Sad to see Home button along with TouchID disappear from the iPhones. For the forseeable future, expecting TouchID to continue on iPad Air and MacBooks along with other Magic accessories.
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Apple No Longer Sells Any iPhones With a Home Button
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Apple will now close down their Apple Park campus that used the home button as inspiration and build a new one based on the Dynamic Island.
This change more than anything else, including the price, is what makes me mourn the end of the SE line a bit.
I have never owned an SE myself, nor do I care to, and I imagine that for the substantial majority of less-expensive iPhone buyers the 16e is going to be a huge step up from the SE form factor.
What it doesn’t cover are the people that in my mind the SE was actually for—not budget buyers, not small-phone fans (who really deserve another Mini), but change-averse people who have trouble learning new things. Basically, without trying to be insulting to others who like the old style for various reasons, old folks.
I know a couple of people in their 70s or 80s who manage to use modern technology, but just do not adapt well do new ways of doing things, and to me they were the real target market of the SE—it worked exactly the way they were used to, it used exactly the same case their last phone probably did, and it had modern guts so could remain useful for quite a while.
When an older acquaintance lost her iPhone 7 or 8 (I forget which now) and “just wanted another one”, I could tell her confidently to get an SE2 (at the time) and she’d not really notice the difference other than some modern niceties. Price was not a factor—she can easily afford any phone she wants, she just doesn’t adapt well to new technology.
That era is now over, so folks like that (who are admittedly an ever-decreasing fraction of the market) will either need to struggle with something different, or try and find something used.
I get why Apple did it, but its still too bad to see the “just like it’s always been” (with “always” being since the iPhone 6) option leave the lineup.
I have never owned an SE myself, nor do I care to, and I imagine that for the substantial majority of less-expensive iPhone buyers the 16e is going to be a huge step up from the SE form factor.
What it doesn’t cover are the people that in my mind the SE was actually for—not budget buyers, not small-phone fans (who really deserve another Mini), but change-averse people who have trouble learning new things. Basically, without trying to be insulting to others who like the old style for various reasons, old folks.
I know a couple of people in their 70s or 80s who manage to use modern technology, but just do not adapt well do new ways of doing things, and to me they were the real target market of the SE—it worked exactly the way they were used to, it used exactly the same case their last phone probably did, and it had modern guts so could remain useful for quite a while.
When an older acquaintance lost her iPhone 7 or 8 (I forget which now) and “just wanted another one”, I could tell her confidently to get an SE2 (at the time) and she’d not really notice the difference other than some modern niceties. Price was not a factor—she can easily afford any phone she wants, she just doesn’t adapt well to new technology.
That era is now over, so folks like that (who are admittedly an ever-decreasing fraction of the market) will either need to struggle with something different, or try and find something used.
I get why Apple did it, but its still too bad to see the “just like it’s always been” (with “always” being since the iPhone 6) option leave the lineup.
This will be the straw that will make me switch to Android. I have been thinking about it for years but haven't had enough of a reason.
I just bought a refurb 2022 iPhone SE to replace a broken 2022 iPhone SE. Not because of price at all. I would easily pay $600 or even $800 for a new iPhone with Touch ID. But the second this refurb one breaks or they stop software support, I will switch to android and never look back.
I just bought a refurb 2022 iPhone SE to replace a broken 2022 iPhone SE. Not because of price at all. I would easily pay $600 or even $800 for a new iPhone with Touch ID. But the second this refurb one breaks or they stop software support, I will switch to android and never look back.
i tested a samsung with touch id on the screen. It functions exactly like touch id on the iphone. There is no reason apple does not add that instead of face scanning
Still rocking the iPhone SE 3rd gen. Have returned several newer phones. Love the SE 3rd gen too much.
You should buy one and give it a good honest try for a couple weeks.
Even if just to experience history.Glad you have a phone form factor you enjoy, and I’m sad for you and folks like you who appreciate it that it’s now gone.Still rocking the iPhone SE 3rd gen. Have returned several newer phones. Love the SE 3rd gen too much.
You should buy one and give it a good honest try for a couple weeks.
But I used plenty of small-screen buttoned phones in the past and have no interest in reliving those days, any more than I want to drive a Chevette with a manual transmission for a couple weeks to experience the history of what the car technology I used to use felt like. Or, for that matter, go back a few years farther to try to send a text with a 10-key pad.
Still rocking the iPhone SE 3rd gen. Have returned several newer phones. Love the SE 3rd gen too much.
You should buy one and give it a good honest try for a couple weeks.
I got SE 3 like a year ago i think . perfect form for smartphone. I do not understand people whoa re using mini tablets as cellphone you need to hands to operate them. Unfortunately, this is the end of the line and I am not sure where it goes next from here. The CPU already showing sluggishness .
touch id is actually superior over face id imo. I do not have to pick my phone and face it everytime i want to use it.