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I would also spend a similar amount on an upgraded SE.

Current phone lineup (not just Apple) sucks IMO. An untouched SE with latest radio and faster CPU would be worth the upgrade for me.

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Just adding my voice to the crowd of people willing to seriously shell out for an updated SE. I have a tablet and a laptop, what I want out of my phone is portability and phone, in a one-handed form factor. For now I just replaced the SE battery and I’m waiting for trends to shift again.

I still CANNOT believe the amount of people that want these gigantic ass phones. How are we in the minority for wanting a phone that fits in one hand??

In my own friends and family circle, they want the larger phones because it has become their sole personal computing device. The calling function is not the primary use anymore.

small phone + laptop/desktop is becoming the tech equivalent of owning a 4x4 truck and a small compact. consumers on a budget just want to own a crossover.

I’d actually like iOS to have a toggle to disable phone calls without disabling 4G.

(Owner of a huge phone, but not as primary computer)

Because a phone that fits in one hand has less screen real estate, which converts to either poor resolution or a ton of squinting?

I’m a huge fan of the Xs Max. The near-bezelless display gives you maximum screen size in a relatively slim form factor. Watching videos on this thing is just amazing tbh.

iPhone and Android sales numbers have proven time and again that the vast majority of people want a larger screen. Your best bet is probably the compact Sony Xperia Z series.

Right, and people are replacing tablets and the browse-read-shop functionality of laptops with highly functional phones.

I’m in the same boat and would rather have a small phone. Using 6 plus right now and holding phone against hip sitting down just to type with one hand. Far from ideal.

All my phones fit in one hand - and yet I haven't used a phone smaller than 5" in many years now.

Maybe 4" is just too small for most, even for one-handed use?

Having seen plenty of grown women using two hands to type on an iPhone 4s when those things were popular, I'd say we need accurate population data to truly confirm.

Because we largely don't carry multiple digital devices around and can work off the phone a lot of the time. I don't use any tablets and don't carry my laptop to meetings since OneNote on mobile works perfectly well. When I do need to do serious work, I use a souped up large screen high RAM, SSD i7 laptop.

I can comfortably type with one hand on my OnePlus 6 (6 inch phone). I use it to browse when and I'm out and about, so the extra real screen estate is very valuable.

My hobby: inserting hyphens for effect.

> gigantic ass-phones.

For those of us who have Gigantic Ass Hands.

You mean the ones who are not buying the XR or the XS Max?

was so hoping for xr to be smaller. i mean prob wouldnt have switched anyway without my headphone wire antenna enabled built-in FM radio in moto phone, but was thinking about it.

I recently purchased a nearly new condition 128GB SE and it feels performant with iOS 12.

I’d buy several. It was the most best way to give family members an affordable way to be part of Apple’s ecosystem and now I’m weighing Apple’s pricing vs disappointing them with an Android device when it’s time to upgrade.

likewise, replaced my SE battery before Dec 31st. Would shell out money for an all screen OLED SE size iPhone with the latest silicon.

Maybe a crowd-sourced replacement board, like the neo900 project?

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