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First iPhone SE Teardown Reveals Mix of iPhone 5s, 6, and 6s Components
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I'm still on an iPhone 5. Been waiting to pull the trigger for a long time now. I don't have a thing for 4 inch displays, I guess I could get used to the bigger screens of the 6/6S, BUT... now that things start to seem that the 2016's iPhone might very well be a "6SS" instead of a complete overhaul, and that really cool things will likely come with the 2017's iPhone...
I am seriously considering getting this decent little device for the next 1.5 years.
I like the thought that it wouldn't force me into bankruptcy and even if this year's iPhone turned out the be insanely good, I could still sell the SE for a reasonable price. In any case, I would get a blazing fast, top quality compact device with an awesome battery life for a very good bang for the buck.
I am seriously considering getting this decent little device for the next 1.5 years.
I like the thought that it wouldn't force me into bankruptcy and even if this year's iPhone turned out the be insanely good, I could still sell the SE for a reasonable price. In any case, I would get a blazing fast, top quality compact device with an awesome battery life for a very good bang for the buck.
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Still amazed at some of this forum.
This phone's oldest parts were still released under Tim Cook as CEO, and people are saying he can't release anything good - 'it's all the great stuff they released before!'
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No one had a problem when Jobs announed the iPhone 4 in June with a processor that had been announced back in January, 5 months before, for the iPad.
This phone's oldest parts were still released under Tim Cook as CEO, and people are saying he can't release anything good - 'it's all the great stuff they released before!'
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No one had a problem when Jobs announed the iPhone 4 in June with a processor that had been announced back in January, 5 months before, for the iPad.
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Because he has a healthy long term memory and remembers the iPhone 6 keynote. It might well be a combination of barometer and accelerometer data to count flights climbed versus flights elevated, but you sure need the barometer which is missing from the iPhone SE.
It's like you opened this new 5.5" bar of chocolate which you had planned to eat all throughout the day. And before it's noon someone grabbed it to make the same old 4" brownies. The level of disappointment is indescribable! Hopefully, there's something fresh for dinner.
More like they replaced it with something of a similar shape that's brown, sticky, smelly and not edible.
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Considering that people have been praising the most expensive mainstream phone on the market while it has only 1GB of memory, you quickly realise anything is possible in the Apple world (by which I mean parallel universe).
I'm at a loss for words on this whole barometer thing. I've been using and following Apple products pretty closely for the past 12 years or so and I had no idea they even had a barometer in a phone, and now all of a sudden a pretty good phone is trash because there's no barometer? The majority of users probably don't use, don't know about, or don't care about the lack of a barometer. If you do use it (and I mean truly use it, not just want it there just to say you have it) then stick to whatever you're using, it's probably just as good or better than the SE anyway.
Maybe Apple will come out with a chip in the iPhone 7 that could tell you the humidity level on Mars. Unless you work at NASA the information would be completely useless to you, but hey, it's there right? If an iPhone 6SE came out six months later and didn't ship with the Mars humidity chip folks would be moaning "I can't believe there's no Mars humidity chip, I NEED this chip in my life now for some reason. Phone is confirmed garbage". You don't really need it, let's be honest.
I'm considering upgrading to the SE from my 5S, and I assure you the lack of a barometer is the furthest consideration from my mind.
Maybe Apple will come out with a chip in the iPhone 7 that could tell you the humidity level on Mars. Unless you work at NASA the information would be completely useless to you, but hey, it's there right? If an iPhone 6SE came out six months later and didn't ship with the Mars humidity chip folks would be moaning "I can't believe there's no Mars humidity chip, I NEED this chip in my life now for some reason. Phone is confirmed garbage". You don't really need it, let's be honest.
I'm considering upgrading to the SE from my 5S, and I assure you the lack of a barometer is the furthest consideration from my mind.
As in the company who invented smartphones and showed everybody else how to build them.
Hint: The secret is to get along with what fits in a tiny handheld computer, not to increase phone sizes until they become tablets and tablet sizes until they become laptops and laptop sizes until they become desktops and desktop sizes until they become mainframes.
Well firstly Apple didn't invent smart phones, secondly 2GB of RAM (or 3GB) is no bigger than 1GB of RAM, so so much for that argument.
Brush up on your technical knowledge and get back to me.
I do agree with the shame part.... when I've been on my butt for the hour and it dings me telling me it's time to get up I do.... But I've honestly NEVER looked at the barometer for motivation....maybe I need to start.
It's funny because you don't need to know how much memory is in a device to use it and compare its performance... Yes, 2 GB of RAM is better...but it was obviously not necessary.
Who acted like an authority? I was in the military and was fit....did some marathons.... I mountain bike all the time when the weather is nice.... never ever did I need a barometer to push myself and get a great workout. You use it good for you but I believe you were the one being a bit harsh... even above...."there are people that care more about exercise than you do".... because you look at a barometer you care more? Come on now.
Firstly wrong and kudos for pointing out that 2 is bigger than 1, you've completely refuted my argument. Obviously I can't match the superior technical knowledge of a nutjob.
"Not necessary" in what sense? You seem to think better performance is "not necessary". 640K should be enough memory for anyone, right?
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No, I said that 2GB of RAM takes no more space on the motherboard than 1GB does. You said that the reason Apple did not have more memory is because it wanted to keep the size down.
Why are you complaining about my arguments when the totality of your argument is "firstly wrong"?
I'm sorry that I embarrassed you but facts are facts.
It is not. When you do cycling or running it gives you very exact altitude data. GPS only is very inaccurate.For what use ? It's just a gimmick.
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I love the iPhone SE - finally a phone again that fits in the hand. I was all excited as the iPhone 6 came out. Got myself the plus... Rapidly changed that to a normal 6... Still to big. Now going back to 4"
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not everyone is a couch potato like. Active people do use the barometer. I´d rather have a 5mp cam and no touch id.
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waht a nonsense. " never ever did I need a barometer to push myself". Nobody said that. You jsut made it up.
"because you look at a barometer you care more?" Did your stupid military kill your whole ability to think on your own or is there still something left at least? It is just a more exact measurement, no more no less.
Firstly it does use more chip space and then it needs more energy too, so the battery needs to be bigger. Once you start using all the RAM, the CPU must compute more and needs more energy. It's always the same story, quad-core/octa-core, 2GB/4GB, 3K/4K, 8mpx/12mpx. The more you put in a phone, the less it stays a phone. You got to wait until technological progress allows for a better computer in the same form factor. Otherwise you end up with a huge battery and abysmal battery life at the same time.
It's a system, all the parts need to be attuned to each other. Too much RAM makes the computer worse.
And the facts are Apple invented the smartphone.
"Too much RAM makes the computer worse."
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! YES! It's a disaster for a phone to have more RAM!!! Thanks for giving me a good laugh.
And no more RAM doesn't take up more space. The memory chip package is much larger than the actual chips themselves. The memory package sits on top of the processor and takes up no real estate, but may be slightly taller depending on how the memory chips are arranged. More RAM does use a little more power, but it's a very small amount compared to everything else the phone has to power, so it's generally irrelevant.
As I said, brush up on your technical knowledge and get back to me in say a year or two. LOL
What I have learned so far:
1. The iPhone SE is akin to a "Greatest Hits" album. I like those.
2. People who use barometers care more about exercise than people who don't.
3. My iPhone will soon be the size of a mainframe.
1. The iPhone SE is akin to a "Greatest Hits" album. I like those.
2. People who use barometers care more about exercise than people who don't.
3. My iPhone will soon be the size of a mainframe.
The facts say that Palm, Ericsson, Blackberry and the Sidekick all had smartphones before the iPhone, along with others.