You won’t be hearing “I can save $50 by buying the Google phone”
You will be hearing “I can pay just $50 more and get an Apple iPhone“
You will be hearing “I can pay just $50 more and get an Apple iPhone“
I think that’s because you’re interpreting it as meaning a good competitor. Even if you’re right about the SE/OnePlus being better options (which I think you are) it’s more that Google has positioned this as a competitor (or vice versa with the SE and 3a).
because people like me would just buy that instead of the xr for 200 dollars moreToo bad Apple doesn’t have a low cost all screen model.
Don’t know why they didn’t just keep the X and Xs around at a reduced cost.
because people like me would just buy that instead of the xr for 200 dollars more
If they slid the screen down into that massive chin, they could put the camera above the screen without changing the size of the phone or screen and also not have a useless chin. It would have a slight forehead, but it would have a useful camera in it.
Google should just offer free phones every 24 months (just like they offer free search, free gmail, youtube, etc.) since they make so much money off the user's data.
The SE doesn't claim to be all screen, or cut a hole in the screen for something that could fit in the bezels. But yes, the SE needs to be updated to an all screen iPhone.you must be talking about the iPhone SE right?
It’s time for Apple to go all in on OLED and stop using it as a premium feature. The iPhone SE would be killer with an OLED display. That’s the only thing that I find better than the SE with this phone.
Has no one been able to fold the display controller like Apple? Maybe they have a patent? It's not all screen, look at the chin.
You weren’t limited to the SE, the 11 and XR have LED screens as well. Do you see the flicker? I can see it sometimes, especially while scrolling text and it does make my eyes hurt sometimes. I’m also conscious of screen burn more so than my iPhone 8.i bought an SE20 precisely because it DOES NOT have OLED.
also, isn't the SE camera somehow much better than the 8 camera? i remember reading that somewhere
in any case, the SE camera blows me away how good it is, especially compared to my 6s+
Exactly, plus scale. You have to sell a boatload more $350 devices to make the same profit as much fewer $750-1000 devices (or even $600 range)
Apple simply doesnt want to cater to the low end market; there isnt huge profits there per customer. The SE is the best compromise I think you will see.
Most of these $300-400 phones if you break them you are SOL; no support, no stores, notta nothing. You are on your own for that price as that support costs $$ and thus profits.
Thats why these Chinese companies can sell $300-500 phones all day and make money. Plus you get 1 maybe 2 OS updates; no development cost.
Here's the other value proposition issue. You can buy a $700 iphone 11 (or 12 which will be OLED and 5G and somewhere around that price) but getting 5 years of updates/support. So that is costing you $140/year. That is less per year cost than most of these $350-500 phones that will get 1-2 years. This one gets you 3, sure, but will the hardware last you 3 considering the low end processor and no 5G which you will want in a few years (the 5G 4A is rumored to be $150 more which isnt that great a deal then)
Considering that all those Pixel phones are designed for is collecting data and sending it off to the interwebs, Google should hand them out for free. They’d literally have to pay me if they want me to use one of those.
Because Apple aims at a market (of millions of existing customers with older iPhones) that also wants a home button.Yet the SE is exactly just that. They simply shoehorned a newer processor into an existing form factor and slapped on a different back case.
Instead, why not keep the X, Xr and Xs around. They have the molds and parts. In fact, they would have charged more than $399 and made even more margin. Now would it have sold as well as the SE? Perhaps not...but as you said, they wouldn't have to sell as many.
I would have much preferred they not play that game that only 'premium' phones get an all screen design. Those who prefer bezels could have simply gone with an iPhone 8.