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iPhone SE 4 Rumored to Feature 6.1-Inch LCD Display With Notch
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Looks like a good update for my 11. I'm one of the few souls that can't use OLED screens. They give me horrible headaches! But 2024 is a long time. Was hoping for something like this next year.
I’d love an SE in the iPhone X form factor. That was a great design. And it’d be more celebrational to go that way, to me SE has always represented a bit of that, too. Not just ‘older’ designs, but classic iPhones.
There’s been no degradation in privacy, only enhanced convenience for the end user.
The point of the SE has always been to recycle old hardware.
Everything else was coincidental.
Can you pinpoint the privacy violations that have occurred then?
Yes; as far as I am concerned, the widespread use of facial recognition is a privacy violation. Therefore, the article is correct.
I understand that you disagree with this opinion.
I think we need to establish whether facial recognition that is encrypted in hardware and doesn’t leave your device can even be considered a privacy violation. I presume you turn off Touch ID too since that is stored in the same way?
Assuming we have any interest in continuing this conversation, we also need to establish not only whether or not it leaves one's device (Apple claims not), but whether any information gained from querying the encrypted-in-hardware model leaves one's device, and whether this has the potential to change in the future. It's these latter two parts that are my particular concern; if I could be absolutely certain there was no way for applications running on the device to draw conclusions about me e.g. based on my facial expression, age, gender, race etc. and transmit these anywhere then I would be less concerned about it (but would still think it unpleasant).
You are mistaken in your presumption; I am far less concerned about the current and future capabilities of Touch ID and so leave it turned on. The US government has copies of my fingerprints anyway, presumably not stored encrypted on Apple hardware.
Well do you have any evidence of Face ID or Touch ID data leaving Apple’s devices? And if it did, do you have any evidence of it being decrypted and someone being able to use that to recognise your face in another situation?
It’s interesting that your argument is based on a theoretical privacy invasion as opposed to an actual demonstrable privacy violation.
Ok, so basically Apple will resuscitate iPhone XR as SE, with a modern A chip, but no other visual changes. Having used iPhone 11 in the past, I will pass and just get a 13 mini instead.
They might. The iPad Air is basically a cheaper iPad Pro which they developed side Touch ID for.
Side Touch-ID already exists so Apple can just use what they have already developed. Apple would anyway have to develop a new notch because it doesn't have all the Face-ID sensors. Touch ID on the curved sides probably works better than on flat sides because the body curves away from the sensor making it easier to read more of your print.
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Trust me, You gullible are Apple's daily bread!
Physically not possible: In 15 years of iPhone 12 years they have spent on something “physically not possible” for MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, every single day.
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No more small iPhones?
Tim Cook said that se3 was the perfect phone for people who wanted a small one at the Mac studio event this year
Tim Cook said that se3 was the perfect phone for people who wanted a small one at the Mac studio event this year
But Apple wants money... For the average non-techie person who sees the iPhone SE at $450 and the iPhone 15 at $799, both of which have an A16 chip and are 6.1", why would they pick the iPhone 15? With the iPhone mini design, there is a clear separation of the 'budget' phone from the mainline model based on size.
I don't think the XR/11 screen was that cheap as they have to get the substrate to curl at the edges - not as much as OLED (hence that larger bezels), but enough that I don't think it was a 'standard' LCD. Also, how much more than LCD is OLED these days? OLED fabs are expanding capacity and LCD fabs are shutting down or being converted to OLED. Finally, if the Mini sold as poorly as we are to believe, Apple likely have a lot of 5.4" screens and chassis to hand (exactly how the original SE came around)
The next SE in iPhone Mini form factor? 😍
Don’t make me dream that would be amazing!!!
But I don’t think it will happen. The majority of people want a big phone.
F the people. Everyone who wants a big iPhone already had a choice from dozens of cheaper models. What will Apple do with the production line that made the 12 mini and 13 mini? An SE mini is the only reasonable way to reuse it. And a cheap small iPhone would be the only reason for me to retire my XR. Apple of all companies knows weight is important for a portable computer.
There were rumors this was the plan. The pandemic has been blamed for the decision to instead spec bump the SE 2020. Though it‘s all speculative.
It would have made sense because both the original SE and the SE 2020 actually replaced iPhones with same form factor while those legacy devices (the 5S and 8 respectively) were still available at the lowest price-point in the lineup. This would also have been the case for the iPhone 11 in March of 2022, obviously. But in March 2024, the 11 will be long dead, so if this rumor holds (and I think at this point that it will) the SE will be awakening a truly dead form factor for the first time.
There's some talk of this (in this article), but it also does not make sense as it is an added cost on their lowest cost iPhone (and Apple is big on cutting things out). I'd bet against Apple having both on the phone. The super expensive Pro, sure if there was a demand for it, but the low end SE? Would bet it's going to have one validation method and save the $x.xx production cost per phone.
I suspect the next iPhone SE 4 will have the old notch style with Face ID and the more expensive iPhone models will have the redesigned cut out and dynamic island.