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I wish they made an iPhone SE as a miniature form of this iPad. square-ish edges (easier to hold), better & larger LCD displays within the same body size, and

I wish they made an iPhone SE as a miniature form of this iPad. square-ish edges (easier to hold), better & larger LCD displays within the same body size, and powerful internals. The new iphones are just too big for one-handed use. you want to type the name of the website on top bar of mobile Safari - bring the next hand out or drop your phone....

brandall10 8y ago
Agreed. I'm hoping as some of this newer tech is commoditized that economy of scale allows an updated smaller entry to return. I wouldn't mind paying X prices for such a beast, but I'm aware the market wouldn't support $500+.
- reacharavindh 8y ago
  Yeah, I'm actually not that picky about the tech inside. Give me last gen internals - A11 processor, prev. gen camera, no True tone/glued up display whatever to reduce cost. But, give me a phone that is the size of iPhone SE but with a bigger display, and decent enough camera - I'd line up in the store for that.
vbezhenar 8y ago
I wish they keep iPhone SE design as it is and just update the internals.
- giu 8y ago
  I'm glad I'm not the only one who really loves the SE design. I bought my first SE a few years ago, and now bought the very same model a few months ago (first one broke due to water damage). It costs a lot less than the current models, supports all the functionality I currently need, and more importantly I can use it comfortably with one hand only.
hobls 8y ago
> bring the next hand out or drop your phone.... This is not a great solution, but in "Accessibility Options" you can enable the gesture to swipe down on the bottom to bring the top of the screen down to the middle so you can reach it one handed. It's clunky but helpful. It's the functionality that used to be on a double tap of the home button or something, and I thought it was removed, but it was just turned off by default.
- plussed_reader 8y ago
  The double tap has brought up the app switcher since iOS7. Maybe you're thinking of something else?
  - mcintyre1994 8y ago
    That's double press - double tap on my 6s still brings the screen down. Not sure if they kept that distinction when they moved to the not-really-a-button home button whenever that was though.
  - hobls 8y ago
    Yeah, I got really used to it! On the new devices without a home button it’s a little tricky to find that functionality since it’s disabled by default.
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ghostly_s 8y ago
This iPad just looks like a plus-sized version of the SE. Except with a camera bump for some godforsaken reason (who is taking pictures with their iPad Pro?).
softawre 8y ago
With you, that's why I switched to the new small Pixel (non-XL). I use my phone for a phone. I can see if the phone is the only compute device you have, which is true for lots of people, then you might want to deal with the larger screen because you are watching videos on it and what not.
- Roboprog 8y ago
  The iPhone SE makes a better synthesizer than the Pixel, though:-) And it’s cheaper

brandall10 8y ago

Agreed. I'm hoping as some of this newer tech is commoditized that economy of scale allows an updated smaller entry to return. I wouldn't mind paying X prices for such a beast, but I'm aware the market wouldn't support $500+.

reacharavindh 8y ago
Yeah, I'm actually not that picky about the tech inside. Give me last gen internals - A11 processor, prev. gen camera, no True tone/glued up display whatever to reduce cost. But, give me a phone that is the size of iPhone SE but with a bigger display, and decent enough camera - I'd line up in the store for that.

vbezhenar 8y ago

I wish they keep iPhone SE design as it is and just update the internals.

giu 8y ago
I'm glad I'm not the only one who really loves the SE design. I bought my first SE a few years ago, and now bought the very same model a few months ago (first one broke due to water damage). It costs a lot less than the current models, supports all the functionality I currently need, and more importantly I can use it comfortably with one hand only.

hobls 8y ago

> bring the next hand out or drop your phone.... This is not a great solution, but in "Accessibility Options" you can enable the gesture to swipe down on the bottom to bring the top of the screen down to the middle so you can reach it one handed. It's clunky but helpful. It's the functionality that used to be on a double tap of the home button or something, and I thought it was removed, but it was just turned off by default.

plussed_reader 8y ago
The double tap has brought up the app switcher since iOS7. Maybe you're thinking of something else?
- mcintyre1994 8y ago
  That's double press - double tap on my 6s still brings the screen down. Not sure if they kept that distinction when they moved to the not-really-a-button home button whenever that was though.
- hobls 8y ago
  Yeah, I got really used to it! On the new devices without a home button it’s a little tricky to find that functionality since it’s disabled by default.
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ghostly_s 8y ago

This iPad just looks like a plus-sized version of the SE. Except with a camera bump for some godforsaken reason (who is taking pictures with their iPad Pro?).

softawre 8y ago

With you, that's why I switched to the new small Pixel (non-XL). I use my phone for a phone. I can see if the phone is the only compute device you have, which is true for lots of people, then you might want to deal with the larger screen because you are watching videos on it and what not.

Roboprog 8y ago
The iPhone SE makes a better synthesizer than the Pixel, though:-) And it’s cheaper