Sketchy Rumor Says Next iPhone SE Will Feature Dynamic Island Instead of Notch

[dwaltwhit]

What?

Are you suggesting they were losing money per unit?

They wouldn’t even design and build any device like that to begin with.

I apologize if I wasn't clear. I don't think they were neccesarily losing money, but Apple knows when something is financially worth their time and money.

 

[The1Biz]

I just want a small phone.

They will pry my 13 mini from my cold dead hands...

 

[JForestZ34]

They should of gotten rid of the dynamic island by now


James

 

[DarthDon]

I just want a new iPhone mini 😢

I got a good feeling, that the next SE will be the mini you're looking for.

 

[frou]

It's funny how a single lens looks weird, when it's by far the most obvious look for a camera.

 

[jouster]

A flash below the lens? That's a big no-no. It forces shadows up, so you can see them, rather than down - especially when a subject is close to a wall or some other object. Also, it illuminates places like under noses and chins, where we are used to seeing shadows. It makes the tops of eye sockets brighter than they should be. That's because we are hard wired to expect light to come from above, such as the sky, and when you flip that around and the light comes from beneath, the lizard part of our brains tell us that something is wrong. Old horror movies like Frankenstein used this technique to cause unease in the audience.

Yes, I know it's a tiny flash beneath a tiny lens and they're very close. The axis of light output will still be beneath the lens when held vertically regardless, and the physics of light doesn't change. There's a reason why even small cameras with small built-in flashes don't put the flash on the bottom of the camera. I hope they are wrong with this rumor.

The flash is below the lens on my XR.

 

[Tagbert]

They should of gotten rid of the dynamic island by now


James

Considering that they only just brought it to the non-pro phones this year, it doesn’t seem like it will be dropped soon.

 

[mgarc1125]

Because the SE is the cheapest iPhone you can buy if someone wanted an iPhone, not necessarily because it was small

Many of us bought SE because it was small and had home button so small is still a factor cannibalizing the mini.

 

[harriska2]

I just want small, cheap, with no fingerprint button with my super dry hands.

 

[Tagbert]

Many of us bought SE because it was small and had home button so small is still a factor cannibalizing the mini.

The SE has mostly been a phone that uses older cases and tech. Since the phones have been getting bigger that means that the older phones that go into the SE are smaller. I’m afraid that Apple doesn’t see the appeal of smaller phones and will happily use an older, but larger donor phone for the next SE. At best it might be the iPhone Mini which had case pretty close to the same size as the current SE but rumors suggest an iPhone 14 as the donor.

 

[MacFarmer]

please be mini 🤞please be mini 🤞please be mini 🤞please be mini 🤞

 

[Stug47]

I don't care if it has a notch or an island, but what I do care about is what it means for touch ID.
If they remove touch ID and don't include it like the iPad has then a lot of people including myself will be looking elsewhere.