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Apple Begins Selling iPhone SE Again on Clearance Store, Starting at $249 Brand New [Back in Stock]
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They also may figure now that everybody keeps their phones for 2 or 3 years that it may be better to hold off now that a bunch of people bought small phones. lol
I agree that it would be nice for them to include it in their line up, but I think the reason why it isn't comes down to profits.
This is just a guess, but I think that Apple considers every SE sold in the US is a loss of a sale on a more expensive model.
I would bet the SE has less profit margin than the more expensive models, so Apple might feel like SE sales would cannibalize their devices that make them $.
When the SE launched, it had most of the same internals as Apple's flagship phone at the time, but it was a few hundred dollars cheaper. It was a nice way for people to use a fast and current iPhone, without paying multiple car payments for it.
Those day might be over.
I grabbed a 128. Been clinging to my 5s 32gb. Only thing that was bothering me was storage. The SE should satisfy me for the next 4 years. I hate the bigger phones.
If they sold out that fast then they need to keep making them....or something similar, as it is clearly what people want.
no.. people want that price.
sell the X series for $300 and it will sell out within minutes.
Which could mean it's also a marketing test. I don't see Apple selling $250 phones regularly, but they probably don't want to cede the budget market entirely to Android, particularly since it looks like emerging market like China and India aren't easy paths to revenue growth.
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No, since you aren't required to connect an iPhone to a Mac or PC to activate it anymore. Apple does sell a USB-C to Lightning cable, and also authorized third parties to do so, if you do want to connect an iPhone to a Mac. My guess is that they have kept shipping iPhones with the 5W charger and USB-A cable to keep costs to a minimum.
I disagree that is the sole reason. Many like the SE for the design and size too.
I'd love to see the SE form factor with an edge-to-edge display.
The fact that all SE stock is sold out tells you that Apple should not have discontinued the device last year.
i think the SE is a nice design but too small for me personally.
i stand by my original statement though.
For my household of three it is DESIGN + COST. If they sold an SE sized $800 phone we wouldn't buy it. If they sold a $400 SE Max we wouldn't buy it. Personally I want a stand alone watch, screw the phone. I have a desktop and iPad 12.9.
I hope they'll be cowardly and leave the headphone jack on this phone! I can make this a spare to rotate with my 6S+. As I've stated before, I just want Apple to continue making a touch id phone with a headphone jack. If they'd add some nice DAC's as per the V20/30/40 LG line, they'd get me back as an iPhone customer.
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Curious - why? How would you find the SE to be superior to the 6S? I'd like to have an SE as a spare to alternate with my 6S+ when I want a smaller phone, but wouldn't feel the same if I had a 6S.
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I agree, and it will also be quite a while before a decent 5G infrastructure/coverage will be available. Initial offerings will likely be costly as well.
Thanks. Having applied many times a few years ago, they won't even hire me for Retail Staff. So I pretty much gave up.
I bought one.. who still makes decent cases for this phone? Having trouble finding one that is still being manufactured.
I'd abandon my 6S in a heartbeat for that phone. This year for an SE2? I can dream.
The prices were too low for a test run. Not enough profit in those prices after warranty repair costs are taken into account. Apple was simply clearing out excess stock, possibly because carriers who were still selling them weren’t selling many. Apple has to give wholesale pricing to carriers, and the carriers may have said “no thanks”, allowing Apple to sell them directly at “wholesale+” pricing.
In other words, the fact they put them on clearance (I’ve never seen Apple do that) could mean demand is weak for a 3 year old small phone. Not the other way around.
In other words, the fact they put them on clearance (I’ve never seen Apple do that) could mean demand is weak for a 3 year old small phone. Not the other way around.
I enjoy my iPhone SE 32GB a lot. Small and works fine. I really don't care about phones. If I need to do something complex, I'll use my laptop.
This may have been phones left unsold and returned by carriers at the end of the year when they stopped promoting them. The quick sell out may prompt Apple to reconsider the making of a smaller phone for the group that prefers them.
They didn’t continue them because of diminished sales, but the battery replacements may have had a larger impact on the sale of these than they realized.
They didn’t continue them because of diminished sales, but the battery replacements may have had a larger impact on the sale of these than they realized.
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It's why I switched to Cricket. I pay $45 a month, have unlimited data, and aside from some spots (LA beaches) I have as good of a signal as any of my friends (Verizon and AT&T). They pay closer to $130. I also buy my devices outright, and will continue to. (have an iPhone 6S+, next year's iPhone XR will be what I likely upgrade to). I'm saving thousands of dollars over them, and have the same exact experience.
You can still get OtterBox SE cases on eBay for a lot cheaper than they sold for a few years ago. I just ordered one last night after I bot an SE.