disneylandman

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I'm probably going to be picking up an iPhone 5SE on day one.

The lack of 3D touch on this model does not bother me at all. I've tried it a few times on my friend's iPhone 6S+, and it's a cool feature, but certainly not a must have or anything that's absolutely essential, in my opinion.

I am much, much more glad that it has 2 GB ram and the A9 chip. The iPhone 5SE is going to be future proof for quite a while. Apple is obviously going to sell tons of these. The iPhone 5SE turned out to be much better than anybody predicted specs-wise, and the price also turned out to be lower than anybody predicted.

I think it's great that Apple offers 3 different sized iPads and 3 different sized iPhones, and it's a good sign that Apple hasn't forgotten about the smaller phone crowd. Everybody has their own personal size preferences, and what works for one person, often doesn't work for the next person.

I think that Apple has hit a home run, no scratch that, I think that Apple has hit it out of the ballpark with the iPhone 5SE.

You might want to learn the name of the product before you order it.  iPhone SE, not iPhone 5SE.  Either way, SE is a stupid name.  The 3D Touch is actually a very cool feature.  What is not to like about quick shortcuts into an app, or using an app?  The lack of 128GB is a sore spot for many users that like to keep a variety of music, apps, photos, and video on their device.  This model was primarily targeted at corporations that buy the 4" phone for employee use.  They do not need anything bigger than 16GB for their proprietary use with custom apps, and Apple just threw in a 64GB model as an extra model.  If this was really meant to be a model to go along with the rest of the line up, they would have included a 128GB model.  Instead, Apple forces you to get a 6S if you want higher capacity.  The SE allows companies to buy a low cost $399 iPhone for employee use, and have their apps run on faster hardware.  There is really no reason to keep the 6 and 6 Plus with limited capacities in the line up, and no reason to have so many iPad models either.  They do not need the Mini 2 or Air 2.  They only really need the Mini 4, Pro 9, and Pro 12.  The product line is getting bloated with too many models. Just look how many stupid watch bands are out there....over 20 ranging from $500 to $1,100!

matrix077 said:

Not surprised since so many people flocks to Apple Music, me being one.

I don't think so.  There are 800 million iTunes users, but only 11 million pay for Apple Music.  That is nothing.  Most people that listen to streaming music, listen to it for free from Spotify or Pandora.  They don't pay for rental music.  I prefer owning my music with the occasional digital download, or physical CD from my favorite artist so I can listen to the uncompressed CD at home or rip it at the quality I desire for away from home or in the car.  I don't want to listen to a heavily compressed stream, or rely on the internet for my music.

The terrorists destroyed their computers and personal cellular phones.  If there was anything of value on the company-issued iPhone, they would have destroyed that too.

rbonner said:

ruled invalid a pair of Apple patents related to "slide to unlock" and autocorrect.

What does this really mean, that the original patient was not granted properly? They never had it?

Since the author never explained why they lost, you have to go to other tech websites to understand why.  I believe the autocorrect was not infringed and the slide to unlock was invalid.

SpamSandwich said:

What happened to "and boy, have we patented it"?

Simple, the courts determined the patents were invalid and unenforceable.  Hop on over to ArsTechnica and you can read an article that explains whey they were invalid.