The iPhone SE is still really good and we might be seeing a new one in a couple hours. I'm planning to keep mine for at least another year since there isn't much else out there.
Unfortunately the (all but confirmed) rumors for today's iPhone announcements are that it comes in 3 sizes: Huge, Enormous, and Gargantuan.
If you've held an iPhone X before, that's now the small size.
Given that the SE was a years-old manufacturing process (basically an iPhone 5) and they couldn't get it in stock consistently for months after release, I don't know why they keep doing this. But here we are.
In fact, 9to5Mac is reporting that the iPhone SE may be discontinued today. We'll find out soon.
The form factor is still better than anything else I've encountered - enough thickness for a decent grip, and small enough. The very last thing I want is a phone that's a not so small any more, but 2mm thick, tablet.
"What do you call a phone that's bigger than Plus size? We call it the iPhone XS Max."
No, Phil, the word you were looking for is "Obese."
Oh well.
https://www.macrumors.com/2018/09/12/apple-discontinues-ipho...
Leaves nothing in the range that's appealing.
If this trend keeps up, I won't want to look at my "phone" because I'll have to put on a back brace to lift it safely.
Moving that to the top corner of the screen seems like a colossally stupid idea to me given the size of these things, but they ran out of gestures you can do with your thumb now that the home button is gone.
EDIT - this is possibly worse because I use my phone with my left hand (right pocket is for car keys), and you have to reach the top right for Control Center. You'd think they could improve it by giving an option to flip Control Center to the top left corner, but as far as I know you can't.
A D&D playing friend advises me that the conventional size progression is Large/Huge/Gargantuan, but I think Large is underselling the iPhone XS size, so Huge/Gargantuan/Colossal may be more accurate.
For those wondering what I'm talking about...
https://i0.wp.com/vittorioroncagli.it/wp-content/uploads/201...
OTOH, watching the presentation this morning, not a lot of new appeal for Apple Watch 4 over my current Garmin Fenix. So we'll see.
All of the features the AW provides beyond the 935 are implemented poorly. Any noise from street or wind or water made the AW phone features useless. For texting, only bareable responding with a few words or less. Siri did not work.
With the 935 I gained battery life, big screen size, better fitness tracking, sleep tracking, and still operates with wet (rain or sweat or swimming) fingers.
Even if I get notified of something on my AW, couldn’t do anything about it without my phone.
Sometimes I missed carrying a phone on long distance runs for the camera. Eg. Moose!
I’d like a smaller phone like my old Motorola Razer for my runs.
As a tech person, I always found the Apple watch to be more on the 'smart watch / techie' side of things - and more aesthetically pleasing.
There is no doubt that the Garmin does a better job of actually recording a ride, or transmitting heart rate to your cycling computer, or just about anything activity-based. So I was always swapping my Apple for my Garmin before rides, workouts, etc.
I always knew there was a shortcoming with even the Garmin when it came to heart rate accuracy - it just didn't respond quickly enough to sudden changes in heart rate (ie. going up a hill at full throttle, etc) - so I tried a heart rate strap on the chest. The Garmin heart rate strap for the chest is perfectly accurate and responds to changes in heart rate immediately. I have that paired with my cycling computer on my bike...and I no longer swap watches depending on what I'm doing.
I've learned to appreciate the Apple Watch for what it is - a device to record activities where heart rate accuracy isn't necessarily 100% important - such as a quick training jog or a quick treadmill workout at the gym, etc.
In either event, I've rambled long enough. I'll be first in line for the new Apple Watch 4 - and will sell my Apple Watch 3 shortly after. I might keep my old wrist strap though. :D