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by blackwater 09/15/2018, 3:24pm PDT |
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Apple stops making their last 4-inch phone model.
Although it nominally stood for “Special Edition,” the name was also a nod to the Macintosh SE. Ironically given the original meaning of “System Expansion,” the new SE was the opposite: essentially an iPhone 6S in the body of a 5S, complete with improved camera, Touch ID sensor, and processor. The move was likely intended as a sort of lifeboat for users who still couldn’t bring themselves to switch to the drastically redesigned, and considerably larger, new model.
It would take time, Apple seems to have reasoned, to convert these people, the types who rarely buy first generation Apple products and cherish usability over novelty. So why not coddle them a bit through this difficult transition?
The SE appealed not just to the nostalgic and neophobic, but simply people who prefer a smaller phone. I don’t have particularly large or small hands, but I preferred this highly pocketable, proven design to the new one for a number of reasons.
I actually didn't realize they even made a 4-inch phone model any more, until I read about it being cancelled. |
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Is it time to put Apple Computer on suicide watch? by blackwater 11/27/2016, 12:18pm PST
Maybe by but probably not quite yet! 11/27/2016, 1:35pm PST
They're in their 90s IBM phase by skip 11/27/2016, 3:15pm PST
Re: Is it time to put Apple Computer on suicide watch? by E. L. Koba 11/28/2016, 4:40pm PST
Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition, select Ubuntu preinstall by Entropy Stew 12/01/2016, 7:46pm PST
Re: Is it time to put Apple Computer on suicide watch? by bisekrankas 01/16/2018, 4:01am PST
Apple just repeating one of DEC's old tricks from the 1970s by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 06/05/2018, 1:53am PDT
I am hoping the good shit comes out next year by Entropy Stew 12/01/2016, 7:47pm PST
2017 was a terrible year for Apple. by blackwater 01/15/2018, 11:15pm PST
wHatS a cOmPUtEr???? NT by Judge Barry 01/16/2018, 10:59am PST
Their CEO is a lunatic by Mysterio Lollerson 01/16/2018, 11:00am PST
"I've only had good years" -- Tim Cook by Mysterio Lollerson 02/21/2018, 9:16am PST
2018 isn't looking much better by skip 01/17/2018, 3:49pm PST
Apple rolls out eGPUs, but sort of in a half-assed way by blackwater 04/15/2018, 9:42am PDT
It's a long way from the motherboard bus to an external GPU. NT by Have they fixed that? 04/15/2018, 2:27pm PDT
Why bother given the limitations, and lack of games by DireTirefire 04/15/2018, 2:53pm PDT
They’ve turned the GPU... into a dongle =( NT by Tim Cook <3 dongles 04/15/2018, 11:36pm PDT
Laptop update by Entropy Stew 09/24/2018, 4:24pm PDT
You can't justify a MBP anymore. They went full retard on the MBP by Motherhead 09/24/2018, 6:47pm PDT
He just the die-hard professional Apple-loving core die on the vine NT by Entropy Stew 09/25/2018, 10:46am PDT
Yep, can't into computer. NT by Motherhead 09/25/2018, 11:51am PDT
Apple deprecates OpenGL and OpenCL by blackwater 06/04/2018, 8:59pm PDT
Suicide watch? Apple has 5 billion in cash in the bank NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 06/07/2018, 9:30pm PDT
Apple stops making the iPhone SE by blackwater 09/15/2018, 3:24pm PDT
This also means they no longer make a phone with a headphone jack. NT by Fullofkittens 09/16/2018, 9:24am PDT
I hate Bluetooth, so I gotta ask. by Mysterio Lollerson 09/16/2018, 9:34am PDT
I am told that the experience of using those things is "better than expected." by Fullofkittens 09/16/2018, 10:56am PDT
Chiming in here by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/16/2018, 11:06am PDT
Remember "it just works"? by Just Barely 09/16/2018, 1:41pm PDT
I have a Bluetooth headset, but I don't use it most of the time. by blackwater 09/21/2018, 3:14pm PDT
Re: I hate Bluetooth, so I gotta ask. by CattleHumper 09/19/2018, 1:58pm PDT
This is my experience as well but I was unwilling to be the board apple defender by Motherhead 09/19/2018, 2:12pm PDT
Not having to hold a button down to connect is huge, makes a lot of sense. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/19/2018, 7:33pm PDT
Apple cracks down on indie repair shops. by blackwater 10/05/2018, 12:28pm PDT
Re: Is it time to put Apple Computer on suicide watch? by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/11/2018, 8:18pm PDT
Some simple organisms shit and eat through the same hole. by Tim Cook 10/14/2018, 3:27pm PDT
Mac transhumanist nods furiously while eating shit NT by J Gruber 10/14/2018, 10:39pm PDT
Well, the dumb shits put the Escape key back on their laptops. by I've Only Had Good Years 11/15/2019, 8:28am PST
Never apologize to the neeeeeerds by blackwater 11/15/2019, 9:29pm PST
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