04-22-2020, 12:06 PM
All us real SE users wanted another small phone factor, so Apple gives us big and bigger.
Apple positioned the SE to be an entry level 'Phone based on price, not size.
We True Believers and Fans of the 5s didn't care about price, and put size ahead of price.
How about an iPhone SE Minus to get back to the smaller form factor?
For the same reason, Apple gave us the iPhone 9, we'll never get an SE based SE2- cost.
Apple kept the price of the SE low because they repurposed the 5s case. They did the same with the iPhone 9 by using the 8's case, making some compromises, and kept the price low.
Giving is a worthwhile, current and futureproofed 'Phone based on the SE won't ever happen because of the cost of retooling the innards and electronics to fit.
The only real upgrade besides some performance bumps I'd want, would be a bigger screen. When bringing up the keyboard to enter text os the SE, half the screen is lost. Turn the 'Phone sideways and I'm looking at a sliver of content.
To make a bigger screen means 'losing' Touch ID and the Home button. I'm not about to debate Touch over Face. That's a different bunny trail. I don't Apple will give us Touch ID Under Glass, and if they did, it would cost.
So there's no small 'Phone, only the smaller 'Phone.
The rumored 12 is rumored to be smaller than the 11 Pro but bigger than something else.
A smaller 'Phone, just not a small 'Phone.
The SE, in a case, fits my jeans pocket just fine, and can be retrieved while sitting in my car with the seatbelt on. That wouldn't be nearly as easy with the iPhone 9. For that I'd have to move to cargo pants. I'm no fashion horse, but I do look in jeans and cargo pants just aren't that common anymore.
But— if Apple were to make the 12 somewhat close to the 9 in size and in the same case style as 5/5s/se/iPad Pro slab sides, I could be lured to an alternate life style - a cargo pantsnista.
Until then, it's me and my SE.
Apple positioned the SE to be an entry level 'Phone based on price, not size.
We True Believers and Fans of the 5s didn't care about price, and put size ahead of price.
How about an iPhone SE Minus to get back to the smaller form factor?
For the same reason, Apple gave us the iPhone 9, we'll never get an SE based SE2- cost.
Apple kept the price of the SE low because they repurposed the 5s case. They did the same with the iPhone 9 by using the 8's case, making some compromises, and kept the price low.
Giving is a worthwhile, current and futureproofed 'Phone based on the SE won't ever happen because of the cost of retooling the innards and electronics to fit.
The only real upgrade besides some performance bumps I'd want, would be a bigger screen. When bringing up the keyboard to enter text os the SE, half the screen is lost. Turn the 'Phone sideways and I'm looking at a sliver of content.
To make a bigger screen means 'losing' Touch ID and the Home button. I'm not about to debate Touch over Face. That's a different bunny trail. I don't Apple will give us Touch ID Under Glass, and if they did, it would cost.
So there's no small 'Phone, only the smaller 'Phone.
The rumored 12 is rumored to be smaller than the 11 Pro but bigger than something else.
A smaller 'Phone, just not a small 'Phone.
The SE, in a case, fits my jeans pocket just fine, and can be retrieved while sitting in my car with the seatbelt on. That wouldn't be nearly as easy with the iPhone 9. For that I'd have to move to cargo pants. I'm no fashion horse, but I do look in jeans and cargo pants just aren't that common anymore.
But— if Apple were to make the 12 somewhat close to the 9 in size and in the same case style as 5/5s/se/iPad Pro slab sides, I could be lured to an alternate life style - a cargo pantsnista.
Until then, it's me and my SE.