The $399 price for a BRAND NEW PHONE with specs the same as a 6 month flagship.
Wow.
This is a totally shift in Apple's strategy.
IMO, Apple is trying to maximize user base (while still making good profits) with the SE. Then Apple will sell more services. Expect to see Apple release much more services in the next 24 months.
But weren't you saying the exact opposite? That Apple never go cheap.
ive always thought that some Apple phone will be sold at $299 someday (by Apple I mean not 3rd party). And that it will seriously dent android. This is where it begins.
This is one time revival of 5S buddy. You may see it at $299 a year from now, but don't ever expect to see cheap newer Phone. Why is this so cheap? It's because there's not much R&D involved in the design. It's just a 6 months old gut inside a 3 years old phone. I bet if this is a 4" iPhone 6, it wouldn't be that cheap and I'd stick with the price tag of $550 to start with. I'm glad that Apple keep the 5S design for another 1-2 years which I think the best design so far. This also satisfy the 4" lovers. I can see next year Apple will still keep this phone the same price at $399 with 3-D Touch added and some minor tweaks.
Apple needs to get away from these confusing product lines. Why are they still selling the 6 and 6 Plus? They should have been killed today. Also why is the iPad mini 4 the same price as the Air 2? And why are they still selling the mini 2?
Super disappointed it doesn't have 128GB storage option. Since it is a 5/5s form factor, they must be saving the 128GB option for iPhone 7. I will have to think this over before upgrading....if it had 128GB I'd be ordering it first thing Thursday morning.
The Nexus 5x costs just $249 last week in a promo with all the features of a flagship, this is likely to compete. In this game, Apple will get dragged down with lower profits.
wow, $249 with Stagefreight and NSA/FBI Accessible door added for free.
The $399 price for a BRAND NEW PHONE with specs the same as a 6 month flagship.
Wow.
This is a totally shift in Apple's strategy.
IMO, Apple is trying to maximize user base (while still making good profits) with the SE. Then Apple will sell more services. Expect to see Apple release much more services in the next 24 months.
The other thing to note was that 30 million 4 inch iPhones were sold in 2015. Some said there is not much demand for a 4 inch iPhone, There will be even more than 30 million in 2016 with the new price and performance.
But weren't you saying the exact opposite? That Apple never go cheap.
ive always thought that some Apple phone will be sold at $299 someday (by Apple I mean not 3rd party). And that it will seriously dent android. This is where it begins.
This is one time revival of 5S buddy. You may see it at $299 a year from now, but don't ever expect to see cheap newer Phone. Why is this so cheap? It's because there's not much R&D involved in the design. It's just a 6 months old gut inside a 3 years old phone. I bet if this is a 4" iPhone 6, it wouldn't be that cheap and I'd stick with the price tag of $550 to start with. I'm glad that Apple keep the 5S design for another 1-2 years which I think the best design so far. This also satisfy the 4" lovers. I can see next year Apple will still keep this phone the same price at $399 with 3-D Touch added and some minor tweaks.
Give up. Apple had no need to do this event unless they were going to do a 4" model every year. They now have two models. And two release dates. And a price differential that they will keep.
Apple needs to get away from these confusing product lines. Why are they still selling the 6 and 6 Plus? They should have been killed today. Also why is the iPad mini 4 the same price as the Air 2? And why are they still selling the mini 2?
It's a price umbrella. The iPhone is hardly confusing. This year's model and a + model, and last year's. Both large. And now a 4" model .
There will be no such iPhone 7m. You're still dreaming. Apple will be killing themselves for making a 4" iPhone 7 and selling 4" kickass iPhone SE at the same time for the half price. You now just went back to you non-sense as usual.
Now where are the ones who keep saying Apple are all for profits and they won't sell it cheap. No way for $350 / $399 iPhone?
All the the dislikes and hate have been pointing to those who said this price range is possible.....
It's iPhone 5 chassis, not 6. People have been talking about 4" in iPhone 6 body. Refreshed 5S of course would never sell at $550.
So now it's just a refresh but whenever someone calls an s model a refresh they get pummeled down with 'it's a totally different phone, only the shell is the same'. I'm quite enjoying all the back pedaling, and tune changing that's going on today.
This is one time revival of 5S buddy. You may see it at $299 a year from now, but don't ever expect to see cheap newer Phone. Why is this so cheap? It's because there's not much R&D involved in the design. It's just a 6 months old gut inside a 3 years old phone. I bet if this is a 4" iPhone 6, it wouldn't be that cheap and I'd stick with the price tag of $550 to start with. I'm glad that Apple keep the 5S design for another 1-2 years which I think the best design so far. This also satisfy the 4" lovers. I can see next year Apple will still keep this phone the same price at $399 with 3-D Touch added and some minor tweaks.
Give up. Apple had no need to do this event unless they were going to do a 4" model every year. They now have two models. And two release dates. And a price differential that they will keep.
There will be no such iPhone 7m. You're still dreaming. Apple will be killing themselves for making a 4" iPhone 7 and selling 4" kickass iPhone SE at the same time for the half price. You now just went back to you non-sense as usual.
They obviously left out a 128GB option so that it would create demand for the 4" iPhone 7....
It's iPhone 5 chassis, not 6. People have been talking about 4" in iPhone 6 body. Refreshed 5S of course would never sell at $550.
That's just a rubbish excuse for getting it wrong. Admit you were wrong (or say nothing) and move on.
I posted it on 9to5Mac when I read the iPhone SE would be in 5S chassis and said that the price wouldn't be at $550. I have been talking about 4" iPhone 6 all along. Anyway, maybe this is new Apple's strategy or just one time deal to boost the sale for the next 2 quarters. I don't see this will be the trend for coming iPhone: selling it cheap.
They obviously left out a 128GB option so that it would create demand for the 4" iPhone 7....
BINGO.
The low price of $399 and the missing features ( 5 series shell, no 3D touch, no 128GB) makes it obvious that they will make a top tier 4 inch model in Sept.
Another 4" model in 6 months? Another thing you're going to be wrong about. Mark my words.
Apple just dropped a thermonuclear bomb on the smartphone world. That's a serious amount of power in a phone that price.
And like usual Wall Street is clueless. The stock has dropped over $1 since the event started.
I feel Apple's stock price has held it's level quite well after these announcements. There usually is a much larger drop just before an Apple announcement, but it's holding fairly steady. It appears Wall St also appreciates the great value of the iPhone SE. It's an even greater value outside of the USA, where many countries have experienced very increasing iPhone prices with the much higher USA$. My 5C bought last summer now is with it !
The low price of $399 and the missing features ( 5 series shell, no 3D touch, no 128GB) makes it obvious that they will make a top tier 4 inch model in Sept.
Another 4" model in 6 months? Another thing you're going to be wrong about. Mark my words.
Agreed. That's not going to happen.
There's not going to be another 4" iPhone anytime soon. The iPhone 5SE is already better than expected, in regards to power and features, and price.
Those people who wanted a smaller iPhone have gotten their wish.
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This is one time revival of 5S buddy. You may see it at $299 a year from now, but don't ever expect to see cheap newer Phone. Why is this so cheap? It's because there's not much R&D involved in the design. It's just a 6 months old gut inside a 3 years old phone. I bet if this is a 4" iPhone 6, it wouldn't be that cheap and I'd stick with the price tag of $550 to start with. I'm glad that Apple keep the 5S design for another 1-2 years which I think the best design so far. This also satisfy the 4" lovers. I can see next year Apple will still keep this phone the same price at $399 with 3-D Touch added and some minor tweaks.
The ipad pad is a bit all over the place alright.
Nitpicking dude. You need to be politically correct huh? Ok, it's the bet 4" IPHONE by far. satisfy?
There will be no such iPhone 7m. You're still dreaming. Apple will be killing themselves for making a 4" iPhone 7 and selling 4" kickass iPhone SE at the same time for the half price. You now just went back to you non-sense as usual.
maybe it's still Touch ID 1, the same one in iPhone 6.
I posted it on 9to5Mac when I read the iPhone SE would be in 5S chassis and said that the price wouldn't be at $550. I have been talking about 4" iPhone 6 all along. Anyway, maybe this is new Apple's strategy or just one time deal to boost the sale for the next 2 quarters. I don't see this will be the trend for coming iPhone: selling it cheap.
There usually is a much larger drop just before an Apple announcement, but it's holding fairly steady.
It appears Wall St also appreciates the great value of the iPhone SE.
It's an even greater value outside of the USA,
where many countries have experienced very increasing iPhone prices with the much higher USA$.
My 5C bought last summer now is with it !
There's not going to be another 4" iPhone anytime soon. The iPhone 5SE is already better than expected, in regards to power and features, and price.
Those people who wanted a smaller iPhone have gotten their wish.
This fall is going to be all about the iPhone 7.