Here's a point I don't see anyone mentioning. I helped an elderly neighbor upgrade her old SE to this 16E phone. When purchased through Apple store app on her phone, and opting for a trade in, they offered $100 - more than double what third party places are offering. Their app identified her as owning that old phone already, and asked if she wanted to trade it. (I had to talk her out of buying on Amazon, and this was a GIFT from Apple.)
So you can complain about the size or the engineering compromises, but frankly, if the old SE was $479, she got this new model for $499. Exactly in the same price point.
So you can complain about the size or the engineering compromises, but frankly, if the old SE was $479, she got this new model for $499. Exactly in the same price point.