I understand the iPhone 8 body report, but think Apple's attempt would be misguided if it's intended as a SE successor. To put it in perspective, the iPhone SE

I understand the iPhone 8 body report, but think Apple's attempt would be misguided if it's intended as a SE successor. To put it in perspective, the iPhone SE was announced in 2016, after the iPhone 6 (and ends up being the same generation as the 6S). The 4" is in the title because the new generation were all bigger screens. They didn't take any random existing design, but the "beloved" 5S, and the cost wasn't that different from a iPhone 6 for instance, which would boast better performance in almost any metrics (short of battery life perhaps). Just to point out the SE resonated with a very specific niche.