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Cesar Battistini Maziero said:

I don't think screen quality is bad on the air. 

The baseline people won't care, Apple needs to make it thinner.

I agree.  I have the M3 MBA and don’t care.  Display is fine.  I prefer a good value at a lower price than a fancy more expensive display.  

It’s nice to know the owner got their MacBook Air returned after it was pulled out of the swimming pool.  

It’s been “settled”.  Okay, good to know.   Now we don’t have to read additional rumors, thank you 

hexclock said:

Half the fun of owning a computer used to be opening them up and changing components. I’m glad Apple made that an option again. 

Then I grew up and now it’s fun to buy the good stuff upfront.

charlesn said:

At least here in the U.S., Apple hasn't raised iPhone prices in a very long time. In fact, when inflation is taken into account, prices have actually dropped significantly over time. Even the $100 jump in the base price of an iPhone Max was accompanied by an increase in base storage that made it the same price as the prior model with the same storage. So, not really a price increase on an apples to apples basis. For this reason, I find it hard to believe that Apple is going to slap a 17% percent price increase on its most price-sensitive model, the SE. The SE buyer isn't interested in and doesn't need bells and whistles--they want a great, basic phone at a great price. They get that with the SE at $429. It's a fantastic and relatively inexpensive (for Apple) gateway drug into the Apple ecosystem. Sure, bigger screen, Face ID, 48MP sensor, blah, blah, blah are all "nice to haves" but not "must haves" for the SE buyer if they necessitate a 17% higher price. I think the price will either stay the same or maybe jump to $449, but I'll be shocked if base price goes to $499. I guess we'll find out soon enough. 

That’s a bit condescending.   I’m an SE buyer, currently using the $399 2nd Generation.  I’m looking forward to the 4th generation.  I don’t care about price.  I care about value.   $400 for four years is a good value, $500 for the next four years is fine too.   My Apple Watch SE (first generation) does what I need.  Just replaced my iPad mini 5 with iPad mini 7.   Sure, I can easily afford the new fancy stuff but don’t have any compelling reason to.  Did I mention I got 9 good years out of the most powerful 2013 MBP available at the time before upgrading to a current MacBook Air (M3).  I’ll likely get 7 or more years out of it.   Also, I’ve never paid interest on a credit card or car loan in my entire life which made it extremely simple to retire from work at age 54.  Instead of paying top dollar for high end products Ive invested my leftover savings into maxing out my retirement accounts.  (Not to mention that my tiny purchase of AAPL in the early 2000s is now worth 6 figures). So, please don’t tell me what an iPhone SE consumer is looking for.  You apparently have no idea.