Apple to bring Dynamic Island to new iPhone SE instead of notch
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- 24 Jan 2025
L.O.R.D, 21 Jan 2025The SE is supposed to be an entry level iPhone that is plac... moreI wouldn't be surprised if US carriers were pushing Apple to make a "cheapest iPhone", something shiny they could sell instead of customers doing their own research and buying used iPhone from eBay.
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- Bob
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- 22 Jan 2025
nObody, 21 Jan 2025iPhones have a blob on screen sure, but did you ask yoursel... morelol, you've never seen a sony phone then that has no blob or oversized 'notch' yet has a front facing camera, oh an all those other phones with a punch hole for a camera. all of which can [some do] perform the face unlock function.
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- 22 Jan 2025
potato4k, 22 Jan 2025Not at the failure rates of BoE (see OnePlus, iPhone 13 series) "OnePlus 11 greenline"
"OnePlus 12 greenline"
Search on internet.
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- 22 Jan 2025
jerem06, 21 Jan 2025All screen manufacturers are affected by the green linesNot at the failure rates of BoE (see OnePlus, iPhone 13 series)
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- 21 Jan 2025
jerem06, 21 Jan 2025You can add the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus. The iPhone 16e is an... moreNo ultrawide is a big deal breaker though.
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- 21 Jan 2025
Ugly
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- nObody
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- 21 Jan 2025
L.O.R.D, 21 Jan 2025The SE is supposed to be an entry level iPhone that is plac... moreLike iPhone 12/13 Mini? Em... I don't think that's possible right now.
Although I prefer smaller devices as well (not because i have small hands lol)... the frequency of how often we pick up our phone for something and the way we use them today can no longer meet the needs of most people... me included.
The simple reason is: smaller phones come with smaller batteries and the device cooling is not that effective also which degrades the battery even faster... with every year more powerful chipsets and new features they bring with all kinds of "AI future features" also doesn't help the case for more compact phones like 13 Mini...
Sure, we have solid battery tech and carbon batteries now which could help in the future for devices and products (not just phones) but we are far away from that being a standard in phone industry and we all know how Apple is conserved with their accepting of industry standards.
6.1" size for a new iPhone SE 2025 (or 16E) is the only logical move in my opinion.
Price is something that worries me. I just can't see it for less then $650/700€ as a minimum.
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- 21 Jan 2025
Bob, 21 Jan 2025lol, a screen obscuring blob is a feature? that thing is as... moreiPhones have a blob on screen sure, but did you ask yourself why? You just had to type in your favorite browser why is that a feature on iPhone and not on Android phones? Maybe because iPhone have a 3D face scanner serving for unlocking a phone which is located next to a selfie camera? Maybe. But who cares right Bob? Nobody cares.
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- 21 Jan 2025
potato4k, 21 Jan 2025And a lottery for good panel thanks to Apple cheapened out ... moreAll screen manufacturers are affected by the green lines
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- 21 Jan 2025
jerem06, 21 Jan 2025You can add the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus. The iPhone 16e is an... moreAnd a lottery for good panel thanks to Apple cheapened out and uses BoE for the major supplier. Expect a lot of green screens or lines akin to OnePlus.
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- 21 Jan 2025
lol, a screen obscuring blob is a feature? that thing is as bad as an apple 'notch'. a big blob of usefull screen wasted. the worst and most lazy bit of [non] design on a phone.
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- 21 Jan 2025
justasmile, 21 Jan 2025More like 15 Plus.You can add the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus. The iPhone 16e is an iPhone 16 with a less bright screen and no ultra-wide angle sensor for €350 less.
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Jan 2025
Make it much more sense to call it 16E
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- 21 Jan 2025
jerem06, 21 Jan 2025iPhone 16, 16 Plus users got scammedMore like 15 Plus.
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- 21 Jan 2025
If that's the case, then the 16E naming scheme would make sense.
Anyway, I'm still banking on Apple transitioning the Apple naming schemes into the new iPhone + iPhone Air+ iPhone Pro, similar to the iPad and Macbooks.
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- 21 Jan 2025
no way it will go for 500USD as previously rumored, unless there are serious cost cutting decisions, like lower IP rating and BOE finnally learn how to make a pill cutout.
for now it does look like 16E more than SE, it's basically 16 without ultrawide, and lack of ultrawide alone cannot drop the price from vanilla's 16 830USD to 500USD for 16E, that's cheaper than iphone 14.
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Jan 2025
Anonymous, 21 Jan 2025Shaping up to be a solid device. Now, to get the pricing right...Shouldn’t be more than $500 for the base model.
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- 21 Jan 2025
The SE is supposed to be an entry level iPhone that is placed below main iPhone series in terms of price and features
According to rumours, apple is about to make it too close to a regular iPhone in design and features and that means it'll also end up costing almost as much. People will instead just buy a previous gen iPhone for the better camera setup. Who's going to buy the SE then ? It makes no sense, to go with that design
Instead apple should have gone with iPhone 12 mini design, a good way to differentiate the SE and mainline models and also to keep costs down as well as attract some compact phone buyers
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Jan 2025
I'll definitely buy it to replace my iPhone 11. Single camera lens at the back is what I want 🤩🤩
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- 21 Jan 2025
But something tells me the island on the SE will have limited features compared to other iPhones with island, if at all? Maybe it’ll just be a floating black pill.