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Apple Discontinues iPhone SE, iPhone 6s and iPhone X
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For the people who can't afford one, there's never a reason to upgrade.
This ALL DAY LONG. A phone about the side of an iPod Nano would be the ideal smartphone for me.
Son, I am disappoint.
The small, cheap iPhone has lost its purpose. You can have an iPhone 7 (excellent device) for $ 449 for christ's sake.
HobeSoundDarryl
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Hang on to it as long as you can. I'm still clinging to an iPad Mini that hasn't had an update for years. I don't want to switch to some other form factor just because a corporation doesn't want to update the one I favor. It still works fine and offers me all 3 audio-connection options: bluetooth, lightning and the still universally ubiquitous headphone jack (meaning I don't need a pile of dongles also in my travel bag, or multiple pairs of headphones to fit various situations, and one set "just works" with EVERYTHING I encounter instead of only some tech).
The SEs you have will continue to work. Enjoy them. Your next phone decision can wait until something better (for you) comes along or they conk and you are somewhat forced to roll with some corporate-decided change.
lol yes! true but I still hold my working 5s, I wait the last 3 months waiting for today to see if apple release the SE2 and skip the SE of course.
So be smart and buy the stock that still has upward momentum and stop feeling sick. Oh and a dividend to boot! Make some money back that way.
What is the use-case for these phones now? In Canada, paying $1000 - $2000 for latest and greatest because why? I'm an AR and Photo enthusiast? If I'm dropping $2,000 then include a docking station, let me hook up my investment in monitors, keyboards and mice so I can work tethered or not. Of course no one has too, but $4000 for a laptop $2000 for a phone $649+ for a watch... I don't know. I used to buy into the ecosystem, I appreciate the value a walled garden can provide, but the entry fee is quickly eroding that benefit.
I love the capability that is suggested in the watch, the technical achievement in the phone. But how many people who can benefit from this technology will buy it, without over extending financially. It's great building product that bends a knee to environmental concerns, but what of the human? Yes, each person has to be responsible for their choices, but ethics should be holistic not opportunistic.
They say they make decisions for the long game, not given to short term, reactive interest, then why the 12 month cycling of phones? Why talk as if each phone is a brand new, never before, imagining? They chase the dollar same as every other industry player, milking all they can from a brand. These devices should be on a three year cycle allowing for new concepts to truly harden, for the hardware and software to percolate together, instead raw technology put into consumer hands and making them live with less than fully realized visions.
Guess I'm just a bit shell shocked that every year, the tech that is marketed as having the greatest benefit is priced so aggressively.
I love the capability that is suggested in the watch, the technical achievement in the phone. But how many people who can benefit from this technology will buy it, without over extending financially. It's great building product that bends a knee to environmental concerns, but what of the human? Yes, each person has to be responsible for their choices, but ethics should be holistic not opportunistic.
They say they make decisions for the long game, not given to short term, reactive interest, then why the 12 month cycling of phones? Why talk as if each phone is a brand new, never before, imagining? They chase the dollar same as every other industry player, milking all they can from a brand. These devices should be on a three year cycle allowing for new concepts to truly harden, for the hardware and software to percolate together, instead raw technology put into consumer hands and making them live with less than fully realized visions.
Guess I'm just a bit shell shocked that every year, the tech that is marketed as having the greatest benefit is priced so aggressively.
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Dear Apple, bigger is NOT always better, or desirable. There continues to be consistent demand for a small form factor phone; Many users want a small AND powerful phone. Please do not abandon this segment.
Still can smile and say “Magical” though. Nauseating.
It's because he lives in la la land with all of those yes man apple genius' shining rainbows up his ass.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Apple needs a new pair of shoes?
AAPL needs to spin "best revenue quarter ever"
Apple says you should. Comply. Resistance is futile.
And buy various accessories like dongles and cases too. Apple says so. Do it.
I know a lot of people write grumpy things after Apple announcements.. and I am no exception. 3 years ago they brought out the SE for those that loved smaller, easier to carry phones. Today, those people can all just get stuffed.
I shall be buying the cheapest iPhone, old generation model. I don't care. When my SE and the other one I buy as a spare dies.
I shall be buying the cheapest iPhone, old generation model. I don't care. When my SE and the other one I buy as a spare dies.
There is very little difference between many of the iPhones that continue, it is hard to understand why the 7 and 8 both hang around. Neither are the current model, so it seems they are there to have a cheap option, so why not go with the 7?
The SE however, offered something no other Apple offering did: The size. Looks like I will be keeping my SE for a long time.
The SE however, offered something no other Apple offering did: The size. Looks like I will be keeping my SE for a long time.
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I actually still have the case I had to my 5, to my SE too. It is a wallet where I keep all my credit cards, driver licence etc.
Had a similar too my iPhone 4 too, a bit smaller. I have that somewhere lying around, in case they will come out with a smaller iPhone again
I was planning on new phone, watch, and iPad Pro this year. After seeing the price of the phones, and depending on what the price on the next iPad Pro’s will be, the only thing I may be buying this year is a new watch. And maybe not even that as I have been looking more at a Garmin watch which will better address running data than the Apple Watch or any of the apps for it.
Phones look amazing...
Though Pricing are completely crazy. $1250 for a Max 256 and $1450 for a 512.
Really....?? It is a freaking phone for god sake.
How a phone can cost the same if not way more than a computer? Apple lost it touch with reality...
Though Pricing are completely crazy. $1250 for a Max 256 and $1450 for a 512.
Really....?? It is a freaking phone for god sake.
How a phone can cost the same if not way more than a computer? Apple lost it touch with reality...
I'm sad, my 7 Plus is worth next to nothing now...
Yeah, thats 'merica, right? Don't You have those one gallon soda cups? And the 2000kcal supersized fries?
Yeah, a lot of people seem to think their opinion is automatically the opinion of the whole of Apple's customer base...
Much cleaner phone lineup now. Obviously Apple has the data on how many people want a small phone and it’s not enough to justify keeping the SE around. Of course those that do want a small phone want nothing else and will be vocal about it, even if it is a minority.
We'll huff, and puff, and in the end we'll line up at our local Apple Store to buy these things over and over again.
I too don't understand why we'll pay $1200 for a XMAX and $600 for a much larger iPad, but then again I'm not a billionaire and TIm Cook is, so what do I know?
I've been using the iPhone X since launch coming from the SE. I wanted all the new features but mostly regret it. I love the size/function of the SE. An iPhone X(SE) would be CRAZY.