As an Japanese who often wearing a face mask in winter, I really hope Apple to stop adopting FaceID since they released iPhone X.
And now, people all over the world start wearing face masks.
Even Apple advertises that iPhone SE supports TouchID.
I hope Apple changes the decision for next model.
The 2020 iPhone SE
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Re: The 2020 iPhone SE
#292Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't get it, do people expect magic? How do people think you're gonna fit all the features from a 6" phone into a device literally half the volume. Phones are already packed to the brim. When you make a smaller phone, other than the display, everything else takes the same size and uses the same amount of power. This is the main reason phones have actually getting bigger. Not because people want huge phones, but be…
I do not need camera or high refresh rate or even bluetooth. I need Qi charging to work around the battery life problem (just drop the phone on a qi craddle), and I need NFC for an enterprise application.
It's great that you have those need, but that's too niche even for Android. No one is going to manufacture a small phone without camera or bluetooth or good battery, with Qi and NFC, just for the 5 people out there with your specific needs. Realistically, a small phone can only have 1-2 or the big features most premium phones have, and you might seem some, but you'll never see one that focuses on those two you need unfortunately.
Re: The 2020 iPhone SE
#293Earlier quoted context omitted.
because it breaks when you drop it? it provides a gripped texture so that it's easier to hold on to?
If we're talking about iPhones, they don't necessarily break when you drop it, especially the last few generations. You might get an unsightly scuff on the back or edge, at worst the back glass might crack — but it will do so in such a way that the phone still won't shatter. In fact, my partner's iPhone and my previous one both broke in independent incidents when both were in cases. My new phone, I don't use a case,…
> at worst the back glass might crack
this isn't broken??
Re: The 2020 iPhone SE
#294Earlier quoted context omitted.
If we're talking about iPhones, they don't necessarily break when you drop it, especially the last few generations. You might get an unsightly scuff on the back or edge, at worst the back glass might crack — but it will do so in such a way that the phone still won't shatter. In fact, my partner's iPhone and my previous one both broke in independent incidents when both were in cases. My new phone, I don't use a case,…
> at worst the back glass might crack this isn't broken??
Technically, yes. Realistically, no, because it's not the sort of crack that will make the back shatter; the crack is, somehow, under the surface glass. On my phone, it's entirely cosmetic — it knocks the resale value down, but that's about it.
Fun fact: my phone took its dive after the crack. No water got in at all.
Calling it a crack when it's made with crack-resistant glass doesn't give the right impression of how undamaged it really is, compared to one's expectation that it shattered into a million pieces and embedded itself into my carpet like grenade shrapnel — it ain't like that.
Re: The 2020 iPhone SE
#295The obsession with this phone never ceases to amaze me. I'm really trying to get it but I think there's very vocal minority discussing this: american iphone fans. I would never imagine buying a 64GB non-expandable phone with a single camera and such absurd screen for 480€ in 2020. New 128GB+sd slot s10e is around 450€ and that did small form factor _right_. For a tech forum the iphone se obsession just seems so alien…
i'm not disagreeing with you but, replace "this phone" with "any iPhone" or "any Mac" over the course of post-OS X Apple history.
I disagree with you, I'm personally not a fan of apple but I admit that majority apple products can really compete even in non-apple countries. It's a bit extra but you get some premium features like stronger frame or higher resolution screen.
With iPhone SE you get absolutely nothing extra other than "apple ecosystem".
Re: The 2020 iPhone SE
#296The obsession with this phone never ceases to amaze me. I'm really trying to get it but I think there's very vocal minority discussing this: american iphone fans. I would never imagine buying a 64GB non-expandable phone with a single camera and such absurd screen for 480€ in 2020. New 128GB+sd slot s10e is around 450€ and that did small form factor _right_. For a tech forum the iphone se obsession just seems so alien…
I too used to buy phones based on their hardware specs. Then I got frustrated that I had to buy a new device every 2 years just to get a software update. My 5 year old iPhone got iOS 13.4 at the same time as everyone else.
I'm sorry but if you're looking to use the same phone for 5 years then you're an absolute minority.
Smartphone medium progresses really quick - 5 years is a very very long period of time. Even for laptops - a relative ancient medium that has very little new meaningful inovation - 5 years is still a long time.
Re: The 2020 iPhone SE
#297Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fun fact: iPhone's buttons are not mechanical buttons starting with iPhone 7. The click you feel when you press it is just the taptic engine. If you have an iPhone 7 or 8, try turning it off and try to press the button.
You shouldn't need to turn it off, it feels like a knockoff of a real button, like a fake designer bag. Don't know what was wrong with a regular button that presses.
I suspect water resistance played a part in moving in this direction.
Re: The 2020 iPhone SE
#298Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm with you here, I went through a period of moving to feature phones and ditching the smart watch to reduce the phone back to utility rather than a distraction. But feature phones, even those running kaiOS, just don't have the support for communication tools and things like 2fa authenticator apps. I eventually went for an iPhone SE (2016) in the last year, after it was discontinued and managed to get a boxed, new u…
My iPhone SE got destroyed and I got a 7 to replace it since they wouldn’t give me another SE. The larger screen isn’t nicer and just makes the phone harder to hold. I actually feel like I have a harder time touching things accurately as well, I think the 7 detects touches at a different place on your finger. And of course I can’t use headphones, I ordered a dongle from newegg and waited weeks and now it hasn’t come.…
Sounds your 7 was not new at all.
Re: The 2020 iPhone SE
#299Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don’t think Apple is considering the A13 unnecessarily on the SE2. The A13 will allow for it to be “fast” for like 5 more years. Corporations/governments/non-us lower income counties are going to love this phone especially BRICs imo. This was the absolute best choice Apple could make for a ‘generic’ phone to eat google & androids lunch.
iPhone SE 2020 launching at about 42,500 Indian rupees. OnePlus 8 is launching at 41,999 INR. iPhone SE is by no means a "budget" phone in our country
Maybe there is a currency/tax issue driving the price up? One plus 8 is starting at $699USD while the iPhone SE 2020 has been available for $199 at Walmart although it is though an installment plan to keep people with att/Verizon. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tomsguide.com/amp/news/hurr...
This also doesn’t include tax, so it ends up being more like $438 for the base model without promotions.
Re: The 2020 iPhone SE
#300Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm with you here, I went through a period of moving to feature phones and ditching the smart watch to reduce the phone back to utility rather than a distraction. But feature phones, even those running kaiOS, just don't have the support for communication tools and things like 2fa authenticator apps. I eventually went for an iPhone SE (2016) in the last year, after it was discontinued and managed to get a boxed, new u…
> It's got the lastest iOS and I fully expect the lack of iOS 14 support will be the reason I have to swap it for a new model once software support falls away. For what it’s worth, Apple last updated iOS 12 on March 24th, so they seem to be supporting not only the most recent major version of iOS: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
I didn't know this, this is excellent news. Thank you! I was worried that my work policy might block my phone without the latest firmware.