alt Hacker NewsThe 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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The budget iPhone is 900$ CAD. Let that sink in.
As someone who uses Android as the main device, I have an iPhone SE as a backup phone when travelling. It is a nice phone by itself, and allows me to access Apple services in case I need to.
When the time comes, I'll probably look for a used iPhone 14/15 instead of a new iPhone 16e. To much money for my purpose.
You can easily pick up a used/refurb iPhone 15 for ~$500.
Just buy a used unlocked phone off eBay.
I've been sniping used Pixels off there for really good prices.
Yeah Apple overcharges. The SE is downright crude by modern standards, no ways was it worth $430.
This phone is at least modern, but it's not great value for money.
The market for a cheaper iphone like this has always been just buying a 4 year old phone for like $0-small few hundred from your carrier. Makes no sense for apple to push a new product in this segment when their own supply eats it. And all they really offer in the se is a new old iphone anyhow making use of old components they have spare inventory available or on order from their vendors remaining supply lines.