Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

Re:Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again by princeb on Sunday March 24, 2019 @10:30PM (#19479931)

this is literally the ONLY modern smartphone at this size. miniaturization has become so costly that no major phone manufacturer is capable of doing it at scale.

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Re:Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again by altmind on Monday March 25, 2019 @12:48AM (#19480356)

its hard to tell if it's irony or not

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Re:Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again by Double_a_92 on Monday March 25, 2019 @03:12AM (#19480773)

I doubt it's capability, especially since smartphones used to be smaller in the past.

Average people just don't want smaller phones. So they are a nice product, and manufactures don't want to take a risk.

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Re:Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again by nerdponx on Monday March 25, 2019 @05:22AM (#19481172)

Average people just don't want smaller phones. So they are a nice product, and manufactures don't want to take a risk.

I don't believe this. It looks like supply and marketing pushing demand, like the SUV trend in the 00s.

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Re:Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again by JustSomeNobody on Monday March 25, 2019 @10:12AM (#19482501)

This isn't true, though. I replied to someone else with MixPanel numbers, but basically just from the last two years (iphone 8 through the new XR,XS's), 60% of iPhone users are using smaller of the newer phones. If you go back further, I'm sure you'll see similar. So, while everyone keeps saying the market wants larger iPhones, the market keeps buying the smaller ones.

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Re:Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again by gruez on Sunday March 24, 2019 @10:34PM (#19479948)

>this is literally the ONLY modern smartphone at this size

androids?

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Re:Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again by princeb on Sunday March 24, 2019 @10:42PM (#19479975)

none at 4".

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Re:Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again by throwaway5r09 on Sunday March 24, 2019 @11:32PM (#19480140)

Here’s the closest I could find, at 3.5” - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/K-touch-I9-Super-Mini-Mobile...

There’s a ton more and some at 2.5”!

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Re:Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again by hawski on Monday March 25, 2019 @10:05AM (#19482449)

That's interesting. But seeing Mediatek SoC my enthusiasm is limited. Personally I want only something that's supported at least by LineageOS.

However with that price it's not bad. But for now when my Nexus 5x will eventually bootloop to a higher plane of existence I'll plan to buy last Xperia Compact in used.

Edit: in reviews people mention that there is no global version. So there's no Play store. I'll pass.

Oh and I forgot. I keep my hopes for Sharp Aquos R2 Compact. So far it's only available in Japan and I now only that it will be released in the end of April in India.

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Re:Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again by Wowfunhappy on Monday March 25, 2019 @01:21AM (#19480455)

Is this (or any of the other, off-brand alternatives) any good at all? Does the battery last more than a few hours?

I'm not sure how I'd answer these questions, if I was in the market for a small Android phone. And frankly, it's more likely to be crap than not.

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Re:Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again by system2 on Monday March 25, 2019 @06:17AM (#19481350)

If that thing were any good, it would be selling like hotcakes in the United States. Another terrible Chinese phone.

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Re:Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again by throwaway5r09 on Monday March 25, 2019 @07:53AM (#19481736)

Xiaomi devices are amazing and yet they don’t sell in the States. Could be another great Chinese phone.

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Re:Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again by system2 on Monday March 25, 2019 @02:28PM (#19485257)

That thing has 3G. Terrible screen resolution. God knows about battery life.

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