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This is a pretty phone -- but I really wish they'd make a smaller phone around the size of the 5S with the option to change the resolution (e.g. LittleBrother in Cydia).

My 5S is slowly dying -- but I can't find a good replacement (new or used) that can be jailbroken. For me its the perfect phone, but I'm an extremely light phone user (email, phone, imessage, Simon Tatham's Net and Galaxy puzzles).

I guess I was hoping that they'd update the SE.

Dear Google, please build a native desktop client for one of your many SMS apps. -

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I'm happily using the iPhone SE. I switched from an iPhone 6 because I like the form factor of the iPhone 5. I too wish that they would update the SE, but in all honesty it is powerful enough with the right camera specs and it is a perfect traveler camera... For now, I'm staying put. I also still love using the headphone jack.

This is fantastic. I'm definitely going the SE route. It seems that with most new designs of Apple hardware there is a design choice I actively want to avoid -- e.g. lack of headphone jack with the new phones, the bar on the MBPs.

A week or two ago a few dead spots started happening with my 5S. I can do most things, but I can't use the delete button when entering a phone number, and a certain row in Net can't be moved (this is my main concern...)

Now, if I can only find one on 9.3.3 I will be in paradise.

They still may, I hope. The SE was first released in March (2016), and it has been selling like hot-cakes... or very well, at a minimum. Having a iPhone on an alternative release schedule seems smart as well.

edit: to add the date of release.

Check out Pushbullet? https://www.pushbullet.com/

Pushbullet is ok, but with OSX its only a browser add on. With the way that OSX switches windows, its kind of annoying when I'm working and need to send out a quick message. And yes, I know I'm being picky :)

I also tried MightyText, but they kept adding useless junk to the already bulky interface. The service itself also wasn't consistent.

Overall, I'm surprised that Google hasn't flat-out copied iMessage.

The SE was updated in the spring, so you're complaining that the model is already 6 months old.

Spring 2016. This year it only featured a storage bump. It's still using 6S internals, which is fine for now but not exactly future proof.

I wish the SE was part of the regular refresh schedule.

> that can be jailbroken

Yeah, I think waiting for Apple to give you that is probably some misplaced hope.

nah, with this I'm looking for a used SE on 9.3.3. If I can't have that, I can live without the tiny text I hold so dearly. The LittleBrother functionality is something I'm surprised Apple hasn't included with its stock OS.

You do realize that resizing the system's text size is a standard feature in IOS right? Display & Brightness -> Text size. You can both increase and decrease the size considerably.

yeah, but its not enough. Its like ro.sf.lcd_density with Android -- I want to rescale everything.

When I was using an Android phone it was handy because I could get the tablet UI for most apps.

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