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> There was an iPhone, an iPad, a MacBook Air, and a MacBook Pro. If you wanted the experience of an Apple phone, you bought an iPhone. You didn't go around ask
by joemi 8y ago
> There was an iPhone, an iPad, a MacBook Air, and a MacBook Pro. If you wanted the experience of an Apple phone, you bought an iPhone. You didn't go around asking if you should buy an Xr, Xs, or X, 9, 7, or iPhone googol. You went to the store and bought an iPhone. The product categories were clear. The vision behind them was clearer. Everything just made sense. And it worked too!
But back then, people were complaining that there weren't enough choices. A lot of people wanted a bigger phone than the single iPhone size, but at the same time a lot of people would have stopped using iPhones if the single product offering grew to the Xs MAX size.
While I do miss the simplicity of the choices, I'm one of those people who most likely would have switched to Android if I couldn't get a small iPhone. I think the one flavor of MacOS is the most important place where they should offer just one model, and fortunately they still do.
- fanf2 8y agoOf course Apple have stopped selling the SE which was the only phone they had for people with smaller hands than the top decile. Extra choice is clearly not the reason for their loss of direction.
- wyclif 8y agoApple is still selling the iPhone SE, IMHO the best version of the iPhone they've ever produced (mostly because 4"): https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/clearance https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/clearance
- c256 8y agoSadly, the SE is dead. The best you can hope for is that there are is a little refurbished stock available in a usable configuration, but that chance is already slim and dwindling.
- wyclif 8y agoNope, that's wrong. Look at the above link I posted. Those are new, not refurbished, iPhone SEs.
- taude 8y agoThe link itself says refurbished clearance. Those are just the left overs. The model has been discontinued.
- wyclif 8y agoAgain, they are not refurbished, and this would be obvious if you'd bothered to look. The banner at the top of the page says "refurbished clearance", but that's only because Apple's site categories aren't neatly divided. These are not refurbished, they are brand new.