession with THIN is we have to thank for gems such as: - the phone no longer sitting flat - the headphone port being removed - the phone being impossible to get a good grip on without a bulky case - "nearly one day of battery" life being the bar for "what good battery life is" Who trades a couple of millimeters of thickness in exchange for…

What's wrong with the phone no longer sitting flat? Is that really a critical issue?

Also, most people have cases on their phone, which usually make the phone sit flat.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by toomanybeersies »

sdan wrote: post #303
xster wrote: post #301

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On the flip side, I'd also be cool with it if the phone industry can manage to move the fashion industry to produce clothing articles with pockets that fits these phones in places that doesn't prevent you from sitting down etc.

Seriously, how do regular people sit with a pencil-box sized iPhone 11/XS Max? It's why I love my SE. Small, portable, good features a nice phone should have.

I'm only being slightly glib, but they usually sit down with the phone in their hand.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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sdan wrote: post #305
randyrand wrote: post #205

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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.

Yeah this is weird. I mean who over the age of 10 doesn't know the famous 4/4S/5/5S lineup?

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Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by viach »

> So Apple doesn’t need to do this so much for business reasons. But I do think they should do this for other reasons.

It is interesting to know someone thinks that such a successful mega Corp like Apple has or even should have some other reasons besides business.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by daviddumon »

That's it, I just replaced my old iphone 6 for a refurbished SE. It's a shame, really. I don't mind paying the iphone 11 pro max price for something that hold in my hand, but apparently the market disagree.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by jeena »

toomanybeersies wrote: post #313
jeffkeen wrote: post #195

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Yeah, hopefully! Nobody is asking for paper thin phones, and this needless obsession with THIN is we have to thank for gems such as: - the phone no longer sitting flat - the headphone port being removed - the phone being impossible to get a good grip on without a bulky case - "nearly one day of battery" life being the bar for "what good battery life is" Who trades a couple of millimeters of thickness in exchange for…

What's wrong with the phone no longer sitting flat? Is that really a critical issue? Also, most people have cases on their phone, which usually make the phone sit flat.

Wouldn't it make sense to replace the mm of the case with battery?

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by sobani »

jzl wrote: post #300

Macrumors 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...

If I understand that article correctly, given the rumored size, it will be more like a budget iPhone 8, than a new SE.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by ipsi »

sdan wrote: post #303
xster wrote: post #301

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On the flip side, I'd also be cool with it if the phone industry can manage to move the fashion industry to produce clothing articles with pockets that fits these phones in places that doesn't prevent you from sitting down etc.

Seriously, how do regular people sit with a pencil-box sized iPhone 11/XS Max? It's why I love my SE. Small, portable, good features a nice phone should have.

I have massive front pockets, so my XS Max happily fits in there, along with my work iPhone 8, and I don't generally notice when sitting down. It seems weird to me that you'd have non-jeans pants that you _couldn't_ do that with.
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