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kemayo02/19/20254 repliesview on HN

Let's see... it's replacing the SE, which is no longer on Apple's website. It's more expensive than the SE, at $599 vs $429. It's a pretty substantial hardware upgrade over the SE, including something like 75% more battery life by Apple's numbers, but it's also noticeably bigger.

Apple's own comparison tool is useful: https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/?modelList=iphone-16e,i...


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SunlitCat02/19/2025

The price hike is the major turn off point. Even as a non Apple person I was on the verge of getting the new "SE" if it's in the price range of the old SE line up.

But not for 600 USD, that's a bit too much.

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GeekyBear02/19/2025

You do also get double the storage, double the RAM and a 24 megapixel camera upgrade.

Traditionally, the amount of RAM in your device is the limiting factor that controls how many years of updates you get.

So far, 8 years for the OG iPhone SE is the standing record for years of updates.

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modeless02/19/2025

Thank you. This press release seems specifically designed to discourage this type of comparison.

happyopossum02/19/2025

> but it's also noticeably bigger.

I dunno, the old SE wasn’t a mini by any means - this is .3 inches taller and .2 inches wider, so yes bigger but not like a different size class altogether

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