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  • Apple could have sold me an iPhone SE 4, but it won't sell me the iPhone 16e

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    zinkdifferent said:
    AmberNeely said:
    AppleZulu said:
    So the complaint here is that the entry level model lacks some of the features of the regular and premium models. Interesting. 


    It's not that it's missing features between regular and premium. It's that it's missing features between last generation and the generation that came out five months ago. And my issue is that the features that exist are perplexing, not that it's missing them. 
    While the iPhone 16e appears to be aimed at iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 users looking to upgrade, IMO it misses even that target - that group is better served by just picking up a second-hand iPhone 14 Pro, for example.

    To me, the iPhone 16e is a 'hard pass' for two reasons :

    1) lack of Dynamic Island. There is ZERO reason for this omission in a device with the A18 chip, and the components all cost the same, since they are by now widely used across the entire iPhone line. Zero excuse to not provide the Dynamic Island. This omission feels more like a slap in the face and a pathetic cash grab of wanting to push buyers to the next higher model. Hard Pass.

    2) lack of MagSafe. Same for all the good reasons you've already pointed out in your article, so I won't rehash these good reasons. Again, it feels like a slap in the face and a deliberate effort to present a 'cheapened' product. Hard Pass.

    Personally, my iPhone 14 Pro has been performing well enough for me that I see very little reason to upgrade to an iPhone 15 or iPhone 16 model ... Apple 'Intelligence' is more less similar to an early 'Newton' level handwriting joke, especially since the one component that could benefit the most from any sort of intelligence upgrade is Siri, and Apple's current solution is to have Siri ask *every single time*  "would you like to use chatGPT for that" ... yeah, no thanks .. I'll just continue using the ChatGPT app on my iPhone 14 Pro, which appears to be doing a much better job that all of Apple 'Intelligence' on the newer models. So, again, Hard Pass.

    Apple is really failing on too many fronts these days, mainly when it comes to small details that matter, or just simply bare functionality (that Siri is still pathetic after all these years is inexcusable) - and this is coming from an Apple Guy that bleeds in 6-colors ;-) 



    No joke, I actually started researching the iPhone 14 Pro (price wise, I was here for the coverage of the 14. I know what the 14 is.) as a viable alternative to my 13 mini. I think I'd probably enjoy the camera upgrades quite a bit, and I've never had a Pro model before. I dunno. I'm being cheap and sentimental over my 13 mini, still. She's still kicking.
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  • Apple could have sold me an iPhone SE 4, but it won't sell me the iPhone 16e

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    bulk001 said:
    Reading your comments Amberneely, you should write more here. The humor is refreshing.  
    Thanks, I come from a family whose primary language is sarcasm and joking around. Mom always says "What's the difference between tragedy and comedy? Oh, about two weeks. Unless its us, and then it's about fifteen minutes."

    I'll let her know she raised me right (and I'm sure it won't go to her head.)
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  • Apple could have sold me an iPhone SE 4, but it won't sell me the iPhone 16e

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    opinion said:
    An iPhone mini (with the size of an iPhone 12/13 mini) and I would buy one instantly. 
    I would be awake, on Apple's site, credit card in hand, as soon as preorders started. I know they probably won't bring a mini back for the 17 cycle but like.... what if they did. 
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  • Apple could have sold me an iPhone SE 4, but it won't sell me the iPhone 16e

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    cincytee said:
    I, too, am not thrilled about this release. I'm quickly approaching the "no choice but to upgrade" point with my iPhone SE (just plain SE, as in, the original) because apps are starting to drop support. I just want as close to the same experience as I can get. That's not going to be a 16e. And I don't want to buy an SE3 that's years old the day it's bought. C'mon, Apple, there are people of folks that want quality without all the bells and whistles.
    My friend has the SE3 and she was like "If this one gets too bad, I'm gonna keep buying refurbished SE 3s until all of the apps are unsupported. And by that point, maybe the earth will have exploded or something and I won't need to worry about it."

    I think, weirdly enough, that kind of gave me a reason  to not upgrade my 13 mini until it quits working. And then maybe, if it's still well supported, just buy another one. 

    So I do get the hesitation of buying a years-old phone, but the fact that the iPhone SE 2 is still supported kind of gives me a little tiny bit of hope that I can milk this until the potential release of a new iPhone SE-class phone.
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  • Apple could have sold me an iPhone SE 4, but it won't sell me the iPhone 16e

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    AppleZulu said:

    but if "Send Amber that article I read this morning about glow in the dark petunias" actually drops an article about glow in the dark petunias in your inbox, I'd say he (and others) would embrace that pretty quickly.

     If Apple can actually make it do that sort of thing reliably, I'd be on board. I think I'd be waaaay more on board 10 years from now, when the primary users of technology are at least somewhat more familiar with technology. It feels like the Xers and younger would handle this much better than the boomers will. I dunno. I can be pretty critical, but I'm also extremely happy when I'm proven wrong. It's just this whole ... thing [vague gesture at the internet] isn't terribly kind to a lot of people who haven't been trained to interface with it. Hell, the internet isn't kind to me, and I've been basically living on it since 1998.

    (I should note: this isn't directed at anyone on the forums, it's more directed at the general caustic nature of the internet at large. I don't mind if people read my stuff and want to comment on it, obviously I would have picked a different career if that were the case.)

    I did want to commend you, though, for somehow managing to pick something I am and have been wildly interested in since I heard about them several years back. I would absolutely love Firefly Petunias but I am not confident in my ability to keep them alive inside of my house, and at $40 a pop, they are a bit... pricey  :#
    AppleZulumike1muthuk_vanalingamdewmeapple4thewinAlex1Nroundaboutnow