> mocked by friends and strangers whenever I pull out my "tiny phone".

Interesting. I don't often get mocked for having an SE, but I do often have people asking what model my phone is and where they can get one.

My current hope is that we might see something like the SE come back now that Jony Ive's had at least a glancing blow from the boot. Maybe now Apple's at least a little bit more able to resist the constant drive to make the phones wider and wider so that they can fit the same amount of electronics and battery into a thinner and thinner device.