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Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by victor22 »

ramesh31 wrote: post #7

The (actual) perfect phone is the gen 1 SE. I literally just returned my gen 3 and ordered two new sealed in the box gen 1 SE’s on eBay for $150 a piece. I’ve been using this model for 8 years. I’m set on phones for the next decade. I’m hoping and praying that Apple will someday make a modern 5G phone with the dimensions and features of a gen 1. But until then this is my phone. It is literally perfect and there’s not…

13 mini? I have an iPhone 8 which is just perfect, I switched to my old iPhone 11 Max 2 days ago but I decided to sell it and go back to the 8. No reason at all to upgrade from the 8 except for better camera on the SE’s or minis. All apps and everything runs the same for 1/3 the price.

Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by LeoPanthera »

I bought a Mini with great excitement, thinking that it would take me back to the glory of the "my phone fits my my pocket and I can type with one hand" days.

I kept it for 3 months, and then traded it in for a Pro. It turns out that the world has moved on. Web pages are getting harder to read on small screens. I had to squint a lot. The phone's short height means that it often doesn't charge "vertically" in Qi chargers. It doesn't fit in my car's integrated phone holder, it just rattles around.

And I really missed the zoom lens.

So I'm OK with the Pro, and I will get used to slightly larger phones.

(The "Max" is still stupid.)

Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by mikestew »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #8

I got the iPhone 13 Mini. I suspect that it will be the last of that form factor. I use a first-gen SE (tiny screen) as my low-end test (iOS 14).

The only reason my spouse and I both bought 13 Minis is because we suspected the same. We otherwise were fine to hold onto X-gen iPhones for a little longer (despite their carrier-deck screens). I hope we're all wrong about that "no more Minis" thing, but if we aren't, it's going to be "cold dead hands" time[0].

[0] As in, "pry it from my...", for those not familiar with the saying.

Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by skyyler »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #8

I got the iPhone 13 Mini. I suspect that it will be the last of that form factor. I use a first-gen SE (tiny screen) as my low-end test (iOS 14).

I don't see any reason to get rid of my 12 mini yet. I hope I never will.

Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by nateb2022 »

ramesh31 wrote: post #7

The (actual) perfect phone is the gen 1 SE. I literally just returned my gen 3 and ordered two new sealed in the box gen 1 SE’s on eBay for $150 a piece. I’ve been using this model for 8 years. I’m set on phones for the next decade. I’m hoping and praying that Apple will someday make a modern 5G phone with the dimensions and features of a gen 1. But until then this is my phone. It is literally perfect and there’s not…

What? I'm not sure if you're aware, but all the SE models have the same "bubble" exterior you describe, so I'm not sure how one can be better than another in that aspect.

Also what? The 3rd gen iPhone SE has 5G.

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Post by alephxyz »

hardwaresofton wrote: post #5

I was hoping to see my phone and I was not disappointed. > It is very likely that this is the last iPhone SE of its kind, the last “iPhone with a button” (a recurring joke here in Brazil). The reception from critics has been lukewarm and sales, apparently, below expectations. That’s a shame. This is saddening to read, and with how Apple is it's not like buying more of the same phone as a backup would work -- they'd a…

> I know it's bad for GDP

That's the broken window fallacy

Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by simonmales »

notRobot wrote: post #2

I would pay a decent chunk of money for an iPhone SE clone that runs Android. I'm so tired of big phones. I can't do this anymore. Past discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31411191 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30405011

Running Asus ZenFone 8. Screen size is relatively normal compared to the monsters that other manufacturers ship.

Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by runjake »

torstenvl wrote: post #9
ramesh31 wrote: post #7

The (actual) perfect phone is the gen 1 SE. I literally just returned my gen 3 and ordered two new sealed in the box gen 1 SE’s on eBay for $150 a piece. I’ve been using this model for 8 years. I’m set on phones for the next decade. I’m hoping and praying that Apple will someday make a modern 5G phone with the dimensions and features of a gen 1. But until then this is my phone. It is literally perfect and there’s not…

Care to explain why they're "trash"? What didn't you like about it? Just the rounded corners?

They aren't trash. I think the OP is trying to say they don't like the way the current SEs look.

I just bought my kids their own SE current generations, and me with my 13 Pro is kind of jealous of how ergonomic, pocketable, and usable (home button) they are.

Edit: OP edited their comment to remove the "they are trash" verbiage.

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