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Heat_fan89 said:

I totally agree and it's a great article you wrote. The digital world has become a two edge sword and it's nice to see a young person (i'm approaching 70) who has a perspective on that and not allow digital devices to turn them into a slave. I see way too many people young and old alike who are glued to their phones.

Read 'The Anxious Generation' by Jonathan Haidt. A very good and fact-and-stats ridden book about how smartphones are ruining teenagers' and young adults' lives.

Really, I couldn't have phrased it better. Over here in Europe, the thing costs € 720. 7.2.0 bucks. Heck, that’s more than half our minimum wage. It’s not a budget phone, it’s a rip off.

I was planning to upgrade to the SE4 and give away my current SE3 to my 80-year old mother who needs a smartphone for, you know, bank authentication, iMessage sending and maybe a few extra things. She doesn’t give a hoot about Apple Intelligence, I don’t either. I don’t care about 48 MP pictures, I have a DSLR camera when I want to engage into serious photography. Cameras on phones are handy because they’re always at hand, but that’s about it. 48 MP pictures aren't going to be much better, just bigger and lengthier to store, transfer and touch up.

So what I’m going to do? Keep my SE3, and find a refurbished one for her. And wait until Apple comes back to its senses.