The biggest problem with it, of course, is the huge forehead and chin, coupled with the increasingly obsolete and unsightly home button.
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New iPhone SE Considered 'Unlikely to Launch' in 2024
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Why is the home button “increasingly obsolete”? (The rest is opinion anyway)
Look at the devices Apple has released over the past five years -- especially the past two years. Notice a pattern regarding the presence or absence of a home button? The reason is that it takes screen real estate while being unnecessary functionally. Gestures on full-screen devices accomplish the same thing.
Apple released a device with the home button last year (and is actively selling it), so surely it can't meet any reasonable definition of "obsolete"!
Yes, that is why I said "increasingly obsolete." They released ONE device with a home button last year. The number of devices they release with such a button has diminished year by year. I expect that they won't be releasing another such device again. And that brings up the issue of what the next iteration of the SE will look like and why people are mentioning the mini. It would make sense for Apple to modify the 13 mini in a year or two, soup it up with a new chip, and market it as the new SE.
Fair enough, though (as I'm sure you're aware) there are reasons folks prefer the home button which i won't rehash. I think people are mentioning the Mini for no reason other than wishful thinking – I haven't seen any rumors that Apple is considering using the Mini chassis for the SE (as opposed to using the XR or something else).
I haven't seen any rumors about the next SE either, which makes sense in how it seems to be a ways off. But I and many others in this thread seem to want to the 13 mini to serve as the design basis of it. IMO it does make sense as a design choice.
Well, there have been plenty of ongoing rumors about the "SE4" (going back a few years) – you can see them here: https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-se/#whats_next_for_the_iphone_se
The rumors do point to a decision to remove the home button and go full screen (finally). I hope they opt to go for a mini-sized phone, which would be consistent with their vision of the SE as a budget phone.
What we need is an iPhone SE+.
Home button AND big screen, single small camera, no idiotic notch. And if Apple REALLY wants to do the right thing, they'll put a headphone jack on it.
Home button AND big screen, single small camera, no idiotic notch. And if Apple REALLY wants to do the right thing, they'll put a headphone jack on it.
To get the phone you want, I think you may have to locate a time machine -- and I don't mean the program on your Mac.
Honestly, if they made an SE+ based on the 8+ (as was originally rumored), I'd jump at it in a second.
Pulled an iPhone 5 out of the drawer yesterday. It was so small and light - but actually a perfect size. I sure hope they keep the 'mini' sizes alive.
I said 128 because the iPhone 13 doesn't sell in 64GB, not by choice.
Also, I'm comparing prices on Apple Store. Don't know what this offer is or whether it comes with a plan.
I think the screen is actually what's make the iPhone 12/13 much better. Bigger screen, higher resolution, better contrast, better brightness, better colour gamut, etc.
But OK, everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but we can safely assume that the vast majority of people would prefer the screen of an iPhone 13 over the one of the SE.
I'm not familiar with those carriers, but I assume you have to go with that carrier and have a plan with them, right? It's not just "get the iPhone for $150 and leave the next day for free" or is it?
Sorry, but it's very old tech and it's embarrassing to have it around today 😏
My elderly mother has an 11 pro and she doesn't have to use the Face ID, the phone is just unlocked, simple 😊
Maybe read about their iPhone sales and realize they are very right.
That’s a low margin phone.
That one hand scenario is not realistic. I handle pro Max with one hand, no problem.
I don’t grasp it but hold it comfortably, so it lies more or less on my finger tips and that gives me enough room to reach the whole screen with my thumb. Everyone does it like this, it’s just not an issue and people with smaller hands like big screens too.
The "catch" is that those phones are carrier locked. The day before the SE 2022 was announced, I picked up the SE 2 from my carrier for $199. I've been using it with my carrier ($35 a month, no contract, w/unlimited talk and text, 10GB LTE data, unlimited data at a lower speed after that), but I could've bought it and never activated it for service (and use it as an iPod Touch Pro).