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So, 6mm longer than the iPhone 4, but 1.7mm thinner. And with an A9 processor. Seems like a good size - I haven't cared for their "thinness at all costs" tren

by chiph 11y ago

So, 6mm longer than the iPhone 4, but 1.7mm thinner. And with an A9 processor. Seems like a good size - I haven't cared for their "thinness at all costs" trend lately, as it makes the phone hard to hold onto. This appears to be much more hand-friendly.

wrigby 11y ago
It looks like it's the exact same case dimensions as the iPhone 5/5s to me. I'm pretty tempted to get one... my iPhone 6S just feels a smidgen too big.
Someone1234 11y ago
Plus battery life is the first thing to go when they aim for thinness. I know they've improved battery life in the SE, but still, overall the trend is thinner with a smaller capacity battery (but more efficient components, so you ultimately break even). I have a phone with a 3100 mAh battery @ 5.1" 1080p, it isn't the thinnest phone around, but boy does it last three or four days. It is super nice. We need more phones like that.
- Philipp__ 11y ago
  It seems to me like Apple almost wants you to charge your phone almost daily... I do not know... I do not see the reason for them too keep slimming their phones when it noticeably affects the battery. I kinda dislike their attitude. Expected to do the same as they did with laptops, for example, where MacBook Pro came so light and thin that I was like, it's a little heavier than Air and a little thicker, but hell it works better! They didn't sacrifice anything at brought amazing performances both in terms of raw computational power and battery life. What bugs me is that iPhone SE got thinner... WHY?! Why Apple didn't fill that space that saved by battery... Nobody would say, HEY CHANGE IT! Never enough battery power
  - lis 11y ago
    If the battery lasts 1.5 days, people have to start charging their phones in the middle of the day - which is usually a bad time and a huge inconvenience. If you have to charge it every day, you don't notice it, if the battery runs out in your lunch break, you will curse Apple for the bad battery life. In contrast, if you charge your phone daily anyway, you don't gain anything by 0.5 days of added battery life.
    - goerz 11y ago
      Except that when they claim 1 day battery power, it's actually at most 0.5 days, with slightly above average usage or after the phone has aged a year. I'd love to have something that's designed for 1.5 days, so that I could actually get a full day out of it!
    - cauterized 11y ago
      It's so much less harrowing, though, to get home with 33% of your battery left than 5%. Not to mention those days when you go out for dinner or drinks after work -- you have to carry a battery?
- prodmerc 11y ago
  > I have a phone with a 3100 mAh battery @ 5.1" 1080p Which one's that? Sounds like a dream phone for me :)
  - tdkl 11y ago
    Sounds like something modern from Xiaomi line. You can get flagship specs for around 300$ with SD/dual SIM slot and +3000mAh battery.
pervycreeper 11y ago
Same dimensions as the 5s actually, but with 1g more mass.

by chiph 11y ago

wrigby 11y ago

It looks like it's the exact same case dimensions as the iPhone 5/5s to me. I'm pretty tempted to get one... my iPhone 6S just feels a smidgen too big.

Someone1234 11y ago

Plus battery life is the first thing to go when they aim for thinness. I know they've improved battery life in the SE, but still, overall the trend is thinner with a smaller capacity battery (but more efficient components, so you ultimately break even). I have a phone with a 3100 mAh battery @ 5.1" 1080p, it isn't the thinnest phone around, but boy does it last three or four days. It is super nice. We need more phones like that.

Philipp__ 11y ago
It seems to me like Apple almost wants you to charge your phone almost daily... I do not know... I do not see the reason for them too keep slimming their phones when it noticeably affects the battery. I kinda dislike their attitude. Expected to do the same as they did with laptops, for example, where MacBook Pro came so light and thin that I was like, it's a little heavier than Air and a little thicker, but hell it works better! They didn't sacrifice anything at brought amazing performances both in terms of raw computational power and battery life. What bugs me is that iPhone SE got thinner... WHY?! Why Apple didn't fill that space that saved by battery... Nobody would say, HEY CHANGE IT! Never enough battery power
- lis 11y ago
  If the battery lasts 1.5 days, people have to start charging their phones in the middle of the day - which is usually a bad time and a huge inconvenience. If you have to charge it every day, you don't notice it, if the battery runs out in your lunch break, you will curse Apple for the bad battery life. In contrast, if you charge your phone daily anyway, you don't gain anything by 0.5 days of added battery life.
  - goerz 11y ago
    Except that when they claim 1 day battery power, it's actually at most 0.5 days, with slightly above average usage or after the phone has aged a year. I'd love to have something that's designed for 1.5 days, so that I could actually get a full day out of it!
  - cauterized 11y ago
    It's so much less harrowing, though, to get home with 33% of your battery left than 5%. Not to mention those days when you go out for dinner or drinks after work -- you have to carry a battery?
prodmerc 11y ago
> I have a phone with a 3100 mAh battery @ 5.1" 1080p Which one's that? Sounds like a dream phone for me :)
- tdkl 11y ago
  Sounds like something modern from Xiaomi line. You can get flagship specs for around 300$ with SD/dual SIM slot and +3000mAh battery.

pervycreeper 11y ago

Same dimensions as the 5s actually, but with 1g more mass.