On price alone Apple will sell a boatload of these. This isn't just targeted at people who want a smaller phone, it's also for people who want a cheaper iPhone.
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Apple Announces New 4-Inch iPhone SE Starting at $399
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How about €489 and €589 while the Euro is still 10% more worth than the dollar? This annoys me so much! When the Euro was strong they never lowered their prices, but now the Euro fell a bit in worth and they increased the prices right away. There is no reason why we should pay 20% more than the Americans for a phone with an old design that has no flagship model specs as well. Thanks Tim. I guess I am going for a way too large 4.7 inch iPhone 7 this fall...
Changing the storage offered is something they can do at any moment. I think there is a chance that the iPhone 7 starts at 32 GB. Then in a year from now they could increase the minimum to 32 GB in the SE. Note that they added 8 GB versions to the 3Gs, 4, 4s and 5c (which were all originally released with 16 GB minimum) when these models had moved to the bottom of the lineup. They only stopped this practice with the 5s.
I find Apple's imminent death greatly overstated
Surprised the stock price hasn't dropped more.
Hey Siri, what about "one more thing" ? - Answer: "Interesting question..."
I'm hanging on to all my ATV3, iPad Mini2+cell, Air 2, MacMini'14, MBA13 2013 with a decent keyboard. Probably my last Apple products.
Yes I absolutely expected the new iPhone SE would have the 2nd gen Touch ID. I am very surprised and disappointed it doesn't. The 1st gen Touch ID is still useable and works just fine but Touch ID 2.0 is better.
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I find Apple's imminent death greatly overstated
Surprised the stock price hasn't dropped more.
Hey Siri, what about "one more thing" ? - Answer: "Interesting question..."
I'm hanging on to all my ATV3, iPad Mini2+cell, Air 2, MacMini'14, MBA13 2013 with a decent keyboard. Probably my last Apple products.
Defining a market segment based on merely the screen size of the device?
How very Android of you.
Using that logic, a Cadillac SUV must be a more upscale car than a Porsche 911.
Changing the storage offered is something they can do at any moment. I think there is a chance that the iPhone 7 starts at 32 GB. Then in a year from now they could increase the minimum to 32 GB in the SE. Note that they added 8 GB versions to the 3Gs, 4, 4s and 5c (which were all originally released with 16 GB minimum) when these models had moved to the bottom of the lineup. They only stopped this practice with the 5s.
I seem to recall the original phone price drop being $450. It's been ten years so my memory may be off.
I looked it up and you're right. Anyway, the point I was making is that there's actually great value at $400 for this device, and that's even comparing to the competition and not just to Apple themselves. Even the $500 64gb device is cheaper than any other phone they sell (unless other phones get price drops).
I prefer this design over the iPhone 6's. This will be my new iPhone to compliment my Nexus 6P.
Although really, if you were about to buy a 5S, and suddenly this is available - only 7.5/10?
I think the 32 Gb will be the new base starting from the next generation. iPad are opening the way.Looks really great, so long as it's 2GB of RAM (which it *should* be with an A9, unless they pulled a tricky one on us... i.e.: special version of the A9 or something). Starting at 16GB storage is plain silly, but I guess they'd really have pissed 6s folks off if they'd started at 32GB.
In other words... NO BIG DEAL.
At least for me, it's about what Apple does to their UX reputation, not about what *I WANT*. I'll just buy the 64GB version. The problem is the newbies who go to the phone store and buy the base model (that's pushed and advertised constantly, as that's the price they have in their head), assuming that with a premium phone like an iPhone, even the base model should be OK. Then, after a few months, they find they are struggling with storage.
The point being, the amount Apple gains in up-sells (short term) isn't worth the potential bad user experience (long term).
399 for a 4 inch phone with 16 gigs of memory that can't be expanded. Hahaha what a complete joke.
It's a bummer, but shouldn't be a make or break in reality, so an upgraded 5S is all what the 4" form factor fans wanted. They got the best mobile processor, best Apple camera, best Apple smartphone design, and some cool software features.
not long I hope - this phone has China/India written all over - it will do great over there.Damn. Not available in India initially
Anyone have any idea how long before they sell it in India?
I am not into the 5S/SE market, so doesn't matter to me. When I say 7.5/10, I compare it to what the 6S has and the SE has. Slight and important differences. Not to mention, a 640p display is way too low resolution.
wish they would have fixed those bezels - they would drive me nuts. hopefully this starts a trend back to smaller phones. Still alarming that Apple just re-hashed an old design.
I think it will be but yes, waiting on confirmation. I'm on the Apple Upgrade plan w/ my 6S so figuring out if I should just wait or if I should sell the 6S and get the SE on release. the 128gb 6S should still be able to get a really good price around $600/$650, right?
I didn't know you knew everyones phone usage statistics. I use mine on a regular basis, especially on the keyboard.