Fair enough… I may have come on too strong, sorry. Anyway, I wasn't being precious, I just stated a fact that in no way defines me as a tech user, and I kind of felt that, you know, you were making assumptions based on that, after which I decided to clear that up. But I guess that actually expanding on the topic is a healthier, nicer response, I'll give you that.
It's just that… to me, a phone is a phone is a phone. I have a beefed up 27'' iMac in front of me right now (not even the processor is original… because I don't actually need to own the latest and greatest, as long as I can upgrade my work machines to my heart's content) and install fusion drives left-and-right to anyone who may want one, so I'm the first to criticize Apple on their shortcomings and dumb-assery (soldering RAM on machines that functionally don't really need it, seriously?).
Yeah, sure, I'd love to own a Retina iMac, but it's too expensive for my wallet right now and not easily upgradeable (so I'm putting that purchase off as far into the future as I possibly can), and I sometimes would love to have the water resistance, battery life, camera quality and even the screen size of the 6S or 6S Plus, but the fact of the matter is that I just don't feel any lag whatsoever on my 5S and always enjoyed having small-ish phones (even when they were huge bricks, I always went for the most compact I could find, even if the battery life was crappier – and still obscenely great when compared with that of smartphones, anyway). I am, indeed, a happy camper, and thought all compromises through very well before buying it (fortunately, Apple did provide me with a choice as far as the screen was concerned and *still* does – and what a no-brainer of a choice it is right now, let me tell you), so there's that.
You did listen to that part on the conference where Tim Cook said that demand for the iPhone SE was unexpectedly high, right? It's a massive eff-up on their part (I speak from experience, and I am pissed; I just missed out on a huge opportunity to sell my 5S to a third-cousin whose mother – obviously my second-cousin – had her birthday today and would have very much enjoyed it as a gift, because of Apple's failure to meet demand in time for me to, you know, get the SE beforehand; I'm just not going back to my Nokia Asha if I can help it, and if I lose more on that sale than I would otherwise, so be it, but it'll still be partly Apple's fault) but, on the other hand, it does lend some credence to my theory… Besides, most iPhone users I personally know here in Portugal either bought a 5S recently or are still clinging to 4 and even 3.6-inch models.
Maybe it's an ergonomics issue, maybe it's a pricing issue but, either way, smaller smartphones still seem to be very popular around here. My dad has a 5S, my brother has a 5S, my best friend has a 4S (yes, a 4S), and most of my clients and acquaintances have a healthy and even mix of 4-5-6 gen. iPhones. Heck, even my girlfriend has a 4-inch Windows Phone (she doesn't give a damn about apps… yeah, some people are just weird like that
), and she could've easily gotten a larger WP or Android phone for not much more… and her sister promptly asked for one just like it. Many of my personal, less artsy friends, OTOH, tend to carry larger Android phones. I don't really know why, maybe it's also a generational thing, or a gender thing; what do I know?
So, YMMV, and I'm pretty sure that on the US, where MSRP and actual prices are way lower (here they are currently obscene on account of the over-correction done by Apple because of the stronger dollar/weaker euro, plus our insane sales taxes), 6 and 6S iPhones are probably more popular by comparison. But that doesn't change the fact that SE supply is constrained in the US as well, and though it is indeed an old design (and blander-looking at that, what without the polished chamfers; it seems as if Apple is literally just cutting corners at this point xD ), it still drew a healthy crowd even with that whole Tesla Model 3 nonsense (which made me stay glued to the screen during the wee hours of the morning and did not disappoint, mind you ).
So, sure, peace.
It's just that… to me, a phone is a phone is a phone. I have a beefed up 27'' iMac in front of me right now (not even the processor is original… because I don't actually need to own the latest and greatest, as long as I can upgrade my work machines to my heart's content) and install fusion drives left-and-right to anyone who may want one, so I'm the first to criticize Apple on their shortcomings and dumb-assery (soldering RAM on machines that functionally don't really need it, seriously?).
Yeah, sure, I'd love to own a Retina iMac, but it's too expensive for my wallet right now and not easily upgradeable (so I'm putting that purchase off as far into the future as I possibly can), and I sometimes would love to have the water resistance, battery life, camera quality and even the screen size of the 6S or 6S Plus, but the fact of the matter is that I just don't feel any lag whatsoever on my 5S and always enjoyed having small-ish phones (even when they were huge bricks, I always went for the most compact I could find, even if the battery life was crappier – and still obscenely great when compared with that of smartphones, anyway). I am, indeed, a happy camper, and thought all compromises through very well before buying it (fortunately, Apple did provide me with a choice as far as the screen was concerned and *still* does – and what a no-brainer of a choice it is right now, let me tell you), so there's that.
You did listen to that part on the conference where Tim Cook said that demand for the iPhone SE was unexpectedly high, right? It's a massive eff-up on their part (I speak from experience, and I am pissed; I just missed out on a huge opportunity to sell my 5S to a third-cousin whose mother – obviously my second-cousin – had her birthday today and would have very much enjoyed it as a gift, because of Apple's failure to meet demand in time for me to, you know, get the SE beforehand; I'm just not going back to my Nokia Asha if I can help it, and if I lose more on that sale than I would otherwise, so be it, but it'll still be partly Apple's fault) but, on the other hand, it does lend some credence to my theory… Besides, most iPhone users I personally know here in Portugal either bought a 5S recently or are still clinging to 4 and even 3.6-inch models.
Maybe it's an ergonomics issue, maybe it's a pricing issue but, either way, smaller smartphones still seem to be very popular around here. My dad has a 5S, my brother has a 5S, my best friend has a 4S (yes, a 4S), and most of my clients and acquaintances have a healthy and even mix of 4-5-6 gen. iPhones. Heck, even my girlfriend has a 4-inch Windows Phone (she doesn't give a damn about apps… yeah, some people are just weird like that
), and she could've easily gotten a larger WP or Android phone for not much more… and her sister promptly asked for one just like it. Many of my personal, less artsy friends, OTOH, tend to carry larger Android phones. I don't really know why, maybe it's also a generational thing, or a gender thing; what do I know?So, YMMV, and I'm pretty sure that on the US, where MSRP and actual prices are way lower (here they are currently obscene on account of the over-correction done by Apple because of the stronger dollar/weaker euro, plus our insane sales taxes), 6 and 6S iPhones are probably more popular by comparison. But that doesn't change the fact that SE supply is constrained in the US as well, and though it is indeed an old design (and blander-looking at that, what without the polished chamfers; it seems as if Apple is literally just cutting corners at this point xD ), it still drew a healthy crowd even with that whole Tesla Model 3 nonsense (which made me stay glued to the screen during the wee hours of the morning and did not disappoint, mind you
).So, sure, peace.
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