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Any iPhone SE Remorse?

Are you keeping your new iPhone SE?

  • Yes

    Votes: 222 69.4%

  • No, going back to my 6/6s

    Votes: 33 10.3%

  • No, going back to my 6+/6s+

    Votes: 35 10.9%

  • Undecided

    Votes: 30 9.4%
  • Total voters
    320
nburwell said:
You seem to be building a case to get the SE. I have both, and just from using my SE over the weekend, going back to the 6s feels like it's this huge phone. I quickly adapt to the size of the screen, but honestly the SE fits perfectly in my hand and I can easily type one handed as well. My 6s I can type one handed, but after a little bit it can become a bit uncomfortable and that's when I usually give up and just type with both hands.
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Thanks. I suppose I am trying to convince myself the hassle is worth it.

I'd need to find a decent contract deal on the SE 64gb. Pay of the remainder of my current sim only contract and then sell the 6s. So all in all I'd lose around £300. But I do intend to keep the phone for 3 years.

It's a lot of effort to go to so I am trying to convince myself it would be worth it. Don't get me wrong I know I won't hate the phone. It's an iPhone. I've loved every iPhone I've owned. I just don't want to go through all the hassle of getting it then going '.....ah, should have stuck with the 6s'.

I hope that makes sense!
 
lyceumHQ said:
Thanks. I suppose I am trying to convince myself the hassle is worth it.

I'd need to find a decent contract deal on the SE 64gb. Pay of the remainder of my current sim only contract and then sell the 6s. So all in all I'd lose around £300. But I do intend to keep the phone for 3 years.

It's a lot of effort to go to so I am trying to convince myself it would be worth it. Don't get me wrong I know I won't hate the phone. It's an iPhone. I've loved every iPhone I've owned. I just don't want to go through all the hassle of getting it then going '.....ah, should have stuck with the 6s'.

I hope that makes sense!
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I definitely see where you're coming from. It does seem like a lot of hassle to get the SE. Given your situation, I'd probably just stick with the 6s, unless you really don't mind all of the effort to acquire a SE, especially since you intend to keep it for 3 years.

Fortunately for me, I had a 6 lying around that I really didn't use so I sold it and put that money toward the SE.
 
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nburwell said:
I definitely see where you're coming from. It does seem like a lot of hassle to get the SE. Given your situation, I'd probably just stick with the 6s, unless you really don't mind all of the effort to acquire a SE, especially since you intend to keep it for 3 years.

Fortunately for me, I had a 6 lying around that I really didn't use so I sold it and put that money toward the SE.
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It's annoying. I know Apple don't ever let slip what they're planning and we never really know 100% until the keynote. The 4" refresh was rumoured so heavily to be announced when the 6s was released so when it wasn't I thought I'd just get the 6s because I could still be sat there in 12 months waiting for them to announce a new 4" iPhone. Had I known the SE was just 6 months away I'd never have bought the 6s.

But I did buy the 6s and I love everything about it besides the awkward one handed use.

I can't even trade in the 6s with Apple as its not on their list for trade ins until the 7 comes out.
 
lyceumHQ said:
Thanks. I suppose I am trying to convince myself the hassle is worth it.

I'd need to find a decent contract deal on the SE 64gb. Pay of the remainder of my current sim only contract and then sell the 6s. So all in all I'd lose around £300. But I do intend to keep the phone for 3 years.

It's a lot of effort to go to so I am trying to convince myself it would be worth it. Don't get me wrong I know I won't hate the phone. It's an iPhone. I've loved every iPhone I've owned. I just don't want to go through all the hassle of getting it then going '.....ah, should have stuck with the 6s'.

I hope that makes sense!
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I love my SE. It's my first smartphone. But I'm not sure I'd switch in your situation. The 6S is not that much bigger, and 300 pounds is a lot to pay to upgrade just to get the smaller size. Aren't they very similar specs? And the 6S has a few features the SE doesn't. Those are features I didn't and don't need or want, but paying that much money just to get the smaller size, well, I think I'd stick it out and at least wait for the next generation, which will undoubtedly have features we haven't thought of yet. Unless of course you have money to burn, and it doesn't sound as though that's the case.
 
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pcoventry76 said:
The phone is great and if I need to charge when I am on the bus we are lucky that the busses have WIFI/USB fast charging anyway (great for when phone and Headphones need it - as we get 2 sockets each)

Love it all :)
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Damn what city do YOU live in! Seems like paradise!

honestly should it not be in modern day to have natural gas buses or electric buses with huge fuel cells that can have 2x powered-usb ports allowing charges for 60mins (most city routes don't take that long for a rider) at each seat? buses having power recovery systems in braking, non-throttle down-hill movement, and Solar power panels on the roof?

routes: Toronto buses Bathurst, Yonge (front to Steeles), Sheppard, Eglinton (minus rush hour and construction for a stupid east-west subway/rail system) Steeles E/W, barely last 60mins on normal traffic stop by stop or every stop. Roughly 40kms length for each route as my estimation but hey I'm in Canada tiny cities.
 
For me, the remorse was due to no 3D Touch, which is a feature I use constantly and will use it even more with iOS 10.

I agree with the person above me though. If my phone broke for some reason and I was in a bind, I'd probably just by an SE on Swappa or something so I don't have to dish out another $1,000.
 
I have remorse for not having the case on when I tried seeing how long the cord was and If my phone would lay next to it,

Got a little nick on the back chamfered edge that hit the wall, can see it (not far up from where SIM slot is) but can't feel it with thumb pressed against

All my devices have a unique wear mark over time in some form or fashion, my 6s plus screen has many micro scratches I can see it certain lights quite easily, and rMB where I jobbed the usb-c cord near the screen lid but not in the port, haha

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First scuff is the worst, but still loving the SE yesterday was last day to return the device,

Really glad to go 64gb as well , space would now be an issue if I had went 16
Guess thats what I get for using the phone without a case, hopefully nothing worse I LOVE the feel of it,

Still have a case for those situations I think I might need it in but largely going without
 
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cortez31 said:
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Last but not least the Home Button feels broken and makes a very loud plastic noise when releasing it.
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I used my iPhone 5 for 2 years, I noticed the same thing when I got the 6 (now have 6s)...this is the nature of Touch ID built into the home button, it doesn't feel as solid because of the electronics under the button, and, reality is, it is more plastic than the old home button.

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I'm reading this thread, not because I currently own SE, but, interested in how people like it... if next iPhone dumps the headphone jack, I will either keep the 6s another year or get the SE. I love the 6s, but, I really wish apple had gone with 4.3" instead of 4.7" as that would have been bigger but still one-hand manageable. So, I'm on the fence.
 
Not a remorse, but my first negative issue: yesterday I was out walking and got a text. I wanted to answer it, but the keyboard was extremely unresponsive. Keys would not respond, and when I finally managed, after about five minutes, to compose my two-word response, the Send button would not work. It was a very bright sunny day. I turned so that the phone was in the shade of my body, and it still didn't want to respond for a long time. Finally managed it, but sending that two-word text took me 5 or 10 minutes.

What gives? Is the touch-screen disabled by sunlight? Is that typical of smartphones?
 
I have remorse that I got Space Grey 5s in September. If the Apple overlords had released the SE in September when they should have, then I would have a SE Gold brick.....
 
daniel1948 said:
Not a remorse, but my first negative issue: yesterday I was out walking and got a text. I wanted to answer it, but the keyboard was extremely unresponsive. Keys would not respond, and when I finally managed, after about five minutes, to compose my two-word response, the Send button would not work. It was a very bright sunny day. I turned so that the phone was in the shade of my body, and it still didn't want to respond for a long time. Finally managed it, but sending that two-word text took me 5 or 10 minutes.

What gives? Is the touch-screen disabled by sunlight? Is that typical of smartphones?
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was the screen damp at all? If so, that affects touch sensitivity. ...damp fingertips can cause problems too.

How hot was it outside? The operating temperature range of iOS devices is only up to 95ºF, when the iPhone gets nearly that hot, it can become laggy as you described.
 
benji888 said:
was the screen damp at all? If so, that affects touch sensitivity. ...damp fingertips can cause problems too.

How hot was it outside? The operating temperature range of iOS devices is only up to 95ºF, when the iPhone gets nearly that hot, it can become laggy as you described.
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The screen was dry, as were my hands. It was early morning, so was not hot. Maybe in the 70's and low humidity. But the sun was very bright, and when I pulled the phone out of my pocket I was facing the sun, so it was full on the screen.

Here's something else, though, that could be related: you know how when you have it on the keypad during a call, there's a Hide switch at the lower right, for when you want to go to the audio menu; well, it's always reluctant to respond to that switch. I press and press, carefully on it and then try a bit above and below, right and left of it, then on it again, before the phone finally leaves the keypad and gives me the audio menu.

But what I'm talking about when I had trouble sending the text, has only happened once, on a very sunny day.
 
I regretted getting the iPhone SE. Signal quality is worse. Getting ready to replace with either an Note 7(6?) or iPhone 7+. Waiting to see which will entertain me more.
 
thadoggfather said:
Have you tried another SE? To make sure it isn't just yours ?
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I actually did do an in store swap with a new sim, same signal quality when my girlfriends 6s+ has 4 dots, mine only gets 1-2 dots. Also, I thought the screen size would be good enough for me to type on, but that is not the case as I make many typos (never trust auto correct). Few other gotchas and iOS 10 seems to gonna be heavily dependent on 3D touch, make it honestly a bad buy.
 
I'm not missing 3D Touch at all on SE personally and only use it on 6s plus to 3D Touch bottom left of home screen to turn all lights on or off (have Philips hue)

To each his own on that one!
 
thadoggfather said:
I'm not missing 3D Touch at all on SE personally and only use it on 6s plus to 3D Touch bottom left of home screen to turn all lights on or off (have Philips hue)

To each his own on that one!
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I didn't care about 3D either, but playing with the early iOS builds, it seems heavily 3D touch dependent. Ex: Can't adjust flashlight brightness w/o it.
 
Probably Special Edition. Maybe Scrap Part Edition (iPhone 5s/SE share same front display assembly). Or maybe even Sucker Edition ;-)
 
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