After the iPhone 5SE dies down what's next; the iPhone 7??? Apple really needs a game changer because I don't see the average consumer buying the same smartphone concept year after year even if it has twice the speed and double the ram.
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Demand for iPhone SE is 'Very Strong,' Exceeds Available Supply
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Great phone. If I were buying today it might be the phone I'd buy over the 6s.
How do you know that was a strategic plan to build back up hype for a new release of that size to fuel demand?
IF they released a 5.5, 4.7, and 4" all at the same time you think the sales of the 5.5 and 4.7 would of been as great? Overall the bigger phones where hugely successful do you think it would of been the case if the smaller phone was still around?
I can't see the average consumer buying a high end smartphone every year period. These things are pricey! But if you are a heavy phone user then upgrading and reselling your old phone makes sense. But that is likely to always be a small minority of smartphone users.
Kinda crazy how a 4 year old design can still be in demand. I'd definitely like to see Apple modify the design of the next 4 inch iPhone though...if they do choose to make one.
It's sad that this news is more surprising to Tim Cook than it is to myself.
Now bring back the 17" MBP
Now bring back the 17" MBP
All you folks can keep your tiny phone..... Love my 6s+ (size) and am never..... Can never go back. Picking up one of the 5s's laying around the house and trying to do anything on it is an exercise in futility for me, forget about the 4s.....Heck, even my kids shun such a tiny device.
Exactly. I think the actually-competitive price point made more of a difference than the people who just wanted a smaller phone.
Considering the SE's price, you have to wonder where the $200/$300 price difference between the SE and 6S/6S+ comes from.
You take the amazing 5s and make it more amazing with modern internals and an amazing price, then it's a no brainer. Not surprising.
Too bad, Apple, you could've sold 51 million and one iPhones if I could get my hands on the SE 
They are nowhere to be found in any stores.
They are nowhere to be found in any stores.
I wish I would have waited, but as long as they keep making a 4" model with new internals, I'll eventually get another one.
Ridiculous comment.
Apple didn't even offer a 4" flagship iPhone when they started selling oversized phones. I am quite sure a 4" iPhone 6 and 6s would have sold very well, just as all 3.5" and 4" iPhones did for as long as they were available to buy.
If that pie-in-the-sky car ever goes to production it will be manufactured in China ... THATS how they'll protect their profit margin.
[doublepost=1461713646][/doublepost]"Cook: SE is attracting customers who wanted a more compact package, and also those who couldn't quite stretch to the previous entry price."
So Apple is noticing a pricing choke point in it's target demographic.
Storage options make little sense. A 128gb model would have my interest.
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Agreed. There's no reason they couldn't have launched the iPhone 6 in three sizes 4" 4.7" and 5.5". The strategy they adopted left 4" users with nowhere to go which is why many of them never upgraded to the iPhone 6.
Mine took over 3 weeks to get. Psyched to have a faster, more capable version of my 5S that doesn't require me to buy new phone cases.
I hear they were going to break into a "personal computers" market too, but the experts all say theres no money in such venture.
I really want to get rid of my 6s+ and get a SE. I love the feel of it a lot more than the slippery 6, and looking at the specs it seems to have better battery life than the regular 6s, which is my primary reason for getting the 6s+.
Anedcotally, my local Apple Store had 64GB gold ones when I went it, but it took forever to get one in space grey.
And yeah, agreed: it's insulting to be offered a 16GB phone at this point.