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In defense of the iPhone SE
In no other job is it a good sign when people start enjoin you off . But that ’s on-line journalism for you , a discipline in which fast-growing emails are a sign of the zodiac that one of your articles has taken off . ( Such emails do n’t even of necessity mean your opinion was controversial since people very rarely compose in to strenuously agree . It just means a fate of people read it . )
This week I used our Different Think column to express an vox populi that I remember would be relatively uncontroversial : that Apple shouldlet the iPhone SE die . I reasoned that the SE made sense when the all - screen iPhone design was fairly young and older designs offered an satisfactory compromise , but that the window had long since closed , and the gadget no longer represents good value .
It turns out – and this is always a surprise to me – not everyone agrees . A series of ( in reality very civil and articulate ) emails from devotee of the SE highlight its sizing , price , and lack of Face ID as points in its favor , and expressed dismay at the idea of its being break . Another lecturer , meanwhile , detected an ulterior motif that Apple might have for keep the SE around : as an entry - stage drug to hook technical school beginners and former Android users before they buy into the Apple ecosystem as a whole .
If only Apple could count on 100 million more customers this fast to the iPhone SE ! But sadly , I distrust my correspondents are in the minority … and the numbers of SE jock may dwindle further when the fourth - gen SE is unveil next year . It ’s expected to be based on the iPhone 14 chassis , and that mean at least two and probably all three of those advantages will disappear : it wo n’t be as small or anywhere near as crummy as the iPhone SE from 2022 , and is potential to have confront ID too . ( Although Apple could put Touch ID in the power button , as it does on the entry - level iPad . ) Even the SE ’s most firm sports fan may incur it ’s no longer the phone they ’re looking for .
Still , it ’s a dependable sign for Apple that even its least glamorous handset can still pep up this much warmth ; I ’d be surprised if many readers would write in to fend for a budget Samsung headphone base on a four - year - old design .
Thanks for the emails , everyone . Except for thatoneguy . He was justrude .
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Today ’s kidslove the iPhonebecause they’reafraid not to .
Apple ’s machines arelearning more intelligentlythan Bard and Bing , reckon Dan Moren .
Apple ’s 2021 Mac Pro GPU isstill fasterthan anew AMD graphics placard .
Mobile World Congresswas held this hebdomad , and there was aflurry of interesting storiesthat Apple fans need to know about .
We lash out up5 genuinely ‘ radical ’ featurescoming to theiPhone 15 Pro Max .
The rumor mill
Does the mysteriousStudio Display firmwaremean anew Mac Prois imminent ?
Apple has ateam work on projectsmore secretthan the next iPhone .
TheiPhone 15 Promight finally show off the long - rumored‘sunset ’ wraith .
The iPhone 15’sUSB - speed of light portmight be aslocked down as Lightning .
More ‘ Ted Lasso , ’ a15 - column inch MacBook Air , and more : Here ’s everything we gestate ( and hope ) Apple torelease this month .
Podcast of the week
It may be dusty in the U.S. and the U.K. , but that ’s not stopping theiPhone rumorsfrom heating plant up ! We have a flurry of iPhone speculation and we talk about it all on this installment of the Macworld Podcast .
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