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Year after year of new iPhone's premieres I wonder for how long I'm going to use my iPhone SE - 3,5years has gone and nothing new for me on the horizon :( I do

Year after year of new iPhone's premieres I wonder for how long I'm going to use my iPhone SE - 3,5years has gone and nothing new for me on the horizon :( I don't care about missing jack, USB-C, cameras and other things - just make it smaller and it will fine by me.

Nas808 7y ago
I feel the same, I’ve had an SE since it launched. The devices released since then are just too big. I was hoping we would see something new in that form factor during today’s event.
andreygrehov 7y ago
There were rumors that they are going to release the new SE in 2020.
- laktak 7y ago
  Yes but if it is really based on the iPhone 8 size I'm not interested.
9999px 7y ago
Same. Headphone jack, the internals of an iPhone 7, tiny form-factor, best design (IMO) – they can pry my iPhone SE out of my cold, dead hands.
- edlebert 7y ago
  I could be wrong, but I think it's the same internals of a 6S. I have a 6S and it still feels plenty capable.
jaydouken 7y ago
How's the SE treating you in 2019? Trying to switch from Pixel to iPhone, but don't want to drop significant money until USB-C, which is rumored in 2020. Figured an SE might be good for me until then
- cydonian_monk 7y ago
  I had to replace my SE battery earlier this year (well, I didn't absolutely need to, I did it because I intend to get another two years out if it). Otherwise mine is still chugging along perfectly well. Software wise it's a perfectly fine device, definitely some limitations, but only because the processor is a four+ year old design. Some SPA or otherwise heavy webpages cause it to choke (ex: it hates USAToday), but 99% of what I try to do works great. Per Apple and MacRumours, the SE will get iOS 13. No idea how well that will run, but we'll see. If you can get one in good shape to hold you over you'll probably be happy with it.
  - strictlybiznes 7y ago
    Yeah I replaced mine at the Apple Store this year (Apple covered it). Now I get well over a day's battery on it, amazing. Granted, I intentionally avoid installing hefty apps so that would also help achieve this kind of battery life. Before that it would die in ~2hrs and instantly die in high heat.
- sincerely 7y ago
  I have an SE still, it works completely fine. I don't really use my phone for much besides maps/social media/web browsing so I never felt like i needed a more powerful device. The camera is great.
- Mobius01 7y ago
  I have an SE running iOS 13 beta and it’s great. Some functionally will of course be disabled , but it feels modern.
- dangus 7y ago
  Get an iPhone 8 instead, probably the best value out there for iPhones. If you are worried about shelling out money, remember that an iPhone 8 isn't $449, it's $449 minus whatever you sell it for in a year (probably not much less). And it's even less if you just buy it used or Apple refurbished in the first place. The iPhone SE works fine but the screen size is too small for many apps that get scrunched up pretty badly. You’re using a screen size that a very small fraction of Apple users are still using, which means app developers don’t care to make it work nicely for you. The camera is bad by modern standards, I can see a big difference even for small 4x6 prints, and Touch ID is the slower 1st generation. It's just really old hardware all around. On the plus side, it has good battery life, a headphone jack, and it's still an iPhone running full iOS.
babypuncher 7y ago
It is rumored that next year's X/XS/11 Pro replacement will be smaller.

Nas808 7y ago

I feel the same, I’ve had an SE since it launched. The devices released since then are just too big. I was hoping we would see something new in that form factor during today’s event.

andreygrehov 7y ago

There were rumors that they are going to release the new SE in 2020.

laktak 7y ago
Yes but if it is really based on the iPhone 8 size I'm not interested.

9999px 7y ago

Same. Headphone jack, the internals of an iPhone 7, tiny form-factor, best design (IMO) – they can pry my iPhone SE out of my cold, dead hands.

edlebert 7y ago
I could be wrong, but I think it's the same internals of a 6S. I have a 6S and it still feels plenty capable.

jaydouken 7y ago

How's the SE treating you in 2019? Trying to switch from Pixel to iPhone, but don't want to drop significant money until USB-C, which is rumored in 2020. Figured an SE might be good for me until then

cydonian_monk 7y ago
I had to replace my SE battery earlier this year (well, I didn't absolutely need to, I did it because I intend to get another two years out if it). Otherwise mine is still chugging along perfectly well. Software wise it's a perfectly fine device, definitely some limitations, but only because the processor is a four+ year old design. Some SPA or otherwise heavy webpages cause it to choke (ex: it hates USAToday), but 99% of what I try to do works great. Per Apple and MacRumours, the SE will get iOS 13. No idea how well that will run, but we'll see. If you can get one in good shape to hold you over you'll probably be happy with it.
- strictlybiznes 7y ago
  Yeah I replaced mine at the Apple Store this year (Apple covered it). Now I get well over a day's battery on it, amazing. Granted, I intentionally avoid installing hefty apps so that would also help achieve this kind of battery life. Before that it would die in ~2hrs and instantly die in high heat.
sincerely 7y ago
I have an SE still, it works completely fine. I don't really use my phone for much besides maps/social media/web browsing so I never felt like i needed a more powerful device. The camera is great.
Mobius01 7y ago
I have an SE running iOS 13 beta and it’s great. Some functionally will of course be disabled , but it feels modern.
dangus 7y ago
Get an iPhone 8 instead, probably the best value out there for iPhones. If you are worried about shelling out money, remember that an iPhone 8 isn't $449, it's $449 minus whatever you sell it for in a year (probably not much less). And it's even less if you just buy it used or Apple refurbished in the first place. The iPhone SE works fine but the screen size is too small for many apps that get scrunched up pretty badly. You’re using a screen size that a very small fraction of Apple users are still using, which means app developers don’t care to make it work nicely for you. The camera is bad by modern standards, I can see a big difference even for small 4x6 prints, and Touch ID is the slower 1st generation. It's just really old hardware all around. On the plus side, it has good battery life, a headphone jack, and it's still an iPhone running full iOS.

babypuncher 7y ago

It is rumored that next year's X/XS/11 Pro replacement will be smaller.