I have had my iPhone 6S for six years now, and it’s still going strong. I’ve replaced the battery a couple of times and the screen more than a couple. I can do everything I need with it, and it’s the perfect size. So I have no desire to upgrade until I must.
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#22Love the S.
Carry the Galaxy S21. S is the work phone, but did I mention I love it?
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#23I knew I wasn't the only one fond of small, cheap-but-great phones! :)
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#24> It is a crazy strategy of Apple to put the “brains” of its most expensive phone, the iPhone 13 Pro Max (+USD 1.099), in its entry model, low cost (USD 429). No other company does this.
The $449 Pixel 6a, which was released today, has the same Tensor chip as the $899 Pixel 6 Pro. This is advertised prominently on the product page:
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#25I have had my iPhone 6S for six years now, and it’s still going strong. I’ve replaced the battery a couple of times and the screen more than a couple. I can do everything I need with it, and it’s the perfect size. So I have no desire to upgrade until I must.
Just wondering, how much did it cost to get the battery and screen replaced? And did you do it via Apple or a third-party repair shop?
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#26> retained the same design of the 2014’s iPhone 6 Too bad they didn't retain the design of the 2013 iPhone SE, which was better.
Yes! Although I think by today's standards most of apps would be cramped in that little screen.
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#27The (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…
I also upgraded from an SE 1 to an SE 3, and I've been really happy with mine. The larger size was a little annoying at first but I've adapted.
I too would rather have had a phone with the smaller size of the original SE, but I've found the larger phone an acceptable trade-off for the speed, memory, and battery life upgrades I got going from the SE 1 to the SE 3. Let's just hope the SE 4, if there is one, isn't much bigger.
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#28I 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 charg…
Why did you go for a Pro over a regular iPhone 13 (for example).
I'm trying to workout which one to get, way too many options in 2022.
I do a lot of outdoor stuff, not sure if I want the weight of the pro, is it worth it?
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#29I 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…
it's not the same, but apple could add the home button on the side, even if they remove it from the front. it could incorporate the fingerprint sensor like the ipad, or they could use an in-display fingerprint sensor, combined with the removal of the front camera, and voilà, their holy grail single slab of glass iphone!
i still use my trusty 6S because i prefer the fingerprint scanner and home button, plus having a real headphone jack is useful every now and then.
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#30The (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.
the 1st gen SE design looks nothing like the newer models, it was actually based on the iPhone 5 design, see pictures here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_SE_(1st_generation)
The SE 2nd and 3rd gen on the other hand are based on the iPhone 6/7/8 design which is quite different