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> mocked by friends and strangers whenever I pull out my "tiny phone". Interesting. I don't often get mocked for having an SE, but I do often have people askin
by mumblemumble 7y ago
> mocked by friends and strangers whenever I pull out my "tiny phone".
Interesting. I don't often get mocked for having an SE, but I do often have people asking what model my phone is and where they can get one.
My current hope is that we might see something like the SE come back now that Jony Ive's had at least a glancing blow from the boot. Maybe now Apple's at least a little bit more able to resist the constant drive to make the phones wider and wider so that they can fit the same amount of electronics and battery into a thinner and thinner device.
- jeffkeen 7y agoYeah, hopefully! Nobody is asking for paper thin phones, and this needless obsession with THIN is we have to thank for gems such as: - the phone no longer sitting flat - the headphone port being removed - the phone being impossible to get a good grip on without a bulky case - "nearly one day of battery" life being the bar for "what good battery life is" Who trades a couple of millimeters of thickness in exchange for the above? I hope someone in Apple is listening and can convince themselves and others inside that thickness is not the enemy.
- dkraft 7y agoNearly a half a day of battery life is what i observe the white corded Iphoniers clamor for. Thin satisfies two goals: minimum fire risk, maximum pocket risk.
- yroc92 7y agoIt is a common misconception that Apple is obsessed with thinness when it comes to iPhones. Since the iPhone 6, each iteration has been thicker: http://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/apple-iphone-product-line-comparison http://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/apple-iphone-product-...
- Spooky23 7y agoiPhone 6 (Plus) was when it was realized that people care a lot about the camera. Folks bought iPhone 6 Plus phones they didn’t want for stabilization. Apple prioritized camera over thickness at that point. Battery is lower on the list and is mostly addressed by CPU improvements. IMO it’s frustrating that they are so conservative with a mature product. We waited over a decade for basic waterproofing. Apple has an incredible supply chain, but Samsung can deliver better/more diverse form factors. Example: ruggedish phones. Apple’s focus is both amazing and frustrating to me. They had and lost an opportunity to break Microsoft clients in business.
- microcolonel 7y agoBasically why I bought a Moto G⁷ Power: it's about the same size as all the other phones these days, and it actually has two to three days of battery life. It's about the thickness of an iPhone 5, which was fine. I personally think the iPhone 4S's display was a good size and resolution, and the form factor is good for human hands. If they could close in the bezels a bit, cut off a tiny bit of chin and forehead, and make the shell like the iPhone 5C... and make it run Android... I'd probably be game. They could probably procure a really nice display in terms of colour, switching speed, sustained brightness, and black levels, maybe even increase the refresh rate to 120Hz for the interaction latency benefit. At 960x640, the quality of each of those pixels could be spectacular, and it'd further help with the end-to-end latency. For the last couple of years I didn't ever bring a smartphone with me, just my trusty Nokia 106, which itself gets about a month of standby time per charge. I still carry the 106 because I'm still not used to having to charge a device so often.
- toomanybeersies 7y agoWhat's wrong with the phone no longer sitting flat? Is that really a critical issue? Also, most people have cases on their phone, which usually make the phone sit flat.
- jeena 7y agoWouldn't it make sense to replace the mm of the case with battery?
- randyrand 7y agoNo one has ever asked me that. They know it's an old phone or the SE. It looks the same as the 5 and 5s.
- sdan 7y agoYeah this is weird. I mean who over the age of 10 doesn't know the famous 4/4S/5/5S lineup?
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