My anecdotal experience is that about 50% of the large iPhone users are women, who, perhaps oddly in your part of the world, don't seem to have a problem using it--one hand or two.
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6.1-Inch iPhone SE 4 OLED Panel Likely to Be Supplied by China's BOE
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Isn't BOE the same company that lost a contract with Apple previously because of not being able to meet quality standards?
Do they want that though, when their main iPhone is also 6.1“?
This. Or in three words: „Bigger is better“.
Especially when it’s hardly more expensive than a smaller option.
Though I do believe that’s a fallacy for quite a few customers. If I had a dollar for every time a student bought/was bought a cheap to big-ass 15“ Windows notebook that he/she eventualky regretted having to lug around on campus (admittedly, that was a decade or teo ago - smaller/slimmer notebooks have become much more popular in the Windows world too since then).
I’m pretty confused as to why this would exist aside from to give a USB C port to an iPhone with an A15. This way they can drop the iPhone 13 and 14, use a cheaper display panel and a single camera. Overall though it is weird.
Also I kind of wish they’d do an iPhone Classic but in the body of the 8 plus. A lot of seniors would prefer having a big cheap iPhone. But I’d suspect for financial reasons they want to push old people with poor visions up to the plus size models.
Also I kind of wish they’d do an iPhone Classic but in the body of the 8 plus. A lot of seniors would prefer having a big cheap iPhone. But I’d suspect for financial reasons they want to push old people with poor visions up to the plus size models.
Good to know about this. Wonder how much Apple will charge for the new iPhone SE
Why? It would be another price increase on the price hike back in 2022 and also an increase in ASP.Your optimism is endearing.
We really need an iPhone 15 mini. You can call it SE4
They can do the same price increase without increasing storage capacity.
Starting at 64GB for $449 is better than starting at 128GB for $499. How is my optimism endearing then? I don’t get your point.
I don't know the particulars of sales numbers, but I suppose the difference is the SE models have always just used older designs for one last big hurrah; an old body but new heart (updated chips).
Might just be another example of scale; easier to get even more 6.1 parts than it is to have 5.4 parts made, you know?
Apple‘s entry-level configurations start at „somewhat usable but sucks how small they are for anyone and anything other than the most basic of use(r)s“.
They always aim to make it really easy and convincing to spend a bit more on the next, bigger tier: An amount that’s moderate in absolute terms - but ridiculously overpriced relative to the additional costs Apple pays on components (e.g. sell a $5 upgrade for $50).
64GB storage just (still!) hits that mark perfectly, as in „Even if it’s just for grandma, maybe we should still spend a few bucks more to get her the 128GB. 64 is really low from my own experience and my devices…“.
128 GB doesn‘t.
They always aim to make it really easy and convincing to spend a bit more on the next, bigger tier: An amount that’s moderate in absolute terms - but ridiculously overpriced relative to the additional costs Apple pays on components (e.g. sell a $5 upgrade for $50).
64GB storage just (still!) hits that mark perfectly, as in „Even if it’s just for grandma, maybe we should still spend a few bucks more to get her the 128GB. 64 is really low from my own experience and my devices…“.
128 GB doesn‘t.
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All iPhone SE models (excluding the chip bump SE3) thus far have started at the same base storage as the latest non-SE iPhone.
The SE1 even got a storage bump just 1 year into its release to match the iPhone 7's base storage.
Well in Japan the 12/13 are hot on the second hand market (around 40-60k yen) and strangely not the 13, 14, etc. So maybe there is something in that 'small/cheap' segment
The ~6-6.6" market is rather crowded at those prices. An SE is a hard sell when there are a ton of Android devices (or 2nd hand iPhones) in the same bracket with far superior specs available -- maybe not so many in the US/Europe though. Of course, if you need/want iOS that's a big pull as always
Yeah, this is true. You see so many Minis and SEs around and both are popular second hand
I would probably put it down to the current economy though. Something Apple may need to be careful with when they price this new SE globally
My 12” Apple Watch does make it difficult to do certain tasks though.
Valid point. 👍🏻
But I still believe Apple will limit it to 64GB to leave room for a 128GB mid-tier option.
16GB RAM on every (current) MacBook and 128GB storage on an entry-level SE iPhone - I’ll only believe it when I see it.