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Ask HN: Is there any iPhone SE first gen -sized phone?
Dear HN,
I wonder if I'm the only one wanting this, or if I'm just bad at searching, but I cannot seem to find any halfway decent phone that is roughly the size of the 1st gen iPhone SE.
The old iPhone SE was 124mm tall and had 2GB RAM + 64GB ROM in the most popular model.
Putting that into GSMArena tells me that there hasn't been any suitable phone released since 2016.
https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nHeightMax=125&nRamMin=2000&nIntMemMin=64000
Why is there such a big hole in the market here?
- runjake 6y agoBecause there isn't a big enough market to warrant them. Or maybe there is. The iPhone 12 Mini was just announced and will be released this month. It is nearly the size and form factor of the original SE. Other than that, my guess is you'll be looking at phones for third-world and ultra-low-budget markets.
- fxtentacle 6y agoThe iPhone 12 Mini appears to be 12mm taller, but apart from that, it looks good. I hadn't heard of it, so thank you for pointing that out.
- st1x7 6y ago> It is nearly the size and form factor of the original SE Not quite. The 12 mini is still closer to the 6/6s/7/8/SE2 line than the 5/5s/5c/SE1 line. It's nice to have the flat edges back though. SE 1st Gen - 123.8 x 58.6mm SE 2nd gen: 138.4 x 67.3mm 12 mini: 131.5 x 64.2mm
- pozdnyshev 6y agoWhy not just buy the 2016 one?
- snyena 6y agoYou're definitely not the only one wanting this. I hadn't been able to find anything either so went I for iPhone SE (2020). Not happy with the size though.
- approxim8ion 6y agoThe Unihertz Jelly 2 is even smaller at 95mm tall, and actually has decent specs outside of maybe the screen, but even that low resolution should look fine on the 3 inch screen. It's a bit of a toy but I quite like the idea of it. Pretty comprehensive review linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxUDmGHl7Eo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxUDmGHl7Eo
- fxtentacle 6y agoWow, thank you for sharing :) I had never heard of this before, but apparently they collected a whopping $979,220 on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jellyphone/jelly-2-worlds-smallest-android-10-4g-smartphone https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jellyphone/jelly-2-worl...