Heartbroken-- I was finally going to be able to afford a phone by trading in the old one at the apple store but apple just devalued my old one so it won't take enough off the price to make it happen. BUH!
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Apple Announces New 4-Inch iPhone SE Starting at $399
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Yeah and it would be awful. Who wants only one size of iPhone to pick from?
Some things Steve did were not good.
Also, if you want an iPad Pro with bigger base storage get the smaller one.
Figure a 6s+ would be better for them and their aging eyesight.
Shoddy job if you ask me. They put in the high end 12 MP 4k camera (albeit without OIS, but a lot of Apple fans don't care), but no 5 MP, it's a joke. But at least you get the front facing flash mechanism + HD recording at the minimum.
Apple Store indicating that most 5/5s cases will fit the SE, which is somewhat expected.
http://www.apple.com/shop/iphone/ip...s-protection?page=1#!&f=iphonese&fh=458b+471d
http://www.apple.com/shop/iphone/ip...s-protection?page=1#!&f=iphonese&fh=458b+471d
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.
But, I'm not sure why you're comparing it to the Plus in the first place.
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).
In other words... NO BIG DEAL.
But, I'm not sure why you're comparing it to the Plus in the first place.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).
How queer. I was almost certain that the keynote has said 5MP. Perhaps, it's an erratum; I'm sure there was something of a rush getting it updated. Then again, I could quite easily be wrong.
UPDATE:
According the MacRumors:
The iPhone SE features Apple's latest 12-megapixel camera. Thanks to the improved camera, 63-megapixel panoramas can be captured and 4K video at 30 FPS is supported. The new handset also features a 5-megapixel front-facing FaceTime camera with a True Tone Retina Flash feature that lights up the display of the iPhone significantly more than usual, just before a photo is captured.
I have to think that's based on the keynote. Perhaps I'm not crazy.
If you have 64GB you might be.
I just find it amusing that Apple promotes 4K video recording when you can't view it on their own TV product. That's a product disconnect to me. The phone's screen isn't 4K either.
This is right at the upper end of the price point I wanted it to be for my son's device. Should come out to be around $7-8 a month on TMO with trade-in.
Well, sir/ma'am, this will be one interesting teardown in the next few days. I was in your shoes w/ the 6S Plus. If it had 1GB of RAM, no upgrade from the 6 Plus. It sucks being in that situation, but I certainly do hope they put 2GB of RAM to make the phone more in tune with its bigger siblings.
It's absolutely ridiculous that there is no 128gb model. My 4s was 64gb. 4S! Do you realize how many years ago that was (hint: 5 years). And it filled up completely... quickly. If you take pictures regularly your phone will fill up real fast (and I'm taking about the 64gb model). I've had a 5s for years and it's been completely full the whole time. Some apps and stuff, no music (no room for it), but mostly pictures... and forget about video, there's no room for that. Constantly having to go back, back up, and then delete. And now 4k video? Prepare to shoot just a couple mins and fill up your phone completely. 4k video files are not small (even compressed). 16gb... jesus, you can't get much more clueless than that. You people who are thinking of getting a 16gb, don't bother, waste of money. Guess I'll hold onto the 5s until they figure out how to advance the smaller storage option beyond 2011 (when the first 64 4s phones were released). Sad.
The iPhone 5s should have had an A9 processor in 2013? Apple would have needed a Time Machine for that.