Apple is dropping support for the 1st generation of the beloved iPhone SE.
Many people liked the form factor of it. What are your plans to do with the last small iPhone?
What are the possibilities? Jailbreak or use it as a paper weight?
Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
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Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#2I ended up moving to an iPhone 12 mini.
As much as I liked the original SE form factor, I really appreciated some things like bigger and better screen and face id.
I use mine as an mp3 player connected to some speakers at home.
If I were in your position I’d just get an iPhone 13 Mini since it’s the last iPhone with a small form factor.
Another option is to look for smaller android devices, but i doubt anything will be as small as the iphone mini
Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#3I'm in the same situation. My plan is to get a 13 Mini, and hope that it also lasts me enough years for Apple to release another small-factor iPhone.
Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#4I ended up moving to an iPhone 12 mini. As much as I liked the original SE form factor, I really appreciated some things like bigger and better screen and face id. I use mine as an mp3 player connected to some speakers at home. If I were in your position I’d just get an iPhone 13 Mini since it’s the last iPhone with a small form factor. Another option is to look for smaller android devices, but i doubt anything will…
You probably mean 13 mini.
Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#5To be fair to Apple, the 1st gen SE came out in 2016 with a 2015 chip and a 2012/2013 body, supporting it for this long is very impressive. There's still the later generations SE (I'm very happy with my SE2) or the 13 mini.
Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#6Mine sits in a drawer, battery long dead. I think there's a 5S in there too. I upgraded to the 11 despite wanting a smaller phone at the time, now the SE size is far too small to do anything, haha.
I imagine it'll remain there until I move, then it'll be sold or (more likely) recycled.
Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#7I use the iPhone 13 mini, it's marginally bigger than the SE.
Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#8I ended up moving to an iPhone 12 mini. As much as I liked the original SE form factor, I really appreciated some things like bigger and better screen and face id. I use mine as an mp3 player connected to some speakers at home. If I were in your position I’d just get an iPhone 13 Mini since it’s the last iPhone with a small form factor. Another option is to look for smaller android devices, but i doubt anything will…
I've got the 2022 iPhone SE. It's small, still has a fingerprint reader, and works well.
Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#9I've been trying to wean myself off phones completely since the demise of the SE, but life in Moscow without a phone is basically impossible (taxis, deliveries, electric scooters, bikes etc. all become pretty much unavailable).
As a compromise I've been using the Palm Phone[0] for a while now (before that the Unihertz Atom, which is quite the chonker, albeit with a small screen). It's the size of a credit card and has terrible battery life, but it can do all the things I need so I've just learned how to deal with it.
I don't really have a solution for music on the go yet, as you can't connect normal headphones to modern phones without adapters (and those adapters actually draw a surprising amount of power if they have a DAC!) and Bluetooth is completely useless in large and densely populated cities. Maybe some iPod-like devices are still around ...
Re: Ask HN: Apple dropping support for iPhone SE. What to do now?
#10Mine sits in a drawer, battery long dead. I think there's a 5S in there too. I upgraded to the 11 despite wanting a smaller phone at the time, now the SE size is far too small to do anything, haha. I imagine it'll remain there until I move, then it'll be sold or (more likely) recycled.
You could replace the battery and/or sell them