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iPhone SE Reviews: Blazingly Fast With Impressive Battery Life
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Keep the same thickness and enlarge the screen and you end up with a much heavier phone. It's not some irrational obsession that drives Apple to create thinner mobile devices as some conspiracy theorists on here claim... It's about weight and overall usability. Even the 6S is noticeably heavier than the 6 due to 3D Touch and my HTC M8 is significantly heavier and feels like a brick in my slacks even though the overall dimensions aren't much bigger.
Apple generally makes very good decisions when it comes to these kinds of design/engineering trade-offs as evidenced by the better performance/battery ratio to Samsung's latest flagship, even though the iPhone is using 6 month old tech.
No iphone 4 was the best design. Just needed to be a tad thinner.
My favorite is still the 4/4S. Glass front and back.
Its good to see Apple responding to what people want, instead of solely forcing what Apple wants on the people, as so often happens. I still prefer my 6, but happy you 5'ers found your love 
I'd like to see a true black again too. The watch has Space Black. It may not be a true deep black, but I'd sure as hell take that over the Space Gray
Thank you! I prefer white over black now because of space gray. It's horrible. Not as horrible as rose gold, mind you.
[doublepost=1458849083][/doublepost]Is anyone thinking about downsizing from the 6? I might regret the size difference, but I still like the feel of that phone better than the new ones.
I don't care much but seems like had they spend a couple extra bucks on a better front camera it would have been worthwhile. I suppose their margins were so tight that they felt like it wasn't important although I bet most people would have been fine with the iphone 6 camera on the rear if it meant a better front camera
I'm kind of with her on that. I am taken aback slightly at the lack of 3D Touch.
No. someone would complain. Even if that someone didn't "care much". It's what people do.
Mine too-- and several others that I've seen. Fortunately it's close enough to the lens that the only impact is some loss of contrast, but hoping to see it fixed is a legit concern.
This happened to me. Took it to an apple store, they tried to use compressed are to remove it, couldn't, so they gave me a brand new phone.
A pleasant surprise and great news, I'm happy to read this kind of feedback. Apple has been increasingly sacrificing function for form over recent years in many of its product offerings and this is a welcome change!
I am hoping the new iPhone 7 will trim some of the fat around the screen so the phone will be much smaller. And in addition have the usual camera upgrades, better screen, and whatever the A10 provides.
It has nothing to do with being thin, but it has everything to do with screen resolution. If it had the 6s screen res, it would have the same battery life.
Maybe the reason is the supply of components, but why is Apple differentiating between models-- has 3d touch, doesn't have 3d touch. Has entirely different design to current line. Bizarre naming. Differentiate on memory and phone size only. Keep it uncomplicated. I suspect iphone 7 will come in three sizes starting at 4 inch, all with the same design language (ie a single uni glass back with curved edges in a variety of colors, glass front, reduced top and bottom bezel, antenna and camera running inside and hidden in the glass). iPhone SE will then be demoted to budget iPhone then which is why it has received an odd name this time.
It's not the thickness, it's the smaller, lower resolution screen that helps with the battery life here.
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All of the competition's smaller phones that cheap out and skimp on performance at that size.
I believe the 7 will come in 4 inch also, so three sizes. Apple has realised their mistake. The SE will then be demoted to budget device in the Sept/Oct line up.
If the SE had been out the same time as the 6s I am pretty sure sales of the 6s would have been a lot lower. I actually think they may have made it too good value... Not that I am complaining! I wonder how long they will keep it around or if it is just a stop gap until they just have a 3 phone line up?
Uh, this is a good thing. 5s cases will still be useful.
Nice!, was this under warranty or not ? Mine isn't and now they've discontinued the 5S I guess they'd tell me to go swivel
I wish I could trade in my 6s for one of these.
Smart phones became bigger because they drive more Internet browsing usage which drives more telecommunications usage and higher carrier profits.
The 7 will likely have it's own 4" for the reasons I outline below. It may come out in September with the 7 & 7+, but it might also come out next March, or even with the 7s.
I disagree.
They didn't miss the opportunity, it just doesn't make sense 6 months before they introduce a brand new redesigned model, and the 6 finally becomes the old model.
And yes the SE looks like the old model, which is why they are making it attractive at $399. People will look twice at the SE when they realize it's essentially the same phone as the 6s for $250 less.
Tactically, this is a very shrewd move on Apple's part. Without spending much more on the phone, they've created a 4" 6s, which they can depreciate with the larger models for the next two years. They get a 4" phone into customer's hands, learn just how many 4" customers they have willing to upgrade to the current model, and can lay the ground work for a completely redesigned 4" phone when the 7 comes out -- a design they can charge a premium for, and accommodates more of the flagship features. Moreover, when that happens, they can drop the SE to $299, and possibly even to $199 before it's discontinued in the US, and can potentially sell it unsubsidized for $99 in 3 years in developing markets.