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Apple Announces New 4-Inch iPhone SE Starting at $399
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$399 for a current tech iPhone (minus a few details) is great.
I wasn't talking about 3D Touch. I mean that after the 7 is announced the SE will start to be a gen behind. If they wanted a small phone with the latest features they'd just call it the 6 mini or something. Apple is really giving us the middle finger on this.
I didn't know it still had Touch ID 1.0. As we know, Touch ID on the 6S is really fast and accurate. I tested the 5S thru T-Mobile when they had that offer a couple of years back and I found it to be too inaccurate. I think because it has Touch ID I will not be "downgrading" to the SE.
I'm kinda bummed. I have the 6s which I like, but have always preferred the smaller 4" phones.
Noticeable differences between the 6S Plus and SE according to Apple's comparison page:
Source: http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/
- No Dual-domain pixels for wide viewing angles for SE.
- No LTE Advanced in SE.
- No Display Zoom and Reachability for SE.
- No MIMO w/ Wifi in the SE.
- No second generation Touch ID speeds for the SE.
- No Optical Image Stabilization in the SE Camera.
- No OIS for Video.
- No 5 MP front facing camera. Only 1.2 for the SE.
- Auto HDR only for photos for front facing camera of SE.
- No Barometer in SE.
Source: http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/
Thus comment is a little doom and gloom but your right in that it reflects a lacklustre show on stage tonight.No 128GB.
Same giant bezels.
Wish Apple would give us a flagship 4" iPhone. Hanging onto my iPhone 5 for another year.
This keynote...protruding camera on the iPad? Ridiculous. Starting with 15 minutes of research and health was worthy, but incredibly boring. Only Phil Schiller exuded any appreciable enthusiasm. The Apple Watch is obviously selling badly; no sales figures and a 20% price drop. The iPad has been increased in price by 20%; just what is needed in the face of 8 quarters of plummeting sales. Shares are down post-keynote.
I find the death of Apple painful to watch. All good things come to an end, I guess. I'm grateful to Steve Jobs and all who worked with him for his amazing products.
New iPhone is great but new presenters seemed almost bored to be on stage.
Nah, mate, you misread that. Both cameras are identical to those in the 6s. The FaceTime camera is 5MP.
EDIT: I know it's confirmed that it's 1.2 MP
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Notice how it says beloved design all over Apple's website about this thing? Even Apple knows the that the 6/6s/Plus are ugly. I can't wait to get this thing, and I am glad I still have a drawer full of iPhone 5 cases which this thing will fit!
In the keynote it seemed like they talked about it supporting more LTE bands or something, but when I compare iPhone models on Apple.com, it lists the iPhone SE as not supporting "LTE Advanced". Anybody know the details here?
You don't think Apple would make a smaller 6S clone for $399? They had to cut some corners to make their phone seem like a 5S upgrade relative to the 6S.
See a lot of people in my area using 3D Touch on a daily basics. Mostly in Messages.
....People need to quit bitching about this. We are in the minority. I'm willing to bet 60% of iPhone users are people who just use 3-5 apps and make phone calls, text, and answer e-mails. Unless you are loading music, movies, or taking tons of pictures most people don't need more then 16 GB.
I understand why you want more, and I personally have a 64 GB but they obviously are making money doing this and there are a large number of people buying them.
I compared as well....They could have put in the 5mp front camera for goodness sakes...even if they raised the price by 50 and included some of the above I would have paid for it.
For 2016, 16GB bade storage, 2GB RAM, sub 720P screen... What are we talking about? This should be no more than 299...