Same reason they don’t number or uniquely name MacBooks, MacBook Pros etc. It’s simpler and cleaner. Cars have been doing it forever. You don’t go out and buy a Honda Civic 9.0.
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Apple Announces New iPhone SE With 4.7-Inch Display, A13 Chip, and Touch ID, Starts at $399
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Same reason they don’t number or uniquely name MacBooks, MacBook Pros etc. It’s simpler and cleaner. Cars have been doing it forever. You don’t go out and buy a Honda Civic 9.0.
Yeah that frustrates me as well.. I remember they always use to say the price reflects the cost of doing business in the UK? Am I wrong in saying the dodge tax or vat?
Actually.... wow maybe this is the reason:
When all the new phones in the fall are released with flat sides, like the old iphone 4/5 (and iPad Pro), flat will be fashionable again, and curved will be old fashioned!
So the bottom of the line entry level unfashionable iphone in a few months will be curved. If you want to show off, you'll need to have a flat phone.
Apple has transformed into a fashion company now after all.
I feel 10000% comfortable with that or anything else from China.
The virus deactivates within a few hours of leaving a host. If you want to be insane, have the delivery person leave it on your back porch, wait for two weeks, then use it. Slightly less insane, when you get it, just wear gloves and use some disinfecting wipes on it. Then you're free to use the phone.
It's not like your phone will cough and project the virus into your mouth, though.
But now accessories will need to state "iPhone SE (2020) or something similar. iPhone 9 would have been odd, though, since it has better internals than the X.
Well, there are other models with that feature right?
Some people probably would say "bummer" if it had that feature too - so the choice to not have Face ID is still there.
I think Apple probably figured it all out.
Is this the first white-backed iphone to have a black front bezel?
Ah, thanks for the clarification. Disappointing about Night Mode...but the camera is still a great improvement on my first generation SE. Currently I often use my DSLR...this camera should make it less of a requirement.
400 US is already about 565 CAD right now. I don’t expect our Canadian currency to gain any value in the near future so they probably put a little buffer just in case.
Too big and too heavy. We really need smaller and lighter phones, not everyone is 5' 11"
The iPhone 3G and 3GS, way back in the day.
Most likely bigger RAM
Face ID
Night Mode
Ultra Wide Camera
4K Front Camera
Bigger Screen
If you *count* the differences sure 6 is not a lot. lol
Even as someone who is 6' 0", I prefer my SE over the larger iPhones.
In East Asia, females are generally shorter but love bigger phones, as they make their face look smaller.
Count me as one of those to be happy to still have Touch ID. I don't have a Face ID phone so I don't have TRUE insight, but Touch ID has always felt to me in theory to give me greater control, takes a very specific thing to instigate the unlock. I could be wrong, but that's why my gut tells me at any rate.
It's a solid phone. There's definitely a market for this.
Boo. Camera bump, round edges... not an SE.