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Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by kylehotchkiss »

rpgbr wrote: post #23

I knew I wasn't the only one fond of small, cheap-but-great phones! :) Btw, this is my first post in English. I cover tech here in Brazil for +10 years and run a +9 years old independent, self-sustainable publication written in Portuguese. Now, I decided to give it a shot in another language, despite still feeling uncomfortable with my English. (I hope I haven't misspelled anything!) If you enjoyed this brief iPhone…

Your english is great. I couldn't even tell it was written by a non-native speaker. Keep writing! You have interesting things to say.

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Post by geenew »

The article mentions the ability to take pictures with blurry backgrounds (aka bokeh).. fwiw, that feature exists on the SE 2nd generation.

To join in the old-man-fist-shaking, the SE 1st generation was a far better size. You can use the SE 2nd generation with one hand, yes, but in practice it involves frequently double-light-tapping the omni-button to slide the screen down halfway. (Or, maybe, I just have small hands, IDK).

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Post by temende »

ljosa wrote: post #60
temende wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Apple’s battery replacement service is about $50 including shipping. Took a little less than a week for me.

Interesting, $50 isn't too bad. What did you do while your phone was gone for repairs? Did they give you a loaner?

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Post by jen729w »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #12

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 charg…

13 Mini lover here. I find the small screen an advantage, because it makes me less likely to look at web pages on it. I'm actively trying to use my phone less, while not pretending that living modern life without a phone is essentially impossible.

When I do succumb to my own weakness and look at something on the tiny screen, I often think, meh, this isn't great, just do something else!

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Post by cowtools »

wlesieutre wrote: post #46
commoner wrote: post #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: https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_6a

Though if the iPhone SE 2016 and the Pixel 3a are anything to go by, the new iPhone SE will probably have software support for 2x or longer than the Pixel 6a.

The pixel 3a is still supported by AOSP distros like CalyxOS:

https://calyxos.org/install/

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Post by mauvehaus »

The problem with the new SE is that it comes on the heels of the old SE. My first smartphone was a 2nd gen SE that I bought around July 2020. I plan on keeping it as long as I kept my previous dumbphones: 4-6 years (i.e. however long the battery lasts). If they keep releasing SE's at the current pace, my next phone will be a 4th or 5th generation SE. There is literally no feature they could add that would entice me to replace it before then.

I'll allow that battery life might sway me to pull the trigger after 3-4 years, but barring that my phone more than meets my needs as-is.

Know your customers, folks.

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