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Apple Discontinues iPhone SE, iPhone 6s and iPhone X
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These iPhones are too expensive. I'm in no hurry, just wait when carriers bring the promo to buy one get one free with a two-year plan commitment. That's the way to go IMO. Paying prices close to a MacBook is just ridiculous.
‘I felt a great disturbance, as if millions of 4 inch screen smartphone fans suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.’
The new iPhones XS isn't too different from the iPhone X which you can get new on sale for $500 to $600.
Not that they discontinue it but that they haven‘t introduced a smaller version of the X form factor.
HobeSoundDarryl
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Where were you in the years when Apple spun 3.5" as perfection... and then 4" as perfection? I recall almost no such comments about them when Apple endorsed them... when "one-handed use" was seemingly paramount and anything with a screen bigger than 4" was an "abomination." Funny how our opinions can so readily evolve to fit whatever a corporation has for sale at the moment.
I'm an NBA-sized man myself and I can see the merit of an SE-sized phone and right up to phablet-sizes. To each his own. One may readily agree or disagree with your opinion but there was a time when every iPhone fan readily laid their money down to buy the "perfection" of a 3.5" and then the "perfection" of a 4-inch iPhones- generation after generation- gushing, praising and defending the size to any and all challengers. If it was "perfection" for them then, it could still be perfection for them now... not 'getting lost in their pocket or purse' then or now.
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So disappointing that there is no updated iPhone SE... I would pay ANY prize for a small phone with modern technology!!
I am still hoping for an edge to edge sized screen in the iPhone 4-Size format. Take the same body, fill it with battery and goodies such as 3D Touch, waterproofing, A12 and Apple Pay. It will sell like crazy.
The tears in this thread are delicious. Apple didn’t make something specifically for you, boo hoo. Find another manufacturer that fits your needs if Apple isn’t it any longer.
I don't disagree that some people want a bigger screen, but I'm not convinced that there isn't an equally large market for a smaller form factor. The SE was not a flagship phone. People want the latest and newest tech, and the SE wasn't that, so it's not quite fair to assess the demand that way.
max is 100 more than X was at each size. 64 will be 5 bucks more a month for the max than the X
To think I was sweating buying airpods last week for someone’s birthday and getting the BOGO ATT iPhone X offer in late spring.
Gotta remind myself - the rumors and Apple will always oversell these events.
Also, where’s the $150 phone charger announced in 2017? Lol
Gotta remind myself - the rumors and Apple will always oversell these events.
Also, where’s the $150 phone charger announced in 2017? Lol
I won‘t buy anything from Samsung. I love the iPhones just not the sizes. But in case mine breaks I will get the X-R. Whatever R stands for.
So buy a lower model? Or a different brand? You act as if luxury items are new to commerce or something.
What I find ironic is how Apple, and some of their most vocal fans, did a complete 180 on size.
Well.... let's be honest here for '30 minutes'. It's not like they've REALLY discontinued the X. They just call it XS now.
Not like anything has changed in it.
Not like anything has changed in it.
For the airpods, Apple's website went from saying "wirelessly charging - available late 2018" to "Currently Unavailable".
All of you clamoring for the SE fail to realize this is a business decision.
The SE had very limited users (clearly) and Apple made the decision to kill it because of what is probably low adoption.
If the SE were even close to popular, Apple would have updated it. It's simply not worth it as evidenced by the decision.
They also won't take away for the "iPhone Event" with a budget phone with a niche following. If anything, they'll release a new SE quietly in March after the excitement has died down.
The SE had very limited users (clearly) and Apple made the decision to kill it because of what is probably low adoption.
If the SE were even close to popular, Apple would have updated it. It's simply not worth it as evidenced by the decision.
They also won't take away for the "iPhone Event" with a budget phone with a niche following. If anything, they'll release a new SE quietly in March after the excitement has died down.
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Good point. I actually was hoping for an update to the SE, but really wasn’t surprised that not only it didn’t get an update, it also got discontinued.
It’s interesting, before the iPhone 6 was released, a LOT of people were complaining about how small the screen on the iPhone was compared to other phones. Now that the iPhones have bigger screens, people are complaining that they’re too big.
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Actually, I'm a big fan of the iPhone 5 design too- just playing with the idea of how our consumer sentiment seems to so readily evolve based on a corporation's actions, not really taking a poke at you. "We" DID used to ridicule bigger-screen phones before Apple went there, slinging the "pants with bigger pockets" and "man purses" to no end. Your post was just a good prompt to remind us all of that.
Personally, I still think that iPhone 5 design was the single best design of any iPhone generation ever (the SE being pretty much a refined design cut from that very same cloth). I (too) wish there was an updated SE and, again personally (my own preference) that it kept the headphone jack option too, so that we can enjoy the benefits of iPhone and iOS without having to just roll with dongle-mania to be ready for whatever audio-connection needs come up in the real world (outside the bubble).