the main things I'd like the SE to have are at least OIS and a FHD screen. next would be to have expandable memory (wishful thinking while I'm at it) and decent weatherproofing like the S7.
Yep and I also know the Note 5 I previously had, had much smaller bezels than any of the current iPhone designs and I got by just fine without 2010 bezels....
Agreed there...my fiance has had the S7 Edge and S6 Edge Plus and I do not like that at all. Not to mention I'm an OCD type with keeping my phones fully protected and it is a huge pain to put screen protectors on those curved edge displays, more so hardly any actual tempered glass ones work with them.