Thought you intentionally did that, was about to ask if your return button was stuck. ?
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Apple Reportedly Cutting iPhone SE Production Just Weeks After Launch Due to 'Weaker-Than-Expected' Demand
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Thought you intentionally did that, was about to ask if your return button was stuck. ?
Except, there’s one striking difference that you’re missing from your post, there are those who want touch ID -v.s.-the 12 Mini offers face ID. I know a variety of people on this very website who are not interested in face ID, therefore it puts them in a segment of an entry-level phone that still uses touch ID. That’s the benefit for the iPhone SE 3 for that niche demographic offered in a cheaper price point.
Uh oh, I think Apple has stretched this design too much now. Also there seriously needs to be a larger version of it, there is a clear gap in the iPhone line-up for a big screen, affordable phone. And currently the competition is taking this market in droves.
So change up the design and offer a second larger version, print money.
So change up the design and offer a second larger version, print money.
Really not enough to warrant getting it over the SE gen 2 at this stage. 5G coverage is still quite limited, battery life bump is nice but not huge, and the SE2 will be widely available for a discount while the new one has stepped up slightly. Why pay potentially $60 more for a phone with little new to offer? Maybe a year or so down the line when the SE2 becomes harder to get your hands on and maybe 5G finally reaches critical mass this will see more success.
I don’t know what that would prove. Just because they ‘sell something’, doesn’t mean that consumers are buying it. Not to mention, very few consumers would ever need one TB of storage. That’s just an insane amount of storage for a smart phone.
Cut the price to $299; 64GB is a mistake in 2022, that too at $429.
Most likely iPhone 11 and iPhone 13 Mini is competing against this ...
Most likely iPhone 11 and iPhone 13 Mini is competing against this ...
Apple got too arrogant with this new iPhone SE.
Releasing the exact same outdated iPhone at a higher price, not hard to see what was going to happen. ??
More like $600 in many parts of the world.
I think Apple will run this design to the ground. With Apple using the A15 on the 2022SE, we probably won't see another refresh for at least another 2 years. And unless there's a significant redesign with the flagship model, we might see Apple using the same design again. Apple wants to clearly segment their customers.
It's not just that.
This time it's not just "last generation's iPhone" with the latest Soc. It's a very conservatively upgraded version of the 2nd Gen SE.
If most of the "SE crowd" upgraded to the 2nd Gen SE or a 12 mini in 2020, then how are you going to sell them on what looks and feels like yet another 2nd Gen SE?
SE 2022 is too little, too soon.
It probably wouldn't have made a major difference for sales. But the fact that Apple didn't even do three new colour options is beyond me. That would have been an easy way to let consumers feel they are getting something new or different at the very least.
The added $30 dollars was also completely out of line -Being able to get a brand new iPhone, with the fastest SoC around, for less than $400 just packed a punch. $429 is not a very marketable price point.
The iPhone SE 2nd & 3rd gen are not small phones so they do not cater to that audience in the first place. It caters to the budget minded phone market.
Sure it is. What other devices are you referencing that would be smaller than a 4.7 inch display currently offered? It’s one of the smallest smart phones even offered in this pricing segment, when everything else has graduated to 5.5 displays and above.
Apart from the US & a few other countries, it’s not really a budget phone at all.
Maybe it's the name, call it the iPhone 13 SE.....?
I'm loving mine. Moved from 8 to SE3 now.
I'm loving mine. Moved from 8 to SE3 now.
Agreed. Apple should’ve done this:
Use iPhone 12 mini design & case,
Use 1 camera,
Use lcd not OLED,
Touch ID on sleep/wake/power button.
What would’ve been good is to have seen
* the current SE have a bigger price cut
and/or
* as many have said, a design like the XR/11 with 5g and Touch ID on the side button.
If the SE is meant for more conservative customers, I doubt they would’ve been especially interested in the 5g upgrade.
I suspect that for those people, the 2020 SE still performs brilliantly in 2022.
So a price cut to that model would’ve been more welcome. 4g isn’t going away anytime soon.
* the current SE have a bigger price cut
and/or
* as many have said, a design like the XR/11 with 5g and Touch ID on the side button.
If the SE is meant for more conservative customers, I doubt they would’ve been especially interested in the 5g upgrade.
I suspect that for those people, the 2020 SE still performs brilliantly in 2022.
So a price cut to that model would’ve been more welcome. 4g isn’t going away anytime soon.
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Wrong, the dimensions of the device are what make a phone small not the screen size. The SE 2nd & 3rd gen are closer in size to the standard 12/13 than the mini.