iPhone SE - new 4 inch model
Mar 31, 2016, 10:11 am
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iPhone SE - new 4 inch model
I just got an email from Apple about this. It looks like a good choice for kids at $399. Has anyone ordered one?
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-se
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-se
Mar 31, 2016, 3:10 pm
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Sure it is expensive, but I wonder if the smaller screen is tougher and less likely to crack. It seems every teenager I meet has a cracked screen.
Apr 1, 2016, 12:16 am
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Expensive compared to some of these options, no doubt. Leaving aside the price point, I'm delighted for a non phablet-sized device. I thought it tactful how the Cookie Monster avoiding saying they brought back a size they shouldn't have written off.
Apr 1, 2016, 12:09 pm
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In the vein of actually discussing the 5SE, I'm a little surprised the didn't update the 5/5s form factor to the rolled edges of the 6-series. It honestly makes it feel like a 4-year old phone regardless of what's under the hood. I'm not an iOS user and wouldn't be considering one of these, but I do know iOS devotees who might... I'm curious to see if they're put off at all by the dated design.
Apr 1, 2016, 1:32 pm
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In the vein of actually discussing the 5SE, I'm a little surprised the didn't update the 5/5s form factor to the rolled edges of the 6-series. It honestly makes it feel like a 4-year old phone regardless of what's under the hood. I'm not an iOS user and wouldn't be considering one of these, but I do know iOS devotees who might... I'm curious to see if they're put off at all by the dated design.
Is it the kiss of death in the high tech consumer products world to let a form factor lie dormant. I think so, albeit not for me.
Apr 1, 2016, 2:39 pm
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it's not a BAD form factor by any means... it just feels stale and lacking in even the veneer of innovation or even trickle-down modernization.
My brother, God love him, clings to his 5S because he likes the size and strongly prefers iOS... he's cheap too, but a free '14 Moto G LTE when he moved to Cricket Wireless couldn't even woo him away from the 5S and I doubt anything will until he breaks it and gets a used 5SE.
My brother, God love him, clings to his 5S because he likes the size and strongly prefers iOS... he's cheap too, but a free '14 Moto G LTE when he moved to Cricket Wireless couldn't even woo him away from the 5S and I doubt anything will until he breaks it and gets a used 5SE.
Apr 1, 2016, 5:23 pm
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In the vein of actually discussing the 5SE, I'm a little surprised the didn't update the 5/5s form factor to the rolled edges of the 6-series. It honestly makes it feel like a 4-year old phone regardless of what's under the hood. I'm not an iOS user and wouldn't be considering one of these, but I do know iOS devotees who might... I'm curious to see if they're put off at all by the dated design.
Apr 1, 2016, 5:36 pm
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I have an iPhone SE waiting at a store for pick-up, but it will probably be a few days before I get it.
I really like the size of my 5s, and yes it is a little weird that they didn't curve edges, but previous cases and such will still fit. For me, I wanted the size, the faster internals, and the additional LTE coverage (band 12 Tmobile for me).
I really like the size of my 5s, and yes it is a little weird that they didn't curve edges, but previous cases and such will still fit. For me, I wanted the size, the faster internals, and the additional LTE coverage (band 12 Tmobile for me).
Apr 1, 2016, 9:09 pm
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I'm dithering on the iPhone SE, I'm still on the iPhone 5c and not interested in a larger device.
It doesn't seem like a tremendous value but since iOS added support for ad blockers on 64-bit devices and made iOS web browsing tolerable again, I guess I'm in the market for a newer device. It just depends on whether I can justify the differential between the 5s and SE.
It doesn't seem like a tremendous value but since iOS added support for ad blockers on 64-bit devices and made iOS web browsing tolerable again, I guess I'm in the market for a newer device. It just depends on whether I can justify the differential between the 5s and SE.