Yes, I in fact bought a Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact yesterday to replace my SE.

I don’t want to make you feel bad about your purchase, but I also looked at that phone:

It is only 1yr younger than the SE and about 90% as powerful on the CPU.

Apple has had a silicone advantage for a while, most androids are 1-2 years behind. :/

I definitely don't feel bad about my purchase, I don't play games (aside from puzzle games when flying) so I don't really care that much about high-end CPU/GPU. Regular apps running smoothly is all I need. I do love having a comfortable amount of RAM though, so that the phone doesn't forget app state when switching between apps. This happened way more often than I would've liked on the SE, not sure whether that was due to insufficient RAM or power saving measures though.

And whatever the case may be it's not like I had much choice when looking at phones of this size. And I'm so relieved to get rid of iOS, which with I had a 1.5 year hate relationship. I miss one thing though - the Apple emojis. Google's are way nicer than they used to be but nowhere near Apple's. Let's see if I find myself missing anything else in the upcoming days.