But the SE was newer compared to the flagship then. What would the SE have cost this year?

> What would the SE have cost this year?

In late November 2017 no-contract SEs were going for $99 at some stores. A year later the price had dropped to $79. I bought one at $99 to use as an mp3 player and camera. Works great. I don't want a phone that's any larger because it won't fit comfortably into my pockets. Still using for day-to-day actual phone use a pretty great similar sized Android phone I bought for much less. I prefer it because it has an SD slot and replaceable battery and uses USB, all better AFAIAC than no SD slot, no replaceable battery and no USB. Phones are cheap and the cheap phones are very good.

Can't edit comment. From what I can tell, the refreshed SE was starting at $349 USD in 2018. That probably would have dropped if it was still on sale.

Maybe in the US, but where I live (Eastern Europe) the cheapest 32GB iPhone7 is still about 200 euros more expensive compared to the iPhone SE I purchased about a year ago. 200 euros is a sum that matters for a lot of people, including myself.

Euro was Over 1.50 per dollar at the exchange rate. No?

Currently 1.14 euro will buy a dollar. A year ago it cost 1.20 euro to buy a dollar.

You've got it the wrong way around. 1 Euro buys you around 1.136 dollars at the moment.