I was looking forward to this phone but will not buy as it doesn't not have a 3.5mm jack
New iPhone SE
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Re: New iPhone SE
#932I really wanted a phone with a current top level camera, and a reasonably quick cpu as in a modern iPhone or Android. I consider the iphone7/8 to be almost too big for one handed use, but it's it's worth it as a tradeoff for the improved readability. The problems with the iphone7/8 size is mostly poor legacy UX (Nothing should have to be clicked in basic, navigation above the middle of the screen!).
I basically had to upgrade from iPhone7 to iPhone11 to get a good camera in an iPhone. The 11 is a phone that is both much larger and much more expensive than I would like. So if the camera on this is as good as the main iPhone 11 camera, I would definnitely have gone for this one instead, had it been available 6 months ago.
This is apple cannibalizing their own iPhone11 sales, a lot I think
Re: New iPhone SE
#9331163 Comment right now, ~800 Are about Size of Devices. I thought there was another important point. The current entry level iPhone; iPhone SE 2020 with A13 is now faster in Single Threaded performance than ALL current shipping Android, including Flagship Android. And judging by the Qualcomm roadmap, this will likely remain the same in 2021 as well. This is important if you are doing or using Web Apps like Discourse…
> So I do suggest before people writing off 4.7" as being large, please try and give it a go first.
I was actually planning on grabbing a larger phone when iPhone SE inevitably lost software support, but then I got an old iPhone 6 to use casually and I just couldn’t use it at all with one hand without invoking Reachability all the time. Plus I can’t wrap my hand around it so it feels a bit less secure…I’m not sure I’d be happy to lose the form factor.
Re: New iPhone SE
#934Earlier quoted context omitted.
> And wow how I've missed Android, the UX is soooo much better in most aspects. iOS has its problems, but every time I have to handle somebody's Android (i.e. to help them do something faster than telling them), I want to give it back as quickly as possible.
I think that's less to do with realistic differences than it is familiarity... I've used google experience for the most part, and even then using someone's Samsung devices is different enough to be annoying. For the most part, I adapt along the way... I've felt similar with iOS, but refuse to buy from Apple.
Refusing to feed anything more to Google whenever I have the choice, is the reason I will probably always avoid Android.
Re: New iPhone SE
#9351163 Comment right now, ~800 Are about Size of Devices. I thought there was another important point. The current entry level iPhone; iPhone SE 2020 with A13 is now faster in Single Threaded performance than ALL current shipping Android, including Flagship Android. And judging by the Qualcomm roadmap, this will likely remain the same in 2021 as well. This is important if you are doing or using Web Apps like Discourse…
> So I do suggest before people writing off 4.7" as being large, please try and give it a go first. I was actually planning on grabbing a larger phone when iPhone SE inevitably lost software support, but then I got an old iPhone 6 to use casually and I just couldn’t use it at all with one hand without invoking Reachability all the time. Plus I can’t wrap my hand around it so it feels a bit less secure…I’m not sure I’…
FWIW the iPhone 5s received iOS 12, and has had a patch as recently as March 24th (2020).
It was released Fall 2013.
It was also the first 64-bit smartphone, and remained that way for more than a year from what I can tell. It also has the first Secure Enclave; i.e. a fingerprint authentication system that had any hope of being secure, and a decent FDE system.
Re: New iPhone SE
#936I was itching for this announcement, not because I want to buy an iPhone, but because this will finally mean other manufacturers will start to make compact phones. It drives me up the wall that I simply cannot find a reasonably competent phone (i.e. mid/upper range from the past 4 years) which is not absolutely fucking huge. It's insane that the "phablet" standard from ~5 years ago is now not even the new standard, b…
It's called "IPhone SE" but does that mean it's the same height and width as the previous SE?? That's the key thing about the SE and before it the 5S-- something that can be operated with one hand and that can fit in a pocket. It's clear from the photo that it doesn't have a camera optic that's flush with the back, nor does it have that cool pseudo 1960's Philips-like metal case with flat beveled sides.
I guess Apple disagrees with you definition of the SE :(
Re: New iPhone SE
#937Earlier quoted context omitted.
The forces that made the "phablet" standard are the same thing that makes software today so terrible -- "Let's support our biggest and most profitable use case and screw everyone else!" This is not what tech is supposed to be about. There's supposed to be options, so all types of users can feel comfortable and at-home. Instead we force all users into a couple of comically-bad stereotypes based on market research pull…
Luckily, there is the Android ecosystem, so you get choice and don't need to get a massive phone.
Android is 1. something completely different and 2. not great when it comes to small phones, either.
Re: New iPhone SE
#938For anyone on the fence about trusting Apple's sell on privacy, I urge you to check out these pages;
https://apple.com/privacy this isn't the Privacy Policy, just a very high level overview of investments/innovations (ETA 20-60 seconds)
https://apple.com/privacy/features deeper dive, no cute graphics, links to papers (3+ minutes)
They really, really messed up by not being upfront with Siri's contractors, and they are not taking a hard stance on E2E iCloud Photos/Backups.
You can back up yourself using the native encrypted backup format using the CLI on Linux/Windows/macOS using https://libimobiledevive.org idevicebackup2
Using ifuse from them too you can read the SQLite database the Photos app uses, see things like the on-device processed metadata (including recognized faces, tho obviously not the face data from FaceID).
Using this I made a script to only transfer only favourited photos for my girlfriend; https://gist.github.com/aurorabbit/592bbc76df317f86c1a6ef64c... (will work on linux too, surely Windows but idk powershell)
/info dump
Re: New iPhone SE
#939Earlier quoted context omitted.
Firefox for iOS has been out for quite a while: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/firefox-private-safe-browser/i... . Unless I'm missing something?
firefox, using the firefox engine. not being a simple wrapper around webkit.
Ahh gotcha. Yeah, that’d be the day they probably also release Seamonkey Mobile for iOS/Android /s
Re: New iPhone SE
#940Being a long-time Android user (not a fan, though) This is the first iPhone I'd actually buy. I'm tired of huge phones with no bezels, they're not usable. They are a pain in the ass, they are a literally a pain in your hand to use. I halso ahte the notch with passsion.