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If the new one would have kept the design of the old one but added a full screen and updated cameras - that would have been perfect. I get the feeling that I'm

If the new one would have kept the design of the old one but added a full screen and updated cameras - that would have been perfect. I get the feeling that I'm part of a large niche with whom the old iPhoneSE saw success by accident.

JKCalhoun 7y ago
Nah, I'm with you as well. Rounded edges? Thanks, hate 'em. If anyone knows of a case for the soap-phones that restores more of a hard edge so I can grip it with more confidence....
- snazz 7y ago
  The glass back really helps grip it compared to the metal backs on the 6, 6s, and 7. Of course, any case with some rubber (like the Speck ones) are very grippy.
parsimo2010 7y ago
The new iPhone 12 Pro is supposed to have a smaller screen than the 11 Pro and have squared sides, which basically means it will be shaped like the original SE, have a full screen, and the best cameras. Except for the price, the exact phone you want will probably be out later this year.
- skrebbel 7y ago
  > shaped like the original SE But bigger, right?
  - zingar 7y ago
    yes :(
  - parsimo2010 7y ago
    Yes, but it will be smaller than the 6/7/8 line. The overall dimensions haven’t been leaked, but a 5.4” screen is 93% the size of the 5.8” on the 11 Pro. If we scale the outer dimensions by the same amount, the 12 Pro should be 133.8x66.4 mm, which is in between the original SE and the 6/7/8 lineup. Edit: after re-reading the leaks, it seems like the vanilla 12 is getting the smaller screen and not the Pro. So maybe we won’t have a smaller phone with square sides.
weaksauce 7y ago
Yeah I love my old se. The square sides give me a more secure feeling when holding it. I love that it is smaller and fits nicely into my pocket. I really don’t want a phablet.
ken 7y ago
> success by accident Sadly, it doesn't seem to be uncommon for a company (even Apple) to hit a home run and not understand why it was so successful. And then they're unable to follow up on it. HyperCard still appears in top-10 lists of "greatest software ever" -- and it's usually the only one which is no longer maintained and doesn't have a modern equivalent.
- proverbialbunny 7y ago
  Steve Jobs was strongly adamant about the size of the iphone. Likewise, Steve Jobs saw hypercard as the future, wanting it to sync up online between people, being like the future newspaper. It's no longer maintained because it's modern equivalent is a web browser. When Steve came back to Apple he pushed hard for advancing web tech instead.
  - scroot 7y ago
    > Likewise, Steve Jobs saw hypercard as the future, wanting it to sync up online between people Everything I've ever read about Hypercard indicates that the opposite is true: neither Jobs nor the company could "see" that Hypercard needed a true network component, nor could they even see the business case for it as time progressed.

JKCalhoun 7y ago

Nah, I'm with you as well. Rounded edges? Thanks, hate 'em. If anyone knows of a case for the soap-phones that restores more of a hard edge so I can grip it with more confidence....

snazz 7y ago
The glass back really helps grip it compared to the metal backs on the 6, 6s, and 7. Of course, any case with some rubber (like the Speck ones) are very grippy.

parsimo2010 7y ago

The new iPhone 12 Pro is supposed to have a smaller screen than the 11 Pro and have squared sides, which basically means it will be shaped like the original SE, have a full screen, and the best cameras. Except for the price, the exact phone you want will probably be out later this year.

skrebbel 7y ago
> shaped like the original SE But bigger, right?
- zingar 7y ago
  yes :(
- parsimo2010 7y ago
  Yes, but it will be smaller than the 6/7/8 line. The overall dimensions haven’t been leaked, but a 5.4” screen is 93% the size of the 5.8” on the 11 Pro. If we scale the outer dimensions by the same amount, the 12 Pro should be 133.8x66.4 mm, which is in between the original SE and the 6/7/8 lineup. Edit: after re-reading the leaks, it seems like the vanilla 12 is getting the smaller screen and not the Pro. So maybe we won’t have a smaller phone with square sides.

weaksauce 7y ago

Yeah I love my old se. The square sides give me a more secure feeling when holding it. I love that it is smaller and fits nicely into my pocket. I really don’t want a phablet.

ken 7y ago

> success by accident Sadly, it doesn't seem to be uncommon for a company (even Apple) to hit a home run and not understand why it was so successful. And then they're unable to follow up on it. HyperCard still appears in top-10 lists of "greatest software ever" -- and it's usually the only one which is no longer maintained and doesn't have a modern equivalent.

proverbialbunny 7y ago
Steve Jobs was strongly adamant about the size of the iphone. Likewise, Steve Jobs saw hypercard as the future, wanting it to sync up online between people, being like the future newspaper. It's no longer maintained because it's modern equivalent is a web browser. When Steve came back to Apple he pushed hard for advancing web tech instead.
- scroot 7y ago
  > Likewise, Steve Jobs saw hypercard as the future, wanting it to sync up online between people Everything I've ever read about Hypercard indicates that the opposite is true: neither Jobs nor the company could "see" that Hypercard needed a true network component, nor could they even see the business case for it as time progressed.