nhughes

theothergeoff said:

nhughes said:

harry wild said:

nhughes said:

GeorgeBMac said:

Nope!  I'm not buying it:
That limits the new phones to forcing people to choose between either a high-end X upgrade or a large screen.   To many people like the 6, 7 & 8 sized phones to force them up into ultra-premium to get one.  

Plus, it's time for an SE update.  THAT should be more interesting than anything else -- there are so many ways to go there -- particularly if/when Apple propagates FaceId throughout its line up.

Another interesting thing to watch is what happens to the iPad Mini.  For many uses its the perfect size.  But, like the SE, its internals are getting further and further out of date.

SE update is expected next spring. It won't have an edge-to-edge display — it will be a budget model.

Tim Cook said that all future iPhone will have the X interface!  That means no home button. I think the current 4" to become the  future  5.2" model will have the look of the X display!  I would be willing to pay $1,000 or more if Apple made the 5.2" iPhone with the same components as the current X inside.

The home button won't disappear completely anytime soon. Apple will continue to sell devices like the SE and legacy models for people who prefer it. The same reason they still sell the 6s with headphone jack, and the MacBook Air with full-size USB ports.

you will see the current SE disappear soon, as committed demand for that form factor dissipates.   It may be a 'nice' format, but it won't be maintained.

Given that it's screen size the odd one out (320 points), I'm guessing, it will not be replaced.  The 6s will be priced at that (approx) price point, when the SE is retired. and then every year (maybe 2 depending on the bluetooth headphone adoption), they will walk up the line to the 7, 8, over the next 2 years, when the 11X( and Plus?) and 12X come out.   Effectively no new LCD phones, best case is the 8 model will get new chip upgrade when the 12x comes out to parallel the current Aseries chip

To lower developer and app package sizes, Apple can't support  every point/pixel combination.  My guess is they will standardize on 375ptx8129(/667)pt and 414pt/1080P width phones.

Hard to say. Apple had low expectations for the SE and then demand outstripped supply. It took them months to catch up to demand.

I don't think the SE size will ever get a flagship-level of redesign, no (much to my chagrin), but I think the form factor might stick around longer than you expect.

Consider: Apple continued to sell a MacBook Pro with spinning disc drive until last year. The home button, the smaller display, and the headphone jack may be headed out the door, but these things don't happen overnight. It takes time to get consumers to come around to a new way of doing things, and Apple (quietly) knows this. I suspect the 6s and the SE will be around for a bit longer. I wouldn't even be surprised if the 6s gets rebranded/renamed and updated with a newer CPU next year for those who want a home button and headphone jack.

The rumors say a new SE coming next spring. Aside from a processor bump (does it get the A10 or the A11?), a 3D Touch display would be a logical upgrade. Beyond that, and a slightly improved camera, I wouldn't expect much. They're not going to give it a redesign and make it more attractive than the iPhone 8.

harry wild said:

nhughes said:

GeorgeBMac said:

Nope!  I'm not buying it:
That limits the new phones to forcing people to choose between either a high-end X upgrade or a large screen.   To many people like the 6, 7 & 8 sized phones to force them up into ultra-premium to get one.  

Plus, it's time for an SE update.  THAT should be more interesting than anything else -- there are so many ways to go there -- particularly if/when Apple propagates FaceId throughout its line up.

Another interesting thing to watch is what happens to the iPad Mini.  For many uses its the perfect size.  But, like the SE, its internals are getting further and further out of date.

SE update is expected next spring. It won't have an edge-to-edge display — it will be a budget model.

Tim Cook said that all future iPhone will have the X interface!  That means no home button. I think the current 4" to become the  future  5.2" model will have the look of the X display!  I would be willing to pay $1,000 or more if Apple made the 5.2" iPhone with the same components as the current X inside.

The home button won't disappear completely anytime soon. Apple will continue to sell devices like the SE and legacy models for people who prefer it. The same reason they still sell the 6s with headphone jack, and the MacBook Air with full-size USB ports.

GeorgeBMac said:

nhughes said:

GeorgeBMac said:

Nope!  I'm not buying it:
That limits the new phones to forcing people to choose between either a high-end X upgrade or a large screen.   To many people like the 6, 7 & 8 sized phones to force them up into ultra-premium to get one.  

Plus, it's time for an SE update.  THAT should be more interesting than anything else -- there are so many ways to go there -- particularly if/when Apple propagates FaceId throughout its line up.

Another interesting thing to watch is what happens to the iPad Mini.  For many uses its the perfect size.  But, like the SE, its internals are getting further and further out of date.

SE update is expected next spring. It won't have an edge-to-edge display — it will be a budget model.

Thanks!  that gives me yet another configuration to consider:
- an SE for music in the car -- particularly if I upgrade to an Apple Play 'radio'.
- an iPad at home
- an Apple Watch with LTE for exercise.

And, amazingly, I could get all three for about the price of an X.

I wish you could easily switch between multiple phones while wearing an Apple Watch, but unfortunately the watch only pairs/syncs to one phone at a time. I could see myself switching between an SE and a bigger model depending on use cases, but my reliance on the watch makes that almost impossible.

somethingsometh said:

Way to bury the source. Mr 50% accuracy at it again.

And by "bury the source" you mean put his name in the second sentence of the story?

StrangeDays said:

nhughes said:

midwestapplefan said:

Oh how nice.  We can post comments here but the one yesterday on the locked phone for the Texas shooter was closed because it was too political.  Porn is more appropriate than politics I guess. 

Commenters have repeatedly shown that they cannot behave or be respectful toward one another or the site when the topic is a hot button political issue. Rather than constantly policing it, we decided to shut down comments on those stories. The comments degrade the quality of the site (we actually got a warning from Google regarding offensive content in the comments), and it is not worth our time. 

Can you shed light on this Google warning? I’m a developer but I can’t think of what sort of warning Google would send your site, especially considering the type of political bickering is generally pretty tame and doesn’t contain graphic images of beheadings or whatnot. Surely the bickering is no different than on popular news sites all over the web, including other leading Apple rumor sites?

House-rules is fine, but I’m interested in what the Google concern is. 

tallest skil said:

nhughes said:

(we actually got a warning from Google regarding offensive content in the comments)

I understand fully, from a business perspective, why AI’s decision on this matter has occurred. I ask you (and others) personally, though: WHO THE FUCK IS GOOGLE TO SAY WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DISCUSS? Google is the arbiter of speech itself, with powers far beyond that of any government (yet dictated to them, in part, thereby). This is beyond reproach.

I wasn't involved in the receipt of the warning, but our developer mentioned it here:

https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/202133/were-removing-political-outsider

You wouldn't believe the number of emails and tweets we receive from people who are outraged (usually incorrectly saying something about us stifling free speech) when they see that we have turned off comments on a political article. I think these people have some sort of vision of AppleInsider as being owned by a mega corporation, with a big headquarters and a huge staff and tens of millions of dollars backing us. That's just not the case.

The truth is, we have a small staff, we do the best we can, and we can't spend our time policing the forums. That's really all there is to it — no agenda and no conspiracy at play.