I recently bought iPhone 8 after using 4S for many years. That screen is too huge! I would switch it to SE if not for better tech inside (better fingerprint reader is the main selling point for me, but better CPU is nice too). I'm using iPhone 8 for almost a year now and I can't get accustomed to it. I loved when I could use phone with one hand. Also my hands are huge, so I have no idea how could one use it with one hand (without that gimmick with double-tapping home button).
Now recent iPhone models are just not appealing to me at all. I don't want to use face recognition and they no longer use fingerprint readers.
Honestly, give me tiny iPhone with 3'5" display, put latest tech inside and you'll have my $300 immediately.
Apple has very little interest in your $300. They want to make big, premium, high-margin devices that sell for $800+.
It's the same reason they will never make a modular, upgradable desktop (no, the new MacPro does not count), the margins just aren't there. Apple only competes in spaces where they can make a lot of profit
It's funny because I am usually not interested in those types of products, but I still admire their commitment to their strategy.
Give me tiny iphone with 3.5" display and I'll give you my $1000. There is literally no competition in this space and enough people hanging on to SEs and complaining about pocketability that I'm positive it would still sell well. When I pull out my SE when hanging out with someone new, the most common reaction is "wow! I wish my phone was still that small" and a lot of complaints about big phones.
There is a huge untapped market here. I'm not suggesting it's bigger than the market for the XS Plus Max 7" behemoth... but it's certainly not negligible. There is a reason the iPod Nano and the iPod Classic were both popular.
in accessibility I also set "reduce motion" and "on/off labels" and disable the feature you are using "Reachability" because I double-click to manage my open apps.
All this does is make the large display doubly useless: not only does it take up too much space and make the phone difficult to pocket/handle/type on, you're suggesting I should also make it only contain as much information as the 4" SE screen! That's not really a solution.
Now recent iPhone models are just not appealing to me at all. I don't want to use face recognition and they no longer use fingerprint readers.
Honestly, give me tiny iPhone with 3'5" display, put latest tech inside and you'll have my $300 immediately.