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iPhone SE Display Parts Constrained, Apple May Do Full Device Replacements Instead of Repairs [Updated]
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I like the call for a spring 2018 update with 7s components and increased battery capacity (like the SE delivered over the 5s)....
I like it. Unlock your phone before its out of your pocket with ease. No stretching your thumb (since you hold the phone in the middle, and have to stretch to the bottom). Index finger to unlock on the back requires a natural movement of the index finger, once again without stretching the thumb.
Had a 6P for a while, it was perfect. Only slightly annoying picking the phone up to use it on a desk, but I think that was more because the phone was so heavy. When I wanted to just check the time or notifications I hit the power button, wasn't a problem. I don't typically use the phone while keeping it resting flat on the desk, I always pick it up, so I don't see the benefit of having it on the front.
Ive had my SE for a year and it's my favorite phone ever! I will upgrade to the larger storage one if I can next year 
It's an iconic design but that screen is really inferior and not because of its size.
Regarding a new 4" iPhone: i hope that next year, when a "iPhone 8s" will be released, there will also be a new ca. 4.6" phone with the same footprint as a 5/SE but with a "full screen" like the "8" most likely will.
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I think Apple will retain the 4.7 iPhone. To me, it's perfect size iPhone. It's not to large or to small. It's amazing how much of an inch can make when handling a phone or for what's comfortable for different uses.
Agreed. The SE is my favourite iPhone to date. My girlfriend has the 6S, and the only differences between our phones is that her's has 3D Touch and a larger screen. Everything else is identical between the two phones. She's always using mine for her games. She prefers it.
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Yah, keep going there, you're on a roll. *applause*
The SE does not have 2012 internals, it's a snappy, powerful device.
No different than iPad 2017 using spare parts from original ipad Air. Better for the environment to recycle and cheaper for consumers.
Me too! I hope they keep the line alive with previous gen internals and headphone jack. I prefer the smaller phone anyway. I honestly don't feel the need to upgrade from my 5s yet, but a new SE might convince me!
So wait, how exactly were the serials validated? For a company being green, what a waste sending stuff back and forth cause no one had initiative to open a box and validate visually.
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Agreed. Its looking like my next phone. 1K plus is no longer value in a smartphone. The SE has the best form factor and gimmick free.
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Agreed. Its looking like my next phone. 1K plus is no longer value in a smartphone. The SE has the best form factor and gimmick free.
I think it's Apple's best industrial design. No one has made a phone quite like it (though HTC has come close).
If Apple stops making iPhone SE sized devices I will simply buy a few SEs and keep them around. I just refuse to buy anything bigger. One-handed use used to be a selling point, Jobs always emphasized one-handed use to be essential in a good phone. I hate the huge phone trend. Its also not nice that Apple are treating the SE as the budget option. I'd like an SE sized phone with the same damn specs and capabilities more or less as your flagship. Why can't you do that, Apple? Its not as if people buy it purely for the price. People buy it mainly for the gorgeous smaller design, people who don't watch Netflix series episodes back to back. If they priced it similarly to their other phones those units would still sell just as well.
I took the Otterbox off mine yesterday and yes, it is indeed. I was against the color initially but once I held it in the store... so purrty.