Agree with all of this. I've had my SE 2022 since it first came out and I keep going back to it despite FOMO-buying new phones every year(shame on me honestly, part of my participation in this thread is an attempt to hold myself accountable). I don't need anything "better" and I don't know why I'm so dumb I keep falling for the marketing every year. It meets all my needs and is a pleasure to use, it's what an iPhone should feel like IMO. This year I bought a 15. It's a really great phone that I can tolerate well enough, great for Pokemon days with the husband, but it's simply too big for every day and I definitely have buyer's remorse.
I have felt the urge to take a step back from technology in general for a while now, I even stopped wearing my Apple watch. I noticed it was causing some pain in the tendons in my wrist and once I quit wearing it, I'm not getting those jolts of pain in my thumb and pinky anymore. Plus there's just something so enjoyable about checking the time on one of my vintage Seikos or Chaikas rather than wearing the same uniform little glass puck that everyone else has ⌚
It's crazy to me too. I actually get excited whenever I see another person using an SE or a Mini 😅 9 out of 10 people I see with their phone out in public have a pro max or some gigantic 7" Samsung. People stop in front of me in the aisle cause they need both hands to check their grocery list or send a text. Everyone says you'll get used to the size but I just can't, plus I'm not willing to carry a bigger purse just to fit my massive phone.
I have nothing against people who like phablets, but it makes me mad that it comes with the maddening side effect of companies discontinuing small phones and making their smallish phones bigger and bigger every year. iPhone 16 is supposed to be 6.3", and the next SE is rumored to use the 14 chassis 🤬
I really feel like I'm going to end up back on a flip phone once my SE dies.
