For what it's worth, I bought the 5c at its launch because I thought it looked nicer than the iPhone 5S.
To this day I'm thinking it's probably my favorite iPhone.
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Kuo: Apple to Launch 'iPhone SE 2' in Early 2020 With Similar Design as iPhone 8, A13 Chip, and 3GB RAM
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For what it's worth, I bought the 5c at its launch because I thought it looked nicer than the iPhone 5S.
To this day I'm thinking it's probably my favorite iPhone.
Tim already partially accounted for the tariffs by ripping out the reverse wireless charging and 6GB RAM at the last minute.
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For what it's worth, I bought the 5c at its launch because I thought it looked nicer than the iPhone 5S.
To this day I'm thinking it's probably my favorite iPhone.
That gold 5S was peak mobile phone design
The gold ring on the fingerprint scanner was 110% class
Now Apple puts notches into displays...
Apple will never describe SE or any other iPhone as a low-cost iPhone. It's already on price tag. Apple doesn't want to make iPhone SE buyers feel cheap. Or cheapen the Apple brand.
Apple doesn't need to shout, "We sell cheap iPhones" and lower the brand appeal.
iPhone SE was always sold based on price. Just like iPhone 5c. It's implied.
Actually we do. It's Android that lacks powerful software - loads of Fisher Price Apps.
Eh....most of us think he nailed it. Textbook overcompensation.
Seeing all of those repetitive hand posts reminds me of an expression: Not the sharpest in the shed, but still a tool.
Yep. What other iPhone can I hold over my head with one hand and be able to reach the entire display without dropping the phone? There simply isn’t one. I consider my phone a tool and the SE is the best tool for me.
I agree 100% that cost was the only criteria for creating an SE.
Even though Apple released the SE for that reason, I think that people bought the SE in the US primarily for its size.
I think you are giving the people who like the SE very little credit. Everyone understands that the SE 2 is being produced so Apple will have a lower cost phone.
It doesn't mean though that we have to like the rebranded iPhone 8 or stop requesting an SE sized iPhone.
Bought 6S, didn’t like the size, gave to wife when SE came out.
Bought XS, didn’t like the size, gave to wife and went back to an SE.
I don’t want some limited cheap phone. I want a premium small phone that I can use all day single handedly without needing to use reachability (which I found very hard to trigger reliably on the XS), an edge to edge screen, faceID, spanking new SoC etc.
Bought XS, didn’t like the size, gave to wife and went back to an SE.
I don’t want some limited cheap phone. I want a premium small phone that I can use all day single handedly without needing to use reachability (which I found very hard to trigger reliably on the XS), an edge to edge screen, faceID, spanking new SoC etc.
Yep same here, went from 5s, to 6, then 7, hung out waiting for a new small phone the gave up after the 11 event and just bought a brand new SE off fleabay. Was just handy it was cheap. I'd have paid whatever the going rate is for a new one. Even apple tried to keep it sensible with size remember the thumb advert,, I'm sure they will do another small one soon, and some people will have to eat their hat.
Considering the iPhone X form factor is about the same size as iPhone 8, and the SE was sold as a smaller alternative to the 8 form factor, this definitely won't appeal to people who liked the original SE for the size.
And considering the ship has sailed for Apple on low cost phones in India and China (considering there are hundreds of cheap brands with very capable Androids at this point), the low cost doesn't make sense either.
In short I don't know why Apple would release this.
And considering the ship has sailed for Apple on low cost phones in India and China (considering there are hundreds of cheap brands with very capable Androids at this point), the low cost doesn't make sense either.
In short I don't know why Apple would release this.
In the real world Android is much more powerful because of features like multitasking and picture in picture actually using the CPU and RAM, whereas the pathetic iOS interface was outdated 7 years ago and putting an A13 chip in it doesn't let you do anything new.
I’ve not said price wasn’t a consideration for Apple. I was disputing that the size wasn’t an important factor in its design choice, and how it was marketed. They could have sold the iPhone 6 or an identical variant of it for the same price as the SE if low price was the only concern.
Yes, Apple currently sells the base 2019 iPad with 32GB storage.
Why? What the article describes is as much an iPhone SE as a Trash Can Mac is a Mac Cube, (stylistically, that is,) and I’d almost be willing to bet it won’t have a headphone jack, which for me is an absolute REQUIREMENT.
To me, the article states Apple is planning to release a phone that they not only know is obsolete, but which moreover is too damned big, too big to operate one-handed, too big to fit comfortably in a hip pocket, too thin and weak to resist bending, too big to fit in my existing iPhone SE cases, probably will have those oh-so-hard to hold onto, comfortably round edges, (in cutaway profile,) and are just completely not what I want or need. Why in Jobs’s Holy Name (blessings and slimness be upon him,) would I be happy about THAT, let alone REJOICE?!?
Well said, Apple is on the verge of alienating the customer because of the employees not upholding the gold standard when making a newer model of Apple products.
No? That is an ancient piece of tech with an A10 processor and 2GB RAM. Clearly not what I had in mind.
Without any doubt that the customer wants a bigger screen on a iPhone SE form factor and it makes sense to improve that model with newer technology instead of rehashing from the iPhone 8.
It‘s both - though not necessarily for the same people and demographic.
If they can make an iPad mini, they can make a small iPhone as well.
Theyˋre even making a recently revised (2019) iPod touch - if the market that is satisfying isn’t small, what is?
Even if it was, that‘s not the only reason people liked it.