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Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 11:55 PM UTC

perl4ever wrote: post #228

jeffkeen wrote: post #167

Seriously. 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…

"I'm a 6'5" man with large hands who still swears by an SE" It appears that the SE is 4 inches and the 6S is 4.7. I have a Pixel 3 non-XL and it is 5.5 which seems fine to me. But the Pixel 3 XL at 6.2 was going too far. Anyway, a real Apple SE[1] has a screen which is a little over 8 inches... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_SE

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Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by pkorzeniewski » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 11:58 PM UTC

I can't believe that despite sooo many smartphone models there isn't even ONE under 5 inch with a good camera. Two years ago I bought one of the cheapest smartphones on the market (Alcatel Pixi with 4 inch screen) because it was the smallest one I could find - it has the perfect form factor and is good enough for most stuff I use, but one thing I really miss is a good camera. I waited for something better in that size to show up but the phones just get bigger and bigger...

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by KiSM » Wed, Sep 11, 2019, 12:10 AM UTC

pkorzeniewski wrote: post #242

I can't believe that despite sooo many smartphone models there isn't even ONE under 5 inch with a good camera. Two years ago I bought one of the cheapest smartphones on the market (Alcatel Pixi with 4 inch screen) because it was the smallest one I could find - it has the perfect form factor and is good enough for most stuff I use, but one thing I really miss is a good camera. I waited for something better in that siz…

I feel that, IMO the Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact is about the b̶e̶s̶t only premium compact phone.

No confirmed successor and it was a bit pricey too...

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by bartwe » Wed, Sep 11, 2019, 12:13 AM UTC

I asked a phoneseller friend about it 'People don't want those phones' was the answer.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by kjeetgill » Wed, Sep 11, 2019, 12:24 AM UTC

irq wrote: post #187

kjeetgill wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know if you're unfamiliar or not but it flattens out.

No it doesn’t. At least, it doesn’t go flat enough that it doesn’t disrupt wireless charging.

Fair, just that in the pictures there it's only shown extended or without perspective.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by Khaine » Wed, Sep 11, 2019, 12:25 AM UTC

I want a smaller size phone as well. Give me something the size of the original iPhone.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by edoceo » Wed, Sep 11, 2019, 12:28 AM UTC

Izkata wrote: post #240

dijit wrote: post #71

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Maybe, but I have a mix, my partner has a large phone and carries a backpack(!?) with her everywhere, but her closest friend has an iPhone 5 (which she doesn't update the OS on because "it will get slower"). So in my circles it's already 50/50. But I do see iPhone 5's and SE's amongst my circles more commonly than I should given the age of the phone. I'm not 100% on why, though I often ask. And it's incredibly rare t…

> my partner has a large phone and carries a backpack(!?) with her everywhere Bringing the SCR-300 back in style? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCR-300

Audio quality on that model is not great

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by zzleeper » Wed, Sep 11, 2019, 12:38 AM UTC

Silly question, but what does he mean by the iOS lock-in? I have both an Android (personal) and iphone (work) and don't find anything particularly appealing about the iphone wrt to a much much cheaper Huawei (besides a faster camera)

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by Paperweight » Wed, Sep 11, 2019, 12:39 AM UTC

jeffkeen wrote: post #167

Seriously. 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…

It's quite spineless and revealing to abandon the standard smartphone screen size right after running those ads.

I guess they're doing product development out of fear instead of boldness, now. Just a typical committee-led US corporation trending back to the mean. Maybe they should get a new CEO from Pepsi, again.

Re: Bring Back the SE

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Post by jpindar » Wed, Sep 11, 2019, 12:44 AM UTC

swiley wrote: post #106

noisem4ker wrote: post #101

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> there are no compact Android phones either On Samsung Galaxy S6 and later models, one can tap the home button three times to shrink the screen so that everything can be reached with one thumb. It's called "one-handed mode". I can't say I've used it very often, but when I need it, it's there.

At this point why not just give people a real overlapping window manager?

My LG G7 has a two window mode (you can slide the division between the two windows up and down). Also there are now many apps that can run in small floating windows, most notably video players.