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Er, the original 4" SE sold really well. https://tcrn.ch/3jxVB6p https://tcrn.ch/3jxVB6p

• tonyedgecombe 5y ago
  As does the current budget phone. The thing is people were regularly complaining that they couldn't get a high end device in a small package. Yet when Apple delivered that it didn't sell in large enough volumes. https://siliconangle.com/2021/04/14/report-apple-drop-iphone-mini-2022-device-lineup-following-limited-sales/ https://siliconangle.com/2021/04/14/report-apple-drop-iphone...
  • simonh 5y ago
    So they sold really well, but not in large enough volumes. The only way both can be true is if it was at different times. I can believe that, maybe there was a significant market, but then after a few years it got saturated.
    • tonyedgecombe 5y ago
      There is a distinction between a budget phone and a small phone. People were calling for a high end device in a small case.
      • simonh 5y ago
        And the 1st Gen SE provided that, it had the same internals as the then-current flagship phones. Note that Apple's small form factor phones have very often been released out of sync with the main launches in the Autumn. Just because there won't be a new one this autumn doesn't mean the current version will be dropped, and doesn't mean a new small form factor phone won't come along next year, possibly early next year.
        • tonyedgecombe 5y ago
          There is an SE in the current range and a mini. They are clearly targeted at different audiences. I'll not that all the complaints I read were during the period when the SE (or equivalent) was available. People were clearly calling for something else yet when it was offered they didn't take it up.