For me it's a feature combo that's missing. Make a new SE, bump the price up $100, but give it a camera close to as good as the Plus phones, and that's my next phone, for sure. I only got the 7+ over the 7 for the camera, and if there'd been an SE-sized phone with the same camera I'd have bought that instead of either bigger option.
[EDIT] actually I suspect this is a common reason for purchasing larger phones and the phone makers know this, and are using the large-size-better-camera pairing to charge me $300-500 more for the better camera, instead of $100.
Re:The Popularity of the 4.7″ iPhone
by Tempest1981 on Thursday June 27, 2019 @04:05PM
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FWIW the 4" iPhone 5s and SE are the last iPhones without a camera bump. Clean look.
Check out Sony's Xperia Compact line - one of my friends swears by them.
They're no longer compact. The XZ2 is a 5" phone (5.3 x 2.6 x 0.5 in).
As a consumer I don't remember even being given the option of buying any small phones (besides the now discontinued iPhone SE) for the last handful of years.
> I also believe that some portion of people who are vocal about the inevitable, eventual disappearance of the 4" screen aren't necessarily even using these small phones
I'm using my SEs as much as possible, but due to the limitations of iOS it's not feasible for me to use them as my primary work phone. This means I can choose between carrying two phones, carrying one that's too large, or significantly reducing my access to work resources on the go.